Smille by Sunny Hills - Pineapple Custard and Banana Guava Mille-Feuilles @ Kaohsiung [Taiwan]

Recently, I blogged about my experience having a tea and pineapple cake set at Sunny Hills Kaohsiung Store, including the shock I got when I saw the long queue upon arrival. 

I didn't want to wait in line and decided to jump into an empty store next door, only to find out that it's a sister brand by the name of Smille by Sunny Hills! Now, it's a big contrast with one filled with people, and the other devoid of them.

Even though the intention was to get some drinks and wait out the queue, it's hard not to notice that it's no drink on the menu! I noted that there's a me cup but it seemed to be a recyclable cup costing NT$120 and came with a free drink.

Main offerings were the mille-feuilles; a French pastry dessert for which I don't really have much affection for. It's not a bad dessert; just that I have never ever craved for it, unlike other desserts like creme brulee, financier.

Interestingly, our order of mille-feuilles came with a free cup of not bad sparkling pineapple juice,. and richly infused tea! Funny that this wasn't even indicated on the menu as it could have been a draw for customers! 

Our mille-feuilles! I opted for their half and half, which allowed us to choose two flavours! The above was Pineapple Custard and had that nice, crunchy, cold pineapple cubes that didn't taste artificial and complemented with the yummy custard in the middle!

The Banana Guava felt more like banana with nuts, and for me; just not as good as pineapple custard, although Alex pointed out that its reduced sweetness might appeal to the older generation. Can't fault that.

One reason why I didn't like mille-feuilles was their pastry, which was usually too thick for my liking, and sometimes featured a stale aftertaste! The ones here tasted fresh and I think it's ingenious to pipe the fillings instead of layering them, as you get a lower filling to pastry ratio! 

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Address

Next to Sunny Hills Kaohsiung Store

Menu

As above.

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