Tuesday, September 1, 2026

The Top 100 Places to Eat Near Niou Jia Juang


  1. Perched on a mountainside nearly 500 meters up, this Zen-inspired Japanese restaurant frames lush hills by day and city lights by night through its immaculate gardens. Inside, a 10-course omakase built on kaiseki traditions unfolds with tea rituals woven between dishes, and the team narrates each course with enough context that it feels like a seminar you didn't want to skip. The kind of meal that earns its altitude.



  2. A fine dining restaurant in Taichung where the chef grew up eating at his father's hawker stall in Singapore and never quite got over it. Three Michelin stars and a spot on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants, yet the animating idea is street food: childhood flavors pulled into a tasting menu format without being dismantled just to prove a point. The kaya toast dessert, served inside a frozen coconut shell, is the kind of thing that makes you stop mid-bite.



  3. Rank 6. Sur-

    Contemporary Taiwanese



  4. Rank 8. SHINEYU

    Cantonese


  5. Rank 9. YUENJI

    Taiwanese



  6. Rank 11. A Kun Mian

    Taiwanese


  7. Rank 12. Don Moo

    Noodles










  8. Rank 21. Ajisai

    Zhejiang




  9. A low-key Taiwanese home-cooking spot tucked down an alley, where a renovated old property has been fitted out with a Japanese-style wooden counter framing an open kitchen. The menu is short and the portions are small, the kind of place that quietly earns a Michelin Bib Gourmand without making a fuss about it. Stir-fried eel cooked in house-made goose fat is the dish regulars plan around: rich, bouncy, and sweet-sour enough to demand a bowl of rice alongside.




  10. Rank 27. House of Dawn

    Artisan Noodles



  11. Pan-fried buns are the whole point here, and the owner spent three years working from memory before he felt they were right. This small dim sum shop in Nantun turns out pork buns with a soupy, fatty-to-lean filling that got there the long way, plus veggie buns packed with bok choy, dried tofu, and mushroom. The steamed dumplings have a chewy, satisfying pull. A Michelin Bib Gourmand, and the kind of place that earns it quietly.



  12. Rank 31. Yùn: La Cuisine

    Contemporary Taiwanese



  13. Rank 33. Wen Tao

    Taiwanese


  14. Rank 34. enPure

    Modern Taiwanese

    A garden path leads you in before the food even starts, which sets the tone: this is a tasting menu restaurant in a minimalist room of brick red and grey, where a former interior designer runs the kitchen. The cooking is modern Taiwanese, built around local produce, and the rice cooked in a claypot with tea seed oil from a partner farm is the kind of dish that makes the sourcing worth mentioning. The tea pairing is an easy yes.




  15. Rank 37. Saka

    Taiwanese





  16. Rank 41. Munchi

    Modern Vietnamese

    Counter seats facing an open kitchen give Munchi the feel of a wine cellar that accidentally got very good at food. This casual neo-bistro in Taichung reworks Vietnamese flavors through a contemporary lens, with a two-chef team and a sommelier steering the room toward natural wines and cocktails. The Munchi-style pho alongside a glass of something orange is the kind of pairing that makes you reconsider what a Vietnamese restaurant can be.


  17. Rank 42. Torien Yakitori

    Yakitori Japanese

    A dinky Japanese garden leads into a yakitori counter where local chickens, prepped fresh each day, go over the grill with nothing but salt so each cut can argue for itself. The chef spent time honing the craft in Japan, and the set menu moves through cuts most people have never thought to order. Counter seats watch the kitchen the whole time, which is half the point. Call ahead if you want chicken sashimi or squab.


  18. Rank 43. FIRNS

    Franco-Asian French




  19. Rank 46. NIKU RYOURI FUKU

    Creative Japanese


  20. Rank 47. huist

    Taiwanese


  21. Rank 48. Yuan

    contemporary Taiwanese


  22. Rank 49. Isagi

    Japanese


  23. Rank 50. Le Plein

    Taiwanese

    Bare concrete and exposed brick share space with warm wood across two floors and a courtyard, which gives Le Plein the look of a loft that took a wrong turn into something more considered. It's a tasting-menu-only restaurant built around Taiwan's seasonal produce, with the number of courses shifting between lunch and dinner. The cold-brewed tea pairings are the quiet argument for skipping wine altogether.


  24. Rank 51. Moment in Beijing

    Northern Chinese



  25. Rank 53. Forchetta

    Taiwanese



  26. Rank 55. Hibiki Seafood

    Seafood Taiwanese



  27. Rank 57. Ji Zai Ten

    Vegan Noodles


  28. Rank 58. Fleur de Sel

    Contemporary French


  29. Rank 59. UNA-VERSE

    Dessert Taiwanese


  30. Rank 60. Hui Chung

    Hong Kong Vegetarian



  31. Rank 62. meatGQ

    Steakhouse



  32. Fried pizza sits on the menu alongside the baked kind, which tells you this Neapolitan pizzeria in Lukang takes its Campanian credentials seriously. The dough is soft and well-leavened, the crust fragrant, and the toppings are chosen with real restraint. A gorgonzola and coppa combination turns out to be the quiet standout. Ranked on 50 Top Pizza Asia-Pacific, Vesuvio is a long way from Naples and seems entirely unbothered by that fact.




  33. Rank 67. Bebu

    Hakkanese





  34. Rank 71. Hung Chin

    Hakkanese



  35. Birchwood panels and a counter that seats just a handful of guests frame the omakase sushi experience here, where the chef works through Edomae technique with a creative edge. Fish comes mostly from Tokyo's Toyosu Market, with fresh catches from Taiwan's northeastern coast filling in the rest. The kohada, balanced between chew, acidity, and sweet rice, makes a quiet case for the Michelin star on its own.


  36. Rank 74. Yi Hsuan

    Taiwanese



  37. Rank 76. Cat House

    Chinese Noodles







  38. Rank 82. Garden.V

    Zhejiang



  39. Rank 84. Tang Ming

    Taiwanese









  40. Rank 92. Yeh Shu

    Taiwanese


  41. Rank 93. TAIVII

    Contemporary Taiwanese


  42. Rank 94. Shan Guo Tang

    Vegetarian Taiwanese





  43. Rank 98. Yummy

    Taiwanese



  44. Rank 100. Monsoon

    Hakkanese Vegetarian


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