Tag Archives: taiwan

taipei is chinese for “night market”

i have one more vietnam post in the works, but let’s take a quick break to see what else i was up to in the time i was gone from shanghai. after saigon, i spent some time in taipei for … Continue reading

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back into the rabbit hole

after leaving vietnam and stopping through hong kong, i’m now in taipei, taiwan. unfortunately, this doesn’t bode well for my vacation, since now i’ve been dropped right back into one of the busiest months of work of the year, with … Continue reading

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packing

so i’m going on a trip. it’s a long trip. well, not that long, but my longest trip in a few years. it’s about 2 weeks. 1 week will be vacation. 1 week will be work. it’s continuous, so i … Continue reading

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more food from taipei

yong he da wang – or yong he “big king” is a chain of chinese fast food restaurants here in china. they’re actually owned and operated by jollibee. the food there is okay, they have an okay set of noodles … Continue reading

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ille formosa

i used to never like taiwan. granted, i had never been before, but growing up in cantonese los angeles, i didn’t like hearing the sound of mandarin spoken and a taiwanese restaurant in monterey park accounted for one of the … Continue reading

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tomorrow and the next day

check you later shanghai. i’m 852 and 886 bound.     two of my favorite cities in asia. aside from the work, i see a lot of eating . . . and eating in my immediate future. will try to … Continue reading

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