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The Who Cafe 框影咖啡 - 可爱猫咪主题CAFE
Address (地址): Zhuang Jing Rd No. 214, 2nd Floor, Taipei, Taiwan, 台北市信義區莊敬路214號2樓
Phone (电话): +886 2 2758 6512
Opening Hours: 11:00 - 21:00

To start the blog, I want to first apologize that I've been missing for the past couple of months. To make up for my lack of blogging, this post will be a special collaboration with "ENJOEYOURLIFE", who takes really awesome pictures! Also, I will be using some chinese to accommodate the chinese-only readers of my blog. :)

Credits of all pictures in this post goes to this talented young soul, who apparently also calls me his aunt. haha
Do check out his instagram feed here, and "like" his facebook page here.

最近因為工作有點忙,好久都沒時間寫部落格。還好上禮拜印尼 Lebaran 節日放了好幾天的假期,抽空和家人回台灣度个假,寻找一些好吃好拍的美食-包括今天部落格里可愛的貓咪立體拉花咖啡。為了彌補那麼久沒po文的過錯,這次的文章是特別和 “ENJOEYOURLIFE" 一起合作编制出来,文章里好看的照片都是他那雙巧手拍出來的喔!他对摄影真的是非常有天份,9月份还会去加拿大上专门教摄影的大学,有空可以去他 fb https://www.facebook.com/enjoeyourlife 逛一逛!:)

After walking about 5 minutes from the nearest MRT (Taipei 101 stop), we finally arrived at the café. There was a big sign saying “The Who Café” hanging from the ceiling of the first floor of the old shop-house building, making the place relatively easy to spot. The café, which is located on the second floor is not very big. However, it gave off a very cozy vibe.

Wall-mounted tables near the entrance

Busy little café


Before seating us, the waitress asked us if we had reservations. On other days, the café would be very crowded – lucky us, because of the pouring rain, there were 2 empty tables that day and we got our seats immediately.

通常,框影咖啡會比我們去當天照片裡來的熱鬧。以免以失望收場,別忘了先打電話預約訂位!

Normally, their “Manager” 春桃 (read: Chun tao), also the main star of the café/a fluffy white cat will be there to welcome the customers. However, probably because it was a rainy Sunday afternoon and the shop attendants told us that their manager was“on leave” when we did not see any cats around.

平日裡,框影咖啡的“店長”,可愛貓咪春桃會在店裡跟客人們打招呼。可惜那天運氣不太好,碰到下雨天(也是星期天),店裡的員工跟我們說店長那日休假。

Postcards and hand drawn images displayed near entrance

Cute display above a shelf of books

Individual work stations


The cute 3D Latte art cats will be made for every hot coffee which has milk in it (only hot coffee, not cold). Also, don’t hesitate to ask the waiter/waitress if you doubt anything, they are really friendly.

有牛奶的熱咖啡飲料都可以做出立體貓咪可愛的臉 - 表情也有不一樣的!


Take note that their menu has no English translations, and a minimum order of one drink per person is required in this café (just like most café we came across in Taipei).

在等咖啡的同時,可以向服務生要wifi的密碼。店裡最低消費是每人一杯飲料。

Wifi is available in the café so you won't miss out on posting cute photogenic kitty drinks on your social medias, live. ;)

有禮貌抹茶

Matcha Latte 150元

Mochachino 155元


Also ordered the hot apple tea because of the cute little paw tea diffuser/stirrer.

Paw filled with tea leaves

清香蘋果茶 140元

I asked the waitress and she told me that the kitty paw tea infuser wand is given for every hot (only hot, not cold) fruity tea brew. So don't forget to order the hot fruit tea if you want to take a picture with the cute little paw wand.

可愛的貓掌攪拌棒里裝的是茶葉,只有點熱的水果茶才會有!

Their hot apple tea drink turned out to not only be adorably plated, but also really good! First sip was a little shocking to me because it has a very strong apple taste. However, the drink became really good once I got past the first sip. It is sweetened with apple syrup, infused with apple juice from the apple bits, a little sour and very calming to drink. The chopped apples soaked in the tea adds an additional kick to the drink. Slightly crunchier than the ones in an apple pie, and a little softer than fresh apples, the apples in the drink is really delicious! Joey agrees with me that it’s good as well.

建議大家來這裡可以試試這杯清香蘋果茶-有蘋果的酸甜,茶的甘和清香。裡面的蘋果顆粒真的很好吃!


Miao :3

Paw mug!


Nothing special in this cup of Mochachino except for it's rich toasty coffee scent. Taste wise, it is pretty average, lack of sweetness and a little too bitter to our liking. Nevertheless, A+ for it's cuteness. Mochachino 的咖啡很香,但有點太苦,味道也很普通。但為它的可愛度打滿分!


Green Tea latte is not bad. Prefer this over the Mochachino! Not too sweet and not too bitter. Also just nicely milky from the foam! 這杯飲料比之前的 Mochachino 還好喝。不太甜,不太苦,帶著淡淡的奶香。


We didn't order any food in this café - we were café hopping and went to many places. But in case you got hungry, food is available here as well.

Café里也有賣不同的主食三明治,午餐時間來也挺不錯。



Big thanks to Joey and Christine for agreeing to café hop with me, and especially Joey for the amazing quality pictures. There will be another Taipei café review where I also collaborated with him in the near future. So look out for that! Also, if you find this guide useful, don't forget to share it with your friends! ;)

過不久,我還會po另一篇和 “ENJOEYOURLIFE” 一起合作的文章,介紹另一家好拍好喝的咖啡。
如果你喜歡這篇文章的話,別忘了點個贊,幫我在社交網上和朋友“share"一下。

Taken by yours truly. Big Thanks to Joey for the awesome pictures! 很感謝Joey幫我拍的照片!

Till next time! 下次見!



捷運到達方式信義線:世貿/台北101站下車,經由2號出口往莊敬路方向步行

公車到達方式288、266、藍五、路公車,景新里站下車,往信義路方向步行
Voodoo Doughnut
Address: No. 28, Lane 553, Section 4, Zhongxiao E Rd, Xinyi District, Taipei City, Taiwan 110 (Near 台北大巨蛋,opposite to 松山文创区域)
Phone: +886 2 2763 5593

A couple of weeks ago while searching for a good cafe bandwagon to hop on in Taipei, I chanced upon a post on Voodoo Doughnut opening it's first store in Taiwan. If you haven't heard of this name, Voodoo Doughnut is a famous doughnut shop based in Portland, Oregon, well known for its eccentric, unusual shaped doughnuts, and of course their super iconic pink boxes. Having not been able to try any Voodoo doughnuts in my life, I've set out a food hunt to try out these legendary doughnuts.

Everyone in my family was busy doing their own stuff during that couple of hours, and feeling a little adventurous, I decided to walk the distance of more than 3 MRT stations (multiplied by 2 back and forth) alone to find this spot.

Directly opposite to 松山文创区域

After 3 kilometres under the scorching hot sun, I finally arrived at this place. Taiwan during summer is no joke, so frickin' hot.


Grand opening on 18th of July! 

I was there on the 16th of July, which was only their soft opening. They had their soft opening for a month before officially opening on the 18th.

There was a long queue of people waiting for their doughnuts when I arrived. Most popular doughnuts - Bacon Maple Bar, Gay Bar, Voodoo Doll were out of stock. And they were whipping up a new batch of their iconic Voodoo Doll when I ordered mine, waited 20 minutes for it. Luckily there were tables for us to wait and sit at.

Cute case displaying their doughnuts


Pastel pink and blue

They sell drinks too!

Love the stained glass on their window

The guy on the table to my left was vigorously taking pictures of the doughnuts with his DSLR and there I was taking pictures with my Galaxy Note 4 *laugh cries*.

Finally got my doughnuts! Ordered 9 just for the sake of this review.


And of course I had to take my box of doughnuts for a series of photograph sessions.

Good things come in Pink (and Orange) boxes!

Nom

Walked back home under the terrible heat to bring the babies back home. Plated them and took more pictures of each individual doughnuts. Gosh if only I were this dedicated doing everything else...

Name: Voodoo Doll
Price: NTD 90 (approx. SGD 3.90, Rp. 38,000)

Fell in love with how cute it looked at first sight! however the taste was like any other normal chocolate frosted doughnut, except personally, I really didn't like the raspberry jam inside - it was a little sour and there was too much filling inside compared to the amount of dough outside.  The pretzel stick also got a little soggy overnight in the fridge when I did my taste test the second day. 

Would I recommend this? Yes because of it's cute appearance, not really for it's taste.

Name: Old Dirty Bastard Doughnut
Price: NTD 75
"Raised yeast doughnut with chocolate frosting, Oreo's and peanut butter!"

Name: Taipei Cream
Price: NTD 55

The shop attendant told me that it is called Taipei Cream because of the "101" written on it to represent the iconic Taipei 101 building. This doughnut is only available in Taiwan and it was actually one of my favourite doughnuts from the batch! The outside is normal doughnut dough and is filled with cream puff pastry-like custard. It is glazed with a sugar coating which tasted slightly like maple syrup and caramel. Recommend to place it in the fridge before eating it -the cold cream filling ups the whole doughnut game!

Name: Diablos Rex Doughnut
Price: NTD 70

This one is more of a cake than a doughnut. It was supposedly a chocolate cake but it didn't taste much of chocolate or anything sweet. It was covered with chocolate frosting, chocolate chips, sprinkles, and a "spooky" vanilla pentagram. Great for a picture or two!

Name: Dirty Snowballs Doughnut
Price: NTD 70

I recommend trying this one! It is a cake-based doughnut like the Diablos Rex and it sprinkled with lightly sweetened normal and pink coconut flakes, topped with a dollop of peanut butter. It is not too sweet, and slightly crunchy from the coconut. Loved it!

Name: Cinnamon Crueller
Price: NTD 55

Crueller - a piece of dough that have been twisted and fried, generously coated in cinnamon sugar.

Name: Peanut Doughnut
"Plain cake doughnut with chocolate frosting and peanuts!"

This one wasn't in the menu. Only got this because I ordered the "Voodoo Party" set of doughnuts for NTD 550.

Name: Triple chocolate penetration doughnut
Price: NTD 55

Chocolate cake covered with chocolate frosting and chocolate puff balls cereal.

Name: The Loop
Price: NTD 52 (why 52, not 50, not 55?? whyyyy ._.)

Liked this one as well! Frosted with sugar frosting and covered in the iconic froot loops by Kellogg's. Really simple doughnut, nothing special or fancy, but it is a very good combination of flavours and textures.



Behind the scenes.  Threw away most of the doughnuts because there was way too much calories and couldn't finish it before they've gone bad.


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