Tasting Journey #88 - 厚子洋食

厚子洋食
台北市中山區四平街116號
02.2506.3306


Family-style Japanese restaurant that serves western comfort food.  The restaurant is small, and tucked away in a quiet area.  I've always find this kind of cuisine unique in the sense that it is not authentic, yet it is, because this  type of dishes can only be made by true Japanese.

 

The restaurant is family-style in the sense that there is only one person that runs the entire restaurant - from taking the order, to cooking, and to processing the bill.  All just one person.  What's even more amazing is that the dishes are served really quickly yet there is no sense of rushing.  The chief/server is a middle-aged Japanese woman.  She comes across with a strong sense of confidence in her cooking...which is also accented in the flavouring of the dishes.

The two of us ordered 3 dishes: two Japanese-style burger dishes, and a spaghetti dish. Japanese eat burger with rice.  Interesting combination, as it is more like a risotto/燴飯 type of dish to me.  The spaghetti is also quite tasty.  Portions are not large, as I can easily an entire dish on my own. The flavours are made with as much comfort as a comfort food can be.  But what really blew my mind is the dessert.  The caramel pudding. It is so damn delicious, and without a doubt can be ranked amongst the top with the pudding offered at the B-One buffet in Sherwood Hotel.  So damn tasty - probably also rich in cream.  I can eat 3 of those in a blink.