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Monday, September 10, 2012

Taiwan day one

Hello earthlings, I finally managed to get some time to update this space and if you're wondering... I'm still at taiwan and it has been really extravagant! However there's a warning before you continue reading, images heavy and it may be a pretty long post. So are you ready? :D

 

Way up high above the land, spectacular view of white fluffy clouds, mountains and sky!  


Hello sissy (she loves to show retarded expressions) and mommy! As you can see, I'm sitting in the inner seat because no one wanted to but I really love it and I always fight for it if sommeone wanna seat too heh.


After 4 and a half hours of flight on a quite budget jetstar airline, we have reached taoyuan international airport! Getting more and more excited, we quickly rushed down to find the bus counter to get our complimentary bus tickets heading towards taipei main station. 


Took a cab down to ximending from taipei main station as we had a lot of luggages to carry and we had completely no idea where the hotel is!

Go sleep hotel (xining) - a floor of twenty plus rooms in a rather run-down building but the room is really clean and considered spacious for a four pax room, facilities are adequate and they provide a super huge fridge and wardrobe! 


Hello from sissy and I, preparing to head out to our first destination let's go!


Fancy some super 'Q' seaweed fishballs? Mom and sis didn't like it though.


But both of them love this club cheesy potato and I didn't like it, not up to my liking apparently.

  

Right smack at the main junction of ximending!


Red house at one of the sides at ximending


Interior of red house. It's a must to pay a visit to red house because it's not only a museum but a few storeys of shops which sell cool and unique items!


Make a guess, where's our first stop?


So... have you managed to guess it?

Give yourself a round of applause if you know it's shilin night market, the largest and most popular night market in taipei city! 


I've never liked stinky beancurd, but mom loves it!


Prawn omelette instead of oysters as sis and I don't eat oysters, a little wasted I know.


OMG I SWEAR THIS IS THE BEST CHICKEN CUTLET, HAO DA DA JI PAI I'VE EVER EATEN!!! It's only day five at taiwan now, and I already had two!


Yummy crabs nom nom


That's all for day one, goodbye shilin night market. Stay tuned for day two which I'll update soon :>

Monday, September 3, 2012

1 caramel


Valrhona dark chocolate bomb and it was really da bombz! Best dessert of the night definitely goes to this, even just by looking at how the raspberry puree melts the dark chocolate almost instantly!!!


Peanut butter cheese tart wasn't as fantastic as I thought it'd be since I'm quite a chocolate peanut butter lover so my expectation will tend to be higher.


Chocolate hazelnut praline tasted as great as what other reviews have shown, to be classified as the signature cake of 1 caramel.


Red velvet cake which tasted pretty normal, nothing much special about it.


Hazelnut souffle with cheesecake ice-cream surprised us! I love how the hot souffle with a kick of the hazelnut can really blend well with the cold cheesy ice-cream.


I'd say the earl grey creme brulee is quite unique. This custard dessert is infused with a scent of earl grey tea but some people may not like it if they don't really fancy tea. However, it's worth the try!


Saturday night is usually the only time the girlfriends and I can get together to chill and catch up. All of us except wanting finally had the time to meet up and to visit 1 caramel (which all of us wanted to do so since donkey years ago)! I really love the ambience there and I have to emphasize on this, the service there is really superb, they are so helpful and friendly and would be more than happy to answer any of your enquires! This is definitely marvellous cafe to have a cuppa coffee or tea with their delectable desserts (:

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Second half of august

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1. Vintage floral ootd 2. One of beloved birthday gifts from two years ago 3. Mustard floral dress 4. For flea sake @ scape

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1. Fancy some mcnuggets? 2. Aston's grilled fish with herb 3. Mango passion fruit snow ice yummy 4. LCD tv in da room!!

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1. All time fav lok lok 2. First attempt in making chocolate nutella strawberry cup 3. Loving this new black top 4. Ikea dinner with my darling evelyn