Afternoon tea with delicious Black Forest cake

Gasthaus Zum Adler German Restaurant

Gasthaus zum Adler, a German restaurant run by Mr. Söffner, is near the center of eastern Taipei, 10 minutes walk from Taipei 101. They specialize in southern German cuisine. Mostly the dishes are home made.

We often go there for afternoon tea: a cup of fresh coffee or tea, with home made German dessert. It costs only NT$150. For German desserts, we can have a choice of their home made ice cream, chocolate-coated banana cake, chocolate truffle, or black forest cake.

My favorite dessert in this German restaurant is their Black Forest cake. It's made from real chocolate and very good sponge cake – not filled with air like many of the cheap and light cakes that are common in Taiwan. You can have a choice of cream frosting or chocolate cream frosting. Because there is a good enough amount of real chocolate, the cake doesn't taste unpleasantly sweet like those just made with lots of refined sugar.

I am pretty sure that all the desserts in this restaurant are good, but the other dishes I will leave you to find out, as I am not so much into the heavy meat or sausage dishes that are an important part of traditional German cuisine.

Address: No 7, Lane 325, Zhuang-Jing. Rd., Xinyi District, Taipei
地址: 台北市信義區莊敬路325巷7號
Tel: 02-2720-8130
Opening Time: Tuesday - Sunday