Taipei – KellyL's world

Our first stop upon arrival, a less than 10-minute walk from our hotel.

Truffles Aroma

Come Buy Tea, Eslite Spectrum Songyan Store

Musikafee, Eslite Spectrum Songyan Store

Sugar Pea Café
Serves wholesome meals

Very Good Café

Awake til sleep

Visited this interesting local café + bar on our last night which was 5 mins by foot from the hotel. Thought we would just grab a coffee before returning to hotel after a hotpot dinner & some window shopping. Did not expect ourselves to stay for a good 3 hours, each of us downed a liquer coffee, a latte (owner’s treat) & a cocktail, and only left after midnight.

With our newly made friend, Roy, the barista/owner.
Hope we will be able to meet him again soon, be it in Taipei or in Singapore.

Our team trip to Taipei in April and this year, hubz joined me 😃

First night was dinner with the team. More than 250 of us had dinner at a local buffet restaurant – Hi-Lai Harbour Tianmu. This year’s was not that good as the time spent in travelling from hotel to the restaurant including a 45-minute traffic congestion, in seven coaches, was not worthwhile.

Meanwhile, hubz explored the area nearby and had his favourite beef noodle.

Besides the team dinner on first night, it was a free and easy 3D3N. Every morning after meeting some colleagues for breakfast, we would set out separately.

Visited a few cafés, did a bit of shopping and indulged in some street food at Ximending.

Found my favourite tea brand in a supermarket

Had early dinner at a Japanese restaurant in Uni-UStyle – Hataka Tempura Yamani (博多天麩羅山海).

Free flow Mentaiko was a draw attraction to many (I am not a fan though)

Chose this Japanese restaurant because it was just 5-minute walk to a brewery where we wanted to have some post-dinner beers. We had their Dark Lager (which uses Bavarian chocolate malt from Germany containing caramel and chocolate flavors) during our last trip in Nov 2016 and so missed it. And it was cheap too – SGD5.20 a pint during their HH which was a 1-for-1 promotion!

The night did not just end there. Were being “summoned” to gather after we were back at hotel. So after freshening up, we met the ladies at the hotel’s lounge for some back-to-school card games 😄