Ba Fan Bao Restaurant

Affordable Authentic Jiang Je Cuisine

Information

Address: #37, Lane 9, Mofan St., West District, Taichung City（the intersection of Yingzai Rd. and Shangbei Rd.）．Telephone: 04-23052584 ．Business hours: 11:30-14:30、17:00-21:00（close on Mondays）．Website: Not available ．Traffic Information: Take National Highway #1 and exit at Jhonggang Interchange and head for downtown by connecting Jhonggang Rd. Turn right to Shangbei（near NOVA Information Square）．Credit cards are acceptable.

Attractions

National Museum of Natural Science．Yingzai Park．CMP Block Museum of Arts．Park Lane and Eslite Bookstore． National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts


With various branch stores around Taiwan, Ba Fan Bao Restaurant satisfies many customers and receives high praise. But this restaurant had a very difficult story at the beginning like plots we see in a soap opera.


Dongpo Pork, the signature dish of the restaurant, with just right taste and without greasy feeling

Vegetable rice is an authentic Shanghai dish serving with aromatic fried rice with chewy taste.


In 1994, Mr. Lin and Ms. Jhuang knew each other when working at a same Sichuan cuisine restaurant. They then tied a knot. After their marriage, Ms. Jhuang left the restaurant industry. It was the peak of Sichuan cuisine restaurant with the establishment of numerous new branch restaurants one after another. Unfortunately, after 921 Earthquake in 1999, due to poor management, many shareholders withdrew their investment, and the owner at the time was forced to sell out equipment at the restaurant to pay the heavy loan. Later, he sold branch stores. The restaurant on Yingzai Rd. was the place where the owner couple got to know each other and had their wedding, a very meaningful place. Thus, the couple decided to buy the restaurant. That marked the birth of Ba Fan Bao Restaurant.

Fortune baked buns are made with crispy baked buns with Jinghua ham.

Braised silver carp with green onion after frying and braising can be completely consumed.


Pickle vegetable and pork hot pot gives you the slight sour flavor

Diverse, rich, and tasty dishes


Due to limited financial resources, there had been no luxurious decoration in this simple tin house. They had no extra helpers at the restaurant, either. The couple needed to take care of everything on their own. Ms. Zhuang, at that time, was a mother of three kids, and she returned to the workplace with a determination to regain success. As a joint owner, she has been working very hard for her restaurant business until today.

(Owner/service personnel)

Inside the restaurant ; Chinese decoration, tables and chairs inside two restaurants.


Ba Fan Bao Restaurant features Sichuan and Shanghai cuisine, and its authentic flavor impresses many customers. The most popular dish at the restaurant is Dongpo Pork prepared with tied pork cut in squares and stewed with Shouxing wine for four hours. Gourmet lovers like its mild but not greasy taste. Pickle vegetable and pork hot pot is the dish that you cannot miss; rich food ingredients and sour and aromatic flavor give unforgettable memories to many people. Braised silver carp with green onion is very time consuming and requires advanced cooking skills to fry and stew the carp until it is completely cooked for customers to have the fish with bone, a sweet and sour savory flavor.

【賞味老舖】 “Dongpo Pork” is the most famous Hangzhou dish which making procedure is complicate and time consuming. Pork is wrapped into square cubic and simmered by casserole for hours. It melts in the mouth, and the mouthfeel is oily but not greasy with a good mixture of sweet and salty. It also retains firm and tender texture matching in perfection. When melting in the mouth, the dish is charming fragrant with wine but does not make people drunk. The fragrance in the mouth is unforgettable.