News has reached Tidbits that L’Idiot, which garnered a favorable review last year (Nov. 14, 2008, Page 15) for its hospitable touches and good-value nosh, has dropped the meatball.
Expletive laden reports, one phoned in from a diner while at the restaurant, blast L’Idiot for its liberal use of processed cheese, dull and unappetizing fare, pricey wine list and distracted service.
Tianmu has a new edition to the culinary fold in the form of Papa Poulet, a small (one table with four seats and bar with four stools) rotisserie restaurant/takeaway, which opened in July.
Proprietor Chris Bryant took inspiration from the ravenous queue that regularly accosts the rotisserie counter at Costco, and thought he could do better than the chicken served there.
Open Tuesday through Sunday, Papa Poulet is primarily a takeout joint. Orders can be placed from 9:30am and collected between 11:30am and 8pm.
The menu includes, among other choices, roast chicken (whole NT$350, half NT$180), which is stuffed with garlic, rosemary and lemon and has a dry rub of five spices on the outside, roast pork with crackling/apple sauce/English mustard (NT$80 per 100g, served at weekends only) and a selection of beers such as Kronenbourg Blanc NT$130 and Grolsch NT$150.
Papa Poulet is located across the street from Dayeh Takashimaya (大葉高島屋) at 16-2, Ln 76, Zhongzheng Rd Sec 2, Taipei City (台北市忠誠路二段76巷16-2號). Tel: (02) 2831-1357.
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