Cafe.Waiting.Love

To own a cafe has always been one of my dreams.  I've always been telling this to Potatoh, but not anyone else.  I do not have any business background.  Nor do I know anything about coffee-brewing.  All I like is the aroma of coffee and the atmosphere created in it.  Potatoh knows that I like coffee. He will bring me out to explore different coffee shops whenever both of us are free.   He also knows that I know nothing about coffee :P

The idea of visiting this cafe has never come to my mind when I reached Taiwan.  I've even forgotten that it is located in Taiwan.  Until one day when this movie suddenly struck my mind.

So, one day, me and Doreen decided to pay a visit here.  It was a random decision.  We sent Mari to Taipei Main Station in the morning and since we were already outside, we continued to make our way to Qizhang MRT Station.  From the MRT station, we then walked about 2 minutes to reach the nearest bus station. From there, we took a bus which brought us to Jingmei Girls High School.  Cafe.Waiting.Love is just about 3 minutes' walk from the school.  Credits to Google Map.

Cafe.Waiting.Love is a romantic comedy originated from a novel by Giddens Ko.  The story revolves around a mysterious cafe named Cafe.Waiting.Love （等一个人咖啡）.  In the story, a professional barista works in the cafe and she is able to make any type of coffee according to her customers' order.

The cafe, as mysterious as it seems, were almost full-house, given that the space inside is pretty small.  Each table has a time limit of 2 hours.  Also, it is compulsory for every customer to at least order one drink.

The coffees were given different names.  Very special names indeed.

P/S: Menu taken from 等一个人咖啡Cafe.Waiting.Love Facebook Page.

Ohh have I mentioned to you?  She is Doreen!

Doreen's Homemade Mocha Latte (自家摩卡拿铁).

NTD 135

My Hot Mistress (热小三).

NTD 155

P/S: Contains alcohol

As my cup of Hot Mistress contains alcohol, the waitress further confirmed with us whether we are above 18 years old.  I was quite happy that we were deemed young.

At first, I was kind of afraid that my order would turn out weird.  It was my first time trying a coffee with alcohol.  But surprisingly, the lemon skin slices on top, the coffee and the alcohol, blended well together.  The lemon skin slices exuded a fresh aroma.  The alcohol, being covered by the bitterness of the coffee, didn't taste that strong.  I like it really much.  

We never tried the food as we were on limited budget.  I would really love to come back another day to try the other types of coffee here.

Me and my awkward pose before we left.

Perhaps it's time to start learning more about coffee, and not just let my dream stays as a dream.

Address:

等一个人咖啡（景美本店）

No. 1, Lane 44, 

Yishou St, Wenshan District, 

Taipei City, 116

The 'Why'

It has been exactly one year since I last blogged.

The idea to start a new blog has actually stricken my mind for quite some time.  And yes, only until now that I have the time to actually sit in front of the laptop and to start what my heart has been missing for long -- writing.

Currently, I am here in Taiwan, undergoing my Global Citizen Programme registered under an international youth-run organization called AIESEC.  I am based in one of the AIESEC local committees here in Taiwan, which is AIESEC in Fu Jen Catholic University (FJU), to run a project named Dream School Project.  Together with the organizing committee team here, we organize English Summer Camp for Taiwanese students aged between 12 to 17 years old.  There will be a total of 3 camps within 6 weeks.  So far, we have successfully conducted 2 camps, and the third one will be starting in one week's time.

Going through a journey without recording anything is like a puzzle with missing pieces.  Realizing this, thus, this blog is created.  To readopt a habit after a one-year gap, I am sure that it will be kind of rusty.  But it's never too late, huh?  *wink*

Why Footie Steppies?
Well, it actually means foot steps.  I just have a habit of adding the suffix -ie to any word which I deem cute :D

To know more about AIESEC Global Citizen Programme: http://www.aiesec.my/global-citizen/
To know more about AIESEC: http://www.aiesec.my/