Came in with a group of about 7 people on a recent Saturday morning, got seated right away with hot tea, waters and a bowl of pickled radish. Cash only! Service was quick and easy. Lots of seating in the dining room. Sampled these dishes with a few bowls of rice: - Fly's Head: super garlicy, well balanced with the fatty pork. Had a great texture from the crisp chives. - Three Cup Chicken: Bones throughout this dish, but that's a good thing. Juicy chicken covered in umami sauce. The portion is good for 2-3 people. - Ma Po tofu: Full of szechuan and warm spices and perfectly silky tofu. Would definitely go back to try more adventurous dishes and the friend pork chops. read more

Taiwanese Gourmet - Three Cup Chicken - Taiwanese Near Me - Elmhurst, New York

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After come here many times for over 15 years I have my favorite dishes! Oyster pancake- definitely a delicious starter dish. Fly Head- (just fun to order because of the name) A standard dish of long beans and grounded pork and spices. Three cup chicken- savery chicken in brown gravy five-spice sauce. Definitely get a bowl of rice. Watercress- veggies Chicken with ginger soup- healthy chicken soup with guji berries and Chinese dates. A healthy and traditional soup (too much work to make at home). Small limited parking spots in the back but usually street parking available on the street. read more

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Absolutely one of the best Taiwanese restaurants anywhere in NY and has been open for a long long time. There's lots of traditional Taiwanese food here that you won't even find at other Taiwanese restaurants. The three cup stinky tofu is a must have but I have nothing but good things to say about the other dishes on the menu. The celery and tofu is great, as is the sha cha veggie dish. The family lunch special is a great deal. Service is good and the food comes out very quickly. The parking lot gets crowded around noon on the weekend and the restaurant gets full quickly as well. I recommend going around opening on weekends. read more

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Great authentic Taiwanese food, quick to be seated and the food was great portions at a good price. Only thing is that it was cash only so make sure to bring cash!! We got the basil clams, three cup chicken, loofah w shrimp, stinky tofu, celery bean curd stir fry with beef and white rice! Everything was so perfectly flavored and paired well with the rice and tea. It's a bit chaotic in there but definitely felt homey. read more

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Great food and service. Love the seasoning and flavoring of the fried pork chops. The layout of the restaurant is great. The food was exceptional and the service was great! read more

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Not bad and inexpensive. I tried a bit of the century egg and tofu, mixed vegetables with tofu, and the chive omelette. The omelette was hearty, but definitely on the oily side. The mixed vegetables were generally pretty bland, but I asked for some fresh chili sauce which helped a bit. The server was mostly helpful at pointing out some of the vegetarian dishes, but didn't quite call out that the century egg dish was topped with bonito flakes. I'm glad I caught that one myself. Everything plus two bowls of rice came to $47 after tip for an enormous amount of food. It's cash only. read more

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Went here with some family for dinner on a weeknight and it was surprisingly packed. We parked on the street but later found out that there was a parking lot in the rear, which is a rarity for NYC. Once seated we were assisted super quickly, Asian style. We ordered a handful of things: crispy chicken, flys head, Taiwanese style oil noodles, oyster pancake, and short ribs. The favorites were definitely the crispy chicken and flys head. Everything was pretty good too. The ribs were not bad, but nothing to rave about. I would come back and try the other dishes, everything on the menu seemed really good. read more

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Came back to try some more of their foods!! They're always so busy & had a super long line for takeout as well!! Ambiance is ok!! Service was good as well!! read more

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I come here with my friends and family a lot because the prices are reasonable and it is pretty close to me. I always get a couple of different things to try each time but I think my overall favorites so far are the crispy intestines, the beef egg and tomato, the pork buns and the stir fried liver. That being said, I have yet to order something in the menu that I absolutely hate but that gives me a lot of confidence to sometime to venture out to other items in their menu. The staff is also always super sweet and the food comes out very quickly. The homely vibes also make this place a place you want to keep returning to. I highly recommend coming with big parties so that you can try a bunch of their menu items! read more

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At the recommendation of a longtime customer inside the restaurant, I had the Pork Chops with Dried Tofu and Celery over white rice for lunch. It was delicious. Wait time was only 10 minutes, and the cashier, doing double duty as a waitress, took my order and served me. The next time I come here, I will have the Three Cup Chicken. A few customers told me that that is a specialty rarely found in Taiwanese restaurants. Google says it is named after the three main ingredients: one cup each of soy sauce, rice wine and sesame oil. Thanks to my Yelp Elite friend Andie for recommending this place. The restaurant was fairly clean, and there were plenty of tables to eat, so this is good for dining in groups. CASH ONLY PARKING LOT BEHIND THE RESTAURANT read more

Taiwanese Gourmet - Taiwanese Near Me - Elmhurst, New York

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This place is great and should be rated much higher. It's packed with locals enjoying authentic Taiwanese dishes. Try the 3 cup chicken. You can really taste the wok hay in the dish. The basil clams, pork rou fan, were all fantastic. read more

Taiwanese Gourmet - Taiwanese Near Me - Elmhurst, New York

3.5 Got the Lunch $24.95 with a choice of soup and 2 dishes: clam with basil (was good, with a bit of hot peppers) and deep fried mackerel pike (didn't like the bitter taste in fish belly area); pork and pickled vegetables soup is very mild with pork strips and very little veggies. Fly Heads - we asked for mild spiciness but came without any so although tasty, was missing something. We just took the peppers from the clam dish. Pork chop over rice - didn't expect the pork to be on the sweet side. Food came out quickly. Service was attentive. read more

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Cash only! BYOB! Make reservation beforehand (for ground floor)! Fav: Blood Rice Cake - done very well Fly Head Clam & Basil Fried Stinku Tofu YUM Like but not love: Kidney & Liver - very saucy but not really sesame oil flavor. Sacha Watercress & Beef So so - Duck Tongue Atlantic Cod & Crispy Beans - weird. Large menu impressive read more

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It's hard to separate any judgment of a restaurant serving tso-tofu from judgment of the dish itself. You might say I inflicted suffering upon myself by ordering the stinky tofu - after tasting the steamed one many years ago on a street in Jiufen, I decided I would only stick to the less pungent fried variety going forward. At Taiwanese Gourmet they offer a unique dish pairing tso tofu with three cups (san bei) sauce, usually reserved for chicken. While they confirmed the tofu was fried, in reality this was more of a pan sear, and not enough to mask its pungence. I also found the san bei preparation a bit too heavy on the basil. read more

Taiwanese Gourmet - Taiwanese Near Me - Elmhurst, New York

My friend took me here this weekend. It was very clean and busy. The staff was wonderful and polite. I had the pork chop over rice and egg with tomato. Everything was outstanding. I'm definitely coming back. read more

Taiwanese Gourmet - Fried pork chop over rice - Taiwanese Near Me - Elmhurst, New York

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Queens doesn't chase food trends. It creates them. Before Taiwanese food was "cool," before the hype spots and influencer noodle pulls, Taiwanese Gourmet in Elmhurst was already putting in work. 40+ years deep. No gimmicks. No attitude. Just straight-up bangers. Green awning, red lanterns, fish tank, and what looks like straw armor on the wall (turns out it's old-school rain gear -- respect ). This place is built like a food dojo. Ordered like men who feared nothing: sausage with raw garlic (don't ask, just do it), pork rolls that taste like childhood joy, stinky tofu that's way less scary than its name, and a Taiwanese meatball that looks like it came from another dimension but absolutely slaps. Then the closer: three-cup chicken. Dark, glossy, basil-packed, cooked like it's someone's grandmother judging you from the kitchen. Unreal. Yes, also picked ordered their famous beef noodle soup. Solid. It was spicy and flavorful. Very Comforting. But the real flex here is the old-school menu -- dishes you don't see on TikTok, made the way they've always been. Lesson of the day: trends come and go. Real spots stay dangerous. Taiwanese Gourmet is still swinging. read more

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I'm always searching for delicious Taiwanese food throughout NYC, so I was so excited to finally have the chance to stop by Taiwanese Gourmet recently. It's been bookmarked for quite a while, but it's a bit out of the way in Elmhurst where I don't find myself that often! Our party of 2 came by around 7pm on a weekday -- we were able to get seated immediately, and while the place was really busy the whole time we were there, I think there were always a couple of empty tables available. We ordered a bunch of dishes to share: - 蒼蠅頭 "fly heads" which is just stir-fried ground pork with chive flowers and black beans was not bad. I thought the ground pork had a great savoury flavour to it, but the chive flowers tasted a bit undercooked. I felt it was a bit heavy/oily, too. - 清炒高麗菜 sautéed cabbage was a little disappointing. Taiwanese cabbage is probably one of my favourite vegetables, and I was disappointed at how bland this dish was. The leaves were a bit too chewy for my taste, and I felt like it was significantly under-seasoned (salt/soy sauce/sesame oil would have gone a long way here). - 溼煎虱目魚 braised milk fish was delicious! It's not that common to find milkfish in the US (especially of this quality) even as a classic Taiwanese dish, so I was really pleasantly surprised at how yummy this was. The portion size was SO big, and the flesh was just soo fragrant -- tender, juicy, practically melted in your mouth with an amazing savouriness. Definitely would strong recommend this dish. - 番茄牛蓋飯 beef and tomato over rice was really tasty too. The tomato was cooked to a perfect softness, and the mature flavour paired really well with the slightly more umami bites of beef and scrambled egg in the thick sauce (some mix of black pepper and oyster sauce flavours). It was not too heavy at all when eaten with the rice; I felt like I could have just eaten this itself as my meal :) Service was very quick, and all of the staff were very lovely with taking our order and offering suggestions and whatnot. Note that they are a cash only place, so do come prepared! While there were some spots for improvement, I think this was still a very yummy (and promising) meal overall, and I'm excited to come back to try some of their other dishes (on their quite expansive menu). read more

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Good value and cozy restaurant. Service was quick and the portion is very generous; we paid $24 for Mapo Tofu with pork and Taiwanese Sausage Fried Rice. Both orders can use more flavoring but I guess it depends on your tastebud. Overall a good spot. read more

Taiwanese Gourmet - Taiwanese Sausage Fried Rice - Taiwanese Near Me - Elmhurst, New York

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3/5 for the food, +1 star for the sweet older Asian ladies working there. We got the sauteed clams with basil sauce, oyster pancake, string beans, braised beef noodle soup, steamed fish, and sticky rice with sausage. Sauteed clams: Good, but nothing unique. Tastes exactly like clams in black bean sauce. Oyster pancake: Pretty much a mochi pancake with sweet and sour sauce on top. There were only 3-4 oysters in the middle of the pancake. I also wish the pancake was a little crispier but if you like chewy textures then you'd like this one. Steamed fish and braised beef noodle soup were a little bland. Sticky rice with sausage: This one was my favorite dish and the most flavorful. Sticky rice is wrapped in chicken skin with Taiwanese sausage in between. Overall this restaurant is quite homey and reminds me of a mother's homecooking, but I felt like the flavors were a little bit lacking. read more

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I attended a holiday party tonight and the food was delicious, as usual. I frequented this establishment many times in the past and never knew they had downstairs room to accommodate large parties! The staff was attentive and we sampled quite a large number of dishes. My favorite ones this evening were the pork with bamboo, beef, and pork chops. Can't wait to go back, hopefully soon. read more

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I heard lots of good things, and some dishes were great while others I could do without. For starters, the fly heads, I was skeptical because I thought it would be too much scallion, but the flavors pair so well where it doesn't overpower anything! The Oyster Pancake was interesting, def eat it as soon as it comes out because it tastes better warm. I was not a fan of the ketchup/red sauce they put on top, I wish they put it on the side so I could put on as much as I would like instead of it fully lathered in it. I really enjoyed the tea they gave. They accidentally brought us a soup and we didn't know if it was ours, we thought it was part of the lunch special but it wasn't.. we didnt even touch it but got charged for it which wasn't the best experience but all the prices were super cheap so our bill was $40 read more

The oyster omelette is very good here. Note they only take cash, but do have a parking lot in back. read more

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So I am Taiwanese and I Love Taiwanese food as well as so many other types of cuisines! During Covid I learned to make lots of Taiwanese foods but lately been trying a few Taiwanese places. It's funny I have been to Taiwanese Gourmet many times in past but for whatever reason haven't been to this restaurant in a while. I am sooo glad my friend suggested coming here bc not only does it have parking lot in back which makes it super convenient it's really delicious! We went on A weekday a little later than lunch but the place was still busy and the service super nice and friendly. We got seated immediately and ordered lunch special. We got the pork with sour vegetables soup, the kidney with sesame oil and the shredded pork with bamboo. The flavors were on point! I am sooo glad to go and want to come back soon. The ambiance is low key Asian inspired and enough space but not a super big or small restaurant. They are on corner lot so good sized. read more

Taiwanese Gourmet - Kidney with sesame oil - Taiwanese Near Me - Elmhurst, New York

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Impromptu decision to have a late lunch on a Saturday. Service was friendly and attentive. Food was better than I recall. read more

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This was my second visit to Taiwanese Gourmet and I once again experienced fast and pleasant service. The Fly Heads, a stirfry of chives, ground pork and fermented black beans, is slightly spicy with an addictive savoriness. The greens were well cooked, with some bite left in them, and the chicken, though it was difficult to pick out the many small bony shards, was juicy and coated in a rich sauce. No one dish here is mind blowing but the whole meal all together was greater than the sum of its parts. A great place to share a few dishes with someone that you love. read more

Taiwanese Gourmet - Fly Heads, Chinese Watercress with Garlic, Three Cup Chicken - Taiwanese Near Me - Elmhurst, New York

Everything here was really good. The stinky tofu was one of the best I've had. The oyster pancake was the best I've had in the US. The table loved the fly head dish (chive flowers and pork). The scallops and loufa/winter squash was a big hit as well. The salty crispy chicken could have used more pepper but the texture was good. I can see why people say it's the best Taiwanese restaurant in NYC. read more

Taiwanese Gourmet - Oyster pancake - Taiwanese Near Me - Elmhurst, New York

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This is a Taiwanese restaurant I've been to several times, and it's always been a good experience. They start you off with some pickled radish, which is free and really delicious -- tangy, refreshing, and super appetizing. I almost finished it before my meal even arrived! I always order the oyster omelet, which is one of my must-haves here. It tastes authentic -- the red sweet-and-sour sauce is flavorful and a bit tangy, though slightly on the salty side. Still, it's a great dish. I also tried the pork belly bun, which was huge -- about the size of my fist! The bun was soft and fluffy, and the pork belly was thick, juicy, and full of flavor. This time, I also ordered the fried chicken leg rice and fried pork chop rice. Both were excellent -- crispy outside, tender inside, and seasoned just right. The prices here are very reasonable, and to be honest, they've always kept their prices fair over the years. One of the best surprises is that this restaurant actually has its own parking lot -- something really hard to find in New York! The place is clean, the staff is polite, and the service is pretty good overall. I'd say this restaurant has a great value for the price -- tasty food, consistent quality, reasonable prices, and convenient parking. I've also tried their minced pork with chives (a.k.a. "Fly Head") before, which was delicious. I didn't order it this time, but I definitely plan to come back and get it again next time. read more

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Quick service but you will need to wave them down for something vs then asking you if you need anything. Food is cheap and enough portions to keep you full. Cozy spot for groups, couples or by yourself. read more

Taiwanese Gourmet - Spicy beef over rice - Taiwanese Near Me - Elmhurst, New York

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favorite spot for porkchops and lu rou fan! We dont come to queens often but when we are in Elmhurst, we like to get food from here. My daughter enjoys eating the lu rou fan- something so simple but hearty and warms your body on a cold day. Their porkchops are nicely flavored all the time! Don't usually dine in but they are always packed! read more

The best place! We haven't had food from this neighborhood in several years since moving to Long Island. Still as good as we remember. We got take out today and devoured it too quickly to take any photos but the food was so good! We got the crispy pork, crispy chicken, sautéed cabbage and tomato beef over rice. So simple and but so good! One star off because there was a lot of oil in the containers that could be drained better. Thanks for a great meal! read more

Solid and affordable. Every so often I'll notice influencers try to hype up places like this but it barely moves the needle. It's too far for all but the most dedicated foodies and yet it's going to chug along with or without hype. This is a go-to neighborhood spot and they won't care if you yelp or gram them. Service is fine. English is usable here. Ambience is minimal and functional. Maybe a minor gripe when it comes to cold weather, there's a bit of a draft even with their double door setup. On to the food. This is diner style. Cheap, greasy and satisfying comfort food. You'll get some rarer dishes like stinky tofu and goose intestines as well. You can probably go big and order market price seafood but you'll get a good meal regardless of which end of the price spectrum you want to play in. read more

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Authentic local Taiwanese restaurant has been here since the 90's . price is reasonable and portions are generous. The service is OK. They do not accept credit card cash only. read more

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Stinky tofu was sufficiently pungent and enhanced with the sour sauce. The three cup chicken was excellent, flavor in the sauce was abundant throughout. Strong wok hei was present in the beef dish. read more

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A cozy spot that serves homemade Taiwanese dishes, it's reasonably priced and portions are big. There's also a small parking lot behind the restaurant. The waiters were friendly and the restaurant manager/ owner was nice and interactive with us. read more

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Hidden gem with lots of good local Taiwanese dishes. They have a lunch special which is a decent deal and looks like lots of people in the neighborhood swing by for it. Everything was pretty tasty, especially their crispy pork and hearty beef intestine soup; however, they were all a bit too salty and made me feel very tired afterwards. Service was good, but there's also a bit of a stinky tofu smell the entire time which I wasn't the biggest fan of (but made me feel transported back to Taiwan). read more

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2nd time coming here, this time with my brother. Great that there's a parking lot in the back since it's in busy Elmhurst. Got day quickly and staff was very friendly, refilled our water continuously throughout dinner without having to ask. We ordered the Sliced Pork Belly with Garlic, the Beef and Chinese Watercress Noodle, and the Taiwanese Noodles in Minced Meat Sauce. Love all these dishes. I would say that I want to come back to try the other items on the menu, but I really want to come back and order these items again. The place is a little small but turnaround should be quick. read more

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Everything we got tasted just okay if not a bit on the bland and slightly sweet side, even though they were savory dishes. The service was minimal. Overall I was just disappointed because I was really looking forward to this place!!!! read more

Honestly one of the few times I didn't take any pictures of the food because it was so good. Taiwanese Gourmet is a great restaurant with something for everyone and very fairly priced food. I thought the quality of every dish was high and the flavors and service were fantastic. I really hope you visit them. Please experience it for yourself read more

We'd order this at work when we feel like treating ourselves: Shacha sauce watercress (+ beef if u in da mood) 3 cup chicken** always a must Mapo tofu (but ask them to add spice cuz it's absolutely NOT spicy ) Shredded bean curd w/ protein (so fragrant) My frds in love w the chicken leg over rice & porkchop over rice read more

Taiwanese Gourmet - Taiwanese Near Me - Elmhurst, New York

It's said pet welcome but actually not. And the manager was really rude to let me and my dog (has service dog license) go out.