Sunday, July 21, 2013

Taiwan Day 7 Part 2 (06/06/2013) & Taiwan Day 8 (07/06/2013)- Go Sleep Hotel, Modern Toilet Restaurant, Xi Men Ding, Taoyuan Airport -> Singapore.

The last of my Taiwan trip was spend in Xi Men Ding :)

We checked into Go Sleep Hotel which is located in Xi Men Ding itself. The hotel room is small but yet have the modern feel. 

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There's a stairs leading to the toilet :)

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Our tour guide brought us to the Modern Toilet Restaurant which is located just a street away from our hotel! :) Everyone just feel like trying since We are there already. But honestly speaking, the food was so-so. I've actually pass by this restaurant when I was in KL last year but Esther and me decide not to have it cause seems to be nothing special.

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The kind waitress provided us with english menu because We'll probably need another 15 minutes to decipher the words and decide what to eat. A tip for you - Brush up your chinese before going to Taiwan because We are too used to simplified chinese characters and only come across traditional chinese characters in drama. 

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The map of Xi Men Ding provided by our hotel. This map is god damn useful even though Derp and I got lost at least 1 time in Xi Men Ding. Without the map, We probably would have spend a longer time locating places.

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The milk tea.

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We ordered one main to share because We heard from Carls(our tour mate) that the portion is huge. Plus I wanna keep some stomach space for other eateries in Xi Men Ding. :)

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Side Dish - Popcorn Chicken

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Dessert - The ice cream which taste like our 7-11's mr softy :)

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If you would have realise, I'm no longer wearing my Cat top cause it's cold in Xi Men Ding due to the rain before We arrived.

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We went to visit Xiao Zhu's shop after our dinner. It's located just behind our hotel. I can die with no regrets now lol.

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It wasn't really crowded that night in Xi Men Ding because it's a Thursday night. Many youngsters would go there to watch movie. It's like our Cinilesiure.

We walked around a little before locating Ah Zhong Mian Xian.

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Overrated mee sua with no oysters in it. :(. Totally disappointed with it.

We went elsewhere to have desserts after the Ah Zhong Mian Xian.

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Waffles Ice Cream is one of my favourite dessert now :)

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We also ordered the fresh milk tea without pearls :) pearls are fattening stuff and you never know whether is it safe to consume it anot. So just make do without it.

Our loots of the day..

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This bear with chinese characters on it. We got 1 for Derp's mother and ended up going back there the next day to get my name and Derp's bro and gf name. :)

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There's nth much exciting in Xi Men Ding actually, things are not cheap there. Night markets stuff are cheaper but if you're looking for entertainment like catching a movie or so, you can do all this in Xi Men Ding :). As for food wise, is just all restaurants and more restaurants! Quite boring, We still prefer Night Market :)

We woke up and have breakfast at the hotel before heading elsewhere. But it's too early so many places in Xi Men Ding is not opened yet. 

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Derp didn't eat much of the hotel breakfast because he's craving for KFC porridege. But the taiwan KFC porridge disappoint him lol. 

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槟榔! This is commonly sold by pretty babes haha.

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Da Ren Ge is everywhere outside Taiwan's Mcdonalds.

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Derp ordered his porridge and I have a small chicken wrap. Derp was utterly disappointed with the porridge because he never imagine the taste would be so off from Singapore's kfc porridge.


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Xi Men Ding in the morning. Anyway, spot the Cosmed shop(Orange banner). Do go there to get your cheap masks and skin care products. They have all sorts of nice and cheap stuff there. Cosmed can be easily find in all parts of Taiwan.


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OOTD - The new dress/top is from a small pushcart in Xi Men Ding :)

At around 12 noon, We set off to the airport. Our tour guide send us off and We went to check in. It's been a good 8 days with the tour guide and tour mates :)

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Actually the box is quite empty inside lol. As I mentioned before, once you hit a certain amount of spending in Vigour Khoo, they helped you to wrapped it up in a box :)

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We had lunch before crossing the custom to wait for our flight after checking in our barangs barangs.

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We had some really spicy chicken shredded noodles.

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And also spicy wonton dumpling. :)

Our flight was slightly delayed but We were home around 10pm. 

This marks the end of my Taiwan Trip 2013! 

I'm looking forward to another trip end of this year. Though I think is more like a settle-wedding-stuff trip this year end. but I believe We'll still relax and enjoy till the fullest. Take it as a short getaway for both of us from work :)
Read about my Taiwan Trip here:

8 comments :

  1. Anonymous8:42 PM

    Hi there, would you be able to recommend things I should buy in from Taiwan?

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    1. Hello!

      I would recommend basically buy anything you like in night market because they are much more cheaper be it clothes, shoes, bag and accessories :)

      Face masks/cosmetic from their Cosmed because it's also much cheaper thank in Singapore.

      Not forgetting to buy the pineapple tart and tai yang bing (sun moon cake).

      That should be all, and also interesting stuff from their 7-11! They have really a lot of type of different drinks and yummy cup noodles. :)

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  3. hi, may i know how to contact the guide tour in taiwan?

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    1. Hi,

      I booked the tour in Singapore. The tour is hold by Singexpress Travel :) And they engage the taiwan tour guide.

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  4. Anonymous2:20 PM

    Hi Jing Xian,

    You are xiao zhu fan as well? ;)

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    1. Hi there,

      Yup! :) Not very hardcore fan though. I missed his concert this year :(

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    2. Anonymous12:11 PM

      Same here! I was so excited when i was at his shop when i was in tw. initially, my hubs was waiting for me outside. but he went in and find me when i took a long time inside. could not decide what to buy! The concert this yr was good. But it was short. - Lynn :)

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