Eat Joy Food

Wow. Wow. Wow. This place is so good that I have to say wow 3 times! Very authentic Taiwanese cuisine. Not your usual bento box or noodle place. Our favorite is the lobster salad - which comes with lobster, fresh pear, apple, and mango. It was very refreshing. Food is fancy but the decor is mediocre. Service was fast and friendly. They did come change our plates a few times between the dishes. They have a private room that has a round table for 10 to 12 people, and another private room that has a rectangular table. Several large round tables in the main dining room. It was hard to find the restaurant as it is located near the back parking structure, in the courtyard. Reservation recommended as this place was packed.

We found Eat Joy Food on Yelp. Delicious seafood prepared with care.We enjoyed their steamed Black Cod: Michelin mention quality in my opinion.The 3 cup chicken brought me back to Taiwan.Service was fast, friendly and efficient.

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Eat Joy Food offers delicately seasoned Taiwanese cuisine in a large comfortable space. The music is calming and the food is excellent.Three-Cup Casserole: The name of the dish refers to a cup each of rice wine, soy sauce, and sesame oil that the chicken is simmered in. It's an easy recipe to remember, yet the chef's skill determines the quality. The morsels of chicken legs and thighs are really tender. They have been carefully cooked in a delicate braising sauce. It has the perfect balance of gentle amounts of sweet and savory flavors with thin slices of ginger, basil, and whole soft garlic cloves. The flavors of the ingredients are subtle and are allowed to shine. There's a lot of space here. The mall is massive, the parking lot is huge, and the restaurant is roomy.

Eat Joy Food, Taiwanese restaurant with 2023 Michelin Guide's bib gourmand recognition, is serving flavorful, authentic and unique dishes like dragon whiskers (seasonal chayote vegetable) and a variety of shellfish (oyster custard, lobster salad), fish (steamed black cod with cordia seeds), beef (stir fried with black bean and bitter melon), pork (braised pork shank), poultry (three cup chicken). AMBIANCERelaxed, minimalistic interior dining spacesSERVICEHelpful, knowledgeable, attentive TEA5/5 Chrysanthemum tea: hot and floralFOOD5/5 garlic fried shrimp: savory, tender shrimp with tons of fried garlicky flavor on the exterior 5/5 Beef, bitter melon, black bean stir fry: tender beef and perfectly stir fried bitter melon in a savory black bean sauce 4.5/5 Steamed black cod with cordia seeds: velvety smooth white fish that is light on taste, accented by fresh pungent onion greens, over a pool of savory soy, sprinkled with sour-sweet cordia seeds4.5/5 sautéed spinach: freshly sautéed spinach that's a delight to eat, could use a bit more salt for mePARKINGPlenty of parking is available in the lot, though most spaces are typically filled

Had the joy of finally trying eat joy food, a traditional taiwanese family dining restaurant rather than your fast casual taiwanese spot. Great service, fast serving, and bilingual from waiters and staff. There is a large expansive menu and many items that I have grown up eating but are increasingly harder to find nowadays that I will be sure to come back and order again. The dining area is mostly large family sized tables with some small tables for smaller groups of 1-4. It is a little more expensive but the cuisine and dining style is nostalgic for what I or my family would go to for family dining in Taiwan or in SoCal. Highly recommend.

Enjoy the dinner at this restaurant. Our original dinner plan didn't work out so looked for a restaurant at the last minute. Walked past by Eat Joy Food, looked very nice and clean so we decided to give it a try. What a great choice! Very tasty Taiwan cuisine, not heavily sauced, everything tasted very fresh and full of flavor. The service was very friendly. So glad to discover a new place.

One of the most authentic higher end Taiwanese cuinese places in the Rowland area. Yes they did make the Michelin bib guide in 2023 and hence market up the prices as such. The restaurant has literally over 100 items on the huge menu from high end seafood, to simple bento rice for lunch. Yes they can host large banquets and have private rooms available for bookings.The Braised Pork with mutton was cooked mouth watering tender where it literally falls off with the carmelized pork fat. You know its been cooking for hours to get that level or fat rendered down. A definite crowd pleaser with rice.Clam Basil: Another classic with baby claims stir fried with basil. One of those dishes you get to remember all the good old Taiwanese restaurants serving this exact flavors in the motherland. Yep it taste just like home.Tofu pork blood stew: Is another classic Taiwanese dish usually served in a hotpot ontop of a fire kettle. The flavor and sourness is exactly how this dish should taste. Only Taiwanese and asians likely will enjoy this pork blood dish but so good with a bowl of riceOyster Pancake: It's cooked crispy with exactly 8 large oysters inside and the sweet sauce served on the side. Yeah another classic street food dish but cooked on a elevated level and more crispy then the street version. Still great flavors and the cook is right on.Overall a good place to come to celebrate a special occasion with your elder parents/grandparents that are looking for a taste of home Taiwanese cooking. Yeah it's pricer then the million other choices in the SGV area but you're paying for the experience. The service is great with very attentive waiters.

Eat Joy Food is a Taiwanese family-style restaurant that received Bib Gourmand from MICHELIN in 2023 ( https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/california/rowland-heights_2880170/restaurant/eat-joy-food ). The restaurant was also listed in LA Times's 101 best restaurants for 2022 (#97) and 2023 (#86). Apparently this restaurant has very similar Taiwanese dishes to those at Cafe Fusion in Arcadia as the founder previously ran Cafe Fusion and took over this location in October 2019. I knew I had to try this place since I had already mentioned this Taiwanese restaurant to several people before even visiting this spot. I finally had a chance to visit here on Saturday at 12:30 PM and the restaurant was only 50% full.[Parking]: Parking is very easy with a fairly empty parking structure.[Service & Atmosphere]: Service was slow with only one or two server(s) taking orders for the entire restaurant. There was a small section selling Taiwanese goods. Some chairs were wobbly and there was a toothpick dispenser on the table. It was a bit difficult to get the staff's attention when requesting the check.[Menu]: Huge menu selection but same old rule - items with pictures on the menu are usually the restaurant's specialty items. However MICHELIN webpage summarizes some of their speciality items which include Dragon Whisker Salad (aka stir-fried chayote leaves - seasonal vegetable), Three Cup Chicken Leg & Thighs (braised with garlic + ginger + basil), seafood specialties, etc. They also offer a one-page selection of bento options on the back of the menu, but I didn't see anyone ordering one during my visit. One bowl of rice = $2 per person. All prices include tax.***Dragon Whisker Salad (aka stir-fried chayote leaves - seasonal vegetable, $26): This order was ready in less than 3 minutes. The dish was really good -garlicky, slightly sweet, and had a small hint of spiciness. It had a nice crunch and a touch of cilantro. No wonder it is a popular choice and I definitely enjoyed it.Three Cup Chicken Leg & Thighs (soy, wine, & sesame oil braised with garlic + ginger + basil - $20): Not too greasy with excellent chicken quality - chicken pieces were perfectly seasoned, not too salty, and enhanced by the aroma of Taiwanese basil (same ingredient as the one found in traditional Taiwanese popcorn chicken).Steamed Black Cod with Pickled Cordia Seeds (steam or fried option available, $42): This dish is not going to be everyone's cup of tea. The fish itself didn't have too much flavor so I had to eat it with the cordia seeds (salty by itself & had an exotic aroma) and sauce in each bite to get the full burst of flavor. The fish had lots of bones so be prepared. However someone told me this fish tasted more like Taiwanese milkfish than black cod.***Delicious and authentic Taiwanese dishes with 5-star worthy Dragon Whisker Salad and Three Cup Chicken, but I have to take a star off for the slow service and hefty prices. A meal that might cost $25 per person at other Chinese restaurants could easily cost you $50 per person at this restaurant.

I'll give 1 star for both the staff and the food that tastes decent. The food was fine, but it wasn't worthy of the price and I feel that their menu is either outdated or they're using the or Michelin influence for these price tags. I think the food was good but this is a bit over the head for $10/ piece of pork belly. The original dish had a picture with 9 pieces and a ring of bok choy. That's worth $40 for the dish but I'm devastated by how stingy and sad it looks. The soup was good, but like... they charged $2 for a bowl of rice. What a joke. The shrimp and vegetables weren't even that good yet they're $28 dollars?This is actually my second time here, so it's disappointing to see how much worse it is this time around.