Day 2 @ Taipei, Taiwan

Day 2 (Sunday) Taipei 

Breakfast @ Taipei 101 Starbucks – Check out Tomorrow Hotel – Ximen Station – Check in Jogging Bear Ming Su – Taipei Love Sculpture – Taipei 101 (89/90 floor) > lunch – Xin Yi AnHe Station 信義安和站 – Cangai – Dinner > Déjà vu Restaurant – Raohe Night Market 饒河街觀光夜市 – Wu Fen Pu 五分埔商圈  – Rainbow Bridge 

Such breathtaking view

Our lovely breakfast set

Time to enjoy my precious breakfast~

等着一个人的咖啡吗？

Their menu almost the same as Singapore's menu

How to get to 35floor Starbuck for free observatory view

1.   Enter from the office and not the shopping mall side of the building

2.   Go to one of the Visitor Access machines located behind the help desk

3.   At these Visitor Access machines, just key in the 35th floor and it will connect you to a call for Starbucks.

4.   A barista at Starbucks will answer, ask how many passes you want then hangup.

      The machine will produce your required number of passes.

5.   Right turn out of the elevator, then a small left turn down a short corridor>  

      Starbucks.

Signboard available in bilingual - thank God I can't read Chinese

The famed Robert Indiana “Love Sculpture”  

Location: Outside of Taipei 101

Dimension: H366xW366xD183cm, bright red letters and Gold sides

Although the tickets (NTD500) is a bit expensive but who cares 

when it's once in a lifetime matter

Taipei 101 (head up to 89/90 floor)

 The background light too strong

But we still continue taking pictures haha

 The damper baby

Omg I looked so small (:

 He gave it a high5 in the face cause I force him to take a picture with it

Okay la I hold your hand

Very lucky to make it to the outdoor observatory place that day.. Boy claimed that 

he feels the pressure in his ears but I feel nothing, absolutely nothing at all 

although we are at Level 91 this time..

I'd decided to skip the part on Cangai for next time... Coming soon...

 Opps, it's not open yet

 Boy: Let's take a selfie (unwillingly)

Girl: take for me please.... (forcing him and throwing my camera to him)

Déjà vu Restaurant

台北市八德路一段一號 ( 華山1914文創園區 中四A館 )

Location: No.1, Sec. 1, Bade Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., taipei city 100, Taiwan.

Tel: +886-2-2396-8296 

Website: http://www.mrj-tw.com/ 

 Since it's not time yet, so grab a cup of redtea first

 The view around ZhongZheng District and the skies was dark at 5pm

 So many youngsters sitting around, and they were having concert 

at the same night we were there

Looks like Korean superstar waiting for his love~

See the angry boy's face

Another selfie of me myself and I haha (:

That's for the surrounding in Jay's restaurant

Time for food pictures~

Overall: the food taste good, but beef was a bit too under cooked so it was hard to cut otherwise it will be a pleasant experience dining at such an expensive place. Pumpkin soup and salad was good too. Tiramisu bottom cookies lack of alcohol content but it was good though cause I don't really like alcohol.

Fortunately we catched a chance to experience live magic show too.

 A very grand temple located just next to RaoHe Night Market

Raohe Street Night Market饒河街觀光夜市

Mrt: Take Nangang Line (Blue) to Houshanpi Station後山埤站 > Exit 1  > walk

Directions: Walk there from Wu Fen Pu (5-10min). Follow Yongji road (永吉路) and cross the road to Formosa Chang. Cross Zhongpo North Road (中坡東路) to reach Wufenpu. From Wufenpu, cut through the shops diagonally until you reach the intersection of Songshan Road (松山路) and Songlong Road (松隆路). Walk towards the Songshan railway station (松山火車站) and you’ll see the night market after crossing Ba-de Road Section 4 (八德路四段).

Cheesy baked potato was something special

Looks delicious though, I didn't buy

Pig's Blood (black sesame) dipped with peanuts -  I don't like the taste

To look out for:

Hu Jiao Bing (pepper pork bun), medicinal pork rib soup (藥燉排骨), and Mama Lin's Sesame Oil Chicken (林媽媽麻油雞)

Very heavy pepper taste - not suitable for my tastebuds

Boy: not bad for me

Fuzhou Ancestor Black Pepper Buns (福州世祖胡椒饼)

Location: No. 249, RaoHe Street (台北市饒河街249號)

Contact number: +886 958 126 223

Opening Hours: 1500 – 0000

ChenDong stewed pork rib with herbs (陈董药炖排骨)

Location: No. 260, RaoHe Street (台北市饒河街260號)

 Contact number :091090193

Opening hours: 1530 – 0030

Rainbow Bridge

Turn right at the first alley in Raohe, walk to the end. Rainbow bridge is just across the road from a small bento place. Advise: Don’t try the bento.

OR Head towards Zhongpo North Road (中坡北路）and then turn left on Songhe St (松河路), reach Rainbow Bridge(彩虹桥)!

Enjoy night view of Keelung River基隆河.

Wu Fen Pu五分埔商圈

Mrt : Take Nangang Line (Blue) to Houshanpi Station後山埤站 > Exit 1  > walk

Address: Yongji Street, Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan

Open: noon – midnight daily (avoid Monday)

Reason being it’s a day for wholesellers to restock their goods.

To look out for:

Clothes, accessories, shoes all approx. about SGD15-SGD30

Here are some products that you can find in WuFenPu:

1st street: Full of trendy products.

3rd street: Area with highest density of shops, include teahouse, shoes store and  clothes shops selling Japanese style products.

5th street: Products mainly focus on Europe, USA, Japanese and Korean style. It was easy to find some shops selling unique hip hop and punk goods at this street too.

7th street: Plenty of Korean style sport and street wears for lady.

13th street: Mainly Japanese style clothes for lady.

19th street (SongShan Road Lane 119): Hong Kong and Korean style lady clothes, can find a lot of elegant and traditional wears.

YongJi Road (永吉路) : Kids wear , some were imported goods.

ZhongPo Park (中坡公園): Where you can find local cuisine and snacks. Some accessories stalls were available too.

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