Forgot, calligraphy scrolls are great gifts for some people. My sister loves them. Her place looks like a tea shop. The older people in my family tend to just stick the overtly ‘Chinese’ stuff in a cupboard because it looks out of place in their houses, though.
I will need to make a selection as Gifts, tea, binlang etc. are not the focus.
Souvenirs can be bought in each country, with his own specialities.
Again, i am refering to MUST BUY’s - common things which are probably for self-use vs. giving to another.
I would include some brands of mobile phones like LG , Motorola and Samsung. They are better priced in Taiwan vs. hong Kong as they need to compete with local brands.
Nokia and Sony falls out. They are similar priced as overseas, or even more expensive (FE the N95)
Imported branded clothing like Esprit etc are not cheaper. And no, we do not list Han ten or Baleno neither. We need to stick to international A-brands, comparable in price on the WWW for example.
I see what you mean. Can’t really think of anything; Taipei’s not really a ‘shopping’ town. My i-Pod was definitely cheaper than they are in the UK, though. I think it’s a tax thing.
What to buy while visiting Taiwan? Let me see…
The most important thing I can think of is an airplane ticket out of this place.
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But do they work on 220V ? Guess not. When people need to buy a converter in EU, price mght become equal.
Besides, how many of our foreign Western visititors would carry a rice cooker in their lugage? mmm? :s[/quote]Dunno about 220V, you’d have to check. Worth carrying back? I dunno, depends how much you’re gonna miss your drunken chicken or pork belly I guess.
Have you ever tried cooking rice in a regular saucepan on an electric stove? It’s a nightmare trying to get it right, and getting the pan clean afterwards. If I were moving to Europe for an extended stay, one of those rice cookers would be in the stuff I sent there, no question about it.[/quote]
Actually you can get a 220v version, as they are made for Taiwanese working in China. You may have to change the plug but that is about it.