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Very Taiwan Cafe-like
Great for drinks and desserts
Cons:
Not so great for meals
200th review!!! YAY!! What better way than a review for a Taiwanese place. If you've ever been to Taiwan, than you know Dazzling. It's a pretty famous cafe over there. I've wanted to try it before, but the line ups are always super crazy and I'm not someone who waits in line for more than 20 minutes, ever.
First think you notice when you walk in is the decor is borderline ridiculous. Having said that, this is the way cafes are in Taiwan. There's always a borderline ridiculous motif going on at Taiwanese cafes. They have a cafe where the motif is the toilet for gosh sakes. So in terms of authenticity to the Taiwanese cafe, the Dazzling here gets full marks.
We came here for my wife's birthday since she's had her eyes on this place for a while and always wanted to go when she was in Taiwan as well. We came for a meal and dessert after. Dazzling's menu has an assortment of categories to choose from. They have food and dessert items to choose from but you can tell this place is meant for desserts. We ordered the poached egg pasta, pork jowl rice casserole, and popcorn chicken for dinner. A hazelnut chocolate honey toast was ordered for dessert.
I'm going to be frank here about the food. It could be a lot better. You do not want to come here when you're hungry. The portions are small and the prices are a tad on the high side. Having said that, the food at least was pretty good. The popcorn chicken used Chinese 5 spice powder which not many places here do. It gave it a different taste than I'm used to. The pork jowl was super tender and very good. The pasta could of used more sauce. The food is not horrible, but the portion and price point bring it down.
Desserts and drinks are what makes this place shine. You won't find any alcohol here but you'll find an assortment of drinks you can find at Taiwanese cafes back in Taiwan. Our milk teas were done pretty well and the price wasn't too far off what you would be paying here. They're famous for their honey toast. When the honey toast came, it looked magnificent. The servers than gave us tips on how to eat it as well as giving us our first serving. The honey toast was by far the best part of our meal. My eldest daughter loved it so much.
Dazzling is perfect if you just want to come in for drinks and desserts. It would make a perfect after meal stop for a girls night out. I would not recommend coming for a meal, specially if you're a big eater. The service is excellent but the prices are a tad of the higher side.
If you come to Dazzling knowing what Taiwanese cafes are supposed to be like, you'll enjoy yourself. If you come thinking it should be like what cafes are like here, you're not going to enjoy it as much.
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