Five years later we are back and eating inside. We loved this place so much we made sure to put this on the itinerary for spring break. This tastes like mom's kitchen if mom had a high flamed gas stove. The dishes that benefited from that smoky hot wok flavor had it. I was so excited to eat I forgot to take pics of all the dishes at the table. Green beans with garlic was so tasty, I finished the leftovers the same night, I remembered to take a photo in the takeout container. The cauliflower (I don't know the actual name but it's stir fried, spicy and comes with peppers) had wok hei and I couldn't stop eating it. Beef rolls is the sophisticated auntie of the scallion pancake. Think of it like an asian burrito with thin sliced beef, fresh scallion and cilantro, and a touch of hoisin all hugged together with a crispy tasty scallion pancake. The shredded potato tastes like the best potato salad that isn't your picnic potato salad. The shredded potatoes were quickly blanched then stir fried preserving the crunch and crispness similar to al dente pasta. Seasoning was on point. The homiest flavor came from the stewed short rib. The rib pieces were braised in a soy and star anise sauce like what you find in Taiwanese beef noodle soup. The peels potatoes were cut rustically and just cooked through and not mushy. Authentic flavors and freshness like this is so so hard to come by. I can taste the quality of the ingredients used. One tip I have for selecting authentic food is by looking at the customers. If the customers are all Asian eating at an Asian restaurant, you know the food is going to be good. Service was 10/10, waitress was super polite and stopped by to chat with us about the food and SLC. I am from out of town but I grew up eating at NYC Asian restaurants and this is as good as if not better. If you happen to stop by the largest Costco in the world, make a pit stop here to refuel after all those steps. read more

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Great taiwanese food, everything is very comforting, dumplings, beef noodle soup, pretty much everything ive gotten here I've liked a lot

You have to know what to order here or be looking for authentic food. Here is the thing that makes me happiest. I love the fried rice. I couldn't tell you what they put in it other than to tell you, it doesn't matter. Well I could tell you that it has green onion and char siu. The thing I order every single time is the beef roll. It is an onion pancake wrapped around beef, cilantro, and green onion with a delectable sauce. I can't stop tasting it. I feel like you can't go wrong with any of the noodle dishes. Be prepared for a culinary adventure, you won't be disappointed. read more

I've ordered takeout several times. Everything was excellent, every time. Not a single disappointing dish yet. The sauce that comes with the green onion cake is amazing! The shredded pork with bean curd is great if you enjoy a little spice, and goes perfectly with any type of rice. The fried rice dishes are fantastic, and less greasy than many places. read more

This is my go to place whenever I am missing Taiwan。The pork chop rice 排骨饭 and beef noodle soup 牛肉面 are absolutely awesome. Any time I am in a five mile radius of downtown SLC I stop by read more

Mom's Kitchen - Authentic Taiwan便当！ - Taiwanese Near Me - Salt Lake City, Utah

Great spot we found to be surprisingly good. I ordered the #24 beef noodle soup which was delicious . we also ordered beef rolls as appetizer , pineapple fried rice, fried croaker, and braised short rib beef was very flavorful . highly recommend. read more

Mom's Kitchen - Beef noodle soup #24 - Taiwanese Near Me - Salt Lake City, Utah

Mom's Kitchen is an underground classic in SLC. Everytime we go it is always delicious! The staff is always friendly and the food comes out quickly yet perfect every time. It is a cute family restaurant and a must-go in the city! read more

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I've been eating here for many years. I have tried other kimchi fried rice and nothing else compares. The fried dumplings with pork and green onion are amazing. The inside could use a little facelift, but the vibe is super casual and the service staff is also just as casual. I have told myself I will try other things on the menu (we have had the chicken and cilantro dumplings too which are great) but this is our go-to order. They have some very authentic Chinese dishes if that's your thing but the broad menu should be great for any palette read more

Mom's Kitchen - 49. Kimchi Fried Rice with Pork - Taiwanese Near Me - Salt Lake City, Utah

I had high expectations but was quite disappointed. The popcorn chicken was not good. There was a lot of flour with not much meat. It was not crispy and what's worse, the chicken was a bit tough. The size was also small considering it costs $10.99. I didn't like the Mom's mala noodles. Was not very mala but very sour. I think they accidentally added too much vinegar. My friend didn't know what dish it was and thought it was sour and spicy noodles. (I like sour and spicy noodles but this was not it) The only dish I was satisfied with was the intestine. It tasted good. Wish a free bowl of rice could come with each entree though. Overall this place was overpriced/portions were very small. Food was alright. My friends said its quality has declined. I probably won't come back. read more

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After our stay in Moab, on our way back to the Bay Area, I was thrilled to find this place with the help of yelpers. The dishes were delicious and generous. Salt Lake City is lucky to have this quality place, they have a bit of Korean food too, but I was happy with our dishes, see photos. read more

Mom's Kitchen - All of it was delicious. - Taiwanese Near Me - Salt Lake City, Utah

Wow the food here was incredible. Our server was on her own doing to go orders and sit in service and she was hustling for sure. We had the popcorn chicken, pork belly and cabbage, lotus vegetables, kung pao chicken/shrimp. The medium bowl of rice was enormous we barely ate half but perfectly cooked. We drove from American Fork. We will absolutely be back. read more

So we are here for our annual Park City ski trip and looking to try new restaurants. We were craving Chinese/Taiwanese food and checked out Mom's. Cucumber salad - this was delicious and elevated compared to other cucumber salads. Beijing meat pie was like a scallion pancake and a fried dumpling had a baby. Delish. Mom's homemade dumplings were excellent. Mom's fried rice with Taiwanese sausage and shrimp was perfect. It's a white fried rice without all that oil and soy sauce. It's totally my style. You will be punished if you play with your chopsticks. read more

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Came here to try some different chinese dishes. Glad I did. Didn't realize Id find such a good spot in Salt Lake City. The cold beef shank and tendon was very flavorful and the spicy intestines was very good as well. I realize that most people would be like wtf? Intestines? But they were outstanding, nice blend of spice and veggies. The cold beef shank had a really good flavor to it as well. The dumplings were also tasty but didn't stand out as much as the other two dishes. If you are looking for the typical run of the mill fake ass chinese food like "orange chicken" this isnt the place for you. But if you want to get a taste of some real authentic dishes, this place will hit the spot for sure! read more

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I really wanted to support Chinese restaurants that don't serve "American Chinese food" if you know what I mean. But this restaurant really disappointed us. The braised pork was terrible - wrong seasoning, very slim and dry meat... we just could not believe a Chinese kitchen could mess up with this super classic Chinese dish. The recipe for braised pork - no matter it's on the sweeter side or on the more savory side - should still be good in general, but this one was just unacceptable to us. The rest of what we ordered were nothing truly worth mentioning, if you frequent Chinese restaurants. I mean the veggie stir-fry was good and fresh; the beef and cilantro rolls recommended by everyone were ok because while the beef tasted good and pretty homey, the dough was pretty hard to chew; and the mom's stuffed pork buns were not like the ones from Shanghai but just meat buns with one side that got pan seared a bit. The meat still felt fresh though. Overall, we would not order again from this place.... Sad... read more

Mom's Kitchen - Taiwanese Near Me - Salt Lake City, Utah

Very flavorful and a variety of dishes to choose from. I would try pretty much everything on the menu if I could. The mom's special steamed dumplings takes a bit of time to cook, so I would order that first, as soon as you get it. It's a must try!!! They have special sauce too along with the chili sauce that goes so so well with it. I ordered Fish with Chili Bean Sauce for entre which was delicious, I got rice for side. What I also enjoyed was the Taro Turnip Cake with Pork Sausage, crunchy on the inside and soft inside. Service is pretty fast. The staff is very friendly. They have plenty of tables so it's not much of a wait time. It also depends on the time of the day. We went way after the lunchtime rush hour. read more

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Classic & authentic Chinese food. Don't go here if you want a "panda" experience. We got the Mo-Bo tofu, Green Beans & Garlic, and turnip cake for two. Delicious! read more

Mom's Kitchen - Mo-Bo 58. Ma-Po Tofu with Ground Pork & 56. Stir-Fried Green Beans - Taiwanese Near Me - Salt Lake City, Utah

Mom's Kitchen is one of my new favorite hidden gems! We found out about Mom's Kitchen through word of mouth. People had told us that the food was absolutely incredible so we were excited to give it a go. They did not disappoint--we loved it! Upon walking up to the building, there are several signs in two different languages talking about outside drinks, and a few other topics. I suppose they've had issues in the past, but it's still a little weird to have a bunch of these signs bombarding you, as you walk in. Once we walked inside, we saw the kitchen to the right and the lobby to the left. The lobby was quite outdated but nevertheless, it had a lot of charm to it. There was plenty of tables available to us, which was nice! At the table, they had some sauces and they also had another sign about kids not messing with the chopsticks, as it is seen as disrespectful in their culture. The menus were huge, both in size and quantity. Admittedly, it's a bit difficult to understand the menu as they're just numbered and we couldn't find a pattern. There were certain veggies in the beginning of the book, and then more near the end of the book. Many of their menu items looked delicious, so my friends and I opted for "family style". We were losing track of the numbers so each of us remembered one number from the menu, when it was time to order. We got some of the white rice, spicy pork, spicy cauliflower, buns, fried gyoza, and green beans. Everything was really good and there wasn't really any dish I didn't like. However, one dish definitely stood out from the rest. The green beans were so freaking good. They had garlic with them and just tasted out of this world good. We only had one person working FOH during our visit but she was amazing. She did a great job with refills, everything came out quick and correct. The overall vibes at Mom's Kitchen feel quite a bit outdated, but it also has a home-y feel to it. I think the signs everywhere are a bit passive aggressive. I mean, I am sure they had a few issues behind the signs but a lot of restaurants have issues with customers--that doesn't always make them hang signs everywhere about it. The menu items themselves are awesome and we loved our food. Though, I do think that they could reorganize their menu to make it easier to read and decide the order. The service was great and it was an awesome experience throughout. We would definitely visit Mom's Kitchen again for the authenticity and the delicious menu items! read more

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I went in search of some good dumplings. Mom's Kitchen has been on my radar so today is the day. - fried dumplings with pork and green onions: crispy on the bottom; the pork was juicy; overall pretty good - dumplings with pork & cilantro: juicy; the cilantro flavor was pretty strong; just okay - dumplings with pork, leek and shrimp: best flavor of the three; nice blend of flavors Pork wonto soup: the broth was super bland; the wonton has a decent amount of meat and not as bland as the broth Overall, this is an okay place but I would rather spend my money elsewhere for dumplings. read more

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Authentic Chinese food, not American Chinese awfulness. Even my fussy eaters like the food here.

This place is definitely authentic and not everyone's style. However, it is delicious! The food is wonderful for take out, and it bursts with flavor. We've tried the buns and some other items. Everything was wonderful! The service is fast and accurate. I've only ordered takeout from her, and every order has been correct. read more

Service was not particularly friendly and the actual menu was not appetizing or kid friendly compared to what I saw online. The menu was very pork heavy, if that's your thing- it is not mine so that's on me. I love hole in the wall mom and pop joints, but the food here did not meet my expectations. I had the chicken lo mein and my daughter had the beef noodle soup. I wouldn't return for either. My husband had the kung pao shrimp and said it was ok, but the sauce was very thin. The lo mein sauce was watery too. read more

This was excellent, the dim sum items were all good and to say the portions are generous is an understatement. All the dumplings we had and the cucumber salad were all excellent. If I'm ever driving through Salt Lake City again I'll definitely stop by. read more

There weren't many choices for Chinese food in Salt Lake City area, so we were excited to find and try Mom's Kitchen, which a friend suggested to have authentic Taiwanese food. A mom and pop shop that offers a variety of dishes, Mom's Kitchen is more of Chinese restaurant that serves some Taiwanese dishes. The flavor profile is more mainland Chinese than authentic Taiwanese. We tried the following: Popcorn Chicken: not true Taiwanese flavor. The small diced chicken bits were too hard, dry and oily, unlike the authentic juicy, crispy, flavorful popcorn chicken you'd get elsewhere. Will not order this again. Beef Roll: this is the first time that I had the beef roll where the beef was cold inside the wrap, which made this roll unpleasant to eat; the sauce was on the minimal side too. Below average Thai Style Spicy and Hot Chicken: average and on the dry side Shrimp Fried Rice: one of the better dishes we had for the meal Shredded Pork with Peking Sauce: tofu skin's texture was too hard and dry which made it unpleasant to eat; I prefer to wrap the shredded pork with soft flour skin  that other restaurants often serve with this dish Green Beans with Intestine: this is the best dish of all the items we ordered. The intestine was cleaned well and cooked nicely, and there was no foul smell. Overall, we were a bit disappointed by the food, but as long as you're not expecting authentic Taiwanese food, you can try a variety of Chinese dishes here. Flavor was on the salty side for all dishes, and the serving size was a bit small too. read more

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Legit Chinese/Taiwanese restaurant! It does not specialize in particular regional cuisines but serves a mix dishes from north to south of China, it did a good job. We visited mom's kitchen on a Tuesday around 1pm, tried the stir fry a-choy, stir fry flat noodles with pork, cold appetizer of beef tendon and beef shank, all are decently flavored. To our surprise, they also served some Korean and Thai dishes. We tried the thai style spicy chicken. Again a delight to eat. Will definitely come back for other dishes if I am in town. read more

My husband went and he couldn't even eat the food. He was taking out a service provider for lunch and his food was terrible as well. Definitely not recommending. read more

Such a gem of a find while stopping in SLC. The run down exterior was a bit intimidating, but the pick up process was smooth. Mom's spicy cold noodles with peanut was one of the best things I ate in my stop in SLC. The sauce was so addicting with its nuttiness and its Szechuan numbing spice. Sauce was so good, I ended up dipping my dumplings in it. The stuffed pork buns was up there in tastiness too. Dense, porky, and filling to the stomach. Definitely a must try for any fan of "authentic" Chinese food. read more

Mom's Kitchen - Pork 30. Mom's Stuffed Buns - Taiwanese Near Me - Salt Lake City, Utah

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Basically 5 stars for surprisingly legit Jing Jian rou si. It was my favorite dish while living in China back in 2006-2007, and very few places in North America get it right. Pork and sauce were good, the green onions were sliced lengthwise, and it even came with the little tofu wrappers! Beef soup was very enjoyable, sort of a Taiwanese beef noodle soup without the mustard / tang to it. All in all a great meal on the road, and it's always fun to visit a restaurant that can do very different things well. :) read more

Mom's Kitchen - beef soup - Taiwanese Near Me - Salt Lake City, Utah

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We got a variety of things from the menu. Overall, a solid 4-star place. The popcorn chicken, beef roll, leek pie, and green beans were the favorites amongst my siblings. We all agreed the braised beef noodle soup was disappointing...not enough flavor at all. Portions were a little small for an Asian, family-style restaurant. Service was pretty quick, but only one lady was serving all the tables! read more

Great Taiwanese food served family style. Reasonable prices. Modest ambiance. Highly recommended

I love good Taiwanese food and this place did not disappoint! My friend said she liked it so she took me yesterday since I'm visiting. We ordered the Beijing meat pie, moms pan fried stuffed buns and the Taiwanese noodles with ground pork. They were all sooo good and it was all only $30. Would definitely come back again! Edit - we already came back a day later lol. This time we ordered the Chinese omelet, beef noodle stew and kimchi fried rice with pork. Everything was delicious again! Total was $34. Can't say enough good things about the quality of their food! read more

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This is definitely authentic Chinese please. You know where do you have sticky tables and lots of crumbs and dust on the floor. but the food is really good. At first we were hesitant looking at the menu. But then we decided on shrimp, fried rice, Kung, pow, chicken, and shrimp, and fried Chinese bread with condensed milk. Everything was delicious the Kung pao was crispy with lots of roasted peanuts, spicy and large onion shallots. My son love the fried rice, it hatch, top yellow onions, green onions, scrambled yellow eggs and lightly sautéed shrimp. The Chinese fried bread is a real treat. Everything was serve, hot, and just made nothing had been sitting under lamps. We will definitely get takeout. read more

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First of all, my expectations may be too high. I was looking for an authentic Chinese food in the area and this restaurant has decent reviews. I was quite disappointed. The waitress was not very friendly to start with. The menu book was dirty and sticky. I ordered a traditional Sichuan dish (水煮肉片 Boiled Pork). Even though there were only 2 customers at that time, it took almost 25 minutes for the food to come out. Meat was not even marinated, dry and without any flavor. This is probably one of the worst one I've had anywhere. I hope other dishes will better. read more

We were given a recommendation to visit this great new Chinese restaurant. "Mom's Kitchen." As we pulled in I immediately recognized it and said, We've eaten here before." Sure enough, I found my review from last year. We had a new dish which sounded and looked wonderful, "Beef with Rice Noodle" soup. Noodles were wonderful, and beef was tender and tasty; however, the broth was lacking the deep beef flavor that I was expecting. I believe that the cilantro must have been on sale at the market, because the cilantro was too obvious. We were greeted and waited upon by polite and effluent staff. Our dining partners included families of Chinese descent and conversing in Mandarin. We will gladly return! read more

Mom's Kitchen - Taiwanese Near Me - Salt Lake City, Utah

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Every dish is authentic and delicious. You can order whatever and it'll come out tasting good. read more

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Mom's Kitchen specializes in Northern Chinese, home style Chinese, and Taiwanese cooking, according to what is written in Chinese on the sign. Since we based what to order on Yelp reviews, we ended up with mostly Taiwanese dishes. Stir-Fried Taiwanese Cabbage This is a solid, light veggie dish. Beef Roll Flavor-wise, this dish was tasty. However, the dish as a whole would've been better if the beef had been thinly sliced. Oyster Pancake I do not recommend this dish. The ratio of egg to tapioca starch was off; it should be more like an omelette than a pancake. Seaweed Wonton Soup This was solid and packaged well for takeout. TLDR: While Mom's Kitchen is known for Taiwanese cuisine, the non-Taiwanese dishes may be worth a try. IMHO the Taiwanese Beef Roll and Oyster Pancake weren't worth a special visit. I'm bumping my review up a star because restaurants need love right now and nothing was bad. read more

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Been going to Mom's since I moved to Utah ( so probably 7 years by now). Chinese restaurants here come and go like crazy, but mom's always has been my to-go comfort food probably because it tastes very "Beijing-ish". My husband visited Beijing last month and can finally agree on how legit the food is. We went in to order some meat pie and and onion cakes. Tho they were abt to close (we messed up due to incorrect time on yelp), they let us order and added one last order in. People are always nice there and it always feels and tastes like home. I've also see many ppl on here giving low reviews since certain things are not like how they thought it should be. Funny enough, the dish with the exact name can be prepared differently based on region in China, and people jokingly said it's a culture war on social media how it's supposed to be. A lot of the dishes here are legit Beijing style. It might not be what you expected but doesn't mean it's not legit. read more

This is a authentic Taiwanese restaurant. No frills of ambience but the food is good. I felt like I was in that game called Diner Dash where one waitress has to serve all of the patrons by herself with a few cooks in the kitchen. That's how this place is. Do not expect attentive serve or clean bathrooms. This is a hole in the wall restaurant that's very short staffed but if you're patient for the food it's sort of worth it. I had their beef shank soup with flat rice noodles. We also had the bean thread noodles with ground pork and their crispy chicken in some sweet soy sauce. Good meal overall but when you get to the end of your meal, go up to the counter to pay your bill and ask for a Togo container then. Do not waste your time waiting for them to check you out. You will be waiting a long time for that service. read more

We were in town from Seattle looking for a Chinese restaurant to celebrate lunar new year at. When we walked in they were upfront that it was going to be an hour long wait to get food. Appreciated that they were upfront and the food was delicious and worth the wait. Our favorites were the green beans and eggplant with pork and basil. Definitely seems like a family owned restaurant and would recommend to anyone looking for a good bite of food in SLC. read more

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So I've always wanted to try Mom's Kitchen, and today was finally the day. We opted for some different options. Griddle cooked pork intestines with red and green peppers and onion, spicy pepper intestines, green beans, pan fried stuffed buns, cold noodle with spicy peanut sauce, & three sauce chicken. I can say this definitely was a great place to try your not so average Chinese Taiwanese food. I love a good authentic restaurant and this really did feel like your grandma cooked ya up a meal made with love in the back. Here's my official rating on the food we tried. Griddle cooked pork intestines with red and green bell pepper and onion 8 out of 10 Green beans 7.5 out of 10 Pan fried stuffed pork buns 9 out of 10 (soft yet nice little pan fry crunch on the bottom (pro tip) mix the soy sauce, a little vinegar and the chili oil that's on the table and dip your pork buns in that! Cold noodle with spicy peanut sauce 7.5 out of 10 (noodles were nice and bouncy and had a little kick and crunch with the cucumber in every bite so good and refreshing Spicy pepper intestines 8 out of 10 (I love intestines!). The main reason I wanted to come try this place Three sauce chicken 5 out of 10 (sweet and a little too savory for my liking) Overall 7.5 out of 10 and definitely recommend! The service was quick and food came out promptly. Another pro tip is to make sure you add a bowl of rice with the dishes. Sucks it doesn't just come with rice, you have to order a side. Nice little mom n pop type of place (cozy) I will definitely be back to try other things! read more

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TLDR: Really good 3 Cups Chicken So... we wanted to try Chinese food in Salt Lake City. How would it be, in a city with only 1% of the population is Chinese? Verdict is... mmmm okay? I'm born here, and I know what Chinese food was like in the 80s. It wasn't good... catered heavily to Americans. I feel like the Chinese scene here in SLC is similar... catering Chinese food to Americans. But I could see there's some dishes that were for the Chinese palate. Like 3Cups Chicken. It was surprisingly good! The sauce was rich, and very flavorful. However, the chicken itself was a bit uneven. Some were perfectly moist and those pieces tasted excellent! Especially with the sauce. But other pieces were dry. If they could cook them all consistently, I think they would definitely have a winner! We also got the SJB (sheng jian bao), but it's the old-school type... with the white floury bun. However my wife noticed that the skin wasn't as dense as the normal old-style SJB. So we think perhaps these were handmade. However, another knock against it was it wasn't juicy at all. The inside was a bit dry. They aren't my favorite, despite the airy outside (think Steamed BBQ Pork bun). Finally, my wife ordered soup, because she was really hankering for some. It was the sour cabbage soup. I liked the noodles, but she thought the whole thing was too oily. As a side note, in someone else's review, they thought it's not authentic Taiwanese food. We agree. My wife said when she could hear their mandarin had a north eastern accent. Overall, the food was ok. A couple hits, some misses. read more