Smoothie House 思慕昔
I Recommend ☆☆☆☆
Taipei shop offering: Dessert / Modern Shaved Ice / Smoothies / Pudding / Jelly / Mango Cake / Mango Wine
Address:
No. 15, Yongkang St., Da’an Dist., Taipei City 106
台北市大安區永康街15號
Phone: (02) 2341-6161
Hours: 9:30am - 11pm Daily
Last Reviewed: 2 June 2019
Smoothie House takes traditional shaved ice to a different level. I don't like traditional shaved ice because it's basically just ice. After you're done with all the yummy, chewy items, you've got a slushy mess of ice that only lunatics would continue eating. It's weird that a nation that's so afraid about eating or drinking cold things invents a dessert that's almost straight-up ice. In short, Smoothie House has made shaved iced edible after modernizing it (they weren't the first to do that, though). There will be enough syrup, ice cream, fruit, condensed milk, and toppings to satisfy you before you leave all the boring ice in the middle to melt in the bowl as you depart for that scheduled soirée of yours. Smoothie House mixes in flavor to their ice, but it's so minimal that it just tastes like ice anyway, so once you're done with all the good stuff that's dumped on the ice base, you're basically done. Unless you enjoy eating solely ice because you have mental problems, or if you mix it all up in the beginning to ensure no ice-only bites. I've eaten it both ways, and I recommend the former: don't mix it up and leave the ice. And this is being said by someone who almost never leaves a drop of food behind. Luckily, most of their shaved ice options come with enough of the good stuff ("good stuff" is everything but the ice base) that'll make your Smoothie House experience tasty and satisfying.
I was surprised to find that their smoothies were sweet and delicious because it was packed with syrup and fruit with milk. Only a little blended ice was in it, so it can legitimately be labeled a smoothie and not a slushie/icee, which is ice-based (a smoothie is milk-based). So keep in mind that Smoothie House is an excellent place to get a smoothie, not just modern shaved ice.
Now, let's talk about the difference between Smoothie House and Ice Monster; the elephant-in-the-room topic you've been waiting to have covered. Smoothie House is a little closer to traditional shaved ice because they shave their ice not as thinly as Ice Monster, making it crunchier and colder. Ice Monster is far superior to Smoothie House because they finely shave their ice so that it melts in your mouth like snowflakes instead of shocking your system with cold chunks of ice. Also, and this is most important, Ice Monster blends flavor throughout the whole shaved ice dish in their Sensation series, so you're never left with solely ice or an unflavored bite. Ice Monster's Avalanche series is like all of Smoothie House's options, except even Ice Monster's Avalanche series adds enough syrup and condensed milk that it's present throughout the whole dish and you're never left with solely, tasteless ice.
OK, so I like Ice Monster infinitely better, but I still enjoyed and recommend Smoothie House. And Smoothie House has excellent smoothies, something that Ice Monster doesn't offer.
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Address:
No. 15, Yongkang St., Da’an Dist., Taipei City 106 台北市大安區永康街15號 Phone: (02) 2341-6161 Hours: 9:30am - 11pm Daily |
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Cash Only No Deceptive 10% Service Charge Reservations for the 2nd floor available Click on the link below for their Google Map page for the street view and/or other visitor's photos. Afterwards, you can click the dedicated back button on Google Maps to view the destination on a full-screened Google Map for directions. Smoothie House |
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Address:
No. 16, Lishui St., Da’an Dist., Taipei City 106 台北市大安區麗水街16號 Phone: (02) 2393-3366 Hours: 11am - 9pm Daily |
English, Chinese, Japanese, & Korean Menu
Cash Only No Deceptive 10% Service Charge No Reservations Click on the link below for their Google Map page for the street view and/or other visitor's photos. Afterwards, you can click the dedicated back button on Google Maps to view the destination on a full-screened Google Map for directions. Smoothie House |
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Address:
No. 106, Jihe Rd., Shilin Dist., Taipei City 111 台北市士林區基河路106號 Phone: (02) 2882-6698 Hours: Mon - Thu: 2pm - Midnight, Fri - Sun: 1pm - 10:30pm |
English, Chinese, Japanese, & Korean Menu
Cash Only No Deceptive 10% Service Charge No Reservations Click on the link below for their Google Map page for the street view and/or other visitor's photos. Afterwards, you can click the dedicated back button on Google Maps to view the destination on a full-screened Google Map for directions. Smoothie House |
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