I can't read Chicken - Day 31 - June 5, 2010

Taipei Main Station Underground Mall (Y)



I went to the Taipei Main Station underground mall. There are four different underground malls. The one I went to this day was the letter Y. I forgot what it's actually called, but the letters are a lot easier to remember. The stores here sell clothes, shoes, games, accessories, and cute item stuff. There is always an area for the restaurants =) My favorite spot of course!

There are also areas with open space where a lot of the younger crowd come and practice dancing.


Fail #18



I revisited an old restaurant that I went to last year. As you can see, the menu is posted near the ceiling in Chinese. Yeah I can't really read much. So I took a picture of what I wanted. I ordered the item with the green background. I wasn't super hungry, but wasn't completely full and wanted to try something small. Well turns out what I ordered was jiroufan, which is chicken meat with rice. I couldn't even read chicken.

The food wasn't that good... it was basically pieces of boiled chicken with a sauce. Why is this a fail? Because I couldn't read chicken >_< How can I not remember chicken? At least I knew the character for meat haha.

30NT=$0.94


Shida Night Market

The underground malls at Taipei Main Station starts to close around 9pm. The night is still young. So Theresa and I went to Shida night market to look around since we haven't really done that since we got here. Only because it's so close to our hostel. I ended up buying a lot of stuff. I didn't think I would buy anything there. But I did at great prices =)

290NT=$9.08


I love two for one deals =) 150NT=$4.69


100NT=$3.13


Got a purple version as well for 100NT=$3.13


150NT=$4.69


Hot Dog



I was craving for a hot dog so I went to 7-Eleven to get one at 1AM. It was actually on sale, lucky me! The hot dogs here taste a little sweeter. The condiments are also different. Ketchup, mustard, and relish are asianfied. Which means...

Ketchup=not as tomatoey, light taste with sweetness.
Mustard=Honey mustard tasting
Relish=not pickle sour, but Asian pickled sauce taste.

Actual hot dog: 11NT=$0.34 Bun: 10NT=$0.32


It still satisfied my cravings. It tasted pretty decent. There was also cheese inside the hot dog, but I didn't hit that until halfway. Wish I had onions to go with it =(

I Got PLAYED! - Day 25 - May 30, 2010

I haven't told you the story about how I got played yet. This happened on the 28th or 29th. It's pretty much a fail, but worst since I got played!

Let's call this FAIL #15

Theresa and I taught our landlord Mic how to play the game and the meaning of getting played. We have been going back and forth playing the game. It's been probably about a week or a week and a half that time and I never heard him use getting played yet.

The night before my failed happened, I wrote the game on the bear balloon and left it in the community room of the hostel. He saw it of course haha. Then Mic left the computer and left facebook on. So I seized the chance to write the game pengyou (friend) and he saw it later and started laughing. When he was helping a guest, I hid a sticky note on the back of his cell phone. It said the game pengyou.

The next day I asked Mic if he saw the note that I left him last night.
Mic: No
Me: What? I put it there!
Mic: No I didn't see anything.
Me: Oh maybe it's still in the room.
Mic: Oh I have to ask you something.

So I followed Mic to where the washer and dryer was.
He shows me a sock and underwear, laughs and ask if it was mine. I told him nooo
So then he opens the dryer door and it was my sticky note that I left on his cellphone.

I went to Theresa and told him what he did because that was good haha. I asked him if he knew the sock and underwear wasn't mine. He says, "Oh yeah I know. I play you hahaha."

There it is. I got played BAD! FAIL

Pizza Hut in Taiwan



I couldn't resist getting Pizza Hut again for lunch. I woke up at 2:30pm on this day (Sunday), showered, and ordered a personal pizza =) I was suppose to go to the hot springs, but of course, Taipei doesn't seem to want me to go bike riding or hot springs on the weekend. I wanted to try this new pizza that they're currently offering at Pizza Hut. But they don't make them for personal =( At least it doesn't say on the menu. It's okay, I love Kimchi and Pork pizza!

Personal Kimchi & Pork: 99NT =$3.09 Added stuffed crust for 20NT=$0.62


Do you know the limited offer in the states of Cheesy Bites? The offer usually appears during the summer for a month and disappears. It's basically pieces of crust stuffed with cheese that you can easily tear off the pizza. It's so good! If you wanted to add that on for your personal, it would be 30NT=$0.94. I should have done that since they don't offer it in the states year around and I think it tastes soooo goood.

I love cheap tasty dinners!



I ate at a little restaurant that's close to Shida. It's hidden at some alley with a couple of other restaurants and shops. I always forget to take a picture of the store front >_< All their dishes are cheap though and they give so much! Check it out...

I love my jipai (chicken breast), especially when they deep fry it! You get free soup at the restaurant too. This meal was 50NT=$1.56. The side dishes includes: tofu, cabbage, and vegetable that I don't know the name of.


Gamers



I spent the rest of my evening at Taipei Main Station's underground mall looking for souvenirs to get for my friends. As usual, there is always a hot spot of men/boys staring the TV screen. I decided to join them haha =)

7-Eleven Food



I eat a lot. I can't help it. I was craving for munchies at night. I decided to try the jiaozis (dumplings) at 7-Eleven. They were 35NT=$1.09. Might as well give it a shot!

It was alright tasting, not the best of course, but a good snack. There are ten dumplings by the way, I just forgot to take a picture before hand =)

What do I do in Taiwan? Eat & Shop - May 8,2010 - Day 3

Number of Mosquito Bites: 1
Total: 1

Morning

I ended up going to bed around 6AM and woke up at 9:15AM. It wasn't too bad, I was wide awake. Theresa and I started off the day by going to Merty Cafe. Merty Cafe is a bakery and they give you a discount if you have a student ID.

The storefront.


The inside.


What I picked out. It cost 28NT, but with discount, 25NT = $.79. It has some pieces of boiled egg, ham, cheese, and a little ketchup. Pretty good =)


Fail #4

This didn't fail me up of course so I was looking forward to deep fried beans, mushrooms, and chicken. Well turns out the lady we went to doesn't deep fry the food, or at least, we didn't know how to ask for it. She didn't give me chicken either =( But it was pretty good anyway!

40NT = $1.27


Shopping: Part 1
Afterward we headed down to a store that sold school supplies and stationary items. I bought a lot of star paper =D I couldn't resist. Then we went down to Rainbow Plaza/K-Mall to see what it is all about. Here are some random pictures of items I took.

The storefront of office supply store (yellow sign). It has multiple floors.


Huge lollipops


Storefront of Rainbow Plaza and K-Mall. They're connected to each other.


Floor 1: Technology - Basement: Hello Kitty section and other cute stuff!


Random cute stuff




Upcoming Celebrity!

On the way out, there was a huge crowd. It crowd of people in line to get their posters or cds signed by a new debut singer. Not sure what his name is, but if he becomes famous, I can say I saw him in person haha.



Dinner at Sushi Express

Sushi is so good and cheap. Each place cost 30NT = $.95.



Purchase of the Day

Final Fantasy XIII in English for 1550 NT = $49.24! The Chinese version was half the price, too bad I can't understand/read fluently.


Quote of the Day

Talking with my landlord. His English is pretty good lol.

Me: Hey Mic where do you live?
Mic: I live in Taipei.

Haha obviously, it was funny he was so embarrassed afterward.