Cafe Kuroshio — Restaurant in Da'an District

Have you ever wanted to sit in a cafe and pretend you're in an indie film? If so, then this is definitely the place for you. Allow yourself to gaze wistfully out the window whilst listening to the sounds of the cappuccino machine hissing away and the long lost (think Alexi Murdoch, Sufjan Stevens, Jose Gonzalez) sister to the Garden State soundtrack. Let the friendly waitress carefully place every item in front of you in a spontaneous artistic method. No cats here but the atmosphere more than makes up for it. I forgot to mention that the desserts are homemade and scrumptious. I think they're different every day. I had an orange crumble thing which was great.

P.s. the place deserves six stars if it's raining and 'Heartbeats' by Jose Gonzalez is playing. Don't ask me why or how. It would just...

After coming here many times, the staff is so rude to me and obnoxious, interrupting my conversation many times to lecture my friend and I, treating us like children who aren't allowed to talk so that she can force us to sign papers. They are also ultra paranoid about masks 40 days after the last local infection, bothering us even more to put on masks when we weren't drinking our drinks.

Smoke also comes inside from the staff's friends who sit outside talking loudly for many hours. The floor is also collapsing.

Go to another cafe instead...

The only place in town that I've found (so far) that makes espresso macchiatos. Power outlets are accessible to a third of the indoor seats, music selection is eclectic (in a good way), bathroom is clean, there are no mosquitos, and drink refills are 20% off. The only negatives are the loud refrigerator and the somewhat...