Stumbled upon 老牌牛肉拉麵大王 (No.7, Lane 46, Section 1, Chongqing South Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei) along the back lanes. Google lists this shop as 'Beef noodle of the King' which isn't an accurate translation to the Chinese name. Tried a bunch of their offerings.
Like dumplings which were filled with vegetable and pork instead of beef which we assumed. There were chunks of beef with those dumplings though.
A mala beef noodle bowl which wasn't close to crazy spicy but had a nice mala flavour.
Mixed parts bowl with very chewy tripe. Very chewy.
Tendon bowl which also had meat instead of just tendons. The texture of those tendons were not consistent. Some were pretty tender while others were a little gummy and chewy.
The black horse turned out to be the sesame sauce noodles. Pretty moreish after you've dumped in a generous pile salted mustard greens which added an appetising zing with needed salt and a bit of textural crunch. I could come back for this.
Some tau kwa on the side.
To briefly overview, portions were pretty huge, even for the small bowls. Those thick udon-like noodles had a dense chewy texture. Cuts of meat were chunky and had inconsistent texture. Meaning that while some were tender, others were a little hard and stringy. Broth was also a little spicier and oilier than what I was expecting from 红烧牛肉 broth.
I could do the noodles and broth again (if ever) but I'm not keen on the protein (beef) here.
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