SALUT 25-7, Da Yeh Road (04) 2310-3541; Hours: 6 pm-about 12 midnight (to about 3 am Fri/Sat)

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       This friendly little bar and restaurant, run by long-time Canadian resident Gordon Froze and business partner Anita Huang, serves up some of Taichung's best pizza. These come as either as nine-inch or 12-inch pies, featuring a wonderfully-chewy crust made from full-gluten flour. Basic types of pizza--from NT$210 for a nine-inch and from NT$280 for a 12-inch--are Hawaiian, Mexican, Italian, and Pepperoni. Build-your-own pizzas start from a base NT$135/nine-inch, NT$180/12-inch pie with extra cost for a wide range of ingredients, such as onions, olives, sun-dried tomatoes, salmon, crab, smoked chicken, and Canadian bacon. Salut also serves pasta, like the Spinach and Mozzarella Cheese Ravioli (NT$180) and lasagna. The bar has Carlsberg draft on tap (NT$120), other bottled beers (NT$100-150), cocktails (NT$150), soft drinks and a house wine. There are Happy Hour buy-one-get-one-free drinks and free pizza upgrade from 9-inch to 12-inch from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday to Friday. Gordon and Anita also plan to add pizza by the slice and a NT$250 Saturday brunch buffet (from 12 noon) with all-you-can-eat items like pesto omelettes, potato pancakes, waffles and, of course, pizza. Salut is located along the pedestrian-only Soho Street, just off of Da Yeh Road (between Jing Cheng and Dung Shing roads), in the former location of Murray's pub.