Ming Shifu Restaurant

I had dinner with many friends several times here. Their space is spacious, and vegetarian foods are very delicious.

Very delicate food. Love it

We told staff to order small plate but they order large plate for us. We can’t eat so much. There’ll be more restaurants in Hualien.

The dishes are nicely decorated, I'm general food is accepted. Has ordered the most expensive menu but found the lobster meat is too soft and the soup too much pepper. But the pork bone porridge is nice. However, price is too high.

Located near the foot of mountains, nicely planned. ordered a signature dish, peking duck, the taste didnot elevate upto my expectations as the duck meat in the hotpot was way too chewy and bland. Ended up taking away the hotpot. one time visit to (enjoy the view) is more than enough for a showy appetite.

I had a terrible experience at this restaurant. Upon leaving and walking towards my car in the parking lot, my wife and son were chased by three large dogs that sprinted out from the back of the restaurant. One was about to tackle my 6 year old before it backed off from the noise we were making to scare it off. This was when one of the employees called the dogs back towards the restaurant. No apology was given despite the employee knowing what had just happened. It wasn't until my wife went back into the restaurant to let the other employees know that their dogs were unleashed in the back did they give any form of apology.

I am from Los Angeles, CA. Went here as part of a tour. Food was great. A group of 7 of us had 8 course meal plus a small fruit and dessert. Course 1 - Had a fried scallop (size of a golf ball), with swordfish sashimi (2 pieces) , and a tarp sushi roll (1 piece). Delicious and plated beautifully! Course 2 - Peking duck with a crepe as the bun. Different with the crepe, but still delicious. Duck was cooked well! The course featured the use of the whole duck which resulted in 3 dishes featuring duck. This was the first. Course 3 - vegetable/glass noodle stir-fry with prawns/shrimp (3-4 inches long head to tail). Heavily seasoned with white pepper, but I like white pepper so this tasted great to me! Course 4 - the second duck featured dish. Duck broth soup using the duck bones with various vegetables. This soup tasted very good. Great way to wash down the previous dishes! Course 5 - tender beef with mashed potatoes and a carrot. The beef was nice and tender. Beef similar to beef noodle soup kind of meat. The mashed potatoes were rich and creamy! Fantastic! Course 6 - the third duck featured dish. Chopped duck meat with other complementary ingredients. Served with a plate of pita-bread style bread. You put the duck meat into the pita-bread. This was not the greatest dish, but still good! Chef used white pepper in this dish too. Course 7 - cabbage. This was a vegetable dish with just cooked cabbage. Not sure what kind. Course 8 - steamed/baked fish. Not sure what method. It looked like it was a piranha, but I could definitely be mistaken. Fish meat was a little tough, but tasted good with some salt, white pepper and lime. Fruit/dessert - fruit was a mixture of Asian guavas, Taiwanese orange, and an Asian type of apple/pear. The dessert was a cold milk-tart like dessert coated with peanut/sugar powder. The dessert tasted great! Overall, great way to end the night! Everything tasted great! Part of it was that it wasn't busy so maybe the chefs took extra care in the meal prep, an unintended plus!

creative dishes, very good taste, high cp value