Newly opened in Shilin: Affordable all-you-can-eat sukiyaki with three types of meat to choose from

Text & Photos /Old K

Last Sunday after having dinner with Brother Pao, we strolled around the Shilin Night Market and happened to see Fuyao Sukiyaki preparing to open this Thursday. Since it had been a while since I last had sukiyaki, I thought I’d give it a try.

The restaurant is located on Wenhlin Road, not far from Shilin MRT Station. We came to dine on the day of its Thursday opening.

Because it’s only NT$329 per person for all-you-can-eat, it’s pretty cheap for a buffet-style meal. But you’ll have to try it to see if it’s worth it, haha.

There are also different pricing options at the door. The most expensive is NT$399 for weekdays evenings and weekends, NT$358 for weekday lunches, and you can choose between sukiyaki broth or kelp broth. For children between 80cm–110cm tall, it’s NT$100 per person; for those between 110cm–140cm, it’s NT$250 per person; and anyone over 140cm pays the adult price.

The dining time limit is 90 minutes, and the best part is that there’s no service charge, which is quite rare for an all-you-can-eat place. However, you need at least two people to start cooking, which isn’t very friendly to solo diners.

Business was pretty good on the first day. The first floor was packed, so we were seated on the second floor.

Maybe because it was the first day, they only had sukiyaki ready—we got our pot as soon as we sat down, haha.

The menu selection isn’t very extensive—there are only three types of meat: beef, pork, and chicken. The sheet on the right is for add-ons. One thing Brother Pao wasn’t too happy about is that the eggs here cost extra. You really need egg yolk to dip the meat in for the full sukiyaki experience.

So we each got one egg for now. This detailed bill is for settling the tab later. Maybe because it’s the first day, the staff weren’t very experienced yet, and the food didn’t come out super quickly. Hopefully, they’ll get the hang of it soon.

When your pot is served, they also give you a basic plate of meat. Once the water boils, you can start cooking.

Sitting by the window on the second floor lets you enjoy the night view outside, which is pretty nice—even if it’s mostly cars, haha. On the table, there are two transparent bottles. The dark one is the sukiyaki sauce, and the completely clear one is water, which you can use to adjust the saltiness of the sukiyaki.

Let’s start with the beef. The beef here has a roughly even fat-to-lean ratio. It’s pretty tender and slightly chewy—not as fatty as I imagined—and it absorbs the sweet-salty sukiyaki sauce really well. It tastes pretty good. But Old K thinks their sauce is a bit too sweet.

Of course, you have to dip it in the egg yolk. The silky texture from the egg makes the meat even more tender and soft. For beef at this price point, Old K thinks it’s pretty good.

Next, let’s try the pork. This pork is probably pork collar—it’s a bit firmer than the beef but not dry, and it has a nice chew to it. Dipped in egg yolk, it’s also quite tasty, haha.

Almost forgot—they also offer free sodas and drinks here. Otherwise, eating just meat would be too dry.

Can’t just eat meat, right? We also ordered some veggies, haha.

The chicken is chicken thigh meat, so you don’t have to worry about overcooking it. Chicken thighs are pretty hard to mess up, haha.

Later, we found out there are actually two types of beef. This one has more lean meat, so if you’re not into super fatty beef, you can order this. It’s not as tender as wagyu, but it’s chewier and not dry, and still tastes good.

Time to cook some veggies. That’s when Old K sent this photo to E, saying Old K and Brother Pao were having vegetarian sukiyaki, haha. E said, “As if—you two couldn’t possibly be eating vegetarian.” Turns out, he totally saw through us, haha.

In the end, when we were almost full, Brother Pao ordered some instant noodles, and Old K went for some rice cakes—time to stuff ourselves silly, haha.

Let’s finish off with some noodles.

Old K’s Tips: Even though the meat options aren’t many, for the price, the quality is actually pretty decent—maybe because it’s a new opening, haha. The 90-minute dining limit isn’t a big deal since the meat cooks really fast, so time-wise, it’s fine. It was a bit surprising that eggs cost extra, but considering the price point and the fact that there’s no service charge, it’s still acceptable. If you want to eat a lot of meat without spending too much, give it a try.

Old K’s Personal Rating (out of 10, higher is better)
Taste: 7.5/10
Value for Money: 7.5/10
Dining Environment: 6/10
Price: 7.5 points

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