Trick or Treat
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
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.