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"We were just kids when we fell in love, not knowing what it was."

Good morning Sunday! Yesterday was probably the last time I'm having salad for dinner because I ended up sleeping hungry. The struggle was so real up to the point I woke up at 4AM and still feeling hungry. Diet journey must go on though at least until the day my cousin's wedding is held. No way I'm gonna be the fattest relative. #vainmax

Gone are the days of eating cakes for now. Huhuhu.

10D9N Taiwan Trip: Rilakkuma Cafe, Taipei Part 2

But if you are on vacation, please do not deprive yourselves of cakes and cute desserts because who will do that when one is in themed restaurant as cute as Rilakkuma Cafe.

Cake display from Rilakkuma Cafe in Taipei Taiwan

If we did not have further dinner plan, we would have ordered mains too but we tried to keep our tummy in check and decided to just share this Rilakkuma choco tart by the two of us. Isn't it a cutey?

Chocolate tart from Rilakkuma Cafe in Taipei Taiwan

We also ordered drinks because there is a minimum order of one drink + one cake (or one drink per guest) imposed by the cafe. This regulation is pretty normal for all kind of themed restaurants because the diners at these kind of restaurants tend to chill for SO LONG. Like hours. We did not make reservation but they allowed us to sit for one hour. Good enough for us. The fruit teas are nice and refreshing but where's Rilakkuma in our drinks?

Fruit teas from Rilakkuma Cafe in Taipei Taiwan

Oh there you are. Hello there, yellow iced Rilakkuma. Actually if we have the ice cube mold, we can make this ourselves. LOL.

Rilakkuma ice cube from Rilakkuma Cafe in Taipei Taiwan

Don't forget to visit the washroom whenever you are in a themed restaurant. The washroom is always decorated nicely.

Washroom in Rilakkuma Cafe Taipei Taiwan

Right outside the bathroom, Rilakkuma and his friends are enjoying reading time with a cuppa of coffee and hot chocolate on a cozy corner. I feel like joining them really. Hahahah.

Cute Rilakkuma decoration at Rilakkuma Cafe in Taipei Taiwan

Rilakkuma Cafe is located at:

No. 3, Lane 248, Section 4 Zhongxiao East Road

Daan District

Taipei, Taiwan

Opening hours:

Monday to Friday - 11.30AM to 9PM

Saturday and Sunday - 11.30AM to 9.30PM

"I've been spending way too long checking my tongue in the mirror."

And worrying about what others may think about me but the time has finally come for me to stuck my tongue and say "No" to those people who do not really care and deserve my attention. Anyeong goodbye adios, annoying people! To be honest I did not even have to stick my tongue out because the exact person who annoyed me the most has reaped what he sow without me doing anything. It must be God avenging me. Hahaha thank you Lord! #feelsloved

Since I am in such an upbeat mood, let me share with you one of the cute themed-cafes which I tried back in my trip to Taipei. If you are a lover of a plush toy/ huggable stuffed animal, you must have known the brand called Craftholic. My ex-colleague loves them so much up to the point she has so many of these dolls at her room. Beyond reasonable size of her bed, personally speaking. There's a themed-cafe specifically featuring Craftholic in Sun Yat Sen (SYS) Memorial Hall area of Taipei so we decided to pop while resting our tired legs.

10D9N Taiwan Trip: Craftholic Cafe, SYS Memorial Hall

Craftholic Cafe looks so vibrant and cozy at one glance. Since we did not make any reservation, we could only hang around here for one hour sharp but we did not mind at all because we had other place to visit that night. Every seats are decorated with Craftholic seat cushion and if you manage to secure the sofa seats, you will be seated next to a character from Craftholic.

Craftholic Cafe at SYS Memorial Hall Taipei

Even though I know about Craftholic, I have totally zero idea that each character made by Craftholic has name. I usually refer to them as what they are for example, the bunny, the monkey, etc. Super not creative I know but that seems to be the easiest way to tell them apart. Since we had other place in mind to eat heavy dinner later on, we decided to skip the mains and checked out the character dessert menu instead.

Cake menu from Craftholic Cafe at SYS Memorial Hall Taipei

For easy reference, you can take a peek at the cake display before making decision of which cake you want to order. The big cakes look the most exciting but the size is kinda too big for our purpose that day. We also did not want to gain so much calories from hanging out at Craftholic. LOL.

Cake display from Craftholic Cafe at SYS Memorial Hall Taipei

After making our decision, we took the time to check out our surroundings. That's when we noticed there are so many cute stuff on display at Craftholic Cafe. Some of the merchandises are for sale near the cashier. Do check them out if you love Craftholic because I think there are many limited edition items which are only available in Taipei store.

Plush toys from Craftholic Cafe at SYS Memorial Hall Taipei

If I recalled correctly, there is a minimum order of drink for each diner at Craftholic Cafe. Since that is the case, my travelling buddy ordered the only latte drink which should not make her lie awake at night, Matcha Latte. She also treated me a tiramisu cake in Sloth's shape (Sloth is supposedly the name of the bear) because that day was my birthday too. Yeay, thank you so much for the cake, my bae. <3

Tiramisu cake and matcha latte from Craftholic Cafe Taiwan

Bored with the usual milky stuff, I ordered a glass of fruit tea instead. I think it was cranberry something because all I could remember was the sweet and sour taste of the cranberries inside the fruit tea. The fruit tea came with bunny toy but I totally forgot where I misplaced him/ her. Haiz.

Fruit tea from Craftholic Cafe at SYS Memorial Hall Taiwan

Craftholic Cafe is located at:

1F, No. 28 Lane 280

Guangfu South Road Daan District

Taipei

Nearest MRT: SYS Memorial Hall

Opening hours:

Daily 11AM - 10PM

"Oh this could really be a good life."

A good life for an ordinary girl always involve good food and good companionship. I suppose it is not that difficult to please a girl. And that's why my travel buddy and I were so happy when we visited Gudetama Chef at Zhongxiao Dunhua in Taipei. Last time we had seen Gudetama oozing out from our blueberry pancake. Now, we are going to see more laziness from other food. For instance, this is the chicken cutlet with curry yellow Gudetama rice. The yellow rice is the main item here because otherwise, it will be hard to feature the lazy egg in this dish. The curry is totally not spicy at all. It even tastes a tad sweet to be honest with you. But it was nice nonetheless.

10D9N Taiwan Trip: Gudetama Chef, Zhongxiao Dunhua Part 3

Oh right, by the way, every seat at Gudetama Chef is decorated with Gudetama's pillow. I got the Chef's special pillow on my seat. Remember to take picture with the cute pillow, ok? Super not important, I know.

Gudetama Chef at Zhongxiao Dunhua Taipei

I nearly forgot about the fancy colourful drink. It came with a very funny straw where you could see Gudetama's butt. The drink tastes sweet like soda-kind-of-sweet and the color looks so nice now. However, once the three colors mix up, the drink will turn to a dark and gloom color, black. We were kinda wondering what on earth did we drink after all. We are still alive until now though so all is well. XD

Rainbow Slush from Gudetama Chef at Zhongxiao Dunhua Taipei

The last food that we ordered is Gudetama Kimchi Pizza. It is actually kinda gimmicky because the only way to insert Gudetama's concept on the pizza is by adding that round-shape cheese and pit Gudetama's face sticker on it. While the pizza taste good, it was so filling, we ended up with a very "round" tummy after dining here.

Kimchi Gudetama Pizza from Gudetama Chef at Zhongxiao Dunhua Taipei

Apparently, the rounder and heavier tummy did not stop us from making a quick stop at a pancake shop named Taiko-Manzyuuu while we were wandering around at Zhongshan.

If you are a fan of Mr Bean in Singapore, Taiko-Manzyuuu sells similar pancake but with so many various fillings from taro, red bean, chocolate, peanut, etc.

Yummy pancakes at Zhongshan in Taipei Taiwan

Some ready-made pancakes are inside the display but we could not tell what kind of flavor are those. We chose Rum Cheese pancake at the end and we were pretty happy with our choice. :)

Hot pancakes in Zhongshan at Taipei Taiwan

Gudetama Chef is located at:

No. 12, Lane 236, Section 1

Dunhua South Road

Daan District

Taipei

Opening hours:

Tuesday to Sunday 11AM - 10PM

Closed on Mondays

"It's Friday, I'm in love."

TGIF peeps! It was a light at the end of the tunnel when the clock hits 6PM after gruelling slaving throughout the sunny and rainy day. But after all those hard works, it is finally weekend again! Yeay! Feels like I'm alive again~~~

Continuing on from our visit to Gudetama Chef, my travel buddy and I were finally seated after waiting time of 10 minutes or so because the waitress needed to clear the table and everything. We did not mind the wait though because we were busy checking out the souvenir store and taking pictures. A lot of pictures of Gudetama Chef. Hahaha.

10D9N Taiwan Trip: Gudetama Chef, Zhongxiao Dunhua

Gudetama Chef is a lazy chef who has to use eggs in all his dishes. He speaks for the joyfulness of Egg World and he is heavily against 100% Egg Free world. Egg for the world! Since I love eating eggs, I probably would not mind this kind of way of life. LOL.

Menu from Gudetama Chef at Zhongxiao Dunhua Taipei

But let's flip and see what kind of food is served in Gudetama Chef. Like many other themed-restaurants in Taipei, Gudetama Chef specialised in fusion Western dishes and it offers a range of salad, pasta, and risotto. You need to order salad which have eggs if you want the salad to be decorated by Gudetama. Otherwise I don't know how Gudetama's gonna appear in the salad bowl. I don't think he wants to appear in something green. After all, this is one attitude egg.

Salad pasta and risotto menu from Gudetama Chef at Zhongxiao Dunhua

The drinks served at Gudetama Chef are very good-looking. There is soda, pop rocks yogurt and colourful slush. A lot of diners ordered the slush because they want to keep the cute plastic bottle.

Soda and slush menu from Gudetama Chef at Zhongxiao Dunhua

After we have placed our order, it is time to take a look at our surroundings. Did I see Gudetama hanging from the ceiling? The lazy eggs are basically everywhere in this dining room. Sleepy sleepy sleepy indeed.

Gudetama also features himself everywhere on our table from the table mat, small plates, normal plates and pepper and salt containers. I spent quite a few minutes to take selfie with all these props. There's no way you are not gonna taking picture when you are at any themed restaurant in Taiwan.

Gudetama Tablewares from Gudetama Chef at Zhongxiao Dunhua Taipei

The funny thing is, the first order to arrive on that particular Sunday is the dessert, the Blueberry Pancake (which is served with blueberry ice crea). Gudetama oozing out from the pancake but there's nothing raw about this pancake so you don't have to worry so much about whether it's cooked properly. The Blueberry Pancake tastes so good, I can feel every bit of blueberries inside the pancake. And it was not too sweet. Yummy.

Blueberry pancake from Gudetama Chef at Zhongxiao Dunhua Taipei

Gudetama Chef is located at:

No. 12, Lane 236 Section 1

Dunhua South Road

Daan District, Taipei

Opening hours:

Tuesday to Sunday 11AM - 10PM

Closed on Monday

"Where'd all the good people go? We got heaps and heaps of what we sow."

It is so tiring to work with someone who does not seem to care to give his best in his work. To be honest I have reached the stage whereby I feel that he does not even care of how much pain he gives other people when he cannot carry his duty well. He could not even care about following a simple timeline. What I hate the most is by taking care of his irresponsibility, I had to work overtime. Sometimes I just want to act like an annoying egg called Gudetama. Meh. Hahaha.

Before my trip to Taiwan, I have heard about a themed-cafe revolving around this lazy and yet cute character named Gudetama in Taipei. A friend told me that a prior reservation is a must to avoid disappointment. You had to pay a deposit in order to make a reservation at Gudetama Chef but I thought it would be worth it at the end since we did not have to waste time in queuing.

10D9N Taiwan Trip: Gudetama Chef, Zhongxiao Dunhua Part 1

Gudetama Chef restaurant is located at the neighbourhood area of Zhongxiao Dunhua. The interesting thing about cafe concept in Taipei is that the cafe can be located right at the ground level of apartments. Yes, there are people living above Gudetama Chef. That must be so cool right. Imagine when people ask you "where do you stay?". "Oh, I stay above Gudetama." Not cool? Is it just me?

Gudetama Chef at Zhongxiao Dunhua in Taipei Taiwan

Since we had to wait for a while so that the waitress could clear our table, we checked out the small souvenir store right in front of the restaurant. Gudetama looks so cute in chef attire. I'm quite tempted to buy that "LAZY" pillow, to be honest with you.

Gudetama Chef Restaurant at Zhongxiao Dunhua in Taipei

There are also stationaries sold in the souvenir shop like those cute files featuring Gudetama in different design. In addition, there are kitchen utensils too.

Gudetama Chef Stationery Store at Zhongxiao Dunhua Taipei

If you are interested in featuring Gudetama as your kitchen decoration, you know what to buy.

Gudetama Chef Souvenir at Zhongxiao Dunhua Taipei

Don't forget to check the washroom every time you visit a themed cafe in Taiwan. The wall of the washroom is decorated in a very nice Gudetama way.

Gudetama Chef Wall Mural at Zhongxiao Dunhua Taipei

Cute small pictures of Gudetama saying Ya~, Lala~ and Huh. Feel like bringing them home. But I don't have anywhere to hang the pictures. Plus people will think I'm related to Gudetama somehow.

Cute Gudetama Paintings at Gudetama Chef Zhongxiao Dunhua

Do you agree with Gudetama's way of life? All you need is egg. NO egg NO life. Humm...let's explore more about Gudetama when we have ordered the food.

Gudetama Chef Zhongxiao Dunhua Taipei Taiwan

Gudetama Chef is located at:

No.12, Lane 236 Section 1

Dunhua South Road

Daan District, Taipei

Opening hours:

Tuesday to Sunday 11AM - 10PM

Closed on Monday

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Wandering Fel

10D9N Taiwan Trip: Rilakkuma Cafe, Taipei Part 2

10D9N Taiwan Trip: Craftholic Cafe, SYS Memorial Hall

10D9N Taiwan Trip: Gudetama Chef, Zhongxiao Dunhua Part 3

10D9N Taiwan Trip: Gudetama Chef, Zhongxiao Dunhua Part 2

10D9N Taiwan Trip: Gudetama Chef, Zhongxiao Dunhua Part 1

Where to go for cafe-hopping in Taipei?