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Jan 13 2009

Taiwan Trip, Part 5

by Jack · 4 Comments

We stopped by Sogo’s, a Taiwanese department store, children department to let Emma and Lorelai play with the bouncing horses (Mom knows all the “free” places, LOLz).  The elevators were manned (or should I say, womanned) with girls in uniforms bowing and asking which floors you would like to go as you enter in high pitch voices – old school!

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We met up with Catherine and families at the Hyatt hotel’s buffet.  Thanks for inviting us!  The food was good and it was nice to meet up with all you guys, some for the first time.  Catherine promised to “make Lorelai a playmate” soon.

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As we are getting ready to pack up, Lorelai and Emma had fun playing with the luggage.  Seeing that we are about to leave, we tried to go out and eat as much as we could.  This Japanese-style all you can eat BBQ only cost about $9 a person for lunch, and oh it was so good…  We stuffed ourselves till we could hardly move.

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Our adventure to a different night market.  These particularly uptight buttholes people got really upset when I tried to take their pictures (they sell some dessert items).  I went ahead and took their pictures anyway while Dad stared them down.  We later sent Mom to get some desserts from them to check it out since there was a long line of people trying to get some.  It didn’t suck, but it was nothing extraordinary.  We didn’t understand what the big deal was.  Not far away was a boba stand with another long line.  We waited to try it out, and we all agreed that it was the best boba that we have ever had, EVER!  Sooo good…  It was less than $1 a cup.

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We met up with my aunt and cousin’s family, whom I haven’t seen for years, at an awesome Japanese restaurant.  There we had real wasabi roots for the 2nd time in our lives and the food was just, awesome!  It cost about $30 a person there, but a similar meal would probably cost about $150~$250 here.  Ok, I think I am babbling too much about food here.  It was awesome to see my cousin and her family again!  Thank you guys for meeting us up!

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Here we are back again to the night market for stinky tofu and us guys chewing down on the pig blood rice cake.

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Our last day in Taiwan :(  We went to a local Japanese restaurant for a quiet lunch.

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4 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Selina // Jan 13, 2009 at 6:53 pm

    OMG! Jack, you really make us want to go to Taiwan for a FOOD trip! I am sure that you enjoy the vacation VERY MUCH. Chinese food in LA are not comparable to the one in Asia….

  • 2 Jack // Jan 13, 2009 at 8:48 pm

    Yeah, good food! Traveling with a baby is very very tiring though :) We are still trying to recover…

  • 3 Auntie Oreo // Jan 31, 2009 at 6:23 am

    how do i download our photos??

  • 4 Jack // Feb 1, 2009 at 5:19 pm

    Check your email Catherine :)

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