Loving Hut 愛家

Belderich

Points +128

Vegetarian

13 Mar 2024

Very diverse vegan breakfast meals - Edit

We ate here twice and they have breakfast/Brunch and also offer vegan snacks and other products to buy.
We had freshly made burgers with vegan eggs, which were really delishes with real nice buns. We also tried the filled rice roll (purple sticky rice), which was special. We tried 2 kinda wraps (one had kinda pancakey wrapping)top. Everything was yummy and the woman working there was friendly.
They also have real hot coffee like an americano!

LisaSpykers

Points +8196

Vegan

31 Oct 2023

Tasty, flavorful, healthy, and convenient - Edit

This Loving Hut is the only vegan place open at breakfast time and while the menu is limited, what it offers is fresh, healthy, and delicious food which is really convenient for picking up lunch on the way to Taroko gorge.

We got a sandwich with potato salad, apple, vegan ham, and sprouts, a Taiwanese spring onion flat bread wrap stuffed with alfalfa, lettuce, apple sticks, and vegan mayo, a crepe-style wrap with mashed sweet potato, apple, carrot, alfalfa and crunchy soy seasoning, and some red rice inari. Apple was used a lot in these wraps and sandwiches, but the crunch and flavor balanced out the remaining ingredients really well. Some higher protein ingredients were the only thing lacking (like tofu) and because they were quite small serves, you probably need to buy a few for visiting Taroko.

They offer some fruit and herbal drinks as well as being a store that sells vegan ingredients for cooking at home.

Updated from previous review on 2023-10-31

Very tasty sandwich! at Loving Hut 愛家 in Jian

More healthy wraps at Loving Hut 愛家 in Jian

Delicious wrap stuffed with healthy sprouts and greens at Loving Hut 愛家 in Jian

huawhenua

Points +2769

Vegetarian

01 Sep 2023

Great vegan eatery and organic store! - Edit

This vegan eatery has quite a few nice small items to eat. I have been here a few times and have enjoyed delicious food such as veggie wraps, fried radish cakes, bagels, burgers, and crispy fried pancakes. They also have a good selection of healthy drinks. It would be an excellent choice for a vegan version of a classic Taiwan-style brunch. I also really like that they have a wide selection of organic and health-food items for sale, as well as frozen foods (e.g. mock meats, vegan cheese) that are quite hard to find elsewhere in Hualien. It is well worth a visit if you are in the area.

Updated from previous review on 2022-03-20

Pros: tasty food, many organic and health-food items, sells frozen vegan items

Cons: no English menu

Bagel with veg pattie at Loving Hut 愛家 in Jian

'Radish cake' 蘿蔔糕 at Loving Hut 愛家 in Jian

Packaged sandwiches and rolls for takeout at Loving Hut 愛家 in Jian

vandermost

Points +1236

Vegan

28 Jul 2023

Organic + delicious + supreme master tv - Edit

Gotta love places that have supreme master tv running in the background constantly. The turnip cakes and veggie wrap with pumpkin milk were all great, I would like to return for the burgers. Lady running the shop spoke English and was really quite lovely

ryanwhatt

Points +942

Vegan

10 Mar 2020

Great selection - Edit

There is a full menu (all in Chinese, the woman there speaks some English), as well as different take out options, breads, turnip cakes, etc. The grocery also has lots of frozen vegan meats. I had a pumpkin bread and turnip cakes and loved it.

Pumpkin bread and turnip cakes. at Loving Hut 愛家 in Jian

zulzii

Points +38

Vegan

01 Feb 2020

Real vegan heaven in Ji-An Township - Edit

It is a small vegan shop and plus serves breakfast and lunch until 6 am to 2 pm. The owners are really friendly and adorable. I tried all of the sandwiches and traditional Taiwanese breakfast items. All of the items are really cheap and delicious. Also, they sell vegan ice-cream which was really good. Favorite place while I am in Hualien.

Chia

Points +3635

Vegetarian

06 Jul 2019

Tasty food, friendly owner - Edit

Was here July 2019. Saw this place listed on happycow and gave it a try. Here's my Loving Hut Ji'an Township review. It's a simple place that makes you feel like you are at someone's house. The owner is the person who usually takes your order and prepares the food. She was very friendly and chatted with us a bit (in Chinese). We got a bunch of things to share: a dark bread sandwich with falafel and sweet potato, a wrap, a potato salad sandwich, a mix fruit juice, and americano coffee. We even tried their vegan egg - pan fried like regular ones. It tasted pretty good.

GillVHibbitt

Points +758

Vegan

07 May 2019

Good tasty food. - Edit

Good size portions. Very tasty and reasonably priced. Has a menu in English too. Stocked up on some health foods too.

Pros: Vegan., Good portions, Very tasty

CemNY

Points +158

Vegan

25 Jun 2018

Good Food for Taroko - Edit

We stopped here twice on consecutive days before heading to Taroko Gorge. The wraps and sandwiches were tasty, though it was strange to eat apple in a sandwich, we also tried the pineapple cake which was good and some chocolate cookies. We also had a warm soya milk (not quite to my taste) and two smoothies which were tasty.

HaileyPoLa

Points +1118

Vegan

17 Jun 2017

Liked the food there - Edit

I really liked the bean sprouts wrap and the sweet potato wrap, which I ordered on the phone and picked up for our trip to Taroko National Park. The turnip cake was a bit soggy, but it could be because it was put in a take-out box. The people who work there are super friendly. Next time I'd like to stay in Hualian longer and try different dishes here as well! :)

LilacHippy

Points +12780

Vegan

17 Apr 2017

Go in the Morning - Edit

They speak very little English with no English menu so it's best to just pick some of the pre-packaged stuff, which is actually really good and healthy. They have buritto style wraps full of salad stuff and they taste great! Other fried stuff too. I got about five things and couldn't believe it when it was only 110 dollars!
Everything is vegan so if you are brave you can just pick pictures from the menu. It's a great place to pick up snacks and pre-packaged stuff for your day out at the Gorge!
Go early, as I'm not sure if they still have food in the afternoon/evening.
You can also get some rare groceries and snacks here.

Updated from previous review on 2017-04-17

Pros: Cheap, Healthy options, Good for take-away stuff

Inside Restaurant at Loving Hut 愛家 in Jian

Pre-packed Food at Loving Hut 愛家 in Jian

Nikki1801

Points +963

Vegan

21 Mar 2015

Got there too late... - Edit

We arrived at 2pm and he said 'no more food'.... So just bear that in mind everyone! They still had some things in their steam cabinet, so we bought some buns and some sticky rice (the ones wrapped in a leaf) and some sandwiches for the next day for the gorge. The buns were plain....I assumed they'd have flavour or something inside....but no. Just a bright yellow bun with zero flavour...shame, but better than nothing! The rice was decent, it had some mock meat/chickpeas inside which we both liked. The sandwiches however, were just too far out my comfort zone haha. if you live in asia, then you're probably used to everything being laced with sugar....but a sandwich made with sugary bread, containing mashed pumpkin, salad and apple slices mixed with some sort of savoury mayonnaise....it was a struggle to finish it. It was better than going hungry though, so I am grateful I could at least eat! If you want a proper meal, I'd aim for midday as I'm unsure really when they stop serving!! However Greenland is not too far away, they're open until 2:30 and you can attempt to communicate a vegan dish there.

JesseD

16 Jun 2015

I'm sorry but your review made me laugh. "If you live in asia, then you're probably used to everything being laced with sugar....but a sandwich made with sugary bread, containing mashed pumpkin, salad and apple slices mixed with some sort of savoury mayonnaise." So true, and it makes me realise that I've been here for a while, because sandwiches with mayonnaise and sliced apple seem normal to me now. I'd never make one like that myself though!

peas-full

Points +3517

Vegan

31 Dec 2014

don't go there in the evening. - Edit

We went there on saturday evening. Before I checked on the Loving Hut website to be sure about the opening hours. Once there, we just found two bored persons watching TV. The kitchen is running until after brunch, then they stay open only as a shop to sale vegan product. I was with a taiwanese friend and she was able to let them know that on the website it is written that on the contrary during the weekend they are open only in the evening. The lady then agreed to make some food for us and I asked about the stinky tofu, which I really wanted to try. They don't have it anymore. To have some proteins dishes I had first to buy the protein from the freezer and than the lady would have cooked it for me. I appreciated the offer, but 5 min walking distance from loving hut there is a nice local place where we had dinner.

Pros: vegan

Cons: wrong info on the website

JesseD

Points +832

Vegan

18 Nov 2014

Good Loving Hut - Edit

This is is a fairly typical small-city Loving Hut. It serves a range of simple but delicious, satisfying meals, at very reasonable prices (about 100NT each). It also serves a range of drinks, including fresh coffee and smoothies.

The best thing about this Loving Hut is that they open at 6:30 every day, and they sell packaged sandwiches and rolls which are perfect for taking into Taroko Gorge for hiking, as they keep ok (it's cooler there) and their wrapping can be easily carried around afterwards (unlike say a take-out meal box from a buffet). Even if you've just had breakfast it's worth coming here for these before a trip to Taroko Gorge.If you're staying in the gorge I would take some and keep them in the fridge where you stay for the next day, unless you know you're going to get food there.

They also have quite an impressive grocery store. It's worth getting some snacks for when your sandwiches run out, but chances are if you're in Hualien you won't want to stock up on kitchen supplies, which is a pity because some of them look really good.

Pros: only vegan restaurant in Hualien centre, simple, delicious, inexpensive food, take-out sandwiches for Taroko gorge

Cons: a little far from train station

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