Fruitful Food New Taipei Banqiao Branch — Restaurant in New Taipei

We want to try it out 😉

At first, we couldn't get a reservation for lunch, we settled for afternoon.

When we get there about 30 minutes early, there's already a long line. We promptly registered and fall in line. Not long afterwards, the line starts moving and we are seated.

This is the All-You-Can-Eat buffet style. There are many areas that offers different styles of food. From normal fried rice / noodles to fruits to desserts. Both Eastern and Western style are offered. It's quite a feast 🤤😀 and amazing!!

For the couple of hours we were there, we tried many different plates. It's a very interesting experience. Since this is my first time here, it takes a while to my bearings. The food is amazingly fresh. You can see that they put a lot of effort preparing the food.

We had a great time trying different plates. The hours flew by quickly. While we're still enjoying our last dish, we were told it's time to leave. So we quickly finish up what's left in the dish. But the waitress started to clean up our table while we were still there. We were rushed to leave while there are other tables waiting for her to clean. She could have seen that we are leaving and gives us a few minutes to walk out before she started cleaning our table.

We all are thirsty the same night. That indicates MSG may have been used. I just can't believe it 😲!! I've been to many different vegan restaurants in Taipei. This is the only one that makes us thirsty. I hope I'm wrong! I'll think twice...

I've gone to their other location in Dunhua before and wasn't impressed - many of the dishes were so-so and on the bland side. However my girlfriends wanted to come here and claimed this location is known to be way better, so I went again and was surprised to find its true! About 60% of the dishes are the same, but the perfect salt level and they feel fresher. The pasta dishes, thin bread pizza, and dim sum are always delicious. Particularly enjoyed their variety of fresh fruit and vegetable juice blends (carrot juice was good and the broccoli fruit juice was unexpectedly delicious). The vegan sushi was satisfying too, especially the vegan squid which is very, very close to the real deal. The ice cream is also delicious and their famous dessert of sugar caramelized grapefruit is a must try! Would come again but only to this...

We visited this place on a Thursday, early afternoon. It is usually very busy, so you should book a few days in advance. All in all, we liked this restaurant a lot. We found the selection of food to be large enough, varied, fresh and cleanly presented. A lot of it is constantly being prepared fresh. Salad, sushi, Chinese cuisine, soups, pasta and pizza, a large selection of desserts, you can find everything. The food is also labelled in English, so that foreigners know what they are eating even without Google translator. The staff were nice and accommodating. A robot drives through the restaurant. I think you can put used plates on it. Unfortunately, it never came by our table ;-) The tables and the atmosphere are a bit like a canteen, but they are comfortable and, after all, it is about the food. We will definitely...