One step up… At least they call me right after it is delivered.
The best part was the salad. I ordered some salad stuff from Carrefour which is supposed to arrived tomorrow.
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I’m most curious about whether or not you can have friends drop care packages for you. That’s a major lifeline.
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I think it depends on the hotel. I’ve booked a hotel for early September and they allow deliveries from Friends or family or Uber eats,etc …but said its a 50 NT charge each time.
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I did order from pchome and the hotel delivered with dinner.
I bet they will allow it.
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My partner recently stayed in one of the government hotels for people coming from high risk countries, and she was quite impressed with the quality of food she got. Deliveries were allowed from places like 7-eleven. I’ll be following in the next month hopefully. I’m sure everyone will be fine, two weeks of that is nothing.
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It is now officially airplane food. Last night, I received some lukewarm soggy chicken and waffles.
They did let me receive a package from Carrefour. I bought some fresh vegetable for salads and soup although the hotel called to be sure I really wanted the vegetables. This morning’s hotel breakfast was gross (cold spaghetti, vegetable and and an egg fried into oblivion) so I made a vegetable miso soup in a noodle pot. Best thing I’ve eaten so far.
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I sure liked the look of that salad (with proper cutlery!) you posted.
I hope you enjoy your Sunday!
Guy
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Thanks! It’s too bad we can’t select our meals. They have an option to have a la carte but it’s 1000nt more.
They do ask if you have any food allergies. I should have said that I’m allergic to greasy sugary lukewarm food. 
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That a la carte surcharge is harsh! I guess they are trying to cut food waste? At minimum they should give you some kind of choice.
Guy
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My hotel allows it. We had a few packages waiting for us when we arrived, and will get another delivery tomorrow. They’ve also been good with UberEats, getting it to us pretty quickly after it arrives.
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That’s good news. I don’t usually eat large 3 meals which is probably why I’m not liking the food. I usually eat a salad for one meal. I also love to cook which makes me a picky customer. Last night’s chicken and waffles was so bad, I had the urge to go teach them how to cook it which would land me in a bit of trouble especially now. Having the fresh vegetables sent in from Carrefour is a blessing.
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I wonder if, by the time I return from the US, the US will be so riddled by Delta that I’ll be able to stay in a quarantine hotel for free.
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So, note to self: Make sure you can get your own food delivered (FoodPanda, UberEats and maybe even Costco online orders delivered). Bring your own multi cooker or instant pot, since I don’t think I’ve ever seen a microwave in a Taiwanese hotel room. Probably worth it to buy one before the trip back and maybe even to pay for overweight/sized luggage. Skip the hotel-offered, properly overpriced crap that they are calling “food”. Oh, and bring your own flatware set, because then you can feel fancy even if you’re at in an NT1000/night, 4 ping closet.
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Maybe? Or maybe we’ll realize that we are going to have to live with it just like the flu? Yearly Covid shots? I heard some folks were re-routing through a high risk country to avoid paying. I find the idea of being sent somewhere without any choice to be scary. Isn’t that called incarceration?
A friend of mine is coming back from the US next week. She’s from Tainan and the government helped her find an AirBnB for her and the two kids. It sounds like the government there is very helpful.
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So is home quarantine still allowed in some cities? I thought they banned it? 
It isn’t home quarantine. It’s an Airbnb that is approved by the government in Tainan. Home quarantine is banned.
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Oh, that’s a thing? Can those AirBnbs be booked directly over the website? Or is it only legal when booking through the government?
She said the government helped her book it.
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That is my exact fear for my return flight in early October.
USA is already at 80+% of new cases from Delta virus.
So logically, USA should already be considered “high risk” by Taiwan’s CECC. Its probably only kept off the high-risk list for political reasons.
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I wish I set up my home as an Airbnb.
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