[San Gabriel] [Taiwanese] 趴趴走 Pa Pa Walk

Pa Pa Walk
趴趴走
227 W Valley Blvd
San Gabriel, CA, 91776
(626) 281-3889

聽聞這家台灣小吃已久，聽說最有名的是他們的棺材板，星期六中午就和公園先生來吃午餐，生意真的好好，我們等了一陣子才有位子，吃了官財板、雞腿飯、牛肉麵和刨冰，樣樣都還不錯呢！不過價錢似乎是比我們最愛的QQ貴了一些，還是鍾愛QQ，不過偶爾換換口味也不錯啦！

I've heard about Pa Pa Walk's famous Taiwanese "coffin" bread for a long time.  Even though I grew up in Taiwan, I've never had it before.  Last Saturday Dr. Park wanted to go to QQ for some Taiwanese food.  I suggested to try a new Taiwanese restaurant so I finally had a chance to try Pa Pa Walk.


特調咖啡 Coffee ($2.75)

There were about 10 people waiting outside the restaurant when we got there.  We put our name on the waiting list and was called in about 15 minutes.  Dr. Park had to have his coffee every morning.  Well, it wasn't exactly morning, but it was our first meal of the day, so he still needed to order his coffee.  This was your standard instant iced coffee.  Nothing special but did the job for Dr. Park.




官財板 Cream Soup In Fried Toast ($6.25)

This was the famous "Coffin" bread.  The English name is called Cream Soup in Fried Toast.  The name described exactly what it is.  But the Chinese name is called "coffin" bread for the shape.  I think in Taiwan they use long bread that looks more like a coffin for this dish.



We like this soup a lot.  It's the Chinese style creamy soup with corn, mushroom, chicken and ham.  Creamy, rich and a bit sweet.  The fried toast was really good dipping in soup.  I guess this is Chinese version of clam chowder in sourdogh bread.


滷雞腿飯 Stewed Chicken Leg w/ Rice ($5.75)

One rice dish and one noodle dish to share.  We were deciding between the pork chop rice and stewed chicken leg rice.  Almost every table ordered the stewed chicken leg.  It looked so good so we ordered it, too.  The stewed leg was very tasty.... but only on the skin.  The meat was juicy and tender, but didn't have much taste.  We added some spicy chili sauce and it was all good.  I like the cabbage.  Dr. Park like the bean sprout (because it has tiny shrimp in it). 


紅燒牛肉綠麵 Beef Soup w/ Spinach Noodle ($6.50)

Dr. Park loves Taiwanese beef soup.  Pa Pa Walk has this dish with spinach noodle.  We ordered a small bowl and still had leftover to take http://www.eileenlikestoeat.com.



The spinach noodle was green.  But it tasted just like regular noodle.  The beef and tendon was cooked perfectly.  The soup base could be a bit richer in our opinion.  But overall, we like the noodle soup.


台式黑砂糖刨冰 Brown Sugar Shaved Ice ($4.50)

For dessert, we had brown sugar shaved ice.  You can pick 5 items with the shaved ice.  We picked lychee, grass jelly, red bean, pudding and condense milk. 



We had a great lunch at this new restaurant.  I like the food at Pa Pa Walk.  The restaurant felt more trendy than other Taiwanese restaurant because of its decor and their young & hip waitresses.  Even though everything was great here, we still think QQ's food is better.  And the price is slightly cheaper at QQ as well.  I wouldn't mind coming back to try other dishes.  But QQ is still the best Taiwanese restaurant in our opinion.

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