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A Tour of Tantalizing Treats from Taichung

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Nov 29, 2019

Catalogue

  • Miyahara Ophthalmology:Selling Delicious Ice Cream Without Seeing a Doctor
  • Cheese Light:Small Fresh Cheesecake
  • No.1 Middle School Feng Ren Ice :70 Years of Good Taste
  • Rose House:Orthodox English Afternoon Tea
  • Banshin Castella:Super Hard to Buy Legendary Nagasaki Cake
  • Chun Shui Tang:Pearl Milk Tea Originator
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Those who enjoy desserts must look for tantalizing Taichung cuisine

located near Taichung railway station, "Miyahara ophthalmology" is not a doctor's clinic any more but is now a highly creative cultural and creative Souvenir boutiques.

The Quaint red brick exterior is the original arcade of the palace, but inside is a different world: a four-story high ceiling space with walls designed as imposing specimen cabinets standing from floor to ceiling; the sale of packaged pastries looks just like the books, displayed on the antique bookshelf, which gives people the illusion of breaking into Harry Potter’s magic school.

In Miyahara ophthalmic, the most famous products are ice cream, milk tea and pineapple cake, and all are must-taste products. The ice cream advertises natural health, divided into tea with a special flavor, unique to Taiwan fruit, and chocolate; then add pineapple cake, candy, cheese cake and other ingredients. It is always attracting large crowds.

A Tour of Tantalizing Treats from Taichung

A Popular cheese cake shop is located next to the Museum of Qin "Light of cheese", with nostrils cheesecake aroma, as well as Japanese-style wooden décor, full of literary sense, entice peoples by the smells.

Cheese Light is located in Taichung's most dramas of Green Park Road neighborhood, near the Museum of Qin, Qin Mei Eslite, Jonathan Lee’s Lee Guitar flagship store. When coming to visit the art galleries and bookstores, remember to take the opportunity to go to Cheese Light to taste the delicious products.

A Tour of Tantalizing Treats from Taichung

located in the opposite entrance of Taichung No. 1 middle school, No.1 middle school Feng Ren ice has accompanied with Taichung’s people for more than 70 years. Even in the cold winter, people still come to visit, so people make a joke with customers saying those who eat ice in the winter are just like the boss who is still selling both like a "lunatic". After that, those unknown ice shops took the same homophonic sound and renamed the "No.1 middle school Feng Ren ice".

"No.1 middle school Feng Ren ice" does not have a typical physical store, but rather a small stall, plus an arcade under the alley as a dining area.

In order to achieve the best quality, the boss insists on a single taste of ice cream, so in ice-store’s only three options are the signed No.1 middle school Feng Ren ice, dry Feng Ren ice (weekdays only) and plum ice.

A Tour of Tantalizing Treats from Taichung

Founded in 1990, Taichung "Rose House" can be described as Taiwan's top and most orthodox English-style tea restaurant. Its founder is a famous painter, Huang Teng-hui of Taiwan rose. Because of the love of Rose Art, English tea and porcelain, he founded the elegant and romantic afternoon tea restaurant chain stores.

English afternoon tea here is said to be carefully planned by the British afternoon tea ambassador, from tea table decorations, tea, and dessert followed the British tradition, offers three dim sum from salty to sweet, from the bottom, with Royal Earl Gray tea and fruit to meet the taste buds, at the same time people enjoy the visual feast.

Rose House Taichung branch a lot, Shin Kong Mitsukoshi, the Top City, Kozo SOGO all have their branches. But the founding branch is located in the Donghai Yishu Street.

A Tour of Tantalizing Treats from Taichung

The "Banshin Castella Cake", located opposite of the Taichung secondary market, is described as "difficult to start but addicted to eating once tried", “long lines” and therefore “difficult to buy”, also became its features.

When stepping into the store, you can smell the aroma of sponge cake, mouth-watering; open golden-like old-fashion packing. The cake is still warm with a dense and soft texture; it is egg-rich and slightly sweet.

It is suggested to make an appointment and take a number early in the morning at 9:00 right after it opens. Then go shopping to Yizhong street or Erzhong market or have breakfast, then go back to the store on time.

A Tour of Tantalizing Treats from Taichung

Those who like to drink pearl milk tea must go to the legendary origin of pearl milk tea Chun Shui Tang and have a taste. The world's first cup of pearl milk tea is born from here. 30 years ago, Chun Shui Tang shook up the first cup of bubble red tea. Based on this, he added local snacks like "pink pearl" to create a pearl milk tea, and then re-developed so called Boba milk tea with oversized pearls, and since then it has swept mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

The Chun Shui Tang's culture teahouse not only provides variant series of tea, delicate cakes and sweetmeats, meals, refreshments Sami, but also hand-made courses of pearl milk tea which is really popular recently.

In Taichung, Chun Shui Tang has dozens of stores, KIMI Eslite, National Taiwan Museum, Mitsukoshi Taichung and other places, pick one to try it.

A Tour of Tantalizing Treats from Taichung

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