Yonshin Breeze Xinyi Restaurant 永心鳳茶 微風信義店 (Taipei, TAIWAN) ★★★☆☆

If you love tea like I do, this would be right up your alley. Yonshin Restaurant (永心鳳茶) is a café and restaurant serving redefined Taiwanese cuisine. They have numerous locations in Taipei and I just happened to stumble upon their Breeze Xinyi (微風信義店) this afternoon while killing my spare time before dinner.



While Yoshin offers a small selection of savory Taiwanese-style dishes, their bread and butter has always been their tea and pastries. 

Some of their pastries were tea infused and that got me all excited since I am a huge fan of milk tea. 

Classic Yonshin style milk tea (永心厚奶茶) (NT$240) – This was probably better served with ice but I have been coughing badly since Christmas. Beggars can't be choosers... 😭😭

I thought this was pretty milky with moderate tea flavors but I didn't totally agree with the description of thick (厚). I would say that most pantyhose milk tea from Hong Kong came with a thicker texture.

Red jade black tea cheesecake (紅玉紅茶乳酪蛋糕) (NT$150) – The tea flavors were pretty subtle but it also came distinctive floral notes that I thought meshed well with the cheese. Not bad.

Reservation is definitely recommended. I waited about half an hour for my table and it wasn't even inside the tea room.

Food Rating: 5/10

Price: $$$

Address: 3/F, No. 68, Section 5, Zhongxiao East Road, Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan

Closest Metro Station: Taipei City Hall

Tel: +886 2-2723-3028

Website: https://m.facebook.com/yonshintea/

Opening Hours: 11:00am - 9:30pm (Sun - Wed), 11:00am - 10:00pm (Thu - Sat)