Chun Shui Tang 春水堂
I Recommend ☆☆☆☆
Taipei cafe offering: Tea / Bubble Tea / Juice Tea / Side Dishes / Snacks
Address & Phone:
No. 585, Ruiguang Rd., Neihu Dist., Taipei City 114
台北市內湖區瑞光路585號1樓
(02) 8751 4945
Last Visited: 25 Nov 2011
Chun Shui Tang (春水堂) meaning spring water hall, is one of two cafes that say they invented the pearl milk tea. Theirs locations have a really nice mix of traditional and modern art decor. The soft lighting creats a great atmosphere for chatting with friends over some tea and side dishes.
I got to love bubble tea in the USA before even visiting an Asian country. Although, I only drank the fruity favors with pearls back home. It's great to live in the country that invented pearl milk tea; it was invented in Taichung, Taiwan. Liu Han Chie experimented with cold milk tea by adding fruit, syrup, candied yams, and tapioca balls (pearl are made from tapioca) in the early 1980s. Although the drink was not popular at first, a Japanese television show generated interest in it among businessmen. The drink became well-known in most parts of East and Southeast Asia during the 1990s.
I tried their pearl milk tea, lemon green tea, sesame cakes, dried tofu with special sauce, pork blood rice cakes with special sauce, onion rings, and taro cake. Even if they invented the pearl milk tea, I find that it was just OK; it was too watered-down for my liking. Two of my Taiwanese friends, who don't know each other, both agreed with me on this. The lemon green tea, however, was very refreshing and delicious.
Every single side dish that I had was exceptional; I'd return for them solely. Instead of explaining each one of the side dishes to you in a long rambling snobby fashion, just know that they were delicious. When they say an item comes with special sauce on the menu, believe it. Every sauce selection I ate was tantalizing to the last drop.
Vegetarian options: Green Soy Beans, Taro Cake, Cantonese Turnip Pudding, Dried Tofu with Special Sauce, Fried Sweet Potato, Boiled Seasoned Vegetables, Vegetable Tofu Tempura, Burdock Root Tempura, Steamed Wild Mushrooms, Winter Mushroom with Tofu Skin, and Bubble Aiyu-jelly with Lemon Flavor. Both of their breakfast combos served from 8:30-11am are vegetarian: Taro Cake + Fried Egg + Salad and Taiwanese Turnip Pudding + Fried Egg + Salad.
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English & Chinese Menu
Average small (which isn't small at all) drink price: NT$70
Average medium (which is actually extra large) drink price: NT$145
Noodles & side dish price: NT$50-85
Beef Noodles: NT$150
All Chun Shui Tang 春水堂 locations can be found on their website I listed above
Join Brittany & Dominique and see the original Chun Shui Tang (春水堂) in Taichung and some other Taiwanese culinary experiences.
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