Coffee Alley (咖啡弄)

Location:
忠孝店 | (02) 2711-1912｜台北市忠孝東路四段101巷45號
士林店 | (02) 2888-3322｜台北市士林區中正路253號二樓
敦化店 |(02) 2711-1910｜台北市敦化南路一段187巷42號
站前店 | (02) 2388-3000｜台北市中正區館前路18號二樓

Coffee Alley is the a cozy modern coffee place that is great for business meetings, girl's get together, afternoon reminiscing about the past... it's just great. 
It is recommended to make reservations, but sometimes going to the place and lining-up could be faster on week days. The place also has a minimum purchase of one drink per person. They have a variety from cold drip coffee, coffee (hot and cold), tea (milk teas, matcha tea), and frappe (or known in Taiwan as 冰沙). 

They have various kinds of sandwich from BBQ Pork, Mustard Bacon Cheese, club and so on. My personal favorite is the  Club sandwich. The meat is juicy with a hint of sweetness. Try by putting some Doritos inside the sandwich and you'll get an extra crunchy cheesy taste. You have got to try it! The Mustard Bacon instead comes with the egg salad, which is equally good as the Club with Doritos

Another must try in Coffee Alley is their Waffles, which also come in different flavors from sweet to salty. I especially recommend the newest flavor: Salty Caramel & Vanilla Ice Cream Waffle, it's to crave for !!! the original flavor at only 100NT is perfect for those who don't want ice cream with their waffled and like it with a dolce honey flavor~

The waffles in Coffee Alley are really good! With a slightly harden outer layer in combination with the soft and compact inside, the texture of the waffle allows it to be chewy and not too spongy. It is best eaten with all the condiments and while the waffle is still hot because the ice cream just sort of melts while you take an explosive bite of afternoon sweetness! 

Coffee Alley also serves ice creams, mille feuille, brownies and crepe, but they are still best known for their waffles. 

Frozen Yogurts (Dessert)

Looking for a sweet and guiltless indulgence? Then Frozen Yogurt Ice Cream is what you are looking for. Over the months, Taiwan has started a trend of Yogurt Ice Cream and most of them  are self-service stores. The bottom 4 are the ones that I most recommend: 


1) Yofroyo: co-owned by Allen and Austin, who both graduated in the University of California, had the idea of making a healthy and guiltless dessert and so it resulted with the establishment of Yofroyo (your frozen yogurt) that has a very positive review in Taiwan allowing them to open up in many locations. 


Locations:
- 台北市大安區師大路59巷9號1樓 (In ShiDa (NTNU) Night Market in front of Subway) 
- 台北市大安區敦化南路一段187巷39號1樓 (By MRT Zhongxiao Dunhua)
- 台北市大同區承德路一段1號B2 (京站時尚廣場) (Inside QSquare Mall MRT Taipei Main Station) 
- 台北市萬華區漢中街116號1樓 (誠品116) (Next to Watson's by MRT Ximen)


Website: http://www.yofroyo.com/


Despite a small price inflation since last year, Yofroyo is still the one getting my highest recommendation. 


2) Yogurt Art: self-service yogurt ice cream that allows you to choose your own topping and ice cream flavour! 


Locations:  
- 台北市忠孝東路4段216巷8弄14號 (MRT Zhongxiao Dunhua Exit 3)
- 台北市新生南路3段96之5 (MRT Gong guan Exit 3)
- 台北縣中山路三段122號4F-409櫃


Website: http://www.yogurtart.com/


3) Hielo: Hielo literally means "ice" in Spanish. 

Locations:  

- 台北市忠孝東路4段124號1F (MRT Zhongxiao Dunhua) 

- 台北市松高路12號B2

- 台北縣板橋市縣民大道二段7號 (Inside Banqiao Global Mall MRT Banqiao)

Website:http://www.hielo.com.tw

4) TfYogurt: at the proce of 19NT/oz. is comes with a reusable spoon. I recently at this and i found the original yogurt flavour to be the best, followed by the blueberry one and then green tea. The tutti frutti was a little too sweet. 


Locations:
- 台北市大安區忠孝東路3段300號B3 (MRT Zhongxiao Fuxing Exit 2)
- 台北市信義區松高路11號B2 (Inside Eslite Bookstore MRT City Hall Exit 2)
- 台北市中正區忠孝西路一段47號B1 (MRT Taipei Main Station Exit M4)
- 台中市西區公益路68號B1


Website: http://www.tfyogurt.tw/