Grand Hotel
Taking high tea at the majestic grand see 'landmarks' listing is quite an institution among tourists.
Orange Cafe
302 wenlin road near exit 2, shilin mrt station. tel:+886 2 2888-1220 (http://www.orangemusiccaf...). pining for a cafe with a backstreet atmosphere and pumping out indian, middle eastern, folk or floyd type music? check out orange cafe. in addition to coffee/tea etc, they also offer a simple menu that includes vegetarian dishes, and from 10:30pm on friday evening the place comes to life with a fire dance performance on the roof.
Vagabond Cafe
13 fushou street. tel:+886 2 2838-2619. (http://mypaper.pchome.com...). a spacious art-style cafe with large windows overlooking green space - documentary movies screened on wednesdays and saturdays at 7:30pm - excellent coffee and home-made including vegetarian dishes. from shilin mrt station exit 1, walk to the main road zhongzhen road. cross the road and follow the overhead mrt track. the cafe is a few meters down this street on the right.