Chun Mei Ice Shop — Restaurant in Songshan District

Mango Snow Shaved Ice (milk based flavour) ($220): It’s topped with a bunch of mangoes and some cereals on the milk shaved snow. The mangoes are relatively fresh and I love the texture and flavour of the milk shaved snow. The crispy cereals also complement the shaved snow well and cereal + milk has always been a classic breakfast for kids. In addition, this is the only flavoured shaved ice they have, and all the others are made with pure ice.

The nearest MRT (Nanjing Fuxing) exits to the shop is No. 6 (Green line) and No. 7 (Brown line). To my great surprise, the store was filled with people despite its inner location even at weekdays that I queued by scanning the QR code online to queue and waited for about 20 minutes. However, all of the waiting was worth it after tasting the delicious mango shaved snow. They have English menu for foreign visitors. The prices are a little high and the service attitude was decent. Overall, it’s a 9.5 out of 10!

FYI, it’s cash only and you order and pay first at...

These guys are my suppliers in Taipei. We meet in the alley at night and they give me my weekly supplies

Update May 2018: I see a lot of self-important internet trolls giving bad reviews recently to this place. This store become extremely popular overnight because a “famous” Instagram user posted a photo. What this means is that overnight, the owner had to work 15 hours every single day. There was no time to train and hire new staff and she had to get whatever help she could. She’s doing the best she can. The same trolls giving her the bad reviews are the same hipster people trying to be cool on instagram. I ‘ve been going to this place since it opened. I myself am disappointed that I can almost no longer go because of the long lines, but I don’t blame the shop at all. To all Instagram trolls, I invite you to find a durian and insert slowly insert it up your rectum. You’ll feel better, and you can post a selfie...

This place has shaved ice, sweet soup, tofu All the desserts that you could possibly imagine They also have lots of ingredients that are very fresh and readily available for you to add on Love the vibe as well The atmosphere is very chill and the place and kitchen is very clean The only negative part is that the tofu only comes with two ingredients and if you want more, you have to pay more Two ingredients feels a bit limited Should be three at least However, the service here is good Food comes out very fast as well This place has quite a few people and is pretty busy, but there were lots of seats...