Restaurant Name: Doe Jon Station
Specialty: Taiwanese Breakfast!
Location: Arcadia, Los Angeles, California
Company: Skinny Kevin
Overall Experience: YUMMY! ( : asian breakfast is the best!

[The newspaper photo is present because it was our companion during the meal. Of course it's too polite and courteous to move it off of the table. We had to work our way with limited space and lots of food! Typical Asian service, could not have asked for more! Truly not sarcastic.]



[ 油条 ] This is what I consider as a Taiwanese donut. Unlike the American version, deep fried and then slathered in either glaze or some overly sugar condiment. The Taiwanese "donut" is more like a savory item. The dough itself is slightly sweet, but definitely nothing to give one a toothache. It is extremely light and fluffy and the best are crispy on the outside and soft and chewy on the inside. Doe Jon's was normal, nothing particularly delicious, but it still did have the nostalgic taste of the doughy Taiwanese donut.



[ 蛋饼 ] Egg pancake! Super delicious. Again, unlike the American tradition, the Taiwanese pancake is not sweet and rather on the savory side. It is also extremely thin, much like The Original Pancake House's dutch pancakes, with with eggs cooked into it. What makes the egg pancake unique it the thinness of the pancake complemented with a thin layer of egg as well.



[ 臭豆腐 ] Stinky tofu! Usually, I would not like to eat something extremely fermented and strong in the morning, but stinky tofu is always an exception. It has a tepid disgusting taste that makes the phrase "takes one to know one" come to life (you need to invest time and effort in revamping your taste buds to realize the true deliciousness of the stinky tofu). One of the best things about stinky tofu is the spicy sauce that it comes with. Do not fear, it will not get rid of the stinky-ness of the tofu!



[ 飯糰 ] If I were a Taiwanese contruction, this would be my ideal lunch break snack! There are two flavors, one sweet and one salty. They both include the Taiwanese donut and are wrapped in semi-stick rice. The sweet one has sugar particles which, in my opinion, makes the sweeters ones better!




[ 咸豆漿 ] Salty soy milk! I have no idea what's in here, but it is basically soy milk made salty. I do know that there are green onion and the Taiwanese donut (putting this with anything makes the dish so much more delicious!).


Note: As you may have noticed (if anybody is even reading this), that I went through more descriptions of the food rather than rated and critiqued it. To be honest, I do not really remember how these tasted. I guess that means that it was okay, nothing spectacular or nothing terrible. I do know for sure that I had a good meal! ( :