With my wife still
at the beautician, I left "5 Music" (the best selections of CD's in Taichung!) on San-Min Road Sec. 3, across from Chung-Yo Department Store, and turned left to find a place to sit and wait,
have coffee, and look at my CD’s. Up the alley to the left I walked spotting a café
called Café Des Artistes.
It was after lunch hour and the place was empty. I took a seat and the barista turned the air con on for me. I had just ordered coffee when my wife sent
a text message that she was “here” at 5 Music. I texted her to come by and gave
her the address of this mini art gallery. There are different rooms for private parties; even a room for electronic darts.
Cafe Des Artistes proprietor, a displaced Hong Konger and painter, soon arrived on the scene to welcome us. It turned out the café had been featured on TV for the display of his playful large-eyed cartoonish paintings mimicking famous art,
all subjects with a menu item such as sausages, on a stick held by Napoleon on a horse
leading a charge of KMT soldiers. We chatted and were gave a tour of his four floor café/gallery with a glow-in-the-dark bathroom that revealed a secret under the clothes-clad characters when the light was out, and his rooftop art studio.
If you're in the neighborhood of Yi-Song Street or Taichung Park and want something more creative to be in than a hot line for overpriced coffee, check them out. I was so amused I purchased the mug of Napoleon riding a horse holding his sword high with a sausage on the tip.
It was after lunch hour and the place was empty. I took a seat and the barista turned the air con on for me. I had just ordered coffee when my wife sent
a text message that she was “here” at 5 Music. I texted her to come by and gave
her the address of this mini art gallery. There are different rooms for private parties; even a room for electronic darts.
Cafe Des Artistes proprietor, a displaced Hong Konger and painter, soon arrived on the scene to welcome us. It turned out the café had been featured on TV for the display of his playful large-eyed cartoonish paintings mimicking famous art,
all subjects with a menu item such as sausages, on a stick held by Napoleon on a horse
leading a charge of KMT soldiers. We chatted and were gave a tour of his four floor café/gallery with a glow-in-the-dark bathroom that revealed a secret under the clothes-clad characters when the light was out, and his rooftop art studio. 
If you're in the neighborhood of Yi-Song Street or Taichung Park and want something more creative to be in than a hot line for overpriced coffee, check them out. I was so amused I purchased the mug of Napoleon riding a horse holding his sword high with a sausage on the tip.
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