AI Spot Summary
The food is flavor-heavy, and the size of the buns is smaller, but the taste is good. The golden crispy fries are fried to perfection and taste great with the sauce. The variety of drinks is wide and the free refill once is a great deal.
The restaurant is converted from an old house, with a unique and comfortable atmosphere. It is a pet-friendly restaurant, and both the style and ambiance are quite good.
The service staff has a good and proactive attitude, providing multiple payment options and mosquito repellent, which is thoughtful and practical.
Reviews
The restaurant is a renovated old house in Hualien, with a lot of white lines on the roadside outside, allowing for parking. The minimum spending is that each person must order a drink, excluding meals or desserts. You can order using a QR code, and you can make an order on the same bill using different phones with your companions, which I find quite convenient. Payment can be made in cash or by credit card and Apple Pay, offering various convenient options.
When I arrived, it was already afternoon and I was super hungry. I ordered:
- Spicy chili pepper and butter salty pork sandwich - The flavor was strong and I thought it was pretty good, but it got a bit greasy towards the end. The sandwich was smaller than I expected; ordering it alone felt a bit insufficient.
- Wild pepper ginger grilled meat sandwich set - My friend ordered this, but he thought it was just okay. The set came with an extra salad and soup, and they actually liked the salad and soup quite a lot.
As for the dish, my favorite was the golden crispy fries, which were super thin and crispy. They were really thin but crunchy, and I thought it tasted great with the sauce added.
That day happened to be a weekday afternoon, and I saw online that the soufflé pancakes are only available on weekends, which was a bit unfortunate. However, we could take part in their "girls hours" promotion, which offered a limited drink with a free refill within 90 minutes. I felt they had quite a lot of options to choose from; we ordered two salty cream cap red teas and one fresh milk tea, which I thought were pretty good, and getting a free refill was a great deal, especially when paired with the dessert "Tai Tai Tai Tai" cream roll, which made me happy.
Overall, it’s a restaurant with a nice atmosphere and decent food, with actively friendly service staff. It’s also a pet-friendly restaurant, providing pet meals. There are quite a few promotions for café visits, and Hualien residents can get additional discounts by showing proof. However, there were a lot of little black mosquitoes; even sitting indoors, I encountered some. The restaurant thoughtfully provided mosquito repellent for those who needed it. If I have a chance to visit Hualien again, I would like to try the soufflé pancakes.
