me ♥ confetti: Taiwan

By: Unknown on Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Food (must try):
1) Ah Zhong Noodle Shop (阿宗麵線)

Picture courtesy of EatPrayFlying

Address: Ximending Headquarter: No.8-1, Emei St., Wanhua District, Taipei City
Business Hour:11:00 ~ 22:30 / Monday to Thursday. 11:00 ~ 23:00 / Friday to Sunday.
Tel: 02-2388-8808 (Delivery service available)
Getting there:
- from the MRT Station exit, look for the McDonalds. It's one alley away from it.

2) Zhang Ji Guo Tie Niu Rou Mian (张记锅贴牛肉面)
Address: Lane 101, Yanping South Road
Business Hour: Open everyday EXCEPT Saturday 11am-2pm & 4pm-7.30pm
Getting there:
- find the entrance of Zhongshan Hall and main courtyard, turn around and look for this alley- Lane 101.
- Exit at Entrance 4.
- 張記鍋貼牛肉麵位於捷運西門站4號出口，於延平南路101巷內

3) Yu's Almond Tofu (于記杏仁豆腐)
Address: No. 101號, Héngyáng Road, Jhongjheng District, Taipei City
Tel: 02-2370-1998

Interesting spaces:
1) Modern Toilet (便所餐廳)

View Ximending (西門町) in a nutshell in a larger map

General:
1) To visit the XiMenDing take the MRT and get off the Ximen Station.

Reference:
A Hungry Girl's guide in Taipei
小盛盛的隨性趴趴go

Wu Fen Pu (五分埔) & Raohe Night Market (饒河街觀光夜市)

By: Unknown on Sunday, February 12, 2012

While I prepare myself for my family trip, I'll be making notes on the places where I plan to go here. Feel free to share or use the information here but at your own risk, I do not take responsibility for the accuracy of the information here and if you do spot any inaccuracy, please do let me know. ^_^

p/s: I'm back but still updating this post based on what I experienced while I was there.

Some things to know:
- The nearest night market is Raohe St. Night Market (饒河街觀光夜市). So it makes sense to spend about a day to visit both places in a day.
- The main reason people are here is because this place is fame for its cheap clothing. But I would say if you're a tourist here, you're most likely pay more than the local and if you're only buying 1 or 2 piece from the shop, you're still paying the regular price outside. I suppose after all the hype about this place selling cheap clothing the glory days are now over people.
- Make sure you check your product especially those NTD100 clothes. I realised a lot of the things I bought, the threads will start to give way after the first wash.
- If you're there really to do serious shopping, try to go to this place early because after the sun is down, you will have a hard time maneuvering around this area and this place is really huge.

Food to try:
- Pepper buns (福州世祖胡椒饼)

- Medicinal braised pork ribs and lamb (金林三兄弟)

Directions:

Take the MRT to Houshanpi [後山埤] Station (Nangang line i.e. blue line).
At the Houshanpi station, take Exit 4, as you get off the escalator, take a 180 degrees turn, turn right and walk along Youngji Street for about 5-10 minutes.
Lookout for the roadsigns that says "Wu Fen Pu" as seen above, and turn right into the Wu Fen Pu! A good landmark would be to look out for the red YMCA building on the left. The entrance to Wu Fen Pu is directly opposite YMCA.

Business hour: Most shops open at around noon and close after mid-night d. On Sundays, shops may close earlier around 9:00p.m. e. Mondays are said to be strictly for wholesalers only, so you might not be served as well on other days.
Maps (download maps for a bigger view of the maps):

Macro map view of Wufenpu market

Breakdown view of Wufenpu market, this is best when you have a shop in mind and you would like to head straight to the shop, instead of wasting time searching for it high and low.