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Ohya
South Pacific Restaurant
117-2, ShuangShih Rd., sec. 1, Taichung
Tel: (04) 2229-6306
Hours: 10-2 am
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Ohya South
Pacific Restaurant: Taichung's
island getaway
By Uvia Chang Translated
by Patricia Li
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This bright and elegant restaurant is located diagonally across
from the Taichung sports arena and Wen Ying Hall. Accentuated
by high ceilings, white marble floors and natural light flooding
through the windows, this spacious restaurant allows you to
dine comfortably, talk and relax. A row of slender green bamboo
sways gently outside the windows. Customers may recline in
a wicker chair or lounge on a sofa next to the window and
leaf through books and magazines.
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Stylistically similar to Parity Coffee 3 Royalty
House cafe chain, Ohya allows customers to choose a seat and fill
out the table menu. In addition to the classic black teas, green
teas, milk teas, and coffees in the NT$70 to NT$100 range, you can
also enjoy a pot of natural, healthy flower tea for NT$150. Job's
Pearldew drink, for NT$85, is a specialty made from imported Yi-Ren
boiled with osthmanthus. Abundant in GABA amino acids, vitamins
B1 and B2 and plant-derived proteins, its beauty enhancing properties
may be more than a myth. Mo-mo cha-cha, a chilled summer treat,
includes fresh fruits like pineapple and attap, and taro. There
are also refreshing fruit ices and mildly tart ice mixes. Customers
can enjoy drinks and dishes for only NT$80 during the 2-to-5 p.m.afternoon
teatime.
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Kong and Indonesian style dishes are available, too. The Singapore
and Malaysia inspired Bak Kut Teh hot pot, a set meal specialty,
is NT$260. Tender pieces of meat are cooked with Chinese herbs
such as Dang Gui, filling the restaurant with the light aroma
of herbs. This meal includes two side dishes, a cold drink
and Ohya's specialty pearl rice, cooked in chicken broth.
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With so much to offer in the way of food and atmosphere,
there's no better place than Ohya to dine while imagining yourself
on a South Pacific island.
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