Taiwan Village

We are fans of Taiwanese fare and were searching around for good, authentic Taiwanese food in town, saw the reviews on this website and decided to try it out last night. Duly impressed. We ordered from the Chinese menu - because we were craving for the truly local taiwanese delights such as the oyster omelette, 3-cup chicken, salty crispy chicken, soy-sauce chicken rice, etc. My husband and I both loved the omelette and salty crispy chicken which we agreed was even better than most of those found in Taiwan! The omelette was full of chopped chinese chives and the chicken was cut into thin strips and light and crispy. Scrumptious! Total bill came up to GBP35 for 2 people including some tips. Service was quite good too. Will definitely return the next time we're in town.
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H&S
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Monday, June 16, 2008

Absolutely outstanding local restaurant. We have lived nearby for some time but thought that given the reviews we should give it a chance. The atmosphere is very relaxing and it was clearly popular amongst the locals as it was quite busy. Although tempted by the a la carte menu we decided to go with what others have recommended and try the 'leave it to us' deal. Very glad that we did. I don't eat pork or shellfish but the very gracious lady in charge couldn't have been more helpful and said that this was no problem at all. We got presented with a huge array of starters - all of which were stunning in particular the tempura beans and the pepper chicken, then we had an enormous crispy duck with pancakes and this was followed by a great selection of mains. One very nice thing was that the lady in charge asked how long we would like before our main courses as had it all followed straight on we would have been struggling. Overall we left stuffed and very impressed by the food, service and atmosphere.
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Jeremy Liebster
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Sunday, May 11, 2008

Can’t add much to the comments here except to add that I can but agree.

Letting the chef decide proved a good choice, and at £21 per person, very reasonably priced for all that lovely food.

What a great little restaurant.

Ben
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benscaro - View all reviews by this user
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Food 8 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 9
Thursday, April 03, 2008

Being from Taiwan, I can relate to many of the dishes

Food is awesome - we had the special Chef's choice and they catered for my friend's vegetatian choices very nicely

Top food, top service
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Tuesday, February 19, 2008

We have lived round the corner from this place for about a year and in that time must have come here almost once a month. There is only one thing to go for - the "Let the Chef decide" menu. It will keep coming and coming until you can do no more. The starters are great, and if you ask nicely favourites can be repeated. All the ingredients are fresh. The dishes bear very little resemblance to anything you are used to munching in Chinatown. The value for money is fantastic. We come here when we are feeling tired and can't be bothered to cook, and always come away thinking that we have had a greater treat than we were looking for.
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Matt & Isabel
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Thursday, January 31, 2008

Like most people we seem to have stumbled across this place by (pleasant) accident. I lived in Taiwan about 10 years ago. I had yet to find a Chinese restaurant that comes close to the wonderful flavours found in Taiwanese cooking, so this was a great find.

Taiwanese friends now living in / visiting London are as excited about it as I am. The service, the atmosphere, the cleanliness - the owners are just lovely and the food - being the most important aspect after all - is just great.

My non-Taiwan friends call it "that great Chinese place" and insist we go out of our way for dinner there. Can you get better praise than that from us lazy Londoners!!

Try the "3 Cup Chicken". It is Taiwanese cooking at its best. Try it all. I'll be amazed if you don't like it.
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Mike
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Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Sunday, August 05, 2007

Having survived on Chinese food two to three days a week during my adulthood, I have been to one or two Chinese restaurants.......and this is the best.

I have eaten here in excess of fifty times and I have never had a duff mouthful. Indeed, every one has been spot on (and without exception all of my mates who have been here echo my feelings).

Great food, great value, great staff and civilised surroundings.
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Christian
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Wednesday, May 16, 2007

We live very close to Taiwan Village and we thought we might as well give it a go.

The starters were good, especially the pepper chicken. The prawn toast is different and okay, and the Sweet and Sour Wan Tons Were a bit greasy but came with a nice dip. So nice in fact we started to dip the pepper chicken into it! The Main Course was another mixed bag with the chicken being so tender the sauce nearly had more substance than the chicken, The sizzling lamb was very good (yep, guess what, the sauce was good too!) and the sizzling mini steak had a very nice...sauce! It was good overall but not memorable, considering alsot he fact we had been to Benihama a few weeks before.
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Frank
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Food 7 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 7
Sunday, March 11, 2007

i'm not an expert on chinese/ tiawanese cuisine but i'm sure this is the way it's meant to be. fresh ingredients, amazing food! great service!
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sampson
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 10
Friday, September 15, 2006

This is my favourite local restaurant. It offers something that completely different from those in China Town. The owner Mr & Mrs Huang are originally from Taiwan. After working for other for so many years, they eventually found a place that they can have a small restaurant themselves. Don’t put off by the location, as this is a genuine friendly family run restaurant, it doesn’t has to be in a prime premises. We always chose the ‘Leave it with us’ set menu, normal or seafood option and the chef just keep bringing you the surprise. We chose not to have Aromatic Crispy Duck as I told Mrs Huang that I just want something that I can’t get from China Town. It is worth to come all the way, trust me!
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Christopher Lee
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Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Tuesday, June 06, 2006