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.

Wayne Lai, possibly?

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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).

陶朱隱園

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I don’t know what this is, but it looks pretty amazing. 陶朱隱園 No. 68, Songgao Road, Xinyi District, Taipei City, 110 110台北市信義區松高路68號 https://goo.gl/maps/hvSPUnpoJmT2

老北京麵食館

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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

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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

simplified characters in Taiwan

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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.

圓圓小籠湯包

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Streetside xiaolongbao 小籠包 + 蔥油餅 at Da’an market. 圓圓小籠湯包 No. 60-76號, Section 4, Xinyi Road, Da’an District, Taipei City, 106 https://goo.gl/maps/vjVRsD4jhho

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