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The 62 Best Places to Eat in Taichung

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The best places to eat in Taichung, according to the experts: Michelin Guide has weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. L'Atelier par Yao comes out on top.

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Oretachi No Nikuya and SHINEYU hold the next two places.

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  1. Rank 1. L'Atelier par Yao

    Modern French

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    2F, 68 Xinfu 16th Street, Taiping District, Taichung, Taichung 411, Taiwan · Taichung
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  2. Rank 1. Oretachi No Nikuya

    Japanese Barbecue

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    194-1 Gongyi Road, West District, Taichung, Taichung 403, Taiwan · Taichung
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  3. Rank 1. SHINEYU

    Cantonese

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    88, Section 1, Huilai Road, Xitun District, Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan · Taichung
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  4. Rank 1. Sur-

    Contemporary Taiwanese

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    3F, 29 Zhongshan Road, Central District, Taichung, Taichung 400, Taiwan · Taichung
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  5. Rank 1. YUENJI

    Taiwanese

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    5 Anhe East Road, Xitun District, Taichung, Taichung 407022, Taiwan · Taichung
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  6. Rank 6. A Kun Mian

    Taiwanese

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    142 Pingdeng Street, Central District, Taichung, Taichung 400, Taiwan · Taichung
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  7. Rank 6. Ajisai

    Zhejiang

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    102 Zhongxing Street, West District, Taichung, Taichung 403, Taiwan · Taichung
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  8. Rank 6. Chin Chih Yuan (Central)

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    170 Chenggong Road, Central District, Taichung, Taichung 400, Taiwan · Taichung
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  9. Rank 6. Don Moo

    Noodle Shop

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    317 Yingcai Road, North District, Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan · Taichung
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  10. Rank 6. Feng Chi Goose

    Taiwanese

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    170 Pingxi Road, Shalu District, Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan · Taichung
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  11. Rank 6. Fu Din Wang (Central)

    Taiwanese

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    560, Section 1, Taiwan Boulevard, Central District, Taichung, Taichung 400, Taiwan · Taichung
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    Open now, until 2:30 PM

    Wednesday 11 AM–2:30 PM, 4:30 PM–7:30 PM

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  12. Rank 6. Fu Juang Yuan

    Taiwanese

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    203, Section 1, Meicun Road, West District, Taichung, Taichung 403, Taiwan · Taichung
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    Open now, until 8 PM

    Wednesday 11 AM–8 PM

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  13. Rank 6. Fu Kuei Ting

    Taiwanese Noodle Shop

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    31, Lane 18, Section 2, Sanmin Road, Central District, Taichung, Taichung 400, Taiwan · Taichung
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  14. Rank 6. House of Dawn

    Japanese Noodle Shop

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    104 Dadun 18th Street, Xitun District, Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan · Taichung
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  15. Rank 6. Ke Kou Beef Noodles

    Chinese Noodle Shop

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    911 Dadun Road, Xitun District, Taichung, Taichung 407, Taiwan · Taichung
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  16. Rank 6. Küisine (West)

    Taiwanese

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    1, Lane 24, Mofan Street, West District, Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan · Taichung
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  17. Rank 6. Kung Fu Shanghai Fish Ball

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    380 Zhongmei Street, West District, Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan · Taichung
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  18. Rank 6. Lao Shih Kuan Noodles

    Noodle Shop

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    81-12 Zhennan Street, Qingshui District, Taichung, Taichung 406, Taiwan · Taichung
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  19. Rank 6. Li Xiao Lou

    Taiwanese

    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.

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    50, Lane 293, Section 2, Xitun Road, Xitun District, Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan · Taichung
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  20. Rank 6. Lou's (Nantun)

    Taiwanese

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    65, Section 3, Xiangshang Road, Nantun District, Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan · Taichung
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  21. Rank 6. Moon Pavilion

    Taiwanese

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    2F, Miyahara, 20 Zhongshan Road, Central District, Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan · Taichung
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  22. Rank 6. Night School Braised Pork Rice

    Taiwanese

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    109 Jingcheng Road, West District, Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan · Taichung
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  23. Rank 6. Niou Jia Juang

    Hakka

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    19 Xinfeng Street, Dongshi District, Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan · Taichung
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  24. Rank 6. No Name Noodles

    Shanghainese Noodle Shop

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    69 Shifu Road, Central District, Taichung, Taichung 400, Taiwan · Taichung
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  25. Rank 6. Peng Cheng Tang

    Taiwanese

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    377 Yichang Road, Taiping District, Taichung, Taichung 411, Taiwan · Taichung
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  26. Rank 6. Shanghai Food (Nantun)

    Chinese

    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.

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    537, Section 2, Gongyi Road, Nantun District, Taichung, Taichung 408, Taiwan · Taichung
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  27. Rank 6. Shin Yuan (West)

    Taiwanese

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    106 Minsheng North Road, West District, Taichung, Taichung 403, Taiwan · Taichung
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  28. Rank 6. Taichung Meatball

    Taiwanese

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    529, Section 3, Fuxing Road, South District, Taichung, Taichung 402, Taiwan · Taichung
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  29. Rank 29. Chef Ah-Hsi's Old Time Restaurant

    Taiwanese

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    706, Section 2, Zhongqing Road, Beitun District, Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan · Taichung
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  30. Rank 29. Chien Wei Seafood

    Taiwanese

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    326-3, Section 1, Wenxin South 5th Road, Nantun District, Taichung, Taichung 408, Taiwan · Taichung
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    Open now, until 5 PM

    Wednesday 9 AM–5 PM

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  31. Rank 29. Dongyin Fisherman

    Seafood

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    96-2, Section. 1, Xiangshang Road, West District, Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan · Taichung
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  32. Rank 29. 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.

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    33, Alley 7, Lane 86, Jiangxing Road, North District, Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan · Taichung
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  33. Rank 29. FIRNS

    Franco-Asian French

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    19, Lane 50, Jingcheng Road, Xitun District, Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan · Taichung
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    Closed now, opens 6:30 PM

    Wednesday 6:30 PM–10 PM

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  34. Rank 29. Fleur de Sel

    Contemporary French

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    581-1 Shizheng Road, Xitun District, Taichung, Taichung 407, Taiwan · Taichung
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  35. Rank 29. Forchetta

    Taiwanese

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    2F, 36 Huizhong 7th Street, Xitun District, Taichung, Taichung 407, Taiwan · Taichung
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    Closed now, opens noon

    Wednesday Noon–2:30 PM, 6 PM–9:30 PM

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  36. Rank 29. Hibiki Seafood

    Seafood Taiwanese

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    356 Shizheng North 2nd Road, Xitun District, Taichung, Taichung 407, Taiwan · Taichung
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    Closed now, opens 11:45 AM

    Wednesday 11:45 AM–2:30 PM, 5:45 PM–9:30 PM

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  37. Rank 29. Hui Chung

    Vegetarian Cantonese Noodle Shop

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    69 Fuyuan Street, Xitun District, Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan · Taichung
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  38. Rank 29. huist

    Taiwanese

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    3, Lane 22, Shengping Street, West District, Taichung, Taichung 403, Taiwan · Taichung
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  39. Rank 29. Inflorescence

    Japanese

    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.

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    111, Section 1, Zhongxingling Street, Xinshe District, Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan · Taichung
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    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

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  40. Rank 29. Isagi

    Japanese

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    29 Cunzhong Street, West District, Taichung, Taichung 403, Taiwan · Taichung
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  41. Rank 29. Ji Zai Ten

    Vegan Japanese Noodle Shop

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    8 Lane 194, Xinhe Street, South District, Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan · Taichung
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  42. Rank 29. KR Prime Steak

    Steakhouse

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    52 Shizheng North 2nd Road, Xitun District, Taichung, Taichung 407, Taiwan · Taichung
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  43. Rank 29. 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.

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    3, Alley 39, Cunzhong Street, West District, Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan · Taichung
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  44. Rank 29. Master of Mushroom (Xinshe)

    Taiwanese

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    287 Xiezhong Street, Xinshe District, Taichung, Taichung 426, Taiwan · Taichung
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    Open now, until 7 PM

    Wednesday 11 AM–7 PM

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  45. Rank 29. meatGQ

    Steakhouse

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    699, Section 4, Yifeng Road, Nantun District, Taichung, Taichung 408, Taiwan · Taichung
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  46. Rank 29. Meidz Seafood

    Seafood

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    473-2 Zhongshan Road, Shalu District, Taichung, Taichung 433, Taiwan · Taichung
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    Open now, until 2 PM

    Wednesday 11 AM–2 PM, 5 PM–9 PM

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  47. Rank 29. Ming Juan Lou

    Cantonese

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    2F, InterContinental Hotel, 77 Guanqian Road, West District, Taichung, Taichung 40353, Taiwan · Taichung
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  48. Rank 29. Moment in Beijing

    Northern Chinese

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    57 Wuquan 7th Street, West District, Taichung, Taichung 403, Taiwan · Taichung
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  49. Rank 29. 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.

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    37 Lane 52, Section 1, Meicun Road, West District, Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan · Taichung
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  50. Rank 29. NIKU RYOURI FUKU

    Creative Japanese

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    145 Xiangshang North Road, West District, Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan · Taichung
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  51. Rank 29. Orient Dragon

    Taiwanese

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    271-1, Section 2, Gongyi Road, Nantun District, Taichung, Taichung 408, Taiwan · Taichung
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  52. Rank 29. Rong Cuisine

    Taiwanese

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    10-2, Lane 17, Section 4, Fuxing Road, East District, Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan · Taichung
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  53. Rank 29. Saka

    Taiwanese

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    7, Alley 9, Zhongshan Road, Daya District, Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan · Taichung
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  54. Rank 29. Shoal Cuisine

    Taiwanese

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    417 Dehua Street, North District, Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan · Taichung
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  55. Rank 29. Sushi Noru

    Sushi

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    300 Dadun 12th Street, Nantun District, Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan · Taichung
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  56. Rank 29. 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.

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    48 Zhongming South Road, West District, Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan · Taichung
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  57. Rank 29. Tu Pang

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    12, Alley 17, Section 4, Fuxing Road, East District, Taichung, Taichung 401, Taiwan · Taichung
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  58. Rank 29. UNA-VERSE

    Dessert Taiwanese

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    268, Section 2, Wuquan West Road, Nantun District, Taichung, Taichung 408, Taiwan · Taichung
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  59. Rank 29. Wen Tao

    Taiwanese

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    191, Section 3, Taiyuan Road, Beitun District, Taichung, Taichung 406, Taiwan · Taichung
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  60. Rank 29. Yuan

    contemporary Taiwanese

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    35 Dadun 12th Street, West District, Taichung, Taichung 408, Taiwan · Taichung
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  61. Rank 29. Yùn: La Cuisine

    Contemporary Taiwanese

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    10-13 Fengle Road, Beitun District, Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan · Taichung
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  62. Rank 29. zài

    Contemporary European

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    4 Jingcheng 5th Street, West District, Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan · Taichung
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