"Oriental with a touch of Japan Culture" Taipei Shih by gpang77

On the 6th of August, I arrived in Taipei at 1.30pm after a 4 hours flight from Singapore. Got a ride from company limousine to office. Started the day meeting up with my friendly colleague. Their smiles and their sweet tone make you feel welcome to their country as well as to their work place. They bought me snacks which consist of "O luoi (Oyster) Mee Sua" & "mix fish cake in sweet sauce" , after noticing that I have not taken my lunch.

Check-in into Sherwood hotel in the late evening, after my work. Sherwood hotel is a grand hotel (5-star). The hotel has a victoria decor which makes the place looks elegant & stylish. The room is big and it has all the necessary toiletry. The only problem with this hotel is that it is not convinient to any of the famous night markets or street stalls. Surrounding the hotel are steaks houses, pose sushi restaurent and branded coffee joints. My wife, who joined me in the evening, did ventured around the around and found some food stalls in some streets across the road from the hotel. However, despite the inconvinience in getting cheap food around the hotel, the location of the hotel allows one to travel by Taxi to nearby Night market like Shihlin & Raohe St with ease. By taxi, it should cost you not more then NT$140 (SG$7).

During my 3 days stay in Sherwood, we have visit the shihlin Night market and Raohe Street Night market. Though in most forum we have noticed people making different trips to different night market every night, I felt that visiting a single night market should be sufficient. The Shihlin Night Market is one of the night market that is worth visiting. I personally felt that you should spend more then a day venturing around the shihlin Night Market. Personally, me and my wife went to the Night market on 2 separate occasions.

During the day, while I am working in taipei, my wife went to visit the Taipei Fine Arts Museum. From the report I gotten from my wife, the display in the museum has some fine works. For those who is interested in arts and design, you should be making a trip to the museum. The museum is located on Zhongshan North Rd Sec 3, and it is a short walk from Yuanshan MRT station. In the afternoon my wife visited the vicinity of Taipei 101 & City Hall. However, due to the high cost of merchandise in the area, my wife did not enjoy shopping in that area. In the evening she visited Wu fen pu which have a range of clothing at wholesale price. As there are many shops in that area, it is recommended to spend 2 hours or more in this area (for those who enjoy shopping). After shopping at Wu fen Pu, my wife met up with me at Songshan Railway Station, which is near Wu Fen Pu. We cross the overhead bridge across the SongShan railway line to Roahe Street Night Market. We were not very impress by Roahe night market as compared to Shihlin night market, despite the wide array of food offering at the night market. Probably, as what most people say - Shihlin Market is the best of all Night Market. To my opinion, Shihlin Market is the best, due to the wide array of food stalls as well as cheap and interesting merchandise (mix of both legal shops & illegal peddlers). I didn't know that sheet peddlers are illegal, until I witness all peddlers running off with their stalls at different directions..

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