SHOW JAPANESE RESTAURANT (SPLENDOR HOTEL) *1049, JianXing (JianShing) Road, 11F;(04) 2328-8000 *Hours¡G11:30 am-2 pm, 6-9:30 pm

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The Splendor Taichung's newest restaurant is not your ordinary Japanese eatery. Rather, this one-of-a-kind establishment introduces Taichung to a hot foreign trend in Japanese/Western fusion cuisine, best typified in places like the United States and Australia by famous restaurants like Nobu. Chef Aijiro Shinoda has worked in 26 countries and combines high-end Japanese kaiseki cuisine with French, Italian and Chinese ingredients, cooking styles and presentation to create dishes that mix the best of East and West, that taste Japanese but look French. Diners can order from an extensive a la carte menu, which includes appetizers, salads, grilled dishes and main courses, from the NT$470 Yakitori to the NT$400 Cutlet with Curry and NT$1,200 Sukiyaki. Or try one of the three set-menu dinners for NT$1,200, NT$2,000 and NT$2,400, respectively. These sets include seven to eight courses, from Tokyo Etomae Nigiri Sushi to Roasted Duck in Balsamic Sauce. There are much-cheaper lunch sets in the NT$600 range, too. The spacious restaurant is located on the 11th floor and is joined to another new addition, the classy, next-door Montaigne Piano Bar (open 6 pm-1:30 am), which has plenty of drinks plus some dishes from the restaurant. --By Douglas Habecker, translated by Uvia Chang