Best Restaurants that are Worth The Drive in Glendale

I found this place on YouTube, Alvin Zhou posted a mini doc of it. I went to Taiwan as a kid and haven’t had authentic Taiwanese food since so I kept this place on my radar. We traveled in from Texas for some shows and so I made sure to book a reservation here. Our group number fluctuated but the hostess and staff were so kind and accommodating when we asked to add another person to the table when we showed up. It was rude of us and they didn’t have to make the effort but they made it happen. As far as the food goes, it was unbelievable. Start to finish the plates were perfectly seasoned and the combination of ingredients felt effortless. Everything was in sync. The flavors of the FenZheng pork and beef noodle soup brought me back to my trip to Taiwan. Those were flavors I fell in love with but hadn’t tasted in 15 years. A truly authentic meal. Thank you guys for an incredible experience and providing that community atmosphere with your food.

Great daily menu and nice natural wine selection to match.

Cute place, but the food and drinks were very hit or miss, and that was not what I was expected for $60/person. I would pay the $9-12 for the salmon-avocado and toro-negi temaki again, they were great, but my drink was so bad they might have actually gotten the recipe wrong. I was quite literally gagged. Overall, 6/10 with a high standard deviation. Also, we have a reservation a week in advance and we still got sat at the bar for 20 minutes waiting for a table to open up–not a big deal but still annoying. I went with my cousin, we both got three temaki and a cocktail and split the Japanese potato salad (a lot of yuzu, but still good), we spent ~$130 including tip. Her cocktail was very good (vermouth with a dried orange on top, very strong, great flavor, very pretty presentation) and mine was so bad it was confusing (Matcharita 2.0). It was bitter, sour, and salty with salt going all the way around the rim. I wiped the salt off after a while, but even with that my cousin told me to stop drinking it because she would see me grimace every time I took a sip. The temaki were similar, the salmon-avocado and toro-negi were amazing, I would pay the $9-12 for them again, but the smoked salmon one was not good. It was topped with a bitter vegetable that really threw off the flavor and the nori's texture was really thrown off by the 'everything bagel' crust it had, which tasted a bit stale.

Good choice for a meal w friends where you can chat m hear one another! Good healthy food, attentive service, drinks were excellent. I will definitely be coming back. Thank you Butcher’s Daughter.

I thought this was a fantastic restaurant. Each dish was delicious, and service was great.