吉園葡花園野菜餐廳 — Restaurant in Beitou

This place specializes in 野菜 which translates to “wild veggies”. You seriously won’t find the veggies served here anywhere outside of the Yanming Mountain area. There was a 檳榔花 (betel nut flower) dish that I’ve never seen anywhere else before and it was like a tastier version of bamboo shoots. Everything on the menu was delicious and affordable. When I eat Chinese food with family we usually only do 1-2 veggie dishes to share but we ordered 4 veggie dishes here and regretted nothing. The yam ginger soup is also a treat. Wish I could come here all the time!

Getting here is a bit of a hassle if you don’t have a car, but you can take a bus...

Nice atmosphere having lunch in the mountains but the food was thoroughly unimpressive and really not that cheap either. We were brought here by our tour guide (which is quite a red flag to me) and I tried to experience this restaurant with an open mind. They are said to serve traditional local cuisine but it really wasn’t that good, even when we tried dishes that we were familiar with. Food was served quite quickly though and free hot tea...

It’s not worth the price. Three dishes and one drink for 830 NTD?? The fried pigeon was one of their ‘specialities’, but it was too dry and the meat did not taste fresh. The vegetables dishes were good, the especially the chillies (in season). Not very accomodating to solo travellers, in terms of portion or prices. Service was incredibly quick though, the vegetables dishes arrived in...