海老天

The thing I’ve really grown to appreciate about eating in Taipei is the quality of the food courts here. Back in the States, a typical food court consists of a McDonalds next to a Burger King next to an Americanized Chinese take-out joint, and so on and so forth. The awesome thing about the food courts here are that you can get a tasty and relatively nutritious meal that’s also cheap. We’ve been hitting the food courts pretty frequently lately, since we’ve been too hot and lazy to cook.

We found a pretty good udon and tempura place in the food court located in the basement of New York New York. I actually still like the udon a lot better at the place over on Fuxing, but the tempura at 海老天 (hai lao tian) is a lot better, since that’s their specialty there.

I usually get either the udon or soba noodle soup set meal, which comes with tempura, salad and a small bowl of seaweed. Not too shabby for NT420.


Last time we were here, my husband got the curry udon noodles. He did not like them. There was too much curry, and because the tempura came with on top of the noodles, it got all soggy. He does recommend that if you happen to order this, ask for the tempura on the side.


So if you’re ever in New York New York and want a decent meal quickly and for pretty cheap, check out 海老天.

海老天
New York New York, Level B1
(02)2729-1100