Jo Jo Taipei

[cubbie]

My DC and I went there recently- it was fantastic! Going by chowhound recs, we got and thoroughly enjoyed:

xlb
roast beef wrapped in scallion pie
curry dumplings
pea pod stems
3 cup chicken

and devoured it all. The xlb were quite well done that night...juicy, flavourful and thin skinned.

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JoJo Tai Pei Restaurant
103 Brighton Ave, Boston, MA 02134

[DrMag]

Took your advice and went this weekend. Got xlb, roast beef in scallion pie, 3 cup chicken, wonton noodle soup and fried dumplings. All were really good, I need to talk the troops into going back again. I particularly liked the soup dumplings- some sort of subtle smoky taste in the broth was great; the noodle soup was so big I finished it for lunch the next day (and weren't my coworkers jealous!)

[cubbie]

Yaay, I'm so glad! I've never had the wonton noodle soup- is it pork or pork and shrimp?

[liangpi]

We went for dessert (!) last night after oishii and finally tried the Taiwanese Shaved Ice. i'll let you judge from the photo whether we enjoyed it.

[teezeetoo]

Went for our monthly fix and had Rabbit and chestnuts in brown sauce and spicy eggplant with pork. Both were delicious. We love having this place on our regular rotation.

[KWagle]

What?!? That rabbit is still on the menu? Hurrah!

We had it at CNY and it was quite good, but not as good as the swamp eel. THAT was amazing.

[gourmaniac]

Swamp eel needs a branding makeover. Thanks all. This thread reminds me that I still haven't been to JoJo Taipei, a major hole in my portfolio.

[galangatron]

glad to hear that the rabbit dish made it onto the regular menu

[teezeetoo]

it was a special yesterday - don't know how often it turns up but i really like it, along with the chili rabbit at Szechuan Garden which is much less sophisticated but also a good dish for bunny lovers.

[KWagle]

Do you mean Sichuan Garden in Woburn? I don't remember any rabbit on their menu. Chilli Garden in Medford has rabbit, though, and it's amazingly good.

[teezeetoo]

no its sichuan garden in brookline on washington street - chili rabbit. darn good and, in general, decent food.

[KWagle]

Oh, I remember a cold rabbit dish there, which I tried once. I wasn't very impressed; I've had a similar dish elsewhere and also wasn't very impressed.

[StriperGuy]

Nice!

[teezeetoo]

glad you liked it. try shanghai gate, around the corner on harvard street, next. different cuisines, both grand.

[Allstonian]

Just to clarify: Shanghai Gate is on Harvard Ave on the Brookline side of the intersection with Commonwealth Ave (just past Great Scott.) As teezeetoo says, it's wonderful as well.

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Shanghai Gate
204 Harvard Ave, Allston, MA 02134

[StriperGuy]

I've been going to Jo Jo since the day they opened.

[cubbie]

Very nice! Have they changed much or has what's good always been good? (subject to interpretation, of course)

[Jenny Ondioline]

There was a shaky period after much of the original staff left to open Formosa Taipei in Arlington, but they've gotten their groove back.

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Formosa Taipei
315 Marrett Rd, Lexington, MA 02421

[StriperGuy]

Agreed. I have not tried the twin lobster with ginger and scallion of late, but if it is as good as it was, it is possibly the best lobster prep I have ever eaten.

[cambridgedoctpr]

i eat at mulan a couple times per month; what does jo jo tapei do better than mulan?

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mulan
228 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139