1. Visit a Drugstore/Pharmacy A “drugstore”, which is the equivalent of what we know as Watson or Guardian in Singapore. However, a drugstore in Taiwan is much like those in Japan, selling a wide range of beauty products. If you’re too lazy to lug your toiletries overseas, or have simply forgotten to bring any, I’m … Read more
Ximending has increasingly become more and more tourist-y as the years go by. Even as many of the stores here have changed hands, many of the local cafes here selling local Taiwanese food have been resisting the changes, dishing out the same old awesome food we’ve become used to. 365 小吃店 This is one of our … Read more
Big Juicy Goose (阿秋大肥鵝), as the restaurant name implies, serves up delicious goose as their signature dish. We were looking around for a restaurant near Mulan Motel to have my birthday dinner, and this one kind of came up during our search. After checking in at Mulan Motel, we proceed to gorge ourselves silly just … Read more
The Kek Lok Si Temple (极乐寺;), meaning “Temple of Supreme Bliss”, is a Buddhist temple situated in Air Itam in Penang and is the largest Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia. Kek Lok Si Temple was one of the places that was recommended to us by our driver. Getting there was a tough, tough journey. First, we had to endure a long ride in our car, which … Read more
Looking for a place to drink? Along Upper Penang Road is a selection of cafes (including Who’s Bryan), pubs and clubs located at a row of fully restored shophouses. Glancing down from our hotel block at Eastern & Oriental Hotel, we get a good view of the shophouses during daytime. Nothing much is open during … Read more