WU GUO JIEH (NO FRONTIERS) RESTAURANT 191, Dung Shing (Tung Hsing) Road, section 2 (04) 2472-6200; Hours: 11 am-2 am (to 3 am holidays)

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       This comfortable, classy, lounge-like restaurant offers medium-priced Chinese and Western cuisine, prepared by an international silver-medalist chef. For lunch (11 am-2 pm) and dinner (orders to 9 pm), Chinese set-course dinners come with soup, dessert and drink, while Western selections also have salad, drink and bread. Popular Chinese main courses include Rock Sugar Pig's Feet (NT$220), Vinegar Fish (NT$230), the French-style Butter Bream Fish (NT$380), and French-style Roasted Lamb Chops (NT$460). However, the restaurant's signature dish is the Special German-Style Pork Chop (NT$360), available at all hours of the day. After 9 p.m., when the places becomes more a drinking spot, there are also snacks (NT$80-260) to choose from, not to mention a large selection of fine red and white wines, eight types of champagne, single-malt whiskies, beers and other beverages. There is an NT$69 afternoon tea special and 30-percent discount through July 20. There is also live piano music nightly from 7 to 8 p.m. except Mondays and a guitar-and-violin duo from 11 p.m. to 12 midnight.