Taipei Cafe

"We ordered “for here”, but everything was packed… No service at all. Pork and chicken are too far from authentic. Rice is very hard. Noodle soup is too light."

"I have been ordering from Taipei Cafe over the last few years. I see that a review that I formerly posted has gotten removed. I think by this shop managing their own orders, they might also have negotiated controlling their own reviews. It used to be that I could consistently rely on quality food and delivery from this location. However, the last two times I have ordered from this location I have gotten very sick: one time terrible stomach problems and the last time with a swollen tongue and food poisoning. If is a shame that the standards for this location have bottomed out to this place. I cannot order from this location anymore."

"I'd like to point out that this is not the same Taipei Cafe as the one in Rockville Maryland. I see that the majority of the photos and even some reviews for the other Taipei Cafe ended up on this page, which is extremely misleading. The name of this restaurant is also misleading. There's nothing Taiwanese about this place. They don't serve any Taiwanese style dishes. This place is your typical Americanized Chinese take out, serving things like Kung Pao chicken, moo goo Gai pan, and orange chicken. So don't confuse them with the other Taipei Cafe and know what you're expecting. That being said, the food was just OK. Spicy beef noodle soup: - The broth is very bland. No beefy broth flavor here if you're looking for it. - The noodles is the exact same noodle they use for their Lo Mein. This type of noodle doesn't really do a good job soaking up the broth flavor compared to something like hand pulled noodles, and is meant to be used in stir fry dishes, not noodle soups. - Beef pieces were ok. It had a bit of tendon which is a plus. - The vegetables are just the same ones they use in other dishes - broccoli, cabbage, carrot, and onion. Mushroom and vegetables noodle soup: - Bland tasting. It tastes as if they took the beef noodle soup and substituted the beef with mushrooms instead. - Still has the same Lo Mein noodles. Steamed dumpling - The filling was decent - The skin wrap was too doughy on one side. It seems to steam from the wrapping technique. It seems like they folded the skin instead of making small pinches to seal the dumpling, which leaves you with one side of the dumpling with massively more dough than the side with the filling. This leads to uneven cooking, which explains the thick doughy texture that had a hint of a white center where the center of the fold is. Beef with green pepper and tomato - This one is OK. Lots of onions. Beef is OK. - The sauce is very Americanized, so it's soy based with added sugar and in this case the sugars from the tomato, that's been thickened with a bit of corn starch. If you come here thinking this is the same Taipei Cafe as the one in Rockville Maryland, you're going to be very disappointed. If you enjoy Americanized Chinese food and you come in with low expectations, then you'll like this place."

"I love, love this restaurant!! My family craves the pork with dry bean curd (tofu) which isn’t even on their menu but they make it special for us!! I’m familiar with authentic Taiwanese cuisine and this is my entire family’s favorite dish. It is unavailable at any other Chinese restaurant, you must try it!!"