La Creme Aromatique

35-3 (No. 7 square) East Underground Shopping Street

This first Taipei La Creme Aromatique outlet mainly sells high quality pastries for take out. It has striking wine-red color European style decor. You could be mistaken for thinking you were in Europe. A Creme Aromatique offes puffs, health teas and a variety of tasty puddings and cakes prepared under the supervision a 5 star hotel chef. The stars of the show are the puffs. There are two kinds of sweet choux puffs (NT$35), French vanilla flavour and tiramisu flavours and two kinds of two kinds of unusual salty choux puffs (NT$40), smoked salmon and smoked chicken flavours. Go on, treat yourself. -- By Josie Wu