As a seasoned food blogger, this time I'm taking everyone to pay homage to Kaohsiung's super popular specialty hand-cooked dish restaurant——大宅門乾鍋丫頭! In addition to perfectly combining Sichuan classic dry pot with refined Japanese and Taiwanese cuisine, the most impressive thing is their signature "Dry Pot Three Eats"! From the spicy dry eat at the start, adding rich broth instantly turns it into hot pot, and finally using the essence broth to cook nine-grid mixed rice, the layers are explosive! Hurry and follow along with Aru's footsteps to see which signature delicious items we tried this time that make you lick your fingers and reminisce!
Arriving at the entrance, the first thing that catches the eye is the eye-catching two-tone font signboard of "大宅門乾鍋丫頭", reading "New Taiwanese Cuisine and Japanese Cuisine", showcasing the restaurant's diverse and composite cooking style. The facade design is clean and sharp, with a black background paired with wood tones and glass floor-to-ceiling windows, exuding a low-key textured dining atmosphere. The arcade is maintained very neatly, and the entrance thoughtfully has a waiting area and menu stand, making it clear to passersby at a glance!
Stepping inside the store, the overall space design is stunning! The calm dark-toned walls paired with textured warm wood booth seats and chairs make the space spacious and highly private. The most eye-catching feature is the series of geometric metal woven pendant lamps hanging from the ceiling, emitting a warm and soft glow, adding a lot of fashionable modern feel to the overall space. The distance between tables is well planned, whether for family gatherings, friend dates, or business banquets, dining here feels very comfortable without any sense of oppression!
Coming to 大宅門乾鍋丫頭, the absolute must-not-miss highlight is the "Dry Pot Three Eats"! Each transformation gives the taste buds a brand new shocking experience!
The freshly served dry pot shrimp is fragrant and red and attractive! The large fresh shrimp are stir-fried at high temperature, the shell is crispy and can be easily chewed, while the shrimp meat remains firm and sweet. The special dry pot sauce perfectly coats each shrimp, with a slight numbing aroma and pepper fragrance, salty and fragrant enough without overpowering the shrimp's own freshness and sweetness. Eating it alone is super appetizing, absolutely the top choice for pairing with rice!
After finishing the dry pot shrimp, the service staff will add carefully simmered milky white broth, paired with a broth mixed platter filled with fresh vegetables, mushrooms, shrimp, tofu, and meatballs.
The essence sauce aroma left at the bottom of the pot from the dry pot perfectly blends with the rich broth, the soup tastes warm, sweet, and mellow with a hint of numbing aroma
Paired with premium meat slices and fresh seasonal vegetable platter, it instantly turns into a warm and rich top-tier hot pot!
When the hot pot is nearly finished, the final soul "Nine-Grid Mixed Rice" takes the stage! The delicate nine-grid plate is filled with various selected ingredients and fresh eggs.
As it simmers slowly over the heat, the rice absorbs the most essential broth
Add your favorite ingredients, and it tastes dense and smooth, with extremely rich aroma layers,
bringing this Dry Pot Three Eats to a perfect close!
During the meal, the restaurant thoughtfully provides iced roselle flower tea. Served in a calm textured white porcelain cup, the deep red tea is moderately sweet and sour, with a refreshing slight acidity upon entry, perfectly balancing the heavy flavors of dry pot and fried items. Every sip leaves a lingering fragrance in the mouth, quite appetite-cleansing!
The fruit sauce shrimp balls with extremely textured presentation, each one placed independently on an elegant white spoon.
Selecting super large fresh shrimp, coated with thin batter and fried to golden crispiness, drizzled with special sweet mayonnaise then sprinkled with crispy sweet potato shreds and taro shreds. When bitten, the shrimp meat is firm and bouncy, juicy and full, paired with the sweet and sour fruit base underneath, the flavor layers are quite rich!
This Golden Sand Cuttlefish is absolutely the favorite of salty and fragrant lovers! Fresh cuttlefish cut into bite-sized pieces, stir-fried together with thick salted egg yolk golden sand sauce full of rich aroma.
The cuttlefish has a Q-elastic texture, the golden sand sauce is fine and dense, every bite is loaded with the rich aroma of salted egg yolk and the freshness of seafood, making it impossible to stop eating one bite after another!
A seemingly simple yet highly skilled cold dish or appetizer! King oyster mushrooms sliced into delicate thin pieces, added with special vine pepper oil.
King oyster mushrooms have a smooth and tender texture with unique crispiness, the numbing aroma from vine pepper is refreshing without being spicy, a slight cooling numbing sensation blooms on the tongue tip, very appetizing and refreshing!
Kyoto pork ribs with a beautiful glossy sauce-colored exterior, laid on crispy fried vermicelli underneath. The pork ribs are thick yet not tough at all, the exterior slightly crispy, coated with sauce. Entry is sweet with sour, salty and fragrant, the tender and juicy texture paired with the crispy vermicelli at the bottom, rich mouthfeel and super rice-pairing!
High-heat quick-stirred cabbage maintains excellent emerald green and crispiness, added with a bit of minced garlic and oil residue for aroma, the sweet vegetable fragrance perfectly locked in. After tasting a series of heavy-flavored rich dishes, having a plate of refreshing sweet stir-fried cabbage perfectly soothes the taste buds.
Breaking the established impression of Taiwanese cuisine restaurants, this shrimp roe flower roll sushi has quite professional Japanese standards! The outer layer of sushi is wrapped with plump, brightly colored orange-red shrimp roe, filled with tamagoyaki, cucumber, and special ingredients inside. One bite, the popping shrimp roe bursts in the mouth, paired with the sweet and sour vinegar rice and multiple textures of the filling, overall refreshing yet extremely satisfying!
This classic Taiwanese snack is absolutely the favorite of adults and children alike!
The golden silver silk roll exterior is fried to ultimate crispiness, while the inside remains marshmallow-like soft and bouncy. Dipped in the thick sweet condensed milk provided with the plate, crispiness, wheat aroma, and rich milky sweetness intertwine in the mouth, hot and steaming, simply happiness overload, kids love it!
The Three Cup Chicken full of strong Taiwanese hand-cooked dish characteristics, as soon as it's served, the steam and the aroma of nine-layer tower instantly spread!
Selecting firm and bouncy chicken, stir-fried at high heat with old ginger and garlic, finally reducing the sauce to rich color. The chicken fully absorbs the ginger aroma and the essence of nine-layer tower, the texture salty fragrant with sweetness, smooth and juicy, this dish alone can make you eat several more bowls of white rice!
If you don't have time to dine in on weekdays, or lunch break is tight, no worries at all! 大宅門乾鍋丫頭 now specially launches the "Exquisite Takeout Bento Series", so everyone can easily enjoy the hand-cooked deliciousness of a famous restaurant even during busy weekday lunch!
Kyoto Pork Ribs $180
Japanese Karaage Chicken $190
The bento dish presentation is quite meticulous, the main course whether it's golden crispy Japanese karaage chicken, or Kyoto pork ribs coated with rich sauce, salty sweet and rice-pairing, portions are very generous! Paired with fragrant white Q-elastic rice, as well as grilled zucchini, pickled plums, dried fish, seasonal vegetables and other rich exquisite side dishes, color aroma taste all complete. The moment you open the box at noon, the ritual sense is full, one bite directly replenishes the energy for afternoon work, eating satisfyingly and happily!
The dining experience at "大宅門乾鍋丫頭" this time was very satisfying! Whether it's the classic Dry Pot Three Eats, exquisite Japanese sushi, or hand-cooked dishes like fried silver silk rolls and Three Cup Chicken, the seasoning and ingredient freshness are all above standard. Great value for money for family or friend gatherings, recommended to friends who like spicy dry pot and diverse gourmet food!
大宅門乾鍋鴨頭
Address: No.338, Ziyou 2nd Rd., Zuoying Dist., Kaohsiung City
Reservation Hotline: 07-5564078
Business Hours: 11:00-14:00 17:00-22:30
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