Just saying the Italian community in Taipei endorses that place, too.
A bit pricey, but the quality is excellent.
“Zoca Pizza” offers very good ice cream too, though I would suggest to go there for dinner and enjoy the gelato as an excellent dessert.
Edit: afterspivak beat me to it. 
Not a problem! I’m glad others also appreciate the fine work done by Mr Zocatelli. I agree that his pizzas are also excellent. 
Guy
And anyways, most of these parlors are a gonner now … Taiwanese prefer shaved ice with mango, canned fruit, red beans, substances from unkonwn origin and sweetened milk from a can or soft serve from Japan at a convenience store. :s
I don’t know about Cosi Cosi, but Zoca is doing great and Federico, the owner, is thinking of expanding the place (would be the second time in less than 18 months) and possibly run a cafeteria service, too.
I agree the majority of Taiwanese customers value convenience and low prices (acting all indignated only when stuff like the gutter oil business are busted, which means the ‘plausible deniability’ is gone), but there seem to be enough people who enjoy eating properly once in a while to keep good businesses afloat. Mind you, this is true for foreign restaurant as well as high quality Taiwanese ones.
Ah – thread successfully resurrected! Many thanks for the recommendations - will sample both eventually and file a report then.
Something quite special can be the pairing of sweet gelato with a made-in-house whipped cream that is thick, creamy, and by contrast, not so sweet like the concentrated high fructose kind in the ubiquitous aerosol variety of store bought whip. The two elements together - sweet gelato and non-sweet house whip - balance each other out perfectly. Do comment if you’ve noticed.
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宜蘭縣礁溪鄉中山路一段189號, Ilan, Taiwan (Jiao Xi)
100% Italian style ice cream, with some traditional flavors as well as local fruit. It’s on a road full of restaurant, ideal for a dessert. The owner has imported from Italy the ice-cream machinery.
I’ve been only there once because I live on the opposite side of Yilan county, but that’s a really good ice cream.
Thanks! Will definitely try this place out. 
That’s something we do for ages in Belgium … and scoop some hot sour cherries on to it … well, gelato we call ice-cream because it’s cream in it …
With the sticky weather in northern Taiwan after the typhoon, I was jonesing tonight for something cold and sweet. I remembered a tip from a helpful forumosan, got on a youbike, and disembarked near Beimen MRT Station in Taipei to sample some of the popular gelato made by Albanian guys at GELATO ARJAN (阿洋義式冰淇淋). Apparently the boss had lived and worked in Genoa before relocating to Taipei. Two flavours in a cup for NT$120. My go-to is pistachio X 2. Recommended! 
Hat tip to @Mataiou for his valued insights.
Guy
After this grave dig, I became fascinated by the history of romanization in the thread:
One country, many (romanization) systems. 
Guy