Da’an District, Taipei City｜Old Friends Chinese Restaurant 老朋友小酌熱炒

Good small dishes with a rowdy and crowded atmosphere. Not too many pictures included as we were super hungry. They had a cool deal for the posted beer. Buy one get one free. Service was quick and the food was delicious! Check it out and have a bite of authentic Taiwanese food.

Classic Taiwanese stir fry dishes. Local flavor, good for sharing. Flavor is strong and good to pair with drinks.

I rated the atmosphere as 4 stars because this very traditional Taiwanese and is not for everyone, especially foreigners. This restaurant is intended to be noisy with people drinking alcohol while playing rock-paper-scissors then bottoms up. Loud, rowdy, and a lot of fun and this type of activity can be loosely translated as "happy noisy". Ordered food is served quickly and comes in small plates. In the course of a night, there should probably be 15-20 different types of orders coming in one after the other. Table sizes are mostly larger round tables good for 8-12 people. Food tastes great but of course, we're not talking about gourmet stuff. Overall, if you want to feel what it's like to be with colleagues on a traditional or very local night out of food and drinks, bring some Taiwanese friends with you and watch & learn from the locals.