I’ve never met anything from Taiwan I didn’t like, and breakfast is no exception.
They have my beloved basics, like those fluffy, golden sticks of You Tiao waiting to be soaked in silky soy milk or a more viscous peanut milk.
More filling side dishes like the Tea Eggs are perfect for splitting or taking to go. Theirs are dark with salty marinade and almost too good to share.
Try their claim-to-fame Fan Tuan or don’t bother coming. Their salty iteration is indescribably savory. The purple jasmine rice has a certain structure and fragrance that white rice often lacks, and a roll of paper-thin egg strikes a mouth-watering balance with crunchy pickles.
If you’re really hungry, the Baked Sesame Bread with egg is a must. The bread splits into crispy pastry layers with each bite, and don’t underestimate the savory simplicity of a fluffy egg with dots of scallion. Just imagine the best Asian breakfast burrito.
They also have the lunch/brunch time classics like Green Onion Pancake. This one is dense and flat-fried, with alternating chewy and crispy layers.
Steamed Pork Dumplings are small juicy delights. They pack small pockets of sweet porky broth under thin skins. Unexpected quality in a place that doesn’t specialize in making them.
The menu is impressive for a small cafe. They specialize in baked goods, and in addition to hot breakfast, they also have more traditional pastries that are more suitable to go. Refreshing drinks like soy milk and plum juice wash down the carbs, and it’s impossibly to eat more than $20 of food even if you’re starving. Come-as-you-are casual and polite yet cut-to-the-chase service makes an ideal quicker bite before work or a mildly lingering catch-up with a friend. But it doesn’t matter why you come here, just be sure to make a trip.
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