Capricciose [Taipei/Italian]

Capricciose 卡布里喬莎

add:台北市中山北路六段75號8樓

hours: 11am-10pm   
mrt: zhisan                                               

tel: 02 2833 2558
pricing: moderate

Capricciose is located on the top floor of the Tianmu sogo, along with several other restaurants. 

The menu consists of many types of pasta , pizza and appetizers.  Typical types of food one would find at Macaroni Grill. We opted for a dinner deal they had which included an appetizer, a salad and a entree for 800 NT 

The caesar salad was good, but unique with it's abundance of anchovies. 

This baked pilaf had gooey melted mozzarella cheese inside doused with bolognese sauce.    

A pesto pasta served with succulent duck breasts. I found the pesto sauce to be quite bland but the duck breasts were excellent. 

L'escargots [Taipei/French]

L'escargots

add: 台北市北投區立農街二段155號

hours: 11:30am-9pm

tel: (02)2820-9920

mrt: shipai 

pricing: pricey $$$

Located near Yangmingshan college, this lovely restaurant was introduced to me by some friends who took for a birthday treat. A French restaurant with a semi formal atmosphere that serves up entrees paired with a all you can eat buffet.  

The lunch buffet does not have a whole lot of variety , but what they have is pretty good. The buffet has typical fares, salad,pasta,dessert, smoked salmon and also delicate braised pig knuckles. 

The blueberry marbled cheesecake was actually quite delicious

I've always had a deep love for smoked salmon, and it didn't disappoint. The pig knuckle was braised till tender making it delicious. 

For my main course I ordered the steak , I ordered it rare, but as you can see it definitely was not rare. When I cut through it I didn't see the familiar red color but brown... with that said the quality of the meat was good just not cooked to what I wanted. 

I'm not sure if I would go back, the food wasn't overly special and frankly I could get better food for better prices in lots of other places.