Hands
Taipei street art near Civic Boulevard.
Trick or Treat
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Spotted on the street this morning: a class on their way trick-or-treating. Not all schools do this, but if they do, it’s usually pre-arranged with neighbourhood shops/businesses… A very organized activity.
Taipei Fashion Week
Some sort of metro ad for Taipei fashion week (the floor of the MRT train).
Scooter Dog
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Scooter dog. Only in Taipei.
Wayne Lai, possibly?
No idea who this is, but I just bought some street food next to him. 😂 …Actually, a friend of mine on Instagram did some sleuthing to determine that it’s a TVB actor from Hong Kong called Wayne Lai (黎耀祥).
老北京麵食館
Apparently Hakka fried noodles (客家炒麵, NT$90) is mushu fried noodles with a slightly different sauce – at least at this restaurant. Also ordered shrimp fried rice for the kid (蝦仁炒飯, NT$90). They offer unlimited green bean soup (which, according to the sign, is sometimes red bean soup). I’d come again to try more of their 熱炒 dishes. Convenient if you’re … Read More
Manpuku
A yakiniku kind of day. Love the runny egg. This was the first thing on the menu, 大豚山丼飯 for NT$200. Pretty decent portion, and self-serve tea + miso soup. Manpuku 106, Taipei City, Da’an District, Section 2, Jilong Road, 166號 滿燒肉丼食堂 106台北市大安區基隆路二段166號 https://goo.gl/maps/HyfrWAMqeP42
Captain America
Getting ready for Halloween with Captain America…
simplified characters in Taiwan
Not sure why and when people use simplified characters in Taiwan. If it were simply a matter of ease in writing, it would be more prevalent. Here it says 周年庆 instead of 週年慶.