Cynthia Luvs, 8th April
I'm astonishingly awkward, easily affected and extremely negative.

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Reached Taoyuan International Airport at 5.10am, 10-15mins before schedule. YAY! Didn't really get to sleep on the flight because not sure why the seats felt smaller this time round, like not much leg room!

Cleared custom before 5.50am and the poor b was still having diarrhea. Went to get tickets from the bus counter to head to Taipei Main Station and we managed to get the 6am one so we didn't have to wait for too long. The bus was slightly late as well and we only got on the bus at 6.10am and it's a approximately 50minutes ride to Taipei Main Station with the B who managed to nap a little on the bus ride.


Was pretty hungry so we just bought 2 sausages, 2 onigiris and a bottle of lemon tea to share from their convenience store. Lucky we brought our own bags because they don't provide plastic bags like local 7-11. Total was only around SGD5 or so, pretty affordable!


Went to top up our Easy-Cards at the station after we are done eating since we got it from the giftpacks at the airport and we don't have to buy a new card. Yay! There was even NT50 loaded in each card!

Took the metro to Jiantan Station, 5 stops away from Taipei Main Station and it was just a 10-15minutes journey. Same station as when I went to Taipei with mom previously, loves Shilin Night Market so we purposely book a hotel near it.

Managed to find our way to our hotel, Les Suites Grandee Hotel which is a 5-10minutes walk from Jiantan Station with Zav who still drag our luggage although he was pretty unwell!


Checked in and funny thing is the hotel doesn't collect the payment, we pay only when we checked out so we just register with a credit card as guarantee will do.

We booked 5nights although we will be staying till Saturday only because we don't have the intention to loiter around till usual 3pm then we could check in. It was NT21,250 which is around SGD974 because the rates isn't that good this time round. May be slightly expensive but we are really the people who look for comfort and convenience!

Our room was on level 2 but really worth the money of $194.80 per night paid!

Here's the room!


Very shiok King Sized bed with ample of space to walk around! 2 different types of sofa seats where we always dabao food and have our meal there! Study table which we don't really use, just for us to put my makeup or Zav's hair products.


Wardrobe, Mini Fridge inside the cabinet, TV which we always turned it on when we are back in the hotel because their news are really interesting.



Spacious toilet with really wide basin space which I love because we could put lots of stuffs like skincare or our contact lens etc. And hair dryer as well!

And mirror wefie with the big wardrobe mirror even though we was so sleepy!


Decided to head down for the complimentary breakfast before we nap because we are excited to see what are the spread. Maybe just me because Zav was still having a bad tummyache.

Not alot of variety but we still managed to get some food!


Made Zav drink only hot English Tea without any sugar or milk for his diarrhea while I had the Cranberry Juice which was quite nice!

Porridge with half salted egg, Chicken Floss and Fritters to share! Also the scramble eggs and 2 different kind of breads which were quite soft, nuggets and bacons to share as well! And that's our breakfast!

And sickboy90!


Went back to our room to share and nap from around 9am till around 12pm.

Changed and decided to head out in order not to waste time in Taiwan!

Took the MRT back to Taipei Main Station because I wanna visit my favourite store, Kuang Nan Wholesale Store.

Before that, we went for lunch at 1pm and randomly went to a mall beside Kuang Nan and settled our lunch at Chitaka, one of the restaurants specialized in Japan Curry which we both love!


Took some time to order because there was a menu whereby we could pick the curry we want and choose the ingredients we want etc!

Even saw Taiwan's Huici in the shop, sitting a few tables behind us. Purposely sat back-face her because I knew I would laugh like mad if I sat at Zav's seat, her actions and the way she talk. HAHAHA!

Ordered and the drinks were served first!


My Ice Tea which I wished it was slightly sweeter and Zav's Calpis which was NT30 (SGD1.38) each.

While waiting for our food to come..


Food arrived around 15minutes after we ordered while we kept ourselves entertained with Hui Ci sitting somewhere behind us doing and saying really funny shits. I need to be her BFF. HAHAHA.


This is mine! Picked the European Curry with Pork Cutlet (NT80), Cheese (NT30) and Croquette(NT40)! All Curry w rice is NT99! We added on Chawanmushi and a dessert at NT80 each!

Tasted pretty good but still, Coco Ichibanya is my ultimate favourite! The Croquette was really good though, yumz! Curry wise, I prefer Zav's one!


Zav's Garlic Curry with Pork Cutlet (NT80) and German Sausage (NT40)! Loves his version of curry more, closer to the taste of Coco's Curry!

Had a hard time finishing our food because Hui Ci kept raving about her 王識賢, her pronunciation of 1, 2, 3 and the way she behave is just funny. Even the waiter mega facepalm, fhl!

Dessert came after we were done with our meal.


I had the Mango Passionfruit Mousse while Zav had the Caramel Pudding, both were really nice! Wish I did dabao more of them!

Total bill inclusive of the charges were NT743 (SGD 34) for all of the above! Really worth it because the portion were huge!

Went to Kuang Nan Wholesale Store after that to digest our food while we shop!



Directions:
Taipei Main Station (Exit at Z4, which is the exit for Shin Kong Mitsukoshi). Walk towards the back of the building and you will see the wholesale store!

Spent almost NT2000 (SGD 91.70) in less than 1 hr of shopping, some of the stuffs we bought!


Pretzel which I really loves and there's a new Salted Caramel flavour! Damn good, buy! NT49 (SGD2.24) per pack only!

Some random makeup which I think the glitter thingy at NT79 was really good! Most of the stuffs bought at the store was for me, some makeup for mom and only hairspray, pen and pretzels are for Zav! HAHA, bad life bf!

It makes up a bag of stuffs only so we decided to head to Wu Fen Pu for more shopping instead of heading back to our hotel to put down the stuffs first!

We took the metro till Hou Shan Pi Station (後山埤). Exit 1, walk straight along Zhongpo North Road to the intersection of Zhongpo North Road and Yongji Road. Wufenpu starts on the left. It's the largest clothing market in Taipei and the area is nearby both the TRA Songshan Station and Taipei Metro Houshanpi Station! Just like how I went with mum previously!

But same shit happens, rains damn heavily when we exit from the MRT! FOL!

Zav brought umbrella and we tried to shop a little at Wu Fen Pu but the rain just kept getting heavier and shows no sign of stopping so we gave up the plan of heading to Rao He Night market after that and just ended our shopping trip early!

Only managed to get probably 3 tees each and the cheapest one was NT100 while the most expensive one was NT880 but we managed to get 2 of it at NT1320 (SGD60.50). Approximately 30bucks each and it's one of the most expensive tee that I have gotten for myself. Super guilty after that!

Head back to the MRT after getting 2 random slippers because both our shoes were wet already, sigh.

Passed by Shilin Night Market while walking back to our hotel from Jiantan Station, we got some small food to bring back to our room since the rain wasn't that heavy yet!

Bought another slipper for Zav because the one we got at Wufenpu was too small but it was for emergency!

Bathed before we ate the food we bought from the night market earlier on.


Some BBQ Pork with Spring Onions, meh! A Stick of 七里香 which was quite nice, at NT20 only! Some 卤味 which I didn't enjoyed because it's cold and the person selling was so unfriendly and rude, don't like! Donuts which were quite nice, at NT15 each!

Rested awhile at our room before we head to Shilin Night Market to walk around and we head to the shop where I wanna intro Zav about the Salad Fish Roe!



Lu Rou Fan, NT25 (SGD1.15), still tasted damn good as usual! And YES, got Zav addicted to Lu Rou Fan as well. HEHE! Salad Fish Roe, NT60 (SGD2.75). Slightly disappointing because it was way better previously! Now it's slightly more dry but still not too bad!

Also got the meat roll at NT50 (SGD2.30) to try! Not bad but I didn't really like the taste of it! Abit heavy on the palate!

Still a pretty enjoyable dinner!

Dessert after that was Churro with Soft Serve which I didn't see it on the previous trip! It's NT75 (SGD3.44) if I didn't remember wrongly!


Churro was not bad, very light and crispy but the soft serve was very watery! Would be better if it's creamier but still not bad a try! Yumz!

Went to walk around and crazily bought 7 boxes of Mango Pudding because we had some miscommunication between us and randomly bought 7 boxes for NT500 (SGD22.90)!

Super heavy as well, we thought it wouldn't be! Thus, we have a slight problem of bringing it back to SG.


Decided to pack the 7 boxes into 2 and luckily, it works so not so bad!

Walked around Shilin Night Market and played the street games of shooting balloon etc! NT100 per game and Zav managed to win us a Pink Bunny! Didn't take a picture of it but left it in his room because my house is already damn messy!

Went back to our hotel room probably around 11pm! Bathed and head to bed at around 1am plus!

That marks our day 1 in Taiwan! ^_^

Labels: Dessert, Food, Shopping, Travel