Banqiao Affordable Stir-Fry Spot – The Chef’s Signature Dish “Spicy Quail!”

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This ‘Jiulongjiang Restaurant’ is located on Shuangshi Road in Banqiao, very close to Huajiang Bridge and Jiazicui Metro Station, making it super convenient and easy to find when you’re looking for a bite to eat. The menu features affordable seafood stir-fries and sushi hot pot dishes, all made with quality ingredients and expertly prepared. That day, I was invited to dine with a few friends. Aside from enjoying a feast of delicious food, it was also a great opportunity to catch up with everyone after so long.

The restaurant is tucked away in a lane on Shuangshi Road. There’s a nearby Huajiang temporary parking lot. Since I rode my bike that day, I didn’t drink any alcohol. The shop is quite new and clean, the atmosphere is comfortable, and the service is prompt with quick dish service. It attracts many people coming for meals after work, and business is pretty brisk.

That day we had over ten dishes, and I was so full I could barely move… XD. The stir-fried dishes at the restaurant average around NT$80–150, with some premium ingredients going for about NT$200. The hot pot dishes are around NT$500. On average, each person spends about NT$300–500, which is a very reasonable price. They also offer refined multi-course set meals at different levels, so you can enjoy both a hearty and a refined meal.

The cold dish “Assorted Sashimi” was incredibly fresh, delicious, and cut thick, and it was presented beautifully — you wouldn’t expect such quality from a small stir-fry spot in a Banqiao alley. Other appetizers like black beans for health, Japanese scallop lips, and Japanese cod liver were also tasty and perfect as pre-meal bites.

A must-order stir-fry dish is the “Pan-Fried Pork Liver,” which really showcases the restaurant’s stir-fry specialty and skill. The “Kung Pao Century Egg” is bouncy and makes a great drinking snack. Another dish, “Spicy Lamb,” has a strong kick that makes you want to eat more rice.

The nostalgic “Peppered Chili Beef” and “Peppered Chili Matsuzaka Pork” each have their own unique flavors. The former lets you enjoy the aroma from the stir-frying process, while the latter uses a small-pot slow-cook method to make the meat even more tender and fragrant.

The “Honey Date Pork Ribs” with their mix of sweet and salty elements are quite special — almost like an orange-flavored pork rib variation. The crispy, fragrant ribs carry a uniquely Taiwanese honey date aroma, and the beautiful plating is a feast for the eyes.

The Taiwanese favorites “Golden Pumpkin” and “Golden Squid Tube,” coated in salted egg yolk and deep-fried, are also fantastic drinking snacks. The former is savory with a melt-in-your-mouth texture, while the latter is salty and delightfully chewy — each with its own charm.

The “Thai Spicy Chicken” made with thigh meat and the “Fermented Red Tofu Fried Chicken Wings” made with wing meat are both fried dishes but offer very different textures. The spicy chicken has a crispy skin, fragrant meat, and a slight kick, while the fried wings leave a finger-licking salty-spicy aftertaste.

The rare “Spicy Quail” is the chef’s signature dish. It’s made with quail meat cooked with scallions, garlic, and chili — a nostalgic specialty that only older generations might know. After taking some home, my parents couldn’t stop eating it — it was super satisfying.

The colorful “Double Pepper Stir-Fried Chicken Cubes” is also a unique dish. Green and red chilies are stir-fried together with chicken cubes over high heat. Though it’s a bit spicy, it doesn’t overwhelm the senses, and it’s a great rice accompaniment.

The refined-style salted pork is delicious. Thin slices of pork are seared to perfection, enhanced with sesame for aroma, and served on a warm ceramic plate that keeps the dish hot. This helps maintain the flavors, and the tender, tasty meat is simply enchanting.

Finally, what kept us eating even though we were full was this bowl after bowl of “Fresh Fish Rice Noodle Soup” — packed with all kinds of good stuff. It’s also one of the restaurant’s signature must-order dishes. The pot contains greens, crispy egg, fried fish chunks, scallions, squid, and rice noodles, all simmered slowly in broth until the flavors meld perfectly. The soup is rich, sweet, and delicious, and the noodles soaked up the broth are tender and tasty, adding a lot of warmth to our stomachs on that slightly cool day.

Jiulongjiang Restaurant
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Address: No. 3-5, Lane 66, Section 3, Shuangshi Road, Banqiao District, New Taipei City
Phone: 02-8258-5700
Hours: 5:00 PM – 2:00 AM

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