With all those options in Taipei 101’s fast food we unanimously chose to eat lunch at Shanhai Dumpling. It was one of the few small restaurants with their own seating at the huge food court. We were curious to know if the soupy Shanghai dumplings or xiao long bao were good. The dumplings were justContinue reading “Shanghai Dumpling at Taipei 101”
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Fast Food at Taipei 101
Taipei 101 is the one of the most popular landmark and tourist destination in Taiwan. The building has 101 floors above ground and 5 floors underground. There’s a multi-level super high end shopping mall and a big food court and a supermarket inside. There were also full service restaurants on the upper levels. We arrivedContinue reading “Fast Food at Taipei 101”
Taipei Day 2 – Breakfast at Hsuan Mei Hotel
Our stay at the Hsuan Mei hotel included a daily breakfast buffet of Asian and Western choices. There were lots of vegetarian dishes and traditional Taiwanese fare. fruits, dessert salad bar cereal my travel mates We were initially excited to see an automatic coffee maker until we tried it’s super weak coffee. After trying theContinue reading “Taipei Day 2 – Breakfast at Hsuan Mei Hotel”
Taipei Day 1 – Shilin Night Market
After dropping our luggage at Hsuan Mei Hotel we headed to Shilin Night Market. my cousin Benjie was kind enough to drive us there even though he wasn’t very familiar with the place. Benjie stayed in the car with his daughter who was sleeping so he just told us where to go. We were quiteContinue reading “Taipei Day 1 – Shilin Night Market”
Taipei Day 1 – Hsuan Mei Hotel
After all that shopping we finally headed to Taipei city, which was an hour away, to check in at our hotel. On the way to the hotel while still in Taoyuan district we were fascinated with these small, seemingly empty stores with scantily clad girls. I asked Benjie what they were selling. He replied, “ngaContinue reading “Taipei Day 1 – Hsuan Mei Hotel”
Taipei Day 1 – Shopping at Carrefour
After lunch at Taimall Benjie brought us to Carrefour for more shopping. Carrefour is a French based hypermarket chain. Think Walmart, Shopwise and Sm Hypermart. The first thing that caught my eyes were these candied sweet potatoes. They looked incredibly sweet but when I tried it I loved it. It was naturally sweet and theContinue reading “Taipei Day 1 – Shopping at Carrefour”
Taipei Day 1 – Shabu Shabu at Taimall, Taoyuan
It’s been decades since any one of us have been to Taiwan. I used to go there a lot when I was young due to my dad’s business. All I remembered were the crazy drivers and thousands of motorcycles on the road.Why did we decide to go to Taiwan? Was it to see the sightsContinue reading “Taipei Day 1 – Shabu Shabu at Taimall, Taoyuan”
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