Yamato Japanese Restaurant
Jinjhou St. #17 2531-7786
Open: 11.30am - 2.00pm, 5.00pm - 11.00pm
Nice Japanese restaurant with very good and fresh sashimi. Most of the dishes are fish but some small meat dishes like lamb chops are available. The menu is in both Chinese and English with pictures and the prices are reasonable. Count about NT$ 500 /person for a nice lunch or dinner. If alone, you can sit at the counter and enjoy the chefs slicing the sashimi. This restaurant is very popular among the locals so it's recommended to make a reservation. English is little spoken.

KiKi Restaurant
Fuxing S. Rd. Sec. 1, #28 2752-2781 (three more restaurants in Taipei)
Open: Mon - Sat 11.50am - 3.00pm, 5.15pm - 11.00pm Sun 11.50 - 3.00pm, 5.15pm - 10.00pm
Traditional Shanghai cuisine in a modern venue with very friendly waiters! The menu is both in English and Chinese. The restaurant is very well known in the neighborhood yet, guests are happy to travel far to enjoy this food. Take away is an option.

Ju Ru Shanghainese Restaurant
Shifu Rd. #45, 4th fl (Taipei 101) 8101-8598 (three more restaurants in Taipei)
Open: 11.30am - 2.30pm, 6.00pm - 9.00pm
One of the fine Shanghainese restaurants in town. Traditional menu which is both in English and Chinese, surprisingly the English among the waiters are very low. The food is cooked in a conventional way but served on modern white china. The tofu and the asparagus with mushrooms were especially good. The hot beef stew with yam tasted excellent but hard to eat since the sizes of the beef were big and had a lot of fat and skin left.

Waterfront
Zhongzheng Rd. #229-9, Danshui Township 2629-0052 (one more restaurant in Xindian)
Open: Mon - Fri 11.00am - 11.00pm Sat - Sun 11.00am - 12.00 midnight
The ambience is perfect, weather you like to sit outside under the trees or inside the huts with the breeze from the Danshui River! Actually you feel like you are in Hawaii with the waiters dressed in colorful shirts and yellow aprons and the English is good. The international menu is in English and Chinese. The presentation of the food and drinks is innovative and gives a feeling of luxury in this relaxed yet elegant atmosphere. Minimum consumption is NT$ 150/person. Prices are on the high-end.

Diary
Dongfeng St. #53 2706-2553
Open: 3.30pm - 1.00am
Fusion is the word! This small restaurant in the middle of a prestige area is a pleasant surprise. The ambience is modern, lot of glass, wooden tables, aluminum chairs and at the same time cozy. The menu is handwritten in English and Chinese and changes often, according to the owners. The presentation of the food - modern Chinese tapas - is unique and creative. Excellent for an after theater treat! Prices: Wine: NT$ 250/glas Food: about NT$ 300/dish.