Chiou House

"The portion of the food and the price of it does not match. I ordered fried squid, and with tax it was almost $9, and there were only 8 pieces of squid in that box. Moreover, each piece was the size of my pinky. It was placed on a thick layer of cabbage, it really looks like leftovers that they just got from other customers dining in. I didn't realize until we got home and open the bag. Is there a difference in terms of portion just because of we ordered to-go?"

"Great place to try Taiwanese night market foods! Big portions !"

"We arrived right at 5pm and placed an order to go. Wait time was about 20-30 minutes for the to-go order. We tried the kimchi dumpling, pork and chive dumplings, scallion pancake, pork cutlet, pork long bao, and minced pork noodle. The food was very good, but on the pricier side for the amount of food you receive. We were told they would text us when our order was ready, but we never received a text. By 5:30 the in-person wait time there was already 1 hour."

"Loved their Taiwanese night market style sizzling steak, which I don’t think it’s easy to find these days anymore. The steak came with an egg, corn, pasta, corn soup and a complementary black or green tea of your choice. They have a big menu, they also sell stinky tofu (and even bbq stinky tofu) braised pork rice, beef noodles and so many Taiwanese street food. Oh they also have Taiwanese bentos with pretty reasonable prices too. Most importantly, the flavors were authentic. Will be returning soon!!"

"Sizzling steak is a Taiwanese dish and its signature flavor is the black pepper sauce. Throw in a mini lobster tail and an egg on top of spaghetti, and this is a great surf and turf. I craved this dish! I must say that it satisfied me tremendously. You’d think that’s all I need, but no, I’m in LA to EAT! Good thing I got friends to share because I couldn’t have finished all those dishes. This place has tons of things on its menu, perhaps too many items. It’s difficult to master and perfect all those items. I would have given this place a 5-star based on the sizzling steak, but some of the other items were so-so. Hence, it’s only 4 stars. The stinky tofu wasn’t that stinky. The fried pork intestines were a nice touch. I liked the pork blood cake though. Good thing we had 2 of those cuz I think I “accidentally” finished one by myself. Had a great time as I met up with high school friends to dine here. Would I come to this place again? Yeah, even just for the sizzling steak! Thinking about the steak makes me salivate already… but I guess I wouldn’t mind eating some other items either. :P"