Ming Fu is a taiwanese seafood restaurant in Zhongshan, Taipei.
Ming Fu runs Bib Gourmand Taiwanese seafood from a wood-panel room in Taipei. Banquet-style sharing tables and a wine list with Burgundy depth.
Signature dishes: Steamed grouper, Bottarga rice
Must order: Steamed grouper of the day, bottarga fried rice.
Tip: Open 11:30 to 14:00 and 17:30 to 22:00. Reserve by phone.
Address: No. 137, Section 1, Zhongshan North Road, Zhongshan District, Taipei City 104
Addiction Aquatic Development in Taipei is a fish-market food complex with a standing sushi bar, oyster bar, and the city's best chirashi don to go.
Signature: Standing sushi bar, Chirashi don
Order: Standing-bar omakase or a chirashi rice bowl from the deli.
Tip: Open 06:00 to 24:00 daily; sushi bar 11:00 to 22:00.
Qing Tian 76 turns a 1931 Japanese-era Qingtian Street professor's house into a Showa dining room, tatami floors intact, set lunch and small kaiseki sittings.
Signature: Tatami set lunch, Seasonal sashimi
Order: Tatami-room set lunch with wagashi and matcha.
Tip: Closed Mondays. Phone reservation required.
Addiction Aquatic Development in Taipei is a fish-market food complex with a standing sushi bar, oyster bar, and the city's best chirashi don to go.
Signature: Standing sushi bar, Chirashi don
Order: Standing-bar omakase or a chirashi rice bowl from the deli.
Tip: Open 06:00 to 24:00 daily; sushi bar 11:00 to 22:00.
Din Wang Mazu in Taipei runs late-night lu rou fan, the canonical bowl of fat-glossy braised pork mince over rice. Bib Gourmand, open until 03:00.
Signature: Lu rou fan, Pork knuckle
Order: Lu rou fan with a soft-boiled egg and a side of pickled greens.
Tip: Open 11:00 to 03:00 daily. Cash and mobile pay; quick turnover.
Mountain and Sea House in Taipei revives 1930s Taiwanese banquet cuisine in a restored heritage mansion. One Michelin star and a wine list with depth.
Signature: Honey-glazed pork lard rice
Order: Honey-glazed pork lard rice and the seasonal banquet tasting.
Tip: Closed Mondays. Lunch and dinner sittings only.
Liu Shan Dong has served Shandong-lineage beef noodle since 1949 from a tiny Kaifeng Street counter near Taipei Main. Bib Gourmand, clear-broth tendon bowl.
Signature: Beef noodle, Beef tendon
Order: Clear-broth beef-tendon bowl with hand-cut noodles.
Tip: Open 08:00 to 19:30, closed Sundays. Cash only.
Smoothie House on Yongkang Street in Taipei runs the queue mango snowflake ice in summer, mango ice cream over xue hua bing with condensed milk.
Signature: Mango snowflake ice, Strawberry shaved ice
Order: Mango snowflake ice with mango ice cream and condensed milk.
Tip: Open 10:30 to 22:00 daily. Walk-in; mango season runs May to October.
