Make sure you call for a reservation, this place gets packed and there are only limited number of seatings. They have 3 rounds of dinner each night (17:00 / 19:00 / 21:00) - I went for the 19:00 so I actually have more time to enjoy my meal... 17:00 feels too rush... I read that they offer 3 price points for the omakase (NTD1,200 / 1,500 / 2,000). I don't recall being asked which "menu" I wanted but I paid around NTD1,800 in the end so it must have been the middle one. I was eating pretty much the same thing as the rest of the customers were eating so it must have been the most popular set...
I must say the owner is smart since he is testing out different business models and catering to a different group of audience with different budgets at each of his stores. (Yup, that's the Finance gal in me talking...) Can't wait to check out his other shops!
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| I went there on a weekday and it was packed! |
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| appetizers: candied roselle & edamame |
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| Fig and Squid Salad with Black Sesame Paste Dressing I really enjoyed this dish. It has figs, my favorite~ Not sure about the name of the greens but I love them! And the star is the black sesame paste dressing! So thick and so delicious! I need to find the recipe for this! |
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| Torched Scallops Sashimi |
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| Hamachi Nigiri |
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| Sliced Squid Nigiri with Mentaiko It has an interesting texture - chewy. I quite enjoyed it |
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| Butan Ebi Nigiri - yummy! |
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| I always love my shrimp head fried but this one is even better since it's stuffed with rice! The rice soaked up the jus and it's just amazing |
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| Matsuba Crab Gunkan with Salmon Roes |
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| Yellowtail Sashimi |
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| Uni Gunkan YUM! |
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| My favorite Pacific Saury!!! L O V E~~~ |
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| Red Snapper |
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| This is supposed to be their featured nigiri with caviar over otoro over uni. I actually find the flavor confusing because I can't taste the toro and uni individually anymore. I really wanted to love this >.< |
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| Fluke Gunkan |
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| Our sushi chef - I wonder if he is the owner. |
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| During the course of the meal, this was brought to us as a snack. I found it tasty but I was confused since I was still enjoying my sushi then... It would have been better if it was given to me before or after the sushi course Regardless, it's fantastic with beer. |
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| The other chef torching our fish for our chirashi |
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| I actually really enjoyed my chirashi! I loved that they torch the fish so I am not overloaded with raw fish |
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| A simple grilled fish |
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| Perfectly cooked and just charred at just the right places |
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| You can tell I really enjoyed my fish when I devoured everything! |
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| Miso soup with clams and mushroom to wash everything down |
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| ...and finally dessert to end a nice meal in a sweet note... The red bean soup wasn't too sweet. Yay! Give me rice cake anytime and I will be happy. If you like your desserts sweet this may not be for you but I am happy :) |
(Update: I am very pleased to report that my roselle were edible and tastes very nice actually... crunchy, sour, and sweet! I am shocked with the amount of sugar I added, they were still quite sour!!! I actually felt the need to add more sugar when I make my next batch!!! Click here to see how I made mine.)
Again, I really enjoyed my meal here so would recommend anyone to go and check it out if you are in Taipei!
Mánzhe Diē #1 (瞞著爹1店)
台北市八德路二段346巷7弄15號
Tel: +886 0926-594575
Hours: 12:00 ~ 14:00, 17:00~23:00
Reservation and Cash only!
Again, this is an omakase restaurant so there will be no menu.
Veery nice blog you have here
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