We all know and love Ben & Jerry’s, Häagen-Daz, and Cold Stone ice cream, but ever heard of Mövenpick ice cream? I hadn’t- the first time I encountered Mövenpick was when I was given a sample single-serving cup of Swiss Chocolate at a Hong Kong airport. What struck me as different about the ice cream wasn’t just the flavor (which was phenomenal, as ice cream goes, by the way), but the square carton and the tiny spoon attached under the lid. (I know that those details seem irrelevant to my judgement of the ice cream, but I think that the different aspects of the ice cream all work together to make the experience more enjoyable ¯_(ツ)_/¯).
However, I discovered that Mövenpick wasn’t just an ice cream company, but a Swiss hotel and resort company. The company owns chain restaurants as well. At first, I assumed that the exotic-sounding name connoted some fancy restaurant where a bite-sized serving of caviar costs like $20, but this is not the case with Mövenpick, as you’ll soon see.
My aunt and uncle treated me to a meal at one of these restaurants in Taipei in 2018, and it was…pretty much your run-of-the-mill American restaurant, like the equivalent of a Chili’s.
For an appetizer, we ordered vegetable tomato soup, which was fairly basic- there were vegetables like celery and onions in a clear tomato broth. We ordered several entrées: a southern skillet, which contained roasted peppers, potatoes, onions, zucchini, and a fried egg drizzled with barbeque sauce, chicken and pesto quesadillas, shrimp and arugula pizza, and a vegetable and seafood risotto.
Our drinks included a chocolate milkshake and a mango slushie, and a slice of cake for dessert.
As far as quality goes, I think the food was satisfactory, but as Mövenpick Café is a chain, the variety of dishes available was mostly generic. However, if you’re just looking for a place where you can enjoy some basic American eats with friends and family, Mövenpick can fulfill those needs adequately.
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