Master Huang Inc

Anna Su

4 months ago

★★★★★

I’ve finally found my favorite Taiwanese restaurant in the east coast. This spot is the spot to try if you want real authentic Taiwanese food with extensive menu items. My eyes lit up when I saw the menu. The owners are from Tainan, Taiwan which is often consider the culinary capital of Taiwan with many iconic traditional dishes and flavors. The restaurant is spacious but it does not have many table seatings (3-5 tables?). When we came it wasn’t busy so we got a spot but we did see many people coming in for their takeout orders. The oldies they play at the restaurant take me back to my childhood. The place is structured very interestingly where it’s an open kitchen so you can actually easily see how they prep the food in the back. We ordered: - oyster omelette pancake - mung wort kueh (4 pieces) - danzai noodle - mixed spice platter The oyster omelette was the highlight! The bottom is crispy and they use a generous amount of oysters. It’s the most authentic oyster pancake I’ve had in the east coast. Alot of other “Taiwanese spots” don’t make it correctly. I also love the mung wort kueh (hard to find places that sell this) - it’s a fun snack to take to go. It’s a savory mochi bun with shredded radish as the main ingredient. The danzai noodle is an iconic dish from Tainan. Its main star consists of the one shrimp and the marinated ground braised pork. Although I would prefer the dry version but they serve the soup version here. The broth tastes very clear and clean, doesn’t feel like it’s dosed with salt and MSG. We got the mixed platter - an iconic street food in Tainan is 滷味 (Lou Wei) which is consist of different ingredients tossed and braised in a soy-based spice sauce. They have a nice selection of Lou Wei options and the platter we got had pork belly, duck neck, tofu skin, and lotus roots. The spicy duck neck can be intimidating for those that have never had it but it is fun to eat. There are so many items on there that I can’t wait to try. For first timer, definitely get the oyster pancake and Luroufan! I can’t wait to come back and try more of the traditional Taiwanese dishes. They also have frozen dumplings that you can buy to go. 50 pieces for $28-$30 is a pretty good price!

Cindy

Edited 6 months ago

★★★★★

Cannot believe that after living in Queens for over 10 years I just now discover this diamond in the rough. Had the typical braised pork rice滷肉飯, pork meatballs in clear soup貢丸湯, and fried glutenous rice bun filled with meat & pickled veggies肉圓。All are delicious! Dreaming about traditional Taiwanese food all the time, I’m going to have to bike here from afar just to be able to burn off the calorie I’ll be consuming every time. There’s only one small table of two and a large table of six people… I was lucky went at off lunch/ dinner time. Most people walked in just had their meals to go.

M Y

10 months ago

★★★★★

Truly authentic Taiwanese cuisine. This mom-and-pop restaurant is small but offers lots of variety. The owners (the son and his parents) might seem cold or reserved at first but are nice and genuine. Highly recommend the following: • Chives, pork and shrimp dumpling • Taiwanese starch-wrapped meatball • Stinky tofu • Mushroom pork thick soup Also, their Taiwanese pickle is a perfect complement to many dishes.