Luxury Food tour of Taipei
Sep 8, 2018, 2:17 am
#1
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Luxury Food tour of Taipei
Does such a thing exist?
Looking for a day or an evening of food places to visit and try. If during the day, then a walking food tour would be very welcome.
If evening then a few recommendations for outstanding local food dishes / places or bars with good views of the city and ambience.
Anything that is luxury - it will be my parents first time in Taipei and I'm looking for something different.
Looking for a day or an evening of food places to visit and try. If during the day, then a walking food tour would be very welcome.
If evening then a few recommendations for outstanding local food dishes / places or bars with good views of the city and ambience.
Anything that is luxury - it will be my parents first time in Taipei and I'm looking for something different.
Sep 8, 2018, 7:46 am
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I had a client you went on a Taipei Eats: Food Tours and really enjoyed it. Their website details several tours, but I'd think if you contact them and specifically ask for a luxury food tour that they might be able to whip something up.
Sep 9, 2018, 5:45 am
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Does such a thing exist?
Looking for a day or an evening of food places to visit and try. If during the day, then a walking food tour would be very welcome.
If evening then a few recommendations for outstanding local food dishes / places or bars with good views of the city and ambience.
Anything that is luxury - it will be my parents first time in Taipei and I'm looking for something different.
Looking for a day or an evening of food places to visit and try. If during the day, then a walking food tour would be very welcome.
If evening then a few recommendations for outstanding local food dishes / places or bars with good views of the city and ambience.
Anything that is luxury - it will be my parents first time in Taipei and I'm looking for something different.
Sep 10, 2018, 6:01 am
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Could also consider the Aoba (Chin Yeh / Green Leaf) restaurants in this category. Possibly Ming Fu, which recently got 1*, although I've always thought it was an uppity tourist trap.
There are a lot more options as far as luxury restaurants that have a farm-to-table Taiwan ingredient focus (this is one area in which HK/SG cannot compete with Taiwan) - but those restaurants will not feature traditional Taiwanese dishes.
EDIT: as Shin Yeh at the 101 has closed, sadly. Still recommend its "terrestrial" branches.
Last edited by gengar; Aug 13, 2020 at 10:52 pm
Sep 19, 2018, 11:51 am
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Not in Taipei, but Shen Yen teppanyaki in Yilan (lunch and dinner) is another personal favorite. You will need to arrange transportation (~1hr drive from central Taipei; could pair with a trip to Kavalan distillery).
RyuGin (**), Chou Chou, Tarroir (*), Savor, MUME (*), Yen, and RAW (*) are a couple others in this category. I've only been to the last three but I didn't like them nearly as much as others seem to.
Sep 20, 2018, 12:10 pm
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I don't believe there's that much "luxury food" in Taiwan, as most of the good food in Taiwan are casual street food.
A lot of the good restaurants tend to be more casual too. The upscale restaurants tend to be Japanese cuisine.
There are also a couple of higher end hot pot and Japanese barbeque places but nothing that's really "luxury"
A lot of the good restaurants tend to be more casual too. The upscale restaurants tend to be Japanese cuisine.
There are also a couple of higher end hot pot and Japanese barbeque places but nothing that's really "luxury"
Sep 20, 2018, 8:06 pm
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It's not a tour but try this link and see if anything interests you. I've heard of Raw, the others not sure ...
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3394485
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3394485
Sep 23, 2018, 8:53 pm
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