🌆 Taipei City - Places to Visit

[tempogain]

Fengda coffee shop. They’re “almond cakes” somewhat similar in style to those popular mung bean cakes, if you know what I mean.

[TT]

@tempogain

if you know what I mean

[Dr_Milker]

@tempogain

Fengda coffee shop

Not really a fan of their coffee, but I like the almond cookies…more light and crunchy than most. Also worth going for the retro atmosphere.

[afterspivak]

So there is no confusion for the casual visitor, we are discussing the inimitable Fong Da Coffee (蜂大咖啡), old school coffee syphon style, steps from Ximen MRT Station.

Is there a better people watching spot in Taipei than this?

Guy

[Marco]

@afterspivak

So there is no confusion for the casual visitor, we are discussing the inimitable Fong Da Coffee (蜂大咖啡), old school coffee syphon style, steps from Ximen MRT Station.

Ximen…

Ximen is in Wanhua.

Hot Coffee in Wanhua…

[TT]

@afterspivak

So there is no confusion for the casual visitor

@Marco

Wanhua

@tempogain

“almond cakes”

I know exactly what those quotation marks mean

not really a cake, but still an almond-based pastry, goes well with coffee

[tempogain]

@Dr_Milker

Not really a fan of their coffee

No? What’s not to like? Just curious.

@Dr_Milker

I like the almond cookies…more light and crunchy than most.

@Dr_Milker

Also worth going for the retro atmosphere.

Yeah, that’s the main thing.

[afterspivak]

@tempogain

What’s not to like?

Old school dark roasts. Fong Da coffee is rocket fuel!

Guy

[Dr_Milker]

@tempogain

No? What’s not to like? Just curious.

All their roasts just seem a little off to me. I feel like they don’t bring out the full flavors of the beans.

[afterspivak]

It’s about as far removed from hipster third wave shops as you can get.

Except perhaps travelling to Tienmu to find an old stale container of Maxwell House instant coffee.

Guy

[OrangeOrganics]

I bought some beans there once for home, and they were a bit stale. Corroborating @Dr_Milker position.

But the shop is nice and its a cool retro-experience

[Dr_Milker]

@afterspivak

It’s about as far removed from hipster third wave shops as you can get.

Oh god…tell me I’m not turning into a coffee snob.

[afterspivak]

Nah you just know what you like! Nothing wrong with that. That’s a plus.

Just don’t get in between me and my Fong Da!

Guy

[OrangeOrganics]

https://wikitravel.org/en/Taipei Someone needs to update the Wikitravel for Taipei, its very TEALIT.

For example, it recommends the Core Pacific Mall as the biggest shopping center in Asia.

[TT]

I figured y’all would be a better choice for crowd sourced info than some cheap wiki!

[afterspivak]

@OrangeOrganics

it recommends the Core Pacific Mall as the biggest shopping center in Asia

Whoops.

Bye Bye Living Mall

Living Mall (aka Core Pacific City Mall) on Bade Road in Taipei City has closed. This ambitious project from the early 2000s was open 24/7 in its early days and boasted twelve stories above ground and eight stories below. The mall was apparently hemorrhaging money toward the end. Source: http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aeco/201911280014.aspx It was never a place that caught my attention. Will it be missed by other forumosans? Guy

Guy

[OrangeOrganics]

It also recommends Carnegies as a good place to go for Indian food in Taipei.

Can give a top Taipei insiders tip to @TT : It isnt

[afterspivak]

If you’re flush with cash, Joseph’s Bistro is my call.

If not, lots of other excellent options out there now: Balle Balle, Moksha, and so on.

Guy

[OrangeOrganics]

Yeah, every single recommendation on there is now outdated. Restaurants, bars, hotels etc. A good reminder of how much better the city has got in terms of options in the last decade though

[OrangeOrganics]

Is this from a guidebook for GI’s in the 70’s?