Hello,
I have just come here a couple of weeks ago and have already met some nice people. I may be dating with Taiwanese in the near future.
I am wondering if there are some unique and interesting places that I could take them to.
Obviously they are locals and I am not. Hanging out at night markets is fine but they might be bored of it.
I guess they have also done all the routine things like the Miramar ferris wheel, go up elephant mountain, dashui etc etc.
So, I guess I am asking if there are any places that they might not know? has anyone discovered any places maybe even foreign that locals probably wouldnt have been.
I am just thinking if it was reversed, I would appreciate being taken somewhere new and exciting. Restaurants, bars, bowling, outdoor activities, etc.
Any places to go dating would be great! Thank you!!
Don’t worry, dating with a foreigner will make all the regular places seem like “somewhere new and exciting”.
I’ve found that even though they live here, they haven’t been to a lot of the regular places. Kind of like when you live someplace, you don’t always go see everything, because you know it’s there and you’ll see it someday.
[quote=“tango42”]Don’t worry, dating with a foreigner will make all the regular places seem like “somewhere new and exciting”.
I’ve found that even though they live here, they haven’t been to a lot of the regular places. Kind of like when you live someplace, you don’t always go see everything, because you know it’s there and you’ll see it someday.[/quote]
This ^^^, plus Danshui and a ferry trip over to Bali. A lot of Taiwanese I know have rarely been there.
It depends on where you’re from but here’s my American perspective: it’s exceedingly hard to be romantic and entirely uncreepy in Taiwan (unless you have loads of cash and can do super nice restaurants each date).
For Taipei, choose any two out of three: easy-to-get-to, non-threatening, private. Your best bet is to forget about privacy, because here that means basically a hotel room or your apartment. Anywhere you go, you’ll have to be shoulder-to-shoulder with a thousand other people which can kind of kill the mood. Taking an MRT ride to a date is also not the most romantic thing, but your options are limited.
The easiest thing to do is dinner at a unique restaurant; Taiwanese people love to eat. Movies also work, but a lot of Taiwanese girls would be a bit hesitant to go to a movie alone with a guy. (My now-wife’s high school classmate, cousin, sister, and brother-in-law came along on our first date!)
If the weather is decent, you could consider a stroll around Maokong, with a stop in one of the tea houses. If the weather is clear, and if you head out in the late afternoon, you’ll get the wonderful daylight-to-twilight transition. It’s a lovely place to walk and talk.
[quote=“afterspivak”]If the weather is decent, you could consider a stroll around Maokong, with a stop in one of the tea houses. If the weather is clear, and if you head out in the late afternoon, you’ll get the wonderful daylight-to-twilight transition. It’s a lovely place to walk and talk.
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But the combined 90 minutes or so of travel both ways is really awkward if you don’t hit it off. And a lot of girls are nervous about heading up to the mountains alone with a guy they don’t know well. Maokong is a great option if you’re in a small group of friends, though.
Thanks for the responses. I was thinking some kinds of Western restaurants like European/South American etc style, maybe bowling alley.
I thought about Maokong… I might put out the feelers to see if she has been there before.
We are going to an afternoon tea buffet tomorrow in Zhongxiao Dunhua area…
Is MTV like kTV? Karaoke?
Update on the weekend- we went to an afternoon tea cake buffet in East Area called Cherry Cherry Cobo. She loved it, for me it was ok but not great.
Afterwards I joined her window shopping for a bit in SOGO and chat.
You were right- hadn’t been up Elephant Mountain, so we went up there for sunset!
We went back to ximen and I was actuallty still full from the afternoon tea cakes and spaghetti etc, but had a small dinner and went into an arcade and played some air hockey.
I found a cool looking Shisha bar in ximen I might take to next time… but you are right, there is talk of several friends joining us already… haha… I might be too borng for one on one dating!
My favorite first (or second) date option was always the public graveyard off of Heping E. Rd. Works like a charm! Like going to a scary movie, but for real. You kind of need your own transportation though.
bars: inhouse, wu bar (the W hotel), cube (meridien hotel), barcode, stream bar (ATT)
restaurants: very thai, bellini, mitsui, …
On succesfull dates you may suggest to go to the motel. Theres a ton of very nice love motels (Just ask the taxi driver they know), which is something most of the locals also enjoy doing. If you go to one of the high end ones, theres themed rooms, jacuzi, steambath.
The M of MTV stands for movie. The concept is pretty nice if you are too shy or worry she might “think too much” if you ask her to go to your place.
For a few hundred NT$, you can select a DVD with 2 drinks, you will then get your own movie room with a huge sofa (more like a bed ^^) and a big screen.
There is a big MTV chain called U2. You can google it to get their info.
I’ve had lots of success in that place and things often get very very naughty
What? I thought this was my exclusive secret. I’ve taken many up the graveyard road on first date. I tell them I can show them the best view of Taipei 101 building and then drive up there. Sometimes stop above the basketball court, sometimes all the way up to a nice view above the graves. Freaks them out sometimes, but they never forget, and always turned out good later
The M of MTV stands for movie. The concept is pretty nice if you are too shy or worry she might “think too much” if you ask her to go to your place.
For a few hundred NT$, you can select a DVD with 2 drinks, you will then get your own movie room with a huge sofa (more like a bed ^^) and a big screen.
There is a big MTV chain called U2. You can google it to get their info.
I’ve had lots of success in that place and things often get very very naughty :p[/quote]
I’d be careful with this advice. I’m long out of the dating game, but I’ve always had the impression that asking a Taiwanese girl to go to an MTV with you is pretty much the same as asking her to go to a three-hour hotel with you. Sure, there may be a time for that, but a second or third date is probably not that time.
The M of MTV stands for movie. The concept is pretty nice if you are too shy or worry she might “think too much” if you ask her to go to your place.
For a few hundred NT$, you can select a DVD with 2 drinks, you will then get your own movie room with a huge sofa (more like a bed ^^) and a big screen.
There is a big MTV chain called U2. You can google it to get their info.
I’ve had lots of success in that place and things often get very very naughty :p[/quote]
I’d be careful with this advice. I’m long out of the dating game, but I’ve always had the impression that asking a Taiwanese girl to go to an MTV with you is pretty much the same as asking her to go to a three-hour hotel with you. Sure, there may be a time for that, but a second or third date is probably not that time.[/quote]
Don’t think too much! It’s just watching a movie ehehehehe
Myriad places. Wonderful cafes such as in Zhongshan Hall (sip coffee on the terrace CKS used to give speeches on), the former mayors residence, Luguo’s on Dihua St, and so on.
Go for a walk on the Fairy Footprint ridge to see the sunset.
Rent bikes and ride along the riverpaths.
Or get off a hongshulin mrt and walk through the mangroves to tamsui.
Visit one of Taipei’s smaller museums such as the Miniature Museum, Soho Paper Museum ir Land Bank Museum.
