604 Foodtography

Nestled on Kingsway across from Metrotown is Accord Food House 一心麵典, but you wouldn’t know it’s there unless you were looking for it.  I met an old friend for lunch here a week ago.  We arrived just past 12 and the place, although tiny, was full. The place can fit max 16 people probably!  Left and right, all I heard was Mandarin and Taiwanese (which I barely understand).  It was a hot day, and they had 3 AC’s pumping in there.

The menu is simple, noodles, rice, appetizers, drinks, and there are special desserts on the wall.  There was a little problem though, the menu is completely in Chinese so I couldn’t read everything as there were no English translations.  I could only pick out words I knew, like beef, noodle, rice, etc.. so I just resorted to asking for what I knew.

I had the Beef Noodle in Tomato Soup, half tendon and half meat (sorry I can’t remember the right word right now), below. The bowl was huuge! I really enjoyed it, from the soup, to the tender meat, and the chewy tendons. The noodles had the right amount of “qiu”, or chewiness, which is important.

My friend ordered just the regular Beef Noodle in Soup along with her Milk Tea (above).

The restaurant is really just a slightly bigger kitchen than the one in your house. It feels very homely, almost exactly like going out in your neighbourhood in Taipei for a bowl of noodles. I cannot recommend this restaurant enough, for a very true authentic representation of beef noodles and eating in Taiwan, this is the closest you will be.