Category: DaTong District
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Taipei cafe – 幻猻家珈琲 Pallas Cafe
Right in the heart of DiHua street, Pallas Cafe is all about its afternoon tea. I am a big fan of this area, and will often come on the weekends. Here are some of my favourite spots for a bite to eat: Squid Balls Rice Noodles Summer Tree Iced Desserts The smell of coffee when […]
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Taipei night market – 圓環邊蚵仔煎 NingXia Oyster Omelet
Oyster Omelets – love ’em, or hate ’em? #eatingintaipei
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Taipei City – CiSheng Temple 慈聖宮
Delicious Taiwanese breakfast at CiSheng Temple. This comes highly recommended. Really, top breakfast right here.
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Taipei hotel – Play Design Hotel
Play Design Hotel, emphasis on the Play, and emphasis on the Design. So much to see, so much beautiful art and so many beautifully and responsibly designed pieces of furniture.
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Taipei street food – Taiwanese snacks near Dadaocheng
Unlisted, cheap, variety, and delicious! What’s not to love?
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Taipei street food – 老阿伯魷魚羹 – DiHua Street squid balls
Let’s face it, DiHua Street is packed with good food joints, as well as being steeped in Taiwanese history. Relatively new to the scene in Taipei, this place was a slow starter, but now very popular indeed. They specialise in fish balls with soup, but they also put on rice, noodles, tea and bits of […]
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Taipei street food – 民樂旗魚米粉
Value for money: 10/10 Cleanliness: 5/10 Service: 9/10 Quality of food: 8/10 Overall: 8/10
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Taipei breakfast – 津津豆漿店 – Deep fried leek pancake
Value for money: 10/10 Cleanliness: 6/10 Service: 10/10 Quality of food: 8/10 Overall: 9/10
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Taipei dessert- 夏樹甜品 Summer Tree Desserts
Value for money: 8/10 Cleanliness: 9/10 Service: 9/10 Quality of food: 7/10 Overall: 8/10 Summer is almost gone, but there are still some warm days left of the year. For those days, why not take a walk around the very famous DiHua Street 迪化街 for some traditional Taiwanese snacks, herbal medicines, textiles or tea. If […]
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Taipei night market – 阿婆飯糰,寧夏夜市 NingXia Nightmarket Rice roll
So, Grandma’s rice rolls is at the top of NingXia nightmarket on 民生東路 MinSheng East Road. Up until now, they have always had such a long line of people queuing up, that I have avoided joining the line. However, this time I was lucky! We lined up for maybe 10mins – winner. 飯糰 fàn tuán is more […]
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Taipei dessert – 108 Matcha Saro, Q square and Takashimaya department store (TianMu) 抹茶茶廊
*Invited* This post is a bit of a special one: I originally posted about the Q square branch of 108 Matcha Saro, as you may have previously read. However, I was then lucky to have been invited up to the Takashimaya branch of 108 Matcha Saro in TianMu. The Matcha Saro based in Q square […]
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Taipei market – 永樂市場 YongLe Market (迪化街 DiHua street)
迪化街 DiHua street is a hugely popular area ,especially around Chinese New Year Holiday. However, it remains busy year-round selling all sorts of Chinese herbs, Taiwanese souvenirs and a multitude of different traditional Taiwanese food. As you walk down DiHua street, before reaching the end, the left side of the street opens up and 永樂市場 […]
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