Tag: Chia Te
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Chia Te and Sugar & Spice in vending machine
Each trip to Taipei usually involves a stop at Chia Te at Nanjing East Road to buy its mouth-watering pastries for the folks back home. And since a friend introduced me to Sugar & Spice, that’s another stop to make while in Taipei. Imagine my joy when I took a walk at Level 2 of […]
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Yu Jan Shin’s butter puffs take the cake
For years, the only proven pastry I’d buy from Taiwan are Chia Te’s lau puo ping (wives cake). I’ve tried many others, thanks to the generosity of family and friends, but nothing comes close — until my trip to Taipei last week. My younger daughter and I were walking by pastry outlets at the Basement […]