Miao Kou Black Tea — Restaurant in Hualien City

super long queue when we went on a late morning, once at the cashier, she asked if we found a seat, we said no and she said ok then only can takeaway, can’t dine in but we soon found a seat after ordering so we “dined in” anyways 😁 wanted their 蛋饼 but they ran out of all ingredients (no ham no cheese lol) so only left with original egg only 🙃 it was really super plain and no taste like all i tasted was egg… thank god for the sauce on the table to go with it… we also ordered their macarons to try - 1 strawberry and 1 coffee, the strawberry one tasted very artificial, coffee one was slightly better but we don’t get the hype over the macarons, it was so-so… the black tea was not bad i guess (but get it without milk because the milk overpowers the tea...

update: the herbal tea here (青草茶） is top tier— bitter and strong tasting!! highly recommend it.

famous for mysterious reasons, most of the food at this breakfast shop is average. it’s a good place to try the famously mild hualien macaron (i prefer the “coffee” flavor). the zongzi are decent. the best things here are the 雙面蛋餅 (double egg egg pancake?) and the black tea with no additions. black tea here really is excellent and it comes down from those big pipes— it’s deep in flavor, almost smoky. don’t order the radish cake. keep your...

Unfortunately I have to say, that this restaurant is overrated. We tried the black tea, milk tea, almond milk, raddish cake, fried bread and a pancake. Everything was only mediocre, the black tea too sweet and the almond milk tasted weird, a bit like too much almond aroma and non-natural. The eatable meals were fine but not special... More or less only a mediocre breakfast bistro, so leave out this suggestion which you might got from the lonely planet...