COMPASS MAGAZINE, JANUARY 2001. VOL.8 ISSUE 1

SHUI WU CHUAN CAFE 1, Kung Yi Road, sec. 2 (corner with Tunghsing Rd.) Tel: (04) 2329-9899 Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 2 a.m.

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Named after a well-known classical Chinese novel, Shui Wu Chuan is by far one of the biggest and most striking "modern" teahouses in Taichung with very tasteful use of modern and traditional, Western and Chinese materials and themes, from glass to bamboo.  There is an outdoor, tree-covered wooden deck out back surrounded by a moat and high bamboo walls and pleasant indoor seating on two floors.  There are a few dozen of the favorite hot and cold tea and other concoctions, plus snacks, Hong Kong-style dim sum dishes, noodles, fried rice and desserts.  Guests simply find a table, check off items on the paper menus (in Chinese only) and take them, together with their table number, to the cashier for orders and payment.  Not to be missed, either, is Shui Wu Chuan's sister cafe, Paradise Fish, just a block away.