Peony Japanese Cuisine

Went to this restaurant for lunch which come highly recommended by someone who stays in Taipei but have not tried it yet. Easy to find place. Just across the Taipei 101. Very grand looking place with valet-parking. A lot of peony painted on the glass wall => maybe that's why it is called Peony. Menu come in both English and Chinese languages which is not always found in Taiwan (Luckily for me ,sweat!). There are a number of lunch sets range from about NT$1000 to NT$3500. The chef's recommendation set for that day range from $1500(grilled beef), $2000(lobster), $2500(forgot what's) to $3500(shark's fin). Order the $2000 set.

The meal start with a large bowl of sashimi. Very large bowl of ice with sashimi on top. Nearly want to ask if that is for one person's. There is raw prawn, tuna, tai, finely chopped yam, seasoned chopped fish with freshly grated wasabi. The chopped yam is unquie and cruchy as most places offer grated yam.

Next came grilled vegetables and fruit salad. Never thought dragon fruit can add into a salad.

Followed by grilled beef on hot stone. The sun dried tomatoes go well with the beef. Beef should have cut into smaller pieces since have to eat with chopsticks.

The deepfried black seasame tofu is stuffed with scallop and served with tempura sauce. Normal as I seem to have eaten a similar version at another Japanese restaurant in Taipei.

Next came my main course the lobster. The lobster meat is all cut up and easy to eat. Nice. Don't know what sauce it is but nice.

Followed by Ungai sushi and fried tofu. Normal

The soup dish is fish soup. Very fresh fish with a lot of finely shredded ginger. I cleaned up the whole bowl.

End my meal with a tofu cheese cake with rasberry sauce , and papaya and honey dew for fruit. From the choice of drink to end my meal, I had chosen iced green tea from hot/iced coffee, tea and green tea, which I found a bit to watery.

Total damage: Lunch set $2000
GST $200
NT$2200
Will go again if I have $$$ or someone treat me, 'cos very expensive.

Peony Japanese Restaurant
Address: No. 106, Xin Yi Road, Sec 5, Taipei, Taiwan
Tel: (02) 8780-5757
Website: hachioji.com.tw (Chinese only)
Operation Hours:
11:30AM- 4:30PM
5:30PM- 10PM