Taiwanese bento to-go
Taiwanese bento in Paris: the Franco-Taiwanese lunchbox on rue Saint-Maur
The Taiwanese bento (biandang) combines rice, braised meat, marbled tea egg, preserved vegetables. MAISON LE TE offers to-go versions for lunch.
The Taiwanese bento (biandang) combines rice, braised meat, marbled tea egg, preserved vegetables. MAISON LE TE offers to-go versions for lunch.
The Taiwanese bento has its own grammar: braised pork, tea egg, preserved radish, smoked rice.
For short midweek lunch breaks. Reusable box available.
Smoked tofu with mushrooms replaces meat. Same accompaniments otherwise.
Japanese bento is probably the better known: separate compartments, white rice, fish, finely cut vegetables, polished presentation. Taiwanese bento (biandang) follows a different logic: a base of white or smoked rice, topped with a sweet-savory main dish (braised pork, soy chicken, or smoked tofu), accompanied by a marbled tea egg, salt-preserved radish, and braised green vegetables. The presentation is more rustic, the taste rounder, more comforting.
MAISON LE TE offers a to-go version of Taiwanese bento for weekday lunches. The format includes four elements: rice smoked with Taiwanese Taiwanese oolong (subtle tea fragrance in the rice), pork slow-braised 5h in soy-anise-cinnamon sauce (or vegan smoked tofu), a marbled tea egg, and an assortment of seasonal braised greens (spinach, bok choy, Chinese broccoli). All in a reusable or disposable box per your choice.
Short weekday lunch breaks (15-30 minutes) that do not allow restaurant seating. Offices around rue Saint-Maur (11th/10th area). Coworking freelancers wanting an alternative to sandwiches. Taiwanese cuisine lovers wanting a substantial lunch without full-meal complexity.
The Paris bakery sandwich is correct but often dry and cold. The Taiwanese bento arrives hot (or reheats in 60 seconds in the microwave), with melting pork, fragrant rice, still-warm vegetables. A lunch that genuinely restores, not just fills. The price is equivalent to a quality sandwich-drink (12 to 15 EUR).
Taiwanese cuisine Paris, Paris onigiri, Taiwanese street food, weekday brunch.
On the spot or to-go. Booking possible via the contact page to avoid waiting.
A lunchbox with rice, sweet-savory braised meat, marbled tea egg, braised vegetables. More rustic than a Japanese bento.
Yes. Smoked tofu with shiitake mushrooms replaces meat.
Between 12 and 15 EUR depending on filling.
Not required but advised via the contact page to avoid waiting.