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| - I came here several times for lunch, dinner and desserts when it first opened and the place had long waiting queue. I came back again to visit after a few months and hoped the hype would have settled down but it didn't. Despite the same long waiting time, I was glad to see that they were willing to compensate their customers by offering a choice of free milk pudding or a free drink under $4.99 if the waiting exceeded over 45 minutes. However, this special offer was only written on the waiting ticket in fine print in Chinese. So if you don't know how to read Chinese, you probably wouldn't know unless the servers tell you (but now you do!). You also get 10% discount if you pay cash :)
ENVIRONMENT: 4/5
The place is pretty big, hip and modern with large art mural of Taipei's famous JiuFen town. Certainly can accommodate small party of two to large groups.
FOOD: 4/5
Their menu was massive with a separate menu for desserts and drinks. They offered a good variety of Asian items (mainly Taiwanese and Japanese), pastas, rice and hot pots. I love getting their mini hot pots, mainly because there were plenty different flavours/options to choose from and easy to share. My favourite was the Milk & Cheese Seafood hot pot, wonderful broth and plenty of seafood. The Lamb with Pickled Cabbage hot pot was very appetizing as well. I was also very excited to see that they offered Taiwanese style oyster omelets as not a lot of places served them. Popcorn chicken was crispy, just a bit more batter than meat but I'd still recommend it. So far, I hadn't been disappointed in their food yet.
DESSERT: 3/5 I tried their cheese tarts but but the shell was a bit hard and the cheese texture wasn't the creamy, molten lava type that I liked. I was very surprised to see that they had Japanese Taiyaki in their menu but it cost $11 for a piece. I thought it was overpriced. The milk pudding was alright as it was free for me at the time but I probably wouldn't order them here. Overall, I felt that their desserts were more on the pricey side.
SERVICE: 4/5
The staff was very tentative and friendly. They did regular check ups and water refills which I especially appreciated.
I'd definitely come back again because there are just so many items to try! The only thing that pulls me back is just the waiting time...
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