Are those balloons ? I dunno, but it looked kinda nice.
A quartet playing christmas songs.
We came across this bakery or hair salon ? It's bakery but a very high end one. Started by Joel Robuchon, michelin star chef, the joint serves pastry and afternoon tea or coffee.
Overlooking the chefs working.
Located inside Bellavita, the newest and luxurious shopping mall in Taipei.
main facade of Salon de Joel Robuchon with each container with Macaron.
Floor directory of Bellavita. Salon de the Joel Robuchon serves afternoon tea and pastries, fifth floor L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon serves course meals.
At the entrance of the famous restaurant.
After contemplating for a while, we decided to give this joint a try, it's hard to get a michelin star chef restaurant around locally, we risked our pockets for a try. The theme of the restaurant is black and red. So everything is either red or black.
Le Cafe (NT180), RM 19.80
Thes fins et infusions, I think it's Earl Grey was it ? ( NT250 , RM27.50)
Tea that came with a heavy and funky tea pot, nice.
Banana peach tart (NT160) , RM17.60
Very tasty chocolate mousse, rich with flavour, such a delight.
I forgot what's this ... hmm ...
Simple croissant, crispy and fresh.
I also forgotten this pie.
Bouquet of roses with unique teapot.
Yummy chocholate mousse and tart half done.
List of pastries available, lots to choose from.
Overall the pastry is good, however with the pricey pastry I wish the pastries are more top notch. I find the pastries just mediocre given the high price of it. Anyway, it's an experience too to eat in such a high end restaurant( on my standards ). After the food, we ventured to Taipei 101 and decided not to go up to the top. Given the hazy or misty weather, I think it's better to 'invest' the money elsewhere.
Taipei 101 building, nice pillars and architecture.
Another view of the Taipei 101.
Some high end performance cars on display.
Maserati, Ferari and etc...
What model is this ? Must be Ferari, the traditional red colour.
Prancing horse, I wonder how it will fare in 2010 Formula 1
On the next day, we decided to walk around and see the neighbourhood of our hotel.
Back alley with scooters.
Another eatery place that is full and once has to wait quite a while.
Nice front facade.
Well, a visit to Taiwan has to be completed with a visit to Ximending(西门町) for the shopping experience, since both of us are not hard core shopping creatures, we just walked around, food is more tempting ...
Hawker food of noodles with meatballs.
Looks the same but taste different.
The usual (lor bak rice), quite tasty.
The egg with taufu, not bad but the taufu egg is served cold, I like it warm or heated.
Live performance by a handicap person.
Crowd gathering at Ximending.
Didn't do much of shopping in Ximending, probably we didn't have any plans to buy anything. Maybe next time.
