Sincere Rays — Restaurant in Taipei

We had a great breakfast at an Aussie brunch restaurant, Sincere Rays 貓本. (We found out that 「貓本」mao-ben is a jokey way for Taiwanese to approximate the Aussie pronunciation of Melbourne) 😉

We had the Aussie Breakfast ($328), which consisted of scrambled eggs, toasted sourdough bread, fried mushrooms, roasted tomato, bacon, halloumi, and sausage, and a “long black” coffee ($100). The eggs were perfect — somewhere between silky and fluffy, and the sourdough bread, sausage, halloumi, mushrooms, were also terrific. The bacon was good, generous in portion size but lacking something in flavour. It had a “Taiwan bacon” taste to it. Pretty good, but not as good as the sausage.

The restaurant is small — only 24 seats, so reservations are recommended. Service was good, and the atmosphere too. It’s located in an alley in the northeast corner of Jianguo North Road and Nanjing East Road, with ample parking next door.

We liked it and will...

Move over Diner, this hole in the wall is our new go-to brunch place. These shakes look like they came from Willy Wonka's factory but they aren't that sweet, not totally unhealthy. And the kid's love them! The food is made with love, quality ingredients and amazing presentation. Service is pretty good, only two waitresses for 24 seats. Both from a business and customer perspective, great place. We'll be back often. Notes for the staff, make sure avocados and bananas are ripe and possible add a dark roast coffee. Add credit card payments and you're...

Thumb up for the Traditional Aussie breakie with halloumi cheese, best scramble eggs in Taipei. Soft shell crab croissant is also divine. Must try the brunch for two plater to share, it has everything you want! You can’t miss the chia pudding either, super yummy!

One note for everyone : please don’t rush the service, the chef is the only person works in the kitchen who makes every single dish with his heart and passion. Once you try you will know what I mean. And I would suggest you to book a table in...