Taipei’s popular ice shops feature super cute “cat paw dumplings” and big chunks of mango shaved ice!

▲ A spoon-sized “cat paw dumpling” is placed inside the mung bean congee ice, looking absolutely adorable. (Photo/Netizen)xiaofang0114Provided, please do not reproduce without permission to avoid copyright infringement.)

Tourism Center / Comprehensive Report

If you’re tired of trendy ice treats, why not revisit the classic taste of old-fashioned mung bean congee? Tucked away in a lane on Yitong Street in Taipei, a shop famous for selling mung bean congee called “Mung Bean Congee What’s Up” is always packed with diners. Even more eye-catching is that you can add “cat paw dumplings” to any ice treat for an extra charge — a round, cat paw added to your icy treat, which is simply adorable just to look at!

▲ You can add a “cat paw dumpling” to any ice treat for an additional NT$20 (Photo/Netizen)____amber.24cm____Provided, please do not reproduce without permission to avoid copyright infringement.)

The shop has a touching backstory. Owner Jin YongtD said she grew up in Checheng, Pingtung, raised by her grandmother. As a child, she often ate the mung bean congee her grandmother made. Later, when she moved to Taipei to work hard, she couldn’t find that nostalgic flavor anywhere. So she and her mother spent two and a half years perfecting the recipe — from the mung beans, mung bean hearts to the sugar syrup — leaving nothing to chance. Finally, in 2012, they opened the shop to share this sweet taste of home with customers.

▲ Mung bean congee is the shop’s signature dish, and customers commonly praise its soft texture, rich flavor, and layered taste (Photo/Netizen)slide_eat_travelProvided, please do not reproduce without permission to avoid copyright infringement.)

Mung bean congee is the shop’s signature dish, and customers commonly praise its soft texture, rich flavor, and layered taste. Warm mung bean congee topped with shaved ice creates a unique hot-and-cold contrast, and you can add two extra ingredients for a price between NT$50 and NT$75. Many customers also love adding cat paw dumplings to their ice treats, which costs an extra NT$20 per paw.

▲ The shop says its best-selling ice treat is the Irwin mango shaved ice, which especially attracts many Japanese customers (Photo/Netizen)iphone_eat_firstProvided, please do not reproduce without permission to avoid copyright infringement.)

It’s now mango season, so you can’t miss out on a refreshing bowl of mango shaved ice. Jin YongtD says the current bestseller is the Irwin mango shaved ice, with an average of 70–90 bowls sold per day. They use seasonal Fangshan Irwin mangoes, slicing large chunks fresh upon order. Many Japanese customers come specifically for it, and each bowl is sold for NT$200.

Mung Bean Congee What’s Up
Address: No. 6-1, Lane 106, Yitong Street, Zhongshan District, Taipei City
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