Nido Cafe 巢 [Taipei/Cafe]

Nido Cafe 巢

add:台北市信義區忠孝東路四段553巷22弄10號一樓

hours: 2pm-12am

tel: (02) 2753-4402

mrt: city hall

pricing: moderate $$

After hearing many great things about this cafe, I made it a mission to find it and experience it. Hidden in one of the alleys near City Hall, it took me a little while to find it, but it turned out to be located right next to the Songshan Cultural Park. 

The menu has a good variety of dripped coffe,tea ,blends and delectable desserts. The price was quite affordable, especially paired with its incredible taste and flavor.

The cafe is very charmingly decorated with many unique and interesting focal points and various knick knacks thoughtfully placed throughout. The cafe also sells many beautiful and handcrafted tea cups and sets for reasonable prices on their counter. 

The cafe incorporates tons of reconstituted wood shavings and other similar types of wood, creating a simple and surreal but intricate space to sit and enjoy life. The atmosphere of the is quite alluring, its a great place to still the mind and just relax, sipping a cappuccino whilst reading some novel and letting the afternoon slowly tick away. 

While the cafe itself isn't the most spacious, it has a few small tables in the front, but there is a larger table in a more private room located at the back of the cafe. Along with the private room in the back theres also shelves and shelves of various magazines for patrons to read.

There is only one word I could use to describe this cappuccino, sublime. It was surreal, the perfect balance of espresso, milk and the frothy goodness of the steamed foam milk.  Within the first sip I could tell that it was gonna be a good afternoon. 

The Early Grey Tea set beautifully served in a handmade tea set. The Earl Grey was remarkable, it's hard to find good Earl Grey in Taiwan, as there are so many other varieties of tea to choose from. But this tea was excellent, it had a gentle and subtle approach to the blend yet still had strong hints of citrus which created a melodic duo on my taste buds.

Now what afternoon tea would be complete without some desserts?

The Tiramisu was gorgeously made, it had real mascarpone cheese, somewhat of an rarity, the biscuits were soaked very well in espresso and liqueur, as we could taste it in every heavenly morsel. 

The cheesecake was smooth, silky and creamy with a graham cracker crust that crumbled into thousand pieces of deliciousness.