taiwan day 4 and day 5

2nd last day in taiwan! lunch was at 参和院, near 忠孝复兴 station (exit 11). it has the cutest and most exquisite dim sum, and also interesting dishes. 

the nicest one is the green colour bun with the cartoon character face. as for the rest, they look pretty but taste normal. 

this is the worst buy. looks nice, but it is tasteless. yes tasteless. the coloured fillings also tasteless. the biggest disappointment. 

this omelette is good! goes very well with rice. 

after lunch we go back to ximending again for some more shopping. we went to the h&m which is one whole entire building on its own, with 4 storeys. and they have a very big kids section. darling and i had a fun time choosing yuanze and xuanxuan's clothes. 

ta da!! yuanze's clothes! hope that he can wear the long sleeve blue shirt and maroon pants next year when we go to taiwan! 

went back to our hotel room to chill. roader's hotel is very nice to give us a room upgrade on our 2nd night. the upgraded room is much bigger in space, and has a bath tub by the window, which you can see the view while bathing in the bath tub. so i soak myself in the bath tub, drink a bottle of 纯萃 milk tea, and play fifa. this is the ideal holiday~

in the evening we are meeting up for dinner with my colleagues from the previous workplace: yu laoshi, who teaches mother tongue, and was my co-form of 2E1 in 2012; mr john lim, teaches geography, now he is a subject head of geography at another sch in the east; mr felix yap, teaches chemistry, who is my angel last year. 

and the dinner place is 锅爸, a steamboat restaurant that i chance upon online. 

it is a really awesome place and i shall let the pictures do the talking. 

drinks section #1

drink section #2: if you dun like packet drinks you can also go for old school bottled soft drinks  

drinks section #3: hot drinks such as latte, milk tea, cappucino. also have iced milk tea. 

check out the beautiful meat! 

the soup flavours that they have are: 麻辣, curry, tomato, kimchi, and another 4 flavours that i can't remember. i personally like the tomato one! 

out of all these food, darling and i actually like the deep fried youtiao, which we never see before in singapore's steamboat restaurants. 

this is my personal favourite! 麻辣鸭血! a delicacy that cannot be eaten in singapore. the 鸭血 is so smooth, even smoother than tofu. and the translation is... -.-''' the 卤肉 was also not bad. i scooped it and drenched it on white rice. so gooddddd! 

softee or chocolate fondue for dessert? 

this is the ultimate winner. haagen daaz and movenpick side by side. 16 different flavours of ice cream to choose from. shiok!!!

thanks for the great catch-up! :) 

nothing much about day 5, because we have to check out at 1015 am and our taxi driver is picking us up at 1030 am. check out procedure was very smooth and efficient. 

our taxi driver super on, 1010 am msg me to tell me that he has already reach. 

so 1030 am when we went out of the hotel, we were expecting a yellow taxi, but who knows a 7-seater pop up in front of us, and the driver came out and saluted me. omg both darling and i were shocked. 4 seater yellow taxi send us to airport cost us NT1000. 7 seater vehicle also cost NT1000. we were so lucky! the driver told us that his vehicle is first class atas vehicle, and it is being used to ferry big shots from DBS bank, taipei city mayor and other big shots from various countries. the car is really very comfortable, and he said that 坐五六个小时都不会晕车. and so we talk cock alot during the journey and also got his contact. so if anyone is going to taipei with a big family of 7 pax, you can get his contact from me. i guarantee you that you will not be disappointed with that atas 7 seater vehicle. :) 

i must also say that taiwan airport security are super serious about check in luggage and prohibited items. at the check in counter, the counter staff ask me whether got selfie stick in hand carry. she said need to put in check in luggage, if not at the departure hall the airport police will ask me to throw away the selfie stick. and then she ask whether our check in luggage got power bank, and i said no, because my power bank is in my hand carry. 

so at the departure hall, the airport police scan my passport, and then he stop me and say my check in luggage got problem, and tell me to go back to the counter. i was like super stunned and when i was walking down and i realise... ... it is the new ironman power bank that i bought!!! ggggggrrrrrrrrr... so immediately went to the counter, took my luggage, and took out the ironman power bank. HAIYAAAA. 

another tip guys, sign up for citibank credit card, and you will get this priority pass card, which you can go to the priority lounge at every single country's airport and enjoy their services. last year we went to the priority lounge at hong kong. so this time we went to the priority lounge at taoyuan airport and we had our lunch there. the food there was quite good and they also provide lots of beverages such as beer, red wine, soya bean milk, fruit juice and coffee. really quite shiok. :)

on the flight back, i watched Ghostbusters and Jason Bourne. super happy to watch 4 wonderful movies on the two flights. i think i am not going to fly budget anymore. hahahahaha.