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.
Archive for the ‘Small Shop Value’ Category
JAPANESE-TAIWANESE STYLE FOOD Leave a comment
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 [...]
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.
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.
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
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 [...]
