Saturday, January 20, 2024

Gelovery Gift Tea Salon Diamond Towers (Taipei, TAIWAN) ★★★★☆

Breakfast was supposed to be a very simple combination of soy milk and youtiao (油條) for me this morning but things changed in a hurry after I dropped by Diamond Towers for an early visit.

Gelovery Gift Tea Salon Diamond Towers [Taipei, TAIWAN] - French Parisian tea room cafe amazing pastries afternoon tea set

Located on the second floor of Diamond Towers, Gelovery Gift's impressive tea salon immediately caught my eyes. Its interior reminded me of a traditional Parisian tea room like Angelina Paris. Of course, not quite the same belle epoque-style setting but it was attractive enough for me to consider coming in for breakfast (a sweet one).

Gelovery Gift Tea Salon Diamond Towers [Taipei, TAIWAN] - French Parisian tea room cafe amazing pastries afternoon tea set

They were serving a breakfast tea set that consisted of one of their exquisite pastries and a choice of tea or coffee.


Royal milk tea – Finally, I got my caffeine fix on my second day in Taipei. The silky smooth milk tea was particularly soul-warming on a cold winter morning. 

Gelovery Gift Tea Salon Diamond Towers [Taipei, TAIWAN] - French Parisian tea room cafe amazing pastries afternoon tea set

Fiona (NT$290) – For a fan of vanilla and hazelnut praline, it certainly wasn't a tough call for me.

Gelovery Gift Tea Salon Diamond Towers [Taipei, TAIWAN] - French Parisian tea room cafe amazing pastries afternoon tea set

Hidden underneath the creamy vanilla white chocolate shell were vanilla mascarpone mousse, vanilla sponge cake and a centre of runny hazelnut praline ganache. The richness of the hazelnut praline really meshed well with the sweetness from the vanilla. Very nice match.

Gelovery Gift Tea Salon Diamond Towers [Taipei, TAIWAN] - French Parisian tea room cafe amazing pastries afternoon tea set




Food Rating: 6.4/10
Price: $$$
Address: 2/F Diamond Towers Store One, Section 3, 268 Zhongxiao East Road, Da'an District, Taipei, Taiwan
Closest Metro Station: Zhongxiao Fuxing
Tel: +886 2-8773-8620
Opening Hours: 11:00am - 9:30pm (Sun - Thu), 11:00am - 10:00pm (Fri - Sat)



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