The eerie landscape restaurant on Yangmingshan Mountain: enjoy tea and meals with a white-clad hanging ghost
▲The eerie landscape restaurant "Ghost Shop" on Yangmingshan features ghosts everywhere in its garden, creating an ultra-weird atmosphere. (Photo / Reporter Huang Kexiang)
Reporter Li Zi Yi / Comprehensive Report
Driving from bustling Taipei up to Yangmingshan, you’ll come across a strange place with a sign that reads "Ghost Shop." Around the surrounding woods, white-clad hanging ghosts float through the air from time to time, making you feel as if you’ve been transported back in time to a rural ancient village. Judging only by the keywords at the entrance, you can tell this is a place to enjoy the night view and have a meal—but the mysterious vibe is genuinely a little frightening.
▲%The oil dish? In the room, the night view is the most exquisite, the mountain wine? The guest is stunned by the elegant charm of the ancient village. (Photo / Reporter Huang Kexiang) [strong]
There are many landscape restaurants on Yangmingshan, such as those on rooftops and "Grass Mountain Night Unsleeping," which are very popular and loved by young people in Taipei. But this "Ghost Shop" is very different from typical landscape restaurants. Walking along the path here feels like stepping onto a mountain trail in an ancient Chinese village, with thoughts of the "Corpse Driver of Western Hunan" or scenes from "A Chinese Ghost Story." Even in daylight, it feels a bit creepy.
▲%Upon arriving at the core area of the mountain, this place has the most distinctive rooms. (Photo / Reporter Huang Kexiang) [strong]
▲Even on the row of seats, you can see a ghost head—those with a weak heart might get a good scare. (Photo / Reporter Huang Kexiang)
The Ghost Shop wasn’t originally called that. But 20 or 30 years ago, there were few houses nearby, and with less lighting in the mountains, at night you could only see the faint glow coming from here. So local university students started calling it the "Ghost Shop." The owner, Ah Shui, went along with it and decorated the exterior to look spooky, hanging ghosts and ghost masks on trees and lamps, scattering them everywhere, making people wonder—can you find almost every kind of Chinese ghost here in the shop?
▲Meal prices vary to suit all budgets, with the cheapest dish only costing 50 NT dollars. (Photo / Reporter Huang Kexiang)
The Ghost Shop is actually also called "Ah Shui’s Home." Its location on Yangmingshan offers absolutely stunning scenery, but the dishes it serves are different from typical landscape restaurants. It focuses on "eating freshly picked mountain produce" and "authentic-flavor cuisine." The homegrown wild vegetables are simply stir-fried with a bit of salt, with no extra seasoning, allowing diners to taste the true flavor of food in the mountains. Stripped of flashy and excessive seasonings, it's simple and helps one realize the true essence of life—a rather transcendent experience.
▲The most eye-catching waiter in the Ghost Shop—the white-clad hanging ghost. (Photo / Reporter Huang Kexiang)
Don’t like photogenic, aesthetic landscape restaurants? Prefer a special, quirky Chinese-style ghost restaurant vibe? Now that Ghost Month has just passed, why not try the Ghost Shop on Yangmingshan? Those with a timid heart are advised to visit during the day—to eat mountain produce and enjoy the view is quite pleasant. If you’re braver, come for the night view instead. Just don’t mind the few white-clad ghosts floating around you...…
Ah Shui’s Home (Ghost Shop)
Address: No. 163, Lane 219, Section 7, Zhongshan North Road, Taipei City
Phone: 02 2874 9066
Business Hours:
Summer
Weekdays: AM 10:30 – Midnight
Holidays: AM 10:30 – 2:00 AM
Winter
Weekdays: AM 10:30 – 11:00 PM
Holidays: AM 10:30 – Midnight
Note: Weekday daytime dining requires advance reservation, minimum charge 150 NT/person
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