Day 9 Taiwan - Country with love and food

I'll be back

The last day at Taipei, and is rainy. Finish packing, and is time to say good bye.

Rainy 

Before we leaving to the airport, we always wanted to try the Taiwan's origin, the best franchise restaurant in the world. Ding Tai Fung(鼎泰丰).

Xiao Long Bao (小笼包)

Their signature dish, Xiao long Bao. 10 piece for NTD 100. Pretty good deal, and it taste superb. Be careful thou, as when you take a bite, the meat juice inside will burst and might burnt your tongue. I did.

Vegetarian Bun - Chai Bao(菜包)

Fried rice 

Tan tan noodles - 担担面

Beautiful cooked Ramen served with minced pork sauce.

Pork Chop w/ Omelet rice - 猪排饭

Eight Precious Pudding - 八宝饭

Cloth to cover our bags, and jackets

Satisfying breakfast, but is still very early and our flight is at night. We decided to park our luggage in a locker on the main station of Taipei then walk to Taipei 101 tower and have a look.

Taipei 101 - Fog

We unable to witness the majestic of Taipei 101 due to heavy rain and fog.

Rental bike

Taipei 101 and its shopping mall

Beneath the tower, there's a huge shopping mall. Just like KLCC

Entrance

Wall of fame to those help in building Taipei 101

Wall of Fame

Time for lunch!

Food court

Even is the food court food, the food here is delicious and not that pricey surprisingly.

Food

While we on the street, we encounter a pack of protestors marching on the main street of the Government Office.

I think the protest is about the transparency of the government and the high tax of the country.

Random Art

About 4pm, we took a bus and back to Tao Yuan international airport.

Taipei, Always more Delights

At the airport, we found this lovely booth. Hello Kitty theme Eva Air. I wanted to ride one!

Kawaii!~

As usual, before we leave, final round of Taiwan's delicious!

NTD 100 - Deep Fried Pork Chop Udon on a Sizzling Plate

These huge portion of food, only cost NTD 100, and it is so good!

NTD 100 - Deep Fried Shrimp with rice along with mushroom on a Sizzling Plate

Time to check in.

Long que before 3 hours of the flight - just to check in

The long que of the check in counter, luckily we arrive early!

Immigration 

This is it, is time for us to leave. Wonderful trip I say.
Good bye to food, good bye to pretty ladies, good bye to the warmth hospitality and good bye Taiwan!

Day 8 Taiwan - Tea

Johnny Rockets @ The Curve, Mutiara Damansara

Milk Shake at it's finest

A hamburger restaurant featuring retro style American diner - Johnny Rockets finally arrives on its first branch @ The Curve, Mutiara Damansara. Checker board floor design, with overall white and red definitely eye catchy and appetising. The branch in The Curve is large enough to fit in round 40-50 tables, and despite that we are still having trouble getting a table because it is usually crowded with hungry customers. Especially on weekends, I have to wait approximately 30 minutes for me to get a table for four.

Picture by HungryGoWhere

I was being told their milk shake are the best there is, so I order one. I'm not quite a sweet tooth person, but man this milk shake is so good. Creamy, smooth, milky and the vanilla flavour just exploded in your mouth with a chilly touch. However, is still too sweet for my taste.

[TIPS] : Because the milk shake is too sweet for me, I have to suffer the sweetness in my throat till I found 7-Eleven to buy a bottle of water to rinse my throat because they DO NOT serve plain water. Yes, they only sell mineral water on a ridiculous price of Rm5 per bottle. So BRING YOUR OWN WATER.

Vanilla Milk Shake - Classic - Rm14.90

The Original Hamburger as their slogan said, why would you choose other than 'The Original' burger from their menu.

'The Original'

Juicy beef patties with fresh lettuce, pickles, onion and cheese dressed

Randaevoo @ Ativo Plaza, Bandar Sri Damansara

Rendezvous on Randaevoo

Pretty cleaver name for this Cafe because Rendezvous in French means to meet up, and this cafe are inviting customers to meet up in their Cafe.
Locating in the newest area - Ativo Plaza, Bandar Sri Damansara, a morden complex with similar design as Jaya One and Sunway Giza, this classy cafe is not far away from One Utama.

Picture by Eat Drink KL

At the first look of the design itself, it reassemble Plan B by the B.I.G group. With black bars, covered with glass and yellow lightning, giving it a contemporary look but somewhat boring as the newer cafe are abusing these style of front design now a days.

Napkin by Rondaevoo

The main selling point of Rondaevoo is their Fresh, Nutritious, & Organic food and coffee.