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RAW

Add: No.301, Le Qun 3rd Road, Taipei
Tel: (02) 8501 5800
Hours: [Wed-Sun] 11:30am-2:30pm, 6-10pm (closed on Mon & Tue)
Website: www.raw.com.tw
Price: 1850 TWD + 10%
Visited: Jun 2016

Please note that this was an invited tasting.

My friends’ first reaction to me going to RAW was uniformly – “How did you get a reservation?!”…and immediately after: “Can I come with you?” It’s no surprise they are so shocked – since opening in 2014, seats at RAW get snatched up literally seconds after being released, everyday – even many of my friends living in Taipei haven’t had a chance to go yet. What’s the big deal?

請注意這是餐廳邀請試吃。

朋友們聽到我要去RAW，第一個反應都是：“你居然訂到了！”，然後就是 “可以帶我去嗎？” 的確，這家餐廳自2014年開幕以來每天都被秒殺訂滿，連我很多住在台北的朋友至今都還沒吃到過。這麽難訂的餐廳，值得嗎？噢，絕對值得。

The reason why RAW is so wildly popular, other than the fact that it’s conceptualized by André Chiang (of the Restaurant André fame), is also because it consistently offers delicious and creative cuisine at a reasonable price of 1850 TWD+10%. RAW positions itself as “bistronomy” – the combination of bistro and gastronomy – meaning that it’s not as uptight as fine dining restaurants, but is more refined than the typical bistro both in terms of decor and cuisine. I’m quite familiar with this style as I frequented many neobistros in Paris, and was curious to see the Taiwanese version at RAW.

RAW的定位是bistronomy（bistro和gastronomy的結合），沒有高級餐廳需正襟危坐的拘束感，又比普通小館子來得精致，在料理上更是下足了功夫。而它這麽紅的原因，除了因爲主廚是江振誠（台灣名廚，在新加坡的André餐廳已連續好幾年名列世界前50餐廳榜單），當然還是因爲料理本身出色，而且價格實在令人無法抱怨（1850台幣＋10％）。

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