At that time, we were traveling in Taiwan Province Island. Unfortunately, we met a typhoon and went to Taichung City. We couldn't go to the countryside to see the scenery, so we wandered aimlessly around the city. When I walked to the Science Museum in the West District of Taichung City, it began to rain again. Originally, I wanted to hide in nearby Maidangdang for a snack and a cup of coffee, but I wanted to find a place with local characteristics in Taiwan Province Province. I searched the map and found a "Gollum Cat Coffee" not far away, so I decided to go in and have a look.
The decoration in the shop is very simple. The counter on the first floor is filled with a dazzling array of coffee beans, cakes and cat ornaments, showing the tone of young petty bourgeoisie. The young salesgirl asked us what we would like to drink. Seeing the water bill, the price is not cheap, so I hesitated. But I saw newspaper clippings on the wall, and there was news of his three-dimensional cat pulling flowers. I want to try the Paula cat coffee in the shop in town.
At the entrance of the first floor steps, there is a small door half a person high, in order to prevent the cat from escaping. Up to the third floor, there are two rows of sofas in the middle room. The back of the sofa is a cat bow, and the cushion on the sofa is also cat-shaped. The books on the bookshelf are all about cats, including cats, meows and cat identification, cat care, everything, and a cat-themed cafe.
Next to the cat mat on the sofa, a brown cat fell asleep, and its chubby face was stuck on the red sofa, like a sleeping baby, which made people unable to wake up. I looked at the room, color and layout, more like a place for young people to date. It's not my favorite song, but it's safe when I come, not to mention the lovely cat shooting and wandering around waiting for coffee and lunch packages.
There are several rooms in the cafe, almost all of which have cats. The decoration of the room highlights the theme of cats. There are even cartoon cat dolls on the stairs, which makes people feel that cats are everywhere. Some local youths in Taiwan Province Province are holding coffee and licking cats around.
Some cats are smart. They can take pictures, touch and look very enjoyable. This one is like a "madman". Seeing people alive and kicking, like playing with people, and staring at big eyes can sprout your heart, but I don't know why, I always feel a little disappointed. Trapped in prison, unable to walk freely. Lonely or sad?
Many cats always close their eyes, no matter how you tease them, even touch their fleshy face and stroke their little beard, just ignore you and take a nap. A cat is a very spiritual animal, and it is likely to be exhausted by people who "love" it, or hurt their eyes by ignorant people taking pictures with flashlights, leaving a psychological shadow and silently resisting in an uncooperative way?
Others simply go to bed and pretend not to look for me. The cat's pattern is unusual, like another breed. I want to photograph the front of it, but it just ignores people. In the small bed, he curled up directly, bent into a shrimp, like a beaten Xiong Haizi, burying his face in sobs.
Some cats are very active and don't rest for a while, so there is no chance to take pictures of people at all. A cat seems to be in the gym, rocking on a toy for a while, straightening out for a while, with its front paws lying on the "fitness equipment" and doing some waist pressing movements. It's better to shoot those quiet kittens and stare at a place unblinkingly, as if they were "little beans" for taking pictures of people.
The room on the second floor is brighter and there are no cats. An oversized cartoon cat doll was put in the middle and turned into a toy for children to ride horses, perhaps for those who don't like hitting cats or are allergic to cats. A circle of tables similar to a bar, with glass windows outside, can see the scenery outside. Don't slap the cat, you can order a cup of coffee for the three-dimensional cat just to taste the coffee and enjoy the three-dimensional flowers.
When a cat is cured, it is easy to forget troubles and time. Coffee and set meals are served faster than expected. I heard that there are many guests, and it may take 40 minutes to wait. I ordered two pasta snacks. I ate seafood spaghetti. Shrimp, cauliflower and salad dressing are covered with pasta, and a cauliflower is placed on it. Setting the plate is still very delicate. The method and taste of seafood pasta are all western-style, and it is still sweet with Taiwan Province cuisine.
I ordered two cups of coffee with three-dimensional cat flowers. One cup is a red-hearted cat lying on a coffee cup, and the other cup is a pair of cats. The two kittens hug each other as if taking a bath in a coffee cup. The price of different kinds of coffee is different. The more cats pull flowers, the more expensive the coffee is. The most expensive coffee is the three-dimensional cat flower, which was NT$ 50-60 in 240 yuan at that time. He was still surprised when the clerk brought the coffee. Three-dimensional flower pulling makes the cat lifelike. Shake the cup gently and the cat will shake on the coffee.
When holding the camera to freeze the cartoon picture, the details of the three-dimensional flower cat on the coffee cup jump on the screen. Fresh milk is made into milky white milk bubbles, which are shaped like cats. Draw patterns such as eyes, mouth, cat's claws, cat's ears and cat's tail on the milk foam with cocoa powder and matcha powder. I have seen many exquisite plane flowers on coffee, and I have seen three-dimensional flowers for the first time. No wonder many people have to wait.
There are 50 kinds of coffee in the shop, but the most striking ones are "Geisha Coffee" and "Coffee Ruwak". Geisha coffee is recognized as one of the best coffee beans. It originated from the Ethiopian "Kaysa" forest, and has a strong tropical flower and fruit fragrance, with a little milk fragrance. It is called "Rose Summer Coffee", so it is usually called "Geisha Coffee" because "Gesha Coffee" is pronounced like "Geisha" in Japan.
Cat excrement coffee is what we often call "cat excrement coffee". Traveling to Jawa Island in Indonesia, I heard that civets in the local botanical garden like to eat coffee nuts, and then pull out the coffee beans, because after passing through the cat's stomach, the coffee beans are slightly fermented, and the ground coffee has a special taste. Because of thinking about the three-dimensional flower cat coffee, these two high-end coffees are not ordered.
When I checked out, I saw a girl wearing a cat's ear headdress in the counter. I said I wanted to take a picture, and she readily agreed. I walked to the gate and asked me to take a picture. I don't have time to compare the photos in the newspaper. I'm not sure if it's the boss According to the newspaper, the owner of this shop is a girl who likes to keep cats. Later, she opened a cat-themed coffee shop named after one of her cats, Gollum.
I only photographed a white folded-eared cat when I left. Is it the manager of the cat named Gollum? It's just that there are many people, they run fast and don't shoot well. Gollum Cat Cafe also has a cat-shaped totoro cake, a cat claw cake and some small cake hearts. On the cake made of vanilla whipped cream, the cat's paw is made of chocolate, and Gollum's photo is printed on edible paper. The production is really original, but we still have to go to "Lugang Town" sung in Tayu Lo's song, so there is no customization.
During my trip, I have seen countless distinctive coffee shops, such as dagu glacier's coffee shop, Casablanca's Rick's coffee shop, Turin's street cafe, the coffee on the floating platform of the Great Barrier Reef, the coffee bar of Gorem Cave Hotel, the coffee shop on the top of Chengqi Mountain, and the hard rock coffee in Saipan ... I don't know why, this coffee shop just makes people linger, and the cute kitten in the sofa seems to pose for me and wander like an elephant.