My grandma took us to Yang Ming Mountain (which I just found out is a volcano... great). There we ate at this really cool restaurant that is usually booked months in advance if you want to eat there on the weekends. If you want to eat there during weekdays, the reservations are only booked a few days ahead. Anyways, I had no idea what to expect. We got out of the cab and the outside host asked us for the name on the reservation. Afterwards we were led down a path to this small building. We were asked to take off our shoes and then entered this Japanese style room with benches surrounding a large wooden table. I was confused when the waitress didn't give us any menus but simply confirmed that there were only 3 people in our party. She then told us where the tea kettle was in the room, and then passed out tea cups with dry tea leaves in the bottom.

Turns out that every meal here is the same. There are no menus, they simply serve you whatever their multi-course meal happens to be that season. Each course was a surprise and a delight, not only to the taste buds but to the eyes. Check out these pictures:













Check out the other pictures in the Flickr Gallery. To say the least, the whole meal was awesome, and was made even more enjoyable by the atmosphere and the environment in which we were in.

One and a half more weeks until I come back to Austin.