Beitou District, Taipei City｜北投奇岩一號

Highly recommended. Central location to the Beitou hot springs, excellent service and decor coupled with tasty Sichuan-Chinese cuisine.

Great Sichuan food in a comfortable, pleasant, clean, upscale setting with friendly service. Would definitely return. Especially enjoyed the stir fried minced pork with pancake.

During our stay at The Gaia Hotel, we dropped by this restaurant that serves Sichuan and Hunan cuisine. For starters, we were recommended a salad that was very unique. Once the Areca Flower Salad with Sesame Sauce (NT$380/ S$17.30) is served, the server will the toss the salad and portion it for you. I was a huge fan of the Sautéed Green Beans with Minced Pork (NT$360/ S$16.40) here. It came with thick burrito skins for you to wrap the vegetable and pork in. The next most impressive dish was the Chef Short Rib Specialty (NT$1780/ S$80.90). This huge rib would be served to you table side, which the chef hand wraps every day with straw (dao cao). You could smell the straw and when the server cut it open, steam would rise from the rib. We saw him effortlessly separate the beef from the bone, then chopping it and plating it with a side of the sauce it was marinated it or salt. I can't not have desserts at the end of my meal but instead of having the usual cold type of dessert, we chose to have the Deep Fried Handmade Steamed Roll (NT$250/ S$11.40). It is basically a bigger and longer version of mantou. They also sprinkled fragrant shaved peanuts on top, and served it with a side of sweet condensed milk. So comforting!