Inside a Taiwan 7-Eleven: Character Snacks, City Cafe and a Noodoll Keepsake

A Stop We Always Make

We stop at convenience stores whenever we travel. They’re small enough to cover quickly, and they usually carry snacks and packaging you won’t find at home. This time it was a 7-Eleven in Taiwan — I never caught the exact branch name, but a City Cafe sign marked the entrance.

My child asks for a convenience store the moment we land anywhere, and I like them just as much. My husband came along too. What we actually brought home that day was a Noodoll “Friends for Life” figure and a bubble-tea-shaped lip balm keyring.

Once inside, the aisle felt wider than I expected for a convenience store.

Visit Information

Steamed Potato	NT$25 each (salt packet included)
Watermelon and Papaya Milk	NT$35 each
Ruihsui Chocolate Milk	NT$42
Instant Noodle Cups	NT$49 (Shin Ramyun and similar)
Bubble Tea Lip Balm Keyring	no in-store tag seen; NT$119-199 online reference (approx. 5,100-8,500 KRW)

Character Packaging on Every Shelf

One side of the stationery section was given over almost entirely to Chiikawa stickers, tagged at NT$180.

A few steps further, a rack of snacks carried the same character in pastel packaging.

Crayon Shin-chan had its own hanging display nearby, and jelly and gum lined the next aisle over. None of it felt like an afterthought — the character tie-ins ran through stationery, snacks and drinks alike.

A Lip Balm and a Noodoll Figure

This bubble-tea-shaped lip balm keyring was one of the two things we bought.

A warmer case nearby held steamed potatoes and sweet potatoes. Potatoes were NT$25 each, sold individually with a packet of salt. The sweet potatoes had no visible price tag.

This is the Noodoll “Friends for Life” card we took home.

The bubble-tea lip balm keyring didn’t have a price tag in my photos. The same design turns up online for roughly NT$119-199, or about 5,100-8,500 KRW.

We bought both the figure and the keyring.

What Else Filled the Shelves

The instant noodle shelf carried Korean brands like Shin Ramyun and kimchi ramen, priced at NT$49.

Watermelon and papaya milk were NT$35 each, and a chocolate milk from Ruihsui was NT$42.

Near the entrance, a row of gacha machines sat under the City Cafe sign. Each machine was priced differently, though the numbers were too small to read clearly in person.

Back at the hotel, everything we’d picked up ended up spread across the table.

One Thing Missing

For a store this committed to character packaging — stickers, snacks, drinks, lip balm — the transit card rack was the one disappointment. I was hoping for something with a bit more character and didn’t find it.

If you like cute packaging and don’t mind spending a while reading snack wrappers, this is the kind of convenience store worth the detour.