I explored several Taiwanese restaurants for an article I wrote for the now-defunct web publication “Real Eats” about stinky tofu — a real passion of mine. Anyway, I think the article is lost in cyberspace now. If I ever get my act together enough to set up a personal website, maybe I’ll republish it.
But in the course of researching that piece, by far my favorite place was Joy Restaurant (5 Joy) in Foster City, which doesn’t label itself as Taiwanese per se, but serves the kind of Taiwanese-inflected Shanghainese food that you see a lot in Taiwan proper. Their stinky tofu is excellent, as is their lion’s head meatball. Pretty decent Taiwanese breakfast.
Come to think of it, it’s been at least a year or two since I’ve been back, so I think I’m due for a revisit.
