For me:
Chinese Chinese food
Canadian Chinese food
Taiwanese Chinese food
In that order. I can understand how people who grew up eating the food here are partial to it, because they grew up eating it. Every once in a while, I get a craving for Canadian Chinese food because that’s something I ate growing up.
Similar, but the closest ones in the last places I lived in Canada were both better than every biandang place I’ve been here. But similar, yes
You can get a whole roll at Showba
If you come down to K-town, try Conway’s
Beer
Glad to see it isn’t just me. Funny how so many threads become a eulogy to decent food. Must be some truth to it!
I love antiques, I love having a bit of history in my house. Like in England, I have a deactivated revolver from the Old West, and I love the thought that once a cowboy may have been walking around places like Tombstone and Dodge with the gun–did he ever get in a shootout with it? What stories was the gun a part of.
I would love a good cajun restaurant, or a southern (non-chicken restaurant) in Taipei. Taiwan is also missing a good Scottish restaurant. I want some haggis, neeps and tatties.
Oh, and a big waterpark. Formosa Fun Coast was shut after that horrible fire, and I remember that being pretty good. I don’t think there is an equivalent, I think there is one near Leofoo Village?
But none within a quick MRT/Bus/Taxi ride from Taipei itself.
lol, it would be a bit of a niche market, admittedly. I have a fondness for haggis, would love a good Scottish restaurant to open. Or, somewhere like Brass Monkey to add it.
In all honesty I love antiques, same reason as yourself, the history, made from natural aged wood hand crafted.
Though I think laser guided machines would do a better job.
Roof timbers and furniture was made from old ship timbers. Up cycled in 1800’s.
Guns I had 1942 Luger and de commissioned hand grenade, I sold.
Taiwan likes a little sugar in everything. Not all the sugar in a few things. thus all fried food has sugar in the powders. not deep fried sugar bars. jeesh!
And yet, here we are discussing them, essentially marketing them for free. genius move as they still sell their normal slop and the weird stuff gets likes and views. it has become a more commontrend in the marketing click bait type society we live in now. kinda sad, but for sure effective.
I had 1942 Luger and de commissioned hand grenade, I sold.