Restaurant review: Iron Cow is a good shout for traditional Taiwanese beef noodles
Popular basement venue is a welcome hideaway from Mong Kok’s bustling streets, with a menu full of classic dishes that are done cheaply and well
Tucked away in the basement of Argyle Centre, Iron Cow Taiwanese Beef Noodles is a little hideaway from the bustling streets of Mong Kok. It’s a busy restaurant, with customers queuing outside, ready to take one of the seats as soon as they’re vacated.
The place has soft lighting and light wooden floors, and broadcasts Mando-pop and Taiwanese pop, including old hits from Taiwan girl group S.H.E.
The menu offers standard beef noodle soup, dry noodles, tomato soup noodles, and even “slobbering soup noodles”, in addition to traditional Taiwanese snacks such as the popular night market staple of salt and pepper chicken,and Taiwanese milk tea drinks.
We opted for the classics, sampling the signature beef noodles (HK$70) and the braised beef noodles in tomato soup (HK$66). Both of the broths were simple, flavourful and comforting, and the noodles were nicely cooked.