But, I did try the food and the gift shop. The food is cooked using Cypress so there is a faint aromatic wood flavor that permeates the food. The food is very good, and filling. The coffee here is some of the best, and other drinks are available. The gift shop has carvings, sculptures, various cypress medicinal items, pillows stuff with cypress shavings, and the list goes on.
Admission is free, and the prices in the restaurant and gift shop are good.
I had thought that the parts of Taiwan I had seen were beautiful but Taroko really blew me away. The granite gorge is amazing and beautiful beyond words. The roadway travels along the walls of the gorge so around every bend you get an awesome view.