Uncle Lu Review

No, this is not a review on an uncle. It's the name of a Taiwanese restaurant. =D I have it on my list for awhile but never had the chance to try yet. My friend suggested it so we went. It's an ok size restaurant, when we got there, there were few tables with people, it got busier when we were leaving.

Service was not bad, they were nice. However, they don't go around checking if people need more tea. My friend had to ask for tea 2 times.

Anyways I ordered the wan luan pork hock vermicelli soup ($9.50). My friend got the wan luan pork hock rice ($10.50) and the deep fried chicken nuggets ($7.50, aka salty peppery chicken). It took quite long for the food, I think we waited a good 15-20 minutes? I'm not sure why it took so long to make but ok. I was super hungry and that wait made my hunger go away...

My pork hock vermicelli soup, it was normal Taiwanese combo set size. The rice vermicelli was thinner than what I had in mind. It was overly soft and breaks easily, it felt over cooked. The pork hock, it's was a bit on the hard to chew side. The marinate flavour wasn't as strong as I wanted it (I can never find a good marinate restaurant...like HK and Taiwan). The dish came with a garlic type of sauce which goes nice with the pork hock.

I asked my friend how is her dish, she said it's just rice and these interesting description on the pork hock which can't be used in a review haha.

The chicken nuggets, I thought it was pretty big. It had a nice flavour, not overly salty and it was crispy. I feel like my friend ordered it just so I can pack it home... (thanks) My mom said it was a bit sweet. I guess because other places put more salt on it. I thought it was good but I prefer saltier. =)

Will I come back again? Hm...I don't think I will. It was just so-so. I thought their pork hock would be soft and very marinated but nope.