First and only ice cream shop to get a *
Located in Taichung, it’s about 2 hours door to door from most places in Taipei to get to this restaurant. I also waited an hour in line. This is definitely NOT worth the drop from Taipei if it’s the only thing on your itinerary.
The ice cream was excellent. They offer sorbet and gelato, and I believe they rotate flavors seasonal. I tried the miso soup and whiskey flavored ice cream.
Probably the best ice cream I’ve had. Perfect texture, super creamy but not too thick, and the flavors were very distinct.
However, with no place to sit inside, the ice cream melts within seconds or minutes as soon as you step outside the humid weather in Taichung.
The surface of the ice cream melts and basically loses the texture of the perfectly creamy ice cream.
So the entire experience kind of gets ruined.
I believe they earned their star by having a good tasting menu in the past, but as soon as their recognition they pivoted to just serving takeout scoops to make money.
I do not support this move and while again, the ice cream was delicious and perhaps the best I’ve had, the experience is not noteworthy (the line and not having a place to sit inside to avoid instant melting outside) and I would rate this a 3/5.
There isn’t a huge difference from regularly tasty gelato throughout Italy and this place.
by special_eddd
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I am someone who loves “different”. I’d totally go several hours out of my way to find a life changing, michelin starred ice cream cone, because, yeah, its unique.
But it sounds like their new business model is a failed experiment. Helpful review
I remember thinking this sounded interesting when I was looking into places in Taiwan, but seems like the new setup isn’t worth it. They should at least give a taste of every flavor or something.
I was skeptical but the place really impressed me. Some of the best ice cream I’ve had in my life. Agree that not being able to sit inside is a major failure experience wise.
I was skeptical but the place really impressed me. Some of the best ice cream I’ve had in my life. Agree that not being able to sit inside is a major failure experience wise.
I’m not sure they’d make enough money if they let people camp inside. Ice cream parlors work on volume of sales.
“This is definitely NOT worth the drop from Taipei if it’s the only thing on your itinerary.” Tbf it’s not a 3-star so…