I noticed there are many Italian ice cream shops opening up all over Taiwan! I personally have tried every shop in Taipei and Taichung. The best one is located behing the Old Red Floor Theater in Shimen Ding. This old historic theater is right across from exit 1 Ximen mrt. Just walk to the back of the theater and there is a shop there called Primo Gelato Cheng Du Road, Lane 10, No. 57. The ice cream is made fresh daily! Their scoops are huge!! About 6-7oz. per scoop. Every other shop sells 3-4 oz per scoop. This guys shop is cool!! All the machines and flavors are Italian. Another shop is located in Shuang Cheng Jie Lane 49. Its called Poko’s. Their ice cream is good too but not as good as Primo’s. They will be selling beer and franks for winter I heard.
thanks, I will be checking that out.
yes, my friend and I have been that place, their ice cream is very good, , we sat outside table and enjoyed the environment and the candle lit table setting, Very romantic!
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hmmmm indeed, good pickup tempo
Authentic Italian Style Gelato can also be found in Tian Mou. . .
Tutti Frutti
http://icecream.euroburg.com/index.php
And to avoid any misunderstandings: that’s my shop …
All over rootie!
Italian ice cream, you guys can eat it while you watch Italian football! 
And store any leftovers in your Italian man-purses. 
Seriously, I’ll need to get up to the wilds of Tienmu soon – a total pig-out at Cafe Raja followed by stagger to Pfeffersack’s for a nice sorbet digestif sounds like a fine way to spend a Sunday lunchtime.
Sounds like a good date to go on sandman 
Sandman, we have 14 flavors available daily. I would be glad to meet you in our shop - you’ll get a scoop on the house!!!
i have been meaning to get over but haven’t had the chance yet ps. will be soon!
next time i’m in ximending i’ll have to head behind the red theatre too. my wife hates “snow king” 
well I did get to Primo’s in Hsimenting and questionable marketing practices aside I recommend it. nice big scoop for $40, i will be returning when in the neighborhood. i preferred the chocolate and cream type flavors, found the fruit ones a bit bitter.
If you would like to compare Primo’s gelato to our’s, just drop by, next time you are in Tian Mou.
For directions and more information about Tutti Frutti, visit:
i certainly will be! just haven’t had the chance yet.
finally getting around to posting after getting to Tutti frutti last week. great too, rich and sweet, very much like gelato i’ve had at italian run shops before, compares very well with the haagen dazs i’m sure they’ll be stripping business from in no time. will be back with the kids
I went there by accident today after lunch. The proprietor’s name is Tony who seemed like a very pleasant guy. Huge scoops. Had the Tiramisu and Green Tea flavors. Tiramisu was very good.
The other place that was very decent HK style rice dishes (serves chicken, roast duck, roast pork, cha siu pork all over rice) at the corner from Primo’s Gelato.
I believe this little area is now called New Ximen Market. Today they had a lot of tea vendors hawking their teas in the open courtyard.
Definitely going back for all three experiences 
Not that there’s a great chance of reviving a thread dormant now for 10 full years (!) but in gelato we must trust, and good, authentic-style gelato…matters. What do others know about the layout of gelato points around Taipei? Would be very curious…
No heavily-adjusted-to-local-tastes recommendations though please.
Cosi 'o Cosi on DunHua, between ZhongXiao & Civic.
I recommend without hesitation Zoca’s, just off Anhe Road. His chocolate gelato is off the charts!
Guy