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Taiwanese cuisine continues to make its mark in Filipinos tastebuds. There are now more restaurants serving Taiwan Street Food than ever before.
Botan Black serves authentic Taiwanese and they are a hidden gem in BGC. Their location is not easy to spot. They are on the second floor of Wumaco Building, Lane P corner 9th Avenue, along Highstreet, on top of the Bird Box stall.
This concept started as a waffle, sandwich and milk tea shop located in Makati. Now it’s a full-blown restaurant offering upscale dining in both Makati and now, BGC location.
On this invite our team from WeLoveToEatPh indulged in a feast- from unique starters to ice shaved desserts. Everyone raved about the tasty and crisp, Fried Pork Intestines, which I politely declined to eat.
I did love three other fried appetizers served, Salted Egg Prawns, classic Salt & Pepper Squid and the addicting bite-sized cuts of Crispy Pork Liempo. I suggest having these pieces before jumping on Botan Black’s well-seasoned mains!
What not to miss? Boldly flavored and spicy, Taiwanese Beef Noodle. It has tender beef, fresh noodles, bokchoy, scallions, and Chinese pickled mustard greens.
If rice is your preference, pair it up with 3 Cup Chicken in a hotpot and BBQ Beef Kang Kong. I guarantee you’ll end up having more carbs than usual.
The Taiwan Style Halo Halo with red bean, monggo, jelly, pearl boba, pudding, nata, taro and more will surely make you smile. There’s also just Red Bean Ice if you wish to keep it simple.
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REDISCOVER an authentic Taiwanese restaurant located at a building hidden in plain sight. The restaurant itself is at the second floor, where Bird Box is also found. Botan Taiwanese Restaurant offers authentic Taiwanese cuisine this side of Manila. Bringing into the food scene, what is trending and most sought after in Taiwan.
Must try the following! Century Egg Tofu - soft, silky tofu topped with flossed meat and a savory soy glaze. A very refreshing appetizer and a small few spoonfuls is all you need to prepare for a feast. So, one order can feed more than one.
3 Cup Chicken - mildly spiced chicken cutlets served in a hot stone bowl with garlic, basil, ginger and a few other herbs. The bowl is quite generous with meat.
Fried Large Intestine with Leek - clean, deliciously fried pork intestines, the outer layer had that distinct crispiness and the inner portion is soft, chewy but none of that bitter taste since it was cleaned thoroughly. The leeks gave it that sweet, aromatic flavor.
Cispy Pork Liempo - unlike the Pinoy counterpart, Botan's version has been lightly breaded, seasoned and fried to a crispy pop. I see myself eating this on its own. Great even without pairing it with rice.
Salted Egg Prawns - huge, perfectly soft prawns coated in salted egg yolk. Delicious!
If you find yourself lost in BGC, head straight to Botan for that hole in the wall eats that is worth its price. Recommended.
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Last Friday, we enjoyed the following...
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There are a very few restaurants that serves authentic Taiwanese cuisine around the Metro, and Botan really captured the hearts of the Filipino pallette due to their innovative and homegrown flavors of its home land-- Taiwan.
Botan has a branch at Legaspi Village (near Makati Med) and it started as a small cafe that only serves 2-3 specialty dishes that changes everyday and mostly, coffee. And now, due to popular demand, they've expanded to BGC for a more upscale dining experience yet they are a bit hidden since they're at the 2nd floor of Wumaco Building at the 9th Ave corner 30th street.
We had a chance to try some of their best sellers and soon to be launched on their menu which are: for the appetizers, the Hot Sour Soup, Banki Soup, Chinese Spicy Beef Noodle, and Century Egg Tofu. For the Hot Sour Soup, this is honestly the first ever that made a mark on me since it's really new to my tastebuds! But out of the 3 soups, I prefer the Chinese Spicy Beef Noodles since I'm more into beefy broth and the noodles are so thick! While for the Banking Soup, it can really be paired or topped onto the rice. The Century Egg Tofu was a crowd's favorite.
For the mains, we had the 3 Cups Chicken, Crispy Pork Liempo, Salt & Pepper Squid, Salted Egg Prawns, Fried Pork Intestines, BBQ Beef Kang Kong. I normally don't eat fried intestines (of any kind) but this one is delish! It didn't taste entirely like an intestine. While the Cripsy Pork Liempo & Salted Egg Prawns really captured my heart-- both of them, nothing in between. Just took one bite of them and I just, ughhh, I didn't know that I was starving till I tasted them (lol). the Salt & Pepper Squid wasn't gummy and the batter was still crunchy! As for the Beef Kangkong & 3 Cups Chicken, they both have that Asian flavah kick that'll make you crave for a bottle or can of beer. Tbh, I only had one cup of rice just bcus they're noodles are very filling!
For the refreshments, they have a variety of Taiwanese drinks to choose from: Fresh Fruits Tea, Wintermelon Seafoam, and Triple Delight. Since I love Fruit Teas, their Fresh Fruit Tea is prolly the cutest high end fruit tea I've ever had! It has so many selections of diced fruits and you can really taste the fruitiness in one sip!
One of our fave restaurant to go whenever we are craving for comfort food. They served chinese, western and philippino food but we always order their chinese menu.
Loves their shabu-shabu set, sweet sour pork and noodle.
Their tapioca pearl milk tea comes in a gigantic tall glass!! Must try!
Botan Black is a wonderful, value for money restaurant that my family + A all love. 💕
PARKING:
🏳️🌈 High Street has a lot so you're okay.
AMBIANCE:
🏳️🌈 Nice and chill during afternoon.
😩 It gets busy during 4 pm onwards.
FOOD:
🏳️🌈 Love their Chicken Pop. So tasty and moist.
🏳️🌈 Their milk teas also have HUGE servings!
Go here on a lazy afternoon and treat yourself. Thank us later. 👌🏼
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Still the best chicken popcorn for me. And what I love in this restaurant is that they serve their drinks in BIG glasses. Just wow. It’s a BIG YES for me 😍
Unexpectedly Huge Servings.
Went there for dinner post workout with some friends, we were looking for something healthy. Looking at the prices I thought the serving would be small because it was relatively cheap, to my surprise it wasn't. The taste is also superb, not to mention the presentation of their food is beautiful.
The Tokwa Adobo and Mapo Tofu are both must tries.
Food / Quality - 4 out of 5
Service - 3 out of 5
Place - 4.5 out of 5
Value for Money / Price - 4 out of 5
The place was recommended by my friend and here is my feedback. Its a taiwanese cuisine btw.
The milktea is really good and the size is really big (see picture)
Since I love dumpling, i ordered one and it was nice as well.
Their pancakes is to thick and somehow we dont enjoy it much, nothing special on their pancakes.
My friends ordered sandwiches, rice, noodles. Theres a lot in their menu and its hard to decide what to eat. Haha.
Their service is quite slow when we dine. But the place is sophisticated like a fine dining restaurant ambiance with friendly price. :)
Great Chinese/Taiwanese food at reasonable prices in BGC. Must try!! The restaurant is not as visible since it's on the second floor of an unmarked building. The space was previously occupied by 2nd's, and while I was sad to see it close, I was happier that it was replaced by Botan Black. They also have a decent size function/private room for small get-togethers. The restaurant's black theme is classy enough, although the general ambience is pretty casual and relaxed, just the way I like it. Chicken pops is a popular choice with the kids. The basil dishes are a must try. Also calamansi black tea!
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