Newly opened hot pot restaurant in Taipei's East District: 16oz generous portion of Yilan pork platter!

Text/Photo byZhou Huahua

There's a new hot pot restaurant open in Taipei's East District!

The sister store of "Xiao Man Guo Wu" is Yilan's "No. 6 Granary Premium Hot Pot", both focusing on high-quality yet affordable shabu-shabu hot pot. Whether it's the meat platter, vegetable platter, or even the side dishes, all are top-notch. The best part is that there's no heavy feeling after eating, no guilt after a big meal—proof that the ingredients are really well selected.

Xiao Man Guo Wu
Recommendation Rating: ★★★★☆ 4 stars
One-line Review: Recommended eatery near Zhongxiao Fuxing MRT Station. Excellent hot pot meat platters, seafood, vegetable platters, and side dishes!

The store is located in an alley off Da’an Road, close to T'Kuantan Park and SOGO Department Store Zhongxiao Branch. Walk into the alley from the area near "NET" and "Fora Hotel", and you'll see the store not far ahead. The nearest MRT is Zhongxiao Fuxing Station Exit 4, just a 3-minute walk from the exit.

The interior decoration is spacious and bright, with quite a number of seats. Since we were a larger group, we chose the long-table sofa area. For solo diners, there are also bar stools available.

Here’s the menu for "Xiao Man Guo Wu"

They have beef, pork, lamb, chicken leg, and seafood. If you want both seafood and meat, there are also combo options. The prices may seem not super cheap at first glance, but the ingredients used are top quality, making it feel worth spending a bit more for good food.

Besides the kelp broth, there are also options like medicinal herbal tonic soup, milk miso soup, spicy double-pepper soup, and ? Feng Jing Qi Soup. The basic option is kelp broth. Switching to other broths costs an extra 50 NTD, but if your main hot pot order is 380 NTD or more, you can switch for free.

Seasonings are placed in the self-service area—help yourself as needed. Two types of fruit vinegar drinks are available for unlimited refills, their sweet and sour taste perfect for cutting through the richness of meats.

For set meals, choose one drink from three options—one bottle per pot, no refills.
Side Dishes: White rice, Prince Noodles, handmade noodles. Highly recommend the handmade noodles in spicy broth—they’re super delicious!

Medicinal Herbal Tonic Soup

Made with Chinese angelica, American ginseng, red dates, goji berries, Szechuan lovage rhizome, and astragalus. It has a mild herbal aroma, not heating even in summer, and the soup can be drunk directly.

Spicy Double-Pepper Soup, ? Feng Jing Qi Soup

For a small hot pot restaurant, I think "Xiao Man Guo Wu"’s spicy broth is really outstanding—the “numbing” flavor overshadows the “spiciness”, leaving a fragrant and long-lasting aftertaste after dipping. It’s not so spicy it numbs your scalp, but still very satisfying.

It’s recommended to start with a mild spice level first. If it’s not spicy enough, you can always ask the staff to turn it up. Better to adjust than to order too spicy and not be able to handle it.

? Feng Jing Qi Soup is the Korean word for kimchi. “Jing Qi” is a Korean homophone. The spiciness of the kimchi is heavier than expected, but the sourness is quite mild. If you can’t handle spicy food, it’s better to avoid this one.

Although many say that vegetable platters at hot pot restaurants are just side characters, for me they’re important. The lack of excessive hot pot ingredients left a great first impression. I’m sure many people, like me, still prefer natural veggies and fruits.

But this “sweet potato quinoa ball” completely won me over—how can it be so delicious?! Soft sweet potatoes made into hot pot balls, the first bite is pure surprise. The vegetables in the platter are all excellent, with amazing sweetness and crunch. Zhou Huahua personally loves the radish rolls and sweet corn—they’re sweet and fresh, you’ll know with just one bite.

16oz Double-Meat Platter — 420 NTD

Let’s get to the highlight, everyone—here comes the 16oz generous meat platter!

Half Yilan-style plum blossom pork, half Yilan skin-on bacon pork. Just a little plating and it already looks delicious. The pork is sourced from Yilan, and unlike most large-portion pork hot pot restaurants, the quality is way better than I expected.

The thickly sliced plum blossom pork has clear marbling. Chewing the lean meat brings out the aroma of the fat. The skin-on bacon pork was highly praised by everyone—it has an incredible “Q texture” (chewy and bouncy), the best we’ve had at any hot pot place. Even those who prefer lean meat will want extra slices!

The 16oz double-pork platter gives you a solid amount of meat. Grilling slice after slice is super satisfying, and the price of 420 NTD is really reasonable.

Premium Wagyu Beef Hot Pot – 430 RMB

The beef is not only thickly sliced but also comes in extra-large pieces. Though the portion may seem modest, every slice we had today was larger than a palm, offering an exceptionally tender texture that highlights the quality of premium beef.

The marbling in the high-quality beef delivers a rich yet non-greasy flavor, adding depth to the taste. Cooked to about 5–70% doneness, the abundant juices burst in your mouth, bursting with sweet umami and savory richness—truly embodying the meaning of “lingering flavor.”

No. 6 Premium Seafood & Meat Hot Pot – 660 RMB

For the meat options, you can choose between Matsusaka pork or boneless wagyu short rib—we opted for the latter. The seafood selection includes large grass shrimp, white shrimp, squid, scallops, salmon belly, fish slices, clams, and fresh oysters. With both meat and seafood as main stars, the portion is incredibly generous.

The boneless wagyu short rib rivals the wagyu beef in deliciousness, even surpassing it in some ways. Due to differences in fat distribution, the flavor profile varies slightly, but both deliver juicy sweetness and an incredibly tender bite. We loved both.

A hot pot restaurant earns high marks just for serving great meat, but when the seafood is equally excellent, there’s no reason not to recommend it. Today, all the seafood was exceptionally fresh—especially the clams, fresh oysters, and squid. Even the pricier items like large grass shrimp, scallops, and salmon belly, which many other hot pot places at this price point might skip, were included. This proves that the word “value” here is absolutely not just marketing—the quality of the food fully justifies the price.

Dessert was a scoop of ice cream per person, with the yellow one being durian flavor.

Thank you to “Xiao Man Guo Wu” (Little Full Hot Pot) for the invitation—it was a delightful dinner. The quality of the food was really impressive, making you willing to spend a little more for premium ingredients. The return rate among customers is also very high. For friends who love hot pot, this is another great, conveniently located, and clean restaurant to add to your list for future East District meetups. Up.

Xiao Man Guo Wu (Little Full Hot Pot)
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Address: No. 7, Lane 52, Section 1, Da’an Road, Da’an District, Taipei City
Phone: 02 8772 3797
Business Hours: Mon–Fri 11:30–15:00, 17:00–22:00; Sat 11:00–22:00; Sun 11:30–22:00

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