Visited Maokong on our last day in Taipei and we went to this cafe to try their tea infused ice cream which is one of the recommended things to do in Maokong ๐
Our orders ๐งพ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐จ, ๐๐$๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฆ, ๐๐$๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ณ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฆ, ๐๐$๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐, ๐๐$๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐, ๐๐$๐๐๐
๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐จ โญ๏ธ Saw some good reviews on this and glad it didnโt disappoint! Itโs creamy and flavourful with hints of truffle fragrance and made us reach out for more ๐
๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฆ ๐ฆ Got both flavours to try. I prefer the baozhong oolong flavour which has more distinctive floral notes than the tie guan yin
๐๐๐ ๐ซ Likewise, the hana oolong tea is more fragrant compared to the tie guan yin which tastes like regular tie guan yin that you can get elsewhere imo
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ย ย ย Read moreJust average food with kind of high tousity prices (which we expected for the area). There is a 100 NT$ minimum per person. They offer ice cream, tea, pasta, risotto, salad, steak and other western foods ($250+ average). You order up at the counter and then go sit down. The man at the counter taking orders wasnโt very pleasant (granted, he deals with tourists all day) but our server was kind. Your food will come out one by one, slowly. We were a group of four and two of us finished before our last group member got her food. Do yourself a favor and donโt order the Fruit & Yogurt Salad (itโs Iceberg lettuce with a giant dollop of yogurt on it and seasonal fruit and tomatoes. Weird and...
ย ย ย Read moreIt's a decent tea cafe. The tea is good although expensive for what you get. I wasn't impressed with the food or desserts, but there was nothing especially wrong with it, just okay.
The atmosphere is cute and relaxing up in the mountains, but the tables and furniture are worn and things in general could use some maintainence and care.
I'd come back for the tea and I can recommend it on that alone, but next time I'll just have tea and nothing else.
I'd give this a 3.5/5. A 4 is too generous though so I have...
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