ICifa Restaurant

「Creative French delicacies prepared with indigenous ingredients」

ICifa means “market” in Amis language. In Taitung, a traditional market provides all sorts of local ingredients, including salted raw pork, salted cow fat and salted roe made by senior women of the Amis tribe (Ina). All these ingredients are sources of inspiration for Chef Jitang Zheng of ICifa. After education in a culinary school, training in a restaurant of a big hotel and work experience in a French restaurant at Changbin, Zheng started to have a clear idea about his career plan and opened ICifa Restaurant in 2020. He goes to a traditional market to source seasonal ingredients every day whenever his restaurant is open. During his days off, he goes up the mountain to collect vegetables and herbs in the wild. Chef Zheng knows all the suppliers of his ingredients and the ways they produce them. From the pickled appetizers to cold and hot starters of fresh seasonal seafood, he always serves exquisite delicacies made with local ingredients and gastronomy creativity.