Formosa

The Lans have a great thing going there at Formosa Bistro great food, great atmosphere and great service. Would recommend a visit!

I ordered pickup from here recently. In terms of food, I tried their Gua Bao, Yam fries, and Braised pork belly and egg rice. Everything tasted quite nice. Every part of the Gua Bao tasted nice (soft sweet buns, good flavour/cookedness of the pork belly meat, good amount of condiments) and it's definitely worth trying.

Overall: really good service, flavours are different and simple but very robust and delicious. Would definitely recommend this place . It was our first time having Taiwanese and it was wonderful. The server was great at explaining things. The cook sent out a couple of things for us to try on the house once he knew it was our first time. I got the black milk tea to drink. It was perfectly sweetened and a very smooth flavour, unlike some that are a bit more bitter. It came with a couple of very crunchy little tea cookies/pastries that were a bit sweet and savoury. Tasted a bit like sesame. My dining companions weren't very adventurous and got water and green tea. Taiwanese kimchi was one of the things given to us on the house. It is definitely from what I'm used to. Slightly sweet and sour, no spice to it. Delicious and and different and yet somehow a familiar flavour. The other thing we were given to sample was Taiwanese popcorn chicken. It was crispy, perfectly cooked and a delicious nutty flavour to the very light breading. We ordered the calamari tentacles, that were also cooked well; not rubbery at all. Again the breading was very light and had a different flavour from what I've had elsewhere, but definitely a good taste. One of my dining companions got braised pork on rice, the other for chicken karaage and I got stewed beef noodle soup. The braised pork was very tender, well flavoured all throughout and, despite being pork belly, not super greasy or fatty. It came with some slightly sweet house made pickles, rice and a marinated egg. The chicken karaage was crispy and tender. It also came with some house made pickles and rice. The sauteed vegetables on the side had a very strong ginger flavour, which was enjoyable as we all like ginger. Just be careful as there are pieces of ginger mixed in. My stewed beef noodle soup had a very deep, beefy flavour. The beef didn't even really need chewing as it was very tender. It's obvious that the broth is cooked for a very long time, as the flavour was strong in the veggies (carrots and chinese radish) that were stewed in the broth. The noodles were a bit gummy but overall good. Our server informed me that it can be made spicier if I'd like for next time and I personally love spice so I'll have to come back again and try it spicy :)

The beef noodle was definitely the highlight of the meal. Authentic, traditional Taiwanese beef flavors with different spices (star anise being one of them). Noodles were cooked well and not overly soft, or mushy. The reason for 4/5 stars is for multiple reasons:. The Guo Bao had a lot more Bao then pork (would be nice to see a better balance), some pieces of our popcorn chicken were cold, and the food is on the pricier side for a meal like this. Other than that, owners were very friendly. Will probably return!

A hidden gem in a strip mall off a main road. This place serves authentic Taiwanese food that is both tasty and generous in portion. Great value for what you pay for. Dishes are easily shareable. This place does not have many vegetarian options but a great place to try if looking for food that is different from typical Chinese food.