Broken Engrish

After a day at Universal Studios, we came here for dinner with less than an hour before closing. The owner took our order, prepared our meal, and served us. We had Formosa Omelette, Crispy-Skirt Potstickers, Braised Minced "Pork" on Rice, and "Beef" Noodle Soup. The dishes are all vegetarian with meat substitutes, but the flavors are like the regular dishes. Very delicious! The owner is a great guy and very personable.

Broken Engrish is a bit of a hidden gem just outside of Hollywood proper, but if you want to get some interesting vegetarian/vegan Taiwanese cuisine, this is worth exploring. The best dish is the Stewed Jackfruit "Beef" Noodle Soup. It is a hearty noodle soup that can easily fool any meat eater when it comes to the savory broth with the traditional Taiwanese 5-spice stew. The jackfruit may not be beef, but it is just as savory and has surprisingly good texture. The noodle is nice and chewy, as well. The 2nd best dish is the Braised Minced "Pork" on Rice. The "pork" is Beyond Meat made with avocado oil and served with rice, house-pickled daikon that is a must to balance the flavor, tea-marinated egg (tofu substitute available), and green onions. The daikon really is the key to add interest to the flavor which is delicious but a bit one-note without the daikon. Still though, it is yummy, just ask for extra daikon. The skirt potstickers are delicious and also taste like your normal potstickers, so you can't go wrong with them. No notes. The Bok-Choy is pretty good, but not really my choice of vegetables in general. Everyone else still enjoyed it though. Lastly, I only wish I saw the Chili Oil early on. I bet it would make all these dishes taste even better! It is essential for enjoying Taiwanese cuisine in my opinion!

We loved everything we tried! We really needed a place like this in the valley.

Exceptional food in a quiet, not yet discovered spot. Mapo tofu (with real, original flavor of sichuan pepper, unlike the bland version elsewhere), sesame dan dan noodles, great white rice, cucumber salad - delicious. The oolong tea with unusual smoky flavor - rare find.

Everything was just delicious. Nice chief, great interior. A very good restaurant. I will definitely come back.

I'm so excited to have found this yum yum spot! It's nice that they offer non-vegan options for the folks that refuse to go to fully vegan restaurants with me😆I really loved the curated rustic/trendy/cozy atmosphere and the man who greeted and served us was super kind, knowledgeable and attentive. The braised minced pork was our favorite dish we ordered. Make sure to try their house-made chili oil; it is more flavorful/hot than other restaurant's chili oils!! The peanut butter shake was yummy and a generous portion. I will most certainly be coming back to try more dishes, because it took a lot of restraint to not order the whole menu 😍

Awful customer service. Server pretended he didn’t understand me, yelled at me and told I’m immigrant here

Dying for a change and found this nice restaurant, great Taiwanese and good Veg and Vegan options. Loved the food, loved Jerry the owner . Amazing experience

It’s my first time trying Taiwanese food, and it was an amazing introduction! Even though the foods are vegan, they all have authentic, great flavor. It’s a cute, warm restaurant to dine-in. My favorite is the tomato scrambled eggs! :)

Great food good service.