Food Intelligence

Meet Fresh, or Xian Yu Xian, is a dessert chain in Taiwan that I think has cropped up only in the past few years, or maybe it just finally made it up to Taipei lately. Their specialties are taro balls, grass jelly, and dou-hua (bean flower). Teas are also their specialty but I don’t drink so I can’t speak on those. Everything else there is amazing, though. I have tried different combinations, with beans, with yam balls, with tapioca, with a couple scoops of ice cream, with ice, with condensed milk, with various jellies. ALL GOOD.

When you see the menu, there are endless possibilities. Dizzifying. I should have tried a more systematic approach to tackling the entire menu, because I’ve ordered some repeats, but they were good repeats nonetheless. It does, however, set me back on conquering their menu. They have seasonal specials as well. There’s one just across the Westin Taipei, so it’s convenient!

Their site here.