Neimen Chef A-Long

Review

Neimen is known as the home of Taiwan's banquet chefs, famous for its outdoor feast culture, and Neimen Chef A-Long is one of the best-known banquet brands there. It began with catered roadside feasts and now also produces Lunar New Year dishes and frozen signature dishes for delivery, while the shop takes bookings for dine-in meals and tastings. A report collected on iFoodie notes that in early 2026 it catered a tech company's year-end party of nearly four hundred tables.

The food follows classic Taiwanese banquet style. Frequently mentioned dishes include Tang Dynasty imperial braised pork knuckle, arhat shark fin seafood soup, crab and sesame-oil chicken sticky rice, Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, Shaoxing wine prawns and a live seafood platter. The pork knuckle is braised until meltingly soft, the shark fin soup is thick and loaded, and the crab sticky rice carries a sesame-oil fragrance. The official site groups products into banquet dishes, individual packs and value bundles; check the site or shop for individual prices, and iFoodie lists an average spend of a little over NT$700 per person.

Fans praise the large portions, honest ingredients and lavish cooking, saying it brings the lively feel of a banquet to the dinner table at home, and that New Year dishes make a respectable gift for elders. On the downside, one customer reported impatient phone staff and a problem with vacuum packaging on frozen dishes, which the shop later apologised for.

Hours are roughly 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and the business mainly handles catering and pre-orders, so dine-in at the shop requires a booking and some packages carry a minimum spend. The street number differs between the official site and online maps, so phone before visiting. New Year dishes sell out early, so order one or two months ahead, and ask about delivery for frozen dishes.

Good for family reunions, company year-end parties, or travellers wanting a taste of southern Taiwan's banquet culture. Larger groups can book a dine-in table and order several signature dishes; smaller parties can pick individual packs or frozen dishes to reheat at home, with the braised pork knuckle and Buddha Jumps Over the Wall the most recommended starting points.