📍Shilin District, Taipei City (Yangmingshan Pingjing Street)
There are many well-known local chicken restaurants on Yangmingshan, some of which have even received Michelin honors. The restaurant we originally intended to visit was closed, so we quickly found this one to try. There are parking spaces available for both cars and scooters at the entrance, but there aren't many seats. The interior space is quite comfortable, and the seating area offers beautiful views of the mountains and water, making it a great place to savor food on a leisurely afternoon.

Dishes 🥘

• White Cut Chicken / Half / 550 TWD:
  This is free-range chicken from the mountain, and the meat is firmer but not tough. There are two types of sauces to choose from: spicy sauce and garlic soy sauce.

• Cold Bamboo Shoots / 260 TWD:
  A hidden dish on the blackboard, the bamboo shoots in this season are refreshing and delicious; they are very tasty even just paired with mayonnaise.

• Stir-Fried Water Lily / 160 TWD:
  This dish had some hair in it 🤣, mixed in with the long water lilies, which raises concerns about hygiene.

• Bitter Tea Oil Noodles / 200 TWD:
  The bitter tea oil is fragrant, but for 200 TWD, the portion is not substantial; you can just opt for regular noodles instead.

Due to the hair in one of the dishes, we didn't finish some of the food, and it seems the restaurant's hygiene needs improvement; there were also ants on the table. We probably won't return, as there are many other good restaurants to visit in Yangmingshan.

📍Shilin District, Taipei City (Pingjing Street, Yangmingshan)
Beautiful scenery outside the window｜Local farm cuisine/traditional Taiwanese dishes at Pingjing Street, Yangmingshan 🍲🥢

There are many indigenous chicken restaurants on Yangmingshan, and this one was a place I planned to visit but had to come here instead because the original choice was closed.

Most of the customers visiting are elderly folks; after finishing lunch, they sit in the restaurant drinking tea and beer 🍺, feeling very relaxed 😌

The tables for two are arranged by the window, where you can see a small stream outside and lots of mountains and sky, very comfortable!

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Order items
🐔 White Cut Chicken Half ($550):
It's very tasty indigenous chicken! When it was served, the meat was still soaked in a bit of chicken fat, making it extremely fragrant when dipped.

You can taste the chewiness of the indigenous chicken, and the fat distribution is just right! It's not too tough to chew.

The accompanying sauces are another highlight! The chili oil and garlic soy sauce both seem to be made with chicken fat, making them a perfect match for the chicken 🫶🏻

🐼 Cold Bamboo Shoot ($260):
A special item for the day, written on the blackboard. It was just taken out from the ice fridge, and it’s sweet enough! It’s a very delicious dish.

🌿 Stir-Fried Water Lily ($160):
A large plate; the water lily has a slightly bitter aftertaste.

💧 Bitter Tea Oil Noodles ($200):
Pretty standard quality.

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Would I revisit? Probably not 😟
The restaurant's hygiene conditions that day might not have been ideal. I found hair in both the white cut chicken and the water lily dishes 😭. There were two or three long hairs entangled with the water lily.
Therefore, even though the food quality and ambiance were quite nice, I probably wouldn’t come back unless there were no other options.

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Notes:
🔸 Cash only 💰
🔸 There is a relatively large parking lot outside the restaurant 🅿️