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Boîte de Bijou 珠寶盒法式點心坊

Address: 1/F, No. 10, Lane 209, Anhe Lu Section 2, Taipei 台北市安和路2段209巷10號1F
Tel: 02-3322-2461
Hours: 10:00am~9:00pm
Website: www.boitedebijou.com.tw
Price: [Lunch] 180~380 NTD, [Cakes] 120~150 NTD

Tugged away inside a back alley behind Far Eastern Plaza Hotel Taipei, there is a small French patisserie where the aroma of freshly baked bread permeates the air, where gorgeous cakes sit quietly inside a glass display, where light-hearted music waltz in the space, where waiters and waitresses carry smiles so genuine you can’t help but want to snap pictures of them.

Welcome to Boîte de Bijou.

Boite de Bijou

Entrance

Interior

Delicious, delicious bread

Bottles of house made jam and dry cakes

Gorgeous, gorgeous cakes

And of course, the chocolates

How can anyone not crave a piece of this glistening apple pastry?

After browsing through the glorious display of breads, cakes, chocolates, pastries, and jams, we sat ourselves down at a communal table next to the windows and ordered some light fare for lunch.

A long communal table, fits around eight people

Oeuf gratiné à la Mozzarella, a poached egg baked with house made savory sauce, Mozzarella and Emmanuel cheese, was slightly on the firm side but nevertheless delicious in flavor. Better yet, it came with two pieces of pain de mie aux oignons, baugette aux céréales, and a salad tossed in light mustard dressing. I especially liked the soft and fluffy pain de mie aux oignons, which is baked from a brioche dough with onions and parmesan cheese. Both types of bread can be purchased a la carte.

Oeuf gratiné à la Mozzarella, 210 NTD

Oeuf gratiné à la Mozzarella, pain de mie aux oignons, baugette aux céréales

Quiche Porc p. de Terre, baked to a satisfying golden brown, was a scrumptious pie of pork tenderloin, onions, potatoes, eggs, and topped with chunks of croissant for extra flakiness. There is also a smoke salmon quiche on the menu that looked equally appetizing, but alas I had to save room for desserts. 

Quiche Porc p. de Terre, 180 NTD

As usual, it was a struggle to choose when it comes to desserts. At the waiter’s recommendation, we tried the Tarte Macaron Pistache. Raspberry macarons,  pistachio cream, and a sweet tart crust  filled with with pistachio almond paste – what’s not to like about this dessert?

Tarte Macaron Pistache, 125 NTD

Tarte Macaron Pistache

Then there was the Religieuse, a little tower of two Valrhona white chocolate-glazed cream puffs filled with passion fruit mango custard cream. Lovely.

Religieuse, 150 NTD

Religieuse

Boîte de Bijou, may I please fold you up in my suitcase and carry you back to Shanghai with me?

Boite de Bijou