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Real authentic Taiwanese food! We wanted to try so many food but it was only the three of us including a toddler so we ordered the key items like beef soup noodle, braised pork belly rice and chicken cutlet rice with side of Taiwanese sausage, beans and calamari fish balls. So our toddler loved the fried chicken cutlet w rice and the noodle. He even had the beans. The beans were a bit over cooked but as long as my toddler can have some, it’s ok when most of the other items were made fairly well. The drawback of this place is the sanitation of the restaurant. The toilet needs some more attention and the shop felt quite packed. They said it’s a self service restaurant but the station outside took up so much space, they could have had the cashier do some minor tidying up while freeing up some space for people to walk through. Also the cashier is pretty firm on cash and don’t accept Zelle. So be prepare if you want to order. No reservation and not very kids friendly (no high chair). The place was too packed, they gave us a two seater for the 3 of us while he could have combined two small tables together or moved us to a bigger table when the table comes up. But no, not that kind of service here. Other wise, the food is really authentic and we will come back again. Just hope some improvements can be made.

Keepin it real out here in Bayside One of my fave Taiwanese spot out here in Queens. Food is solid solid. Some people seem to have issue with the self service, taking out your own food, pouring out the soup etc. I find that experience quite refreshing. They provide quicker service, lower staff cost and you get to save on tip (can still tip at the front), sounds like a win win to me. And maybe i just enjoy the change of dining experience compared to all the other places

The food is great and I love the environment. Cash only. The beef noodle soup is $20.

Another tasty lunch at ChiMama's. We ordered Beef Noodle Soup and Crispy Chicken Bento and both were delicious. Make sure you bring cash though as dine-ins are cash only.

Order about $50 of Taiwan beef noodle, stinky tofu, pig blood cake and cucumber. The beef noodle is good which has a heavy star anise flavor. But what bad is the meat; it's cooked well and will fall apart when bite on it. The meat is bad is that it's all meat. There's no beef shank with half meat and half tendon/ligament. Therefore their meat will be dry. I ate Noodle Lab in Whitestone, their meat is good but soup flavor is not there. The pig blood cake, where's the sauce? Should add some Taichung famous sauce 東泉hot sauce. Stinky tofu is good with the pickle cabbage but wish it was a bit more stinker. The cucumber was a bit better than average. I did order their ground pork rice before, it was plain.