[Food Review]: Yellow Cup Coffee

Yellow Cup Coffee is located along Havelock Road, at Central Square. It's just across the road from Ministry of Manpower. Inspired by the bustling coffee culture of the Big Apple- New York City, Yellow Cup Coffee joined the ranks of many young and vibrant new cafes around the island with a goal to serve first-rate coffee to its customers. The cafe is styled in a pop-art concept, featuring many super heroes around. The cafe is quiet and spacious. 

The distinct yellow cup used were meant to evoke the feelings of happiness, cheeriness and be spotted a mile away by a one-eyed pirate. 

With an inventory of coffee beans sourced from Nicaragua, El Salvador and even Hawaiian, the lattes boasted impressively rich flavors and a thick crema. 

To ensure the quality of their coffee, Yellow Cup uses the top of the line La Marzocco Strada EP3Group Espresso Machine, and the coffee is calibrated daily with the optimal extraction with the pressure profiling technology of Strada to ensure that the coffee beans are not over or under extracted. 

Yellow Cup Coffee/Drinks menu

Menu for waffles, sandwiches, main dish + side dish

Gotten myself a cup of Hawaiian latte- $6.80

Beyond the super adorable coffee art, the coffee at Yellow Cup was fantastic. Although, i find that the coconut flavor was too artificial and disruptive, pretty much disrupting the taste of coffee beans. Overall, It was smooth blend, very fragrant, not too bitter nor acidic. I guess they found the balance between everything and created a magical brew. So lovely! 

Along with the latte, i had Fruity waffles- $8

Kind of disappointing...It doesn't taste as nice as it seems to be. The waffle base wasn't well-made, it was really dry. This was a straight-forward conclusion after biting into an excess of baked batter that was really tasteless and full of baking soda. It was crispy but that let alone really wasn't enough as there was no fluffy to talk about. 

Given how much effort and thought they have put in to decorate the cafe and inventing flavors for their menu, i'm sure they are one of those that deserve to go a long way in the cafe industry. For great coffee and affordable prices with an amazing ambience, New york Style- Yellow Cup Coffee is definitely worth a visit. They might be a bit rough around the edges at the moment in terms of their coffee/ food executions..but should get better in time.

To locate

Central Square, 20 Havelock Rd #01-09 S059765

Email: Sayhello@yellowcupcoffee.com

Website: www.yellowcupcoffee.com

[Cafehopping @ TaiPei] - Dazzling Cafe☆Honey toast 蜜糖土司專賣店☆

Originally a clothing and jewelry boutique, the owner of Dazzling decided to expand and start a cafe specializing in the infamous honey toast. There are now 9 Dazzling Cafes across Taiwan (in Taipei, Hsinchu, Taichung and Tainan).

The cafe is every girl's dream, chock full of pastel colors and sophisticated interior with very sleek and modern design features creating a charming ambience. Each branch has a different color scheme and overall feel. There's Dazzling Cafe Pink, Mint, Blueberry, Sunshine, Bubble, Kiwi, Ocean, Sky and Deluxe. Dazzling doesn't just provide its patrons with aesthetically pleasing honey toasts, their pasta and savory plates are surprisingly delectable.

We went to Dazzling Cafe Sunshine which was located in Xin Guang Mitsukoshi (台北信義新光三越A11) - Close to Taipei 101. With yellow tinted lights, wall frames and menus the cafe clearly resonated sunshine.




This is my 2nd time visiting Dazzling Cafe. My cousins and I had roughly decided what we wanted to order but there were just so many tempting options to choose from!
After a good 5 minutes of um-ing and ah-ing, we decided to go for the Chocolate Fantasy Honey Toast(巧可力嘉年华蜜糖土司) -NT$240.

The famous honey toast is absolutely sinful! I tried not to think about how many miles i'd have to run to get rid of all the fat gained from this. With a mix of warm honey toast, chocolate sauce, topped with strawberries and a scoop of chocolate ice-cream. It was...the perfect combination. The extravagant presentation was truly a work of art. The toast inside was cut up into pieces and nicely toasted with honey drizzled all over them. Sounds like heaven right?
My only complaint would be that it would be better if the scoop of ice-cream could be more because i find that the portion is much lesser than before.
Let me just warn you, as small as it looks on the photo, it is actually big enough for four people- so i would advise you to share :)

We also had Valrhona Chocolate Waffle(法美娜巧可力松饼)- NT$180.
A lil tad disappointment because i thought it would be topped off with ice-cream but it turns out to be vanilla. Although the waffle was crispy, it's sorta dry. I prefer waffle with a rich taste.
The dark chocolate tasted great but it was a bit too chocolatey and sweet for me.
 Overall, it just doesn't taste as good as it looks.

Along with the Honey Toast, we got a drink each.
 I went for the Hazelnut Cocoa(金莎榛果可可)－NT$160. The Hazelnut Cocoa tasted as good as it looks. The best way i could describe it would be- melting Nutella and Ferrero Rocher. The Hazenut wasn't too overpowering and you could also taste the chocolate. 

The ambiance of Dazzling cafe is very inviting. Definitely a cute and romantic spot for an afternoon date. If you haven't already checked out Dazzling Cafe, make sure to find your closest branch!

To locate:

Dazzling Cafe Pink (1店)
台北市大安區忠孝東路四段205巷7弄11號1樓
●可搭乘捷運至忠孝敦化站 2號出口

Dazzling Cafe Mint (2店)
台北市大安區忠孝東路四段248巷3號1樓
●可搭乘捷運至忠孝敦化站 3號出口

Dazzling Cafe Sunshine (3店)
台北市信義區松壽路11號2樓 (台北信義新光三越A11)
●可搭乘捷運至市政府站 3號出口

Dazzling Cafe Sky (4店)
台中市台中港路二段111號4樓 (台中新光三越) 
●可搭乘台中客運33、60、69、88、106、146、147至台中新光三越

Dazzling Cafe Deluxe (5店) (奢華蜜糖土司專賣店)
台北市松山區復興南路一段39號 (台北微風廣場-復興館 G樓)
●可搭乘捷運至忠孝復興站 5號出口

Dazzling Cafe Blueberry (6店)
台南市中西區中山路162號2F (台南新光三越中山店)
●可搭乘興南客運各線至[台南東站]總站下車，沿中山路步行5分鐘

Dazzling Cafe Bubble (7店)
新竹市東區西大路323號(新竹大遠百-遠東百貨)
●附有接駁車-火車站前，林森路台灣銀行or 中正路麥當勞門口有站牌可搭乘

Dazzling Cafe Kiwi (8店)
台北市北平西路3號2F(微風台北車站)
●可搭乘捷運至台北車站站，北車西三門2F

Dazzling cafe Ocean (9店）
高雄市前鎮區三多三路 213 號3F 
●可搭乘高雄捷運三多商圈站 3號出口 新光三越3F

Website: http://www.dazzlingdazzling.com

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/dazzling.cafe

Phone: +886 2 2731 5199

☆Thanks for reading☆