Archive for the ‘Small Shop Value’ Category

JAPANESE-TAIWANESE STYLE FOOD   Leave a comment

http://www.facebook.com/v/10150665207440060 CLICK ABOVE FOR 3 MINUTE VIDEO New eatery in ChangAn Road West is open 16 hours a day.  Near Hyatt Fortune Hotel.

Posted April 20, 2012 by fathomTaiwan in Small Shop Value

TREASURE SHOP – CHANG-AN RD. W. (TAIPEI)   3 comments

VIDEO Triton Shell CLICK ME Discovered this shop today – not far from Hyatt Fortune Hotel.  Shop is in Chang-An West Road.  The old Chinese vase may be the most expensive item for sale. The silver and ruby encrusted Triton Trumpet shell is amazing. About AUD $200 – HOWEVER, this shell is certain to be on [...]

Posted April 11, 2012 by fathomTaiwan in Small Shop Value

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STREET FOOD KAOHSIUNG   Leave a comment

One of three or four food stalls outside a Carrefour store, Kaohsiung, this week. The sausages looked and smelled good but were not sampled.  

Posted March 28, 2012 by fathomTaiwan in Small Shop Value

RETURN TO CIJIN ISLAND – FISH DISH NUMBER 7   Leave a comment

CLICK ME TO PLAY – Parrot in chains http://www.facebook.com/v/10150606061660060 CLICK ME TO PLAY VIDEO Do not order fish with a sauce all over it. At a different eating house – clams plus Mangrove Jack BBQ’d NT $350 for the fish  NT $100 for clams. Australian friends on Facebook, who live in the country, are shocked  [...]

ART FORMS   Leave a comment

Characters in this case are reversed.  It was on the window of the bus from airport to Taipei Main Station. http://www.facebook.com/v/10150561654235060 One minute video. Foods and winter fruits of Taipei 27 Feb 2012.

Posted February 27, 2012 by fathomTaiwan in Advertising, Small Shop Value

STORE SALE PRICES   Leave a comment

It’s written in reverse to what we are accustomed to in the west.  While we are used to seeing 10% off,  or reduced 30% and so on, the local system is with the shop owner’s interest indicated first. We see large single numerals so what do these indicate I have often wondered.  Here’s the answer. [...]

FONGSHAN AT NIGHT (KAOHSIUNG)   Leave a comment

Both pictures show the same street food restaurant.The food shop (above) had a unique device to remove excess cooking oil from the food.  It was a mini-spin drier much like that in laundromat’s – designed especially for a kilo of food.  Same eating house is shown in the top picture – far left side.  Food [...]

WELCOME TO THE EAST COAST   Leave a comment

My 4-star hotel has free-use bikes for guests.  I went looking for The Bank of Taiwan and met some vicious, huge dogs – fortunately chained up. Within 15 minutes I was lost – but with a map.  I needed to know where I was in order for the map to be of any use. The [...]

WHERE AM I?   1 comment

‘Shawn’ suggested Fongshan was worth visiting, and he was spot-on with that tip.  Several narrow lanes with old-style small shops. The Fongshan MRT station (#11) is on the Orange line west towards Dalio. I planned to walk back one station stop to Fongshan West, but got lost in the process.  No great worry as backtracking [...]

EATING CHEAPLY – KAOHSIUNG   Leave a comment

I don’t read many Chinese characters so this menu on the wall was a waste of time for me.  I spotted fish and rice at the counter behind glass. The fish cutlets were Spanish Mackerel (OK when the fish is small – avoid large-sized cutlets as this species is a known source of a tastless [...]