Tea Total
As dedicated fully signed up staunchly supportive loyal members of the Taiwanese Tea Appreciation Society, we were duty bound one wintry Saturday afternoon in Taipei Soho to dip and sip our way through the tasting menu and brew list of XU Tearoom and Restaurant. Time for a power tea: some like it hot (floral Ming Yue Baozhong); some like it cold (refreshing XU Sparkling Tea); we like it spiced up (plum Shoo Royale). In the upstairs dining room, closed thick velvety curtains and vertically ribbed Mackintoshian panelling create a darkly romantic setting for us to savour the pescatarian savouries:
- Cuttlefish toast, whipped cod roe
- Spiced wild prawn
- Sweet potato taro dumplings
- Herb xian bing
- Crab in chilli egg drop sauce and mantou
- Braised daikon and salted egg
- Grilled seabass in two colour pickled chilli
- Sautéed shui tsai and sour tofu sauce
- Glutinous mushroom rice
