The Westin Yilan Hotel, the best choice for Western and Chinese dining
Yilan is a great place for vacation, not only with beautiful landscapes, but also with rich food culture. If you want to enjoy a high-end and delicious Chinese table meal in Yilan, you must come to the "Zhiwei Western Restaurant" of the "Yilan Westin Resort Hotel". This is Westin's brand restaurant. In addition to providing a self-service buffet, it also offers Chinese table set meals, allowing you to enjoy a variety of Chinese delicacies, as well as creative dishes that combine Yilan's local specialties and ingredients.
Zhiwei Western Restaurant is located on the second floor of the "Yilan Westin Resort Hotel". From Taipei, drive on National Highway 5 through the Xueshan Tunnel, get off at the Yuanshan Interchange, and then drive along Yongtong Road Section 3 for about 10 minutes to reach the hotel. If you are taking public transportation, you can take the train to "Yuanshan Railway Station" and then make an appointment for the free pick-up service provided by the hotel.
The premium Buddha Jumps Over the Wall is a traditional Fujian dish made by stewing various precious sea and land ingredients in porcelain jars. It has a fragrant aroma and is nourishing and healthy. The premium Buddha Jumps Over the Wall at Zhiwei Western-Chinese Restaurant adopts a unique cooking method. Chestnuts, spare ribs, mushrooms, Dajia taro and other ingredients that are fried until golden and crispy are added with top-quality plump and sweet abalone, Japanese scallops, pig trotter tendons, etc. Finally, the soup stock is poured in and the dish is carefully simmered for more than six hours to create a pot of fragrant premium Buddha Jumps Over the Wall. You can feel the sweetness of the ingredients and the richness of the broth in every bite, which is really unforgettable.
In addition to the exquisite Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, the other dishes are also exquisite and delicious. The steamed fish is made with freshly caught local sea bass, which has tender and juicy meat. It is paired with special soy sauce and shredded ginger, which is refreshing and not greasy. Sashimi is made from seasonal seafood sliced into thin slices, paired with wasabi and Japanese soy sauce, with a chewy texture and rich marine flavor. Red crab rice cake is made by frying red crabs, a specialty of Yilan, and rice cakes. The red crab meat is tender and sweet, and the rice cake is soft and fragrant. It is a very local dish. Drunken shrimps are made by soaking live grass shrimps in wine and spices, making the shrimps drunk. They taste rich in wine and the shrimp meat is chewy and sweet. It is a very delicious dish that goes well with rice. The final soup is made by stewing local pork tripe and chicken. The soup is clear and delicious. The pork tripe and chicken are very tasty and not fishy. It is a very stomach-warming soup.
I felt very satisfied and enjoyed the whole meal. The service staff at Zhiwei Western-Chinese Table Cuisine are very friendly and professional. They will introduce the ingredients and cooking methods of each dish in detail, and will also care about our dining experience from time to time. The environment of Zhiwei Western-Chinese table cuisine is also very comfortable and elegant. It is located on the second floor of the hotel and has large floor-to-ceiling windows from which you can enjoy the view of the hotel garden. The dishes at Zhiwei Western-Chinese Table Restaurant are also very delicate and delicious. They not only have traditional Chinese cuisine, but also creative dishes that combine the local characteristics of Yilan, which makes people very happy to eat.
If you also want to enjoy a high-end and delicious Chinese table meal in Yilan, I highly recommend you to come to Zhiwei Chinese Table Meal at the Westin Yilan Hotel. You will definitely not be disappointed.