"Mountain and Sea House is an ode to Taiwanese banquet food, and thus best when enjoyed in a large group. The organic fare is sourced entirely from local farms, including the owners’ own farm in Nan’ao — an indigenous township in the southern part of Yilan County, Taiwan. The menu’s pièce de résistance is a whole pig baked inside a salt-based meringue, cracked open with a hammer. But don’t skip the fried rice layered with powdered mullet roe and abalone, seasoned with aboriginal spices. [$$$]" - Clarissa Wei