Archive for the ‘10: Taipei’ Category

January 25, 2010 3

Street food (part 1)

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Before we had the chance to go to the famous Shilin Night market (entry coming soon), we’ve already been sampling the signature Taiwanese street food here and there because they are easy to find in all the happening area. After sightseeing at the Confucius Temple and Bao-An Temple, we were glad to spot the many […]

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January 21, 2010 2

Tu Hsiao Yueh (Taipei: east district)

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One specialty dish one’s got to try in Taiwan is Tan Tsai noodle, a Taiwanese specialty originated from Tainan (Southern Taiwan). We went to Tu Hsiao Yueh, a famous restaurant that’s been around for more 100 years specializes in this noodle. The branch we went to was located in the happening “east district” neighbourhood with […]

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January 20, 2010 5

Somebody Cafe (Taipei: Ximending)

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There seems to be a cafe culture boom in Taipei in the past decade, as I noticed there’s a large amount of cute and interesting cafes all over the city for people to lounge at and escape to. Some of these cafes are part of a design studio or boutiques, and almost all of them […]

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January 19, 2010 3

Ya Rou Bian (Taipei: Ximending)

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Restaurants blogging from other cities continues on. Jon and I spent 8 days in Taipei on the first week of January. The last time I went to Taipei was when I was a child (10-11 years old or so?). My memory of Taipei was foggy and all I remembered was the bad traffic and ugly […]

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