Visit Christmas Town & Try Three Strawberry Desserts: High-End Pop-Up Food Delights

By Scenic Spots Home, compiled report 
 
This year’s New Taipei Christmas Town has attracted over 2 million visitors, while Global Mall Banqiao Station has simultaneously launched its own Christmas activities. In addition to featuring an exclusive 5-meter-tall Little Bear School Christmas tree and outdoor decorations, it also offers a variety of great-value food promotions; in December, it will further roll out three high-end, photogenic desserts — “The Secret French Pastry,” “GC Croissant,” and “Da Wang Qian Jin” Daifuku (strawberry and taro mochi)!

The three high-end desserts will have a two-week pop-up exclusively at Banqiao Station from December 17 to January 1, 2020. Whether it’s the smooth milk cake, the divine strawberry croissant, or the handmade strawberry and taro daifuku, girls’ favorite flavors — strawberry and taro — are all here to enjoy. Delicious and super Instagrammable, you can get all three high-end desserts in one go.

The internet-famous and highly discussed “The Secret French Pastry” uses premium ingredients imported from France. With traditional techniques, it perfectly blends milk and eggs to achieve the optimal golden ratio. For this Banqiao Station pop-up, it brings a variety of best-selling desserts, including the flagship “Normandy Milk Cake,” as well as group-buying favorites like the “Fleur de Sel Caramel Chocolate Cake,” “Forest Berry & Cheese Cake,” “Ruby Caramel Chocolate Cake,” and “Triple Berry Angel Cake.”

Additionally, exclusive discounts are offered: during the pop-up period from December 17 to January 1, 2020, when you purchase the Normandy Milk Cake, you can get a NT$20 discount on any additional cake item. Also, buy any two of the selected small cakes and enjoy a 10% discount.

The group-buying bestseller “Normandy Milk Cake,” recommended price NT$299, is made by extracting 1 kg of butter from 22 liters of milk. The cake contains a layer of French crème brûlée filling. Though the appearance is simple, one bite reveals a rich, velvety texture that melts in your mouth. It's perfect for afternoon tea, along with winter must-tries like chocolate and berry flavors. The “Fleur de Sel Caramel Chocolate Cake,” recommended price NT$439, is a multi-layered chocolate cake made with carefully selected French butter and three different concentrations of cocoa. It’s topped with a rich caramel sauce slow-cooked at 160°C and specially flavored with top-grade French Fleur de Sel salt — a harmonious blend of cream, chocolate, and caramel creating a luxuriously layered taste.