Memorable Eats and Experiences

• Eats
  • Qi Lao Die NiuRouMian ShuiJiao Dian (Beitou) (Beef Noodles sans Soup Pork Dumplings and Salted Vegetables)
  • Thai Town (Shinkong Mitsukoshi) (Superb Thai Cuisine and Unlimited Rice)
  • Tasty (Branches everywhere) (6 course Steak meal for NT750)
  • Pizza Hut (Everywhere) (Eat all you can for NT23X)
  • Hot Star Large Fried Chicken (Everywhere) (Chicken)
  • Candied Strawberries + Tomato (Night Markets)
  • 來來豆漿 (Jhongshan District Near Miramar) (Traditional Taiwanese Breakfast Items)
  • KFC (Everywhere) (Special Paper Wrapped Chicken with Chicken Rice)
  • Milk Teas (Everywhere) (Cha Time's Mango Juice with mango bits, Nata and pearls were amazing)
  • Din Tai Fung (Taipei 101) (Xiao Long Bao and Noodles)
  • Pepper Buns (Shilin Night Market)
  • Pan-fried buns (Shilin Night Market) (the cabbage was a treat)
• Staying overnight at the airport for the first time
• First time in an unknown country without any itinerary/tour/parents
• Express bus from Taoyuan Airport to Songshan Airport
• Missing, missing, missing
• Fort Tian Yue Quan Hot Spring resort (Hot spring water is super hot)
• Lady who rode the elevator with us welcomed us to Taiwan
• Back to traditional written Chinese
• for a Chinese-speaking country, their English is better than China
• Starbucks people know not just the drink names but suggestions for lighter syrups and asking to heat food was not a problem
• Kind lady approached us when we were lost to ask if she can help
• Meeting N's longtime friend with her husband and 2 adorable children
• Fastest elevator to the 89th floor of Taipei 101
• First time in an outdoor observation deck
• Free shuttle from Shilin Night Market to Miramar and vice versa
• Tourist Information Centre
• "Please insert bank notes"
• 14-20 degree weather
• Fifty Percent Shop with Fifty Percent off
• Walking around in coat and boots without looking like a fool
• Beitou Geothermal Springs
• Nike, Adidas, Mizuno, NB, sneakers everywhere
• ATB Music store's awesome staff
• Ximendeng Taiwan Sausages in a cart
• Our 2 Milk Teas / Day Rule
• No regrets not eating in Modern Toilet (Lol)
• Gwang Hwa Digital Market (bought a Lumix GX 6)
• Surprising Alleyway with art graffiti that leads to a grounds for skateboarding in Ximending
• towering Chiang Kai Shek
• Followed LED lit kites in Sun yat sen memorial to find super nice old folks who were flying them and looking at us curiously then initiated converstion
• Sandy from Tasty Restaurant in Nanjing East who helped us with the menu in very understandable English
• Meeting Jojo and his friend in his super cosy studio apartment in Jhongshan District.
• Creepy Longshan Temple Market (with exotic foods like snake and whatnot :()
• Praying to the Gods of Longshan Temple