October 16, 2010
Gordon Biersch
Wife and kids were staying at her mother's house for the weekend so I had a Sunday morning to myself. Took advantage of my moment of freedom to hit the brewpub for some beer & grub. The dark-wood bar is relatively uncrowded, compared to the rest of the bustling restaurant, as the concept has done surprisingly well since making its debut a while back.
The menu was faithfully transplanted from its American roots, thus featuring many items not usually seen in the Taiwanese basic burger-and-pasta American-style restaurants. It's almost kind of overwhelming, so I skipped to the list of House Specialties, where the Cajun Fish Tacos caught my eye. Some American-Mex food plus a tall glass of Hefeweizen seemed like exactly what the doctor ordered. The dish certainly looked the part. The tacos were filled with blackened fish topped with a creamy sauce and pico de gallo salsa which were tasty but not too spicy. The double-wrapping of soft flour tortilla and crunchy blue-corn tortilla shell was a smart flourish. Unfortunately the tortilla shells were a bit stale and not too crunchy, possibly due to lack of turnover or Taiwan's high humidity? But the food did went well with the beer, not surprisingly.
Gordon Biersch 鮮釀啤酒餐廳
台北市信義區松壽路11號2樓(新光三越A11館2F)
02-8786-7588