[Taiwan] Taichung trip 2022

This is the continuation of our central Taiwan trip in early May. After we left Chiayi, we drove to Taichung where we stayed for a few more days. We checked in at Gogo Hotel. We didn’t have a good first impression though because when we entered the lobby, we were welcomed by 3 dead cockroaches!...

[Taiwan] Chiayi trip 2022

Last May, we spent a week in central Taiwan (Chiayi and Taichung) because T had company travel vouchers that were about to expire. We spent most of the time eating, chilling in the hotel, and working remotely! I'll be sharing the Chiayi leg of our trip in this post, and the Taichung part in a...

[Taiwan] Yilan trip 2022

It's been a while but we took a short road trip to Yilan back in April to re-energize, and I'm just writing about it now. First stop: beef and lamb noodles at 大成羊排麵. We liked the lamb way more than the beef! After having lunch, we looked for a nearby coffee shop to work. We...

Anniversary celebration at Wulai

We planned a trip to Wulai to celebrate our anniversary. A couple of days before our trip, we checked the weather forecast and saw that there was a chance that it was going to rain that weekend. Unfortunately, it really rained that weekend but we couldn't cancel our reservation, so we decided to still push...

Kaohsiung trip for Mid-Autumn Festival

Last month, we had a long weekend due to the Mid-Autumn Festival and we decided to go to Kaohsiung to be with T's family. T's brother recently bought a secondhand car so he picked us up and the 3 of us drove down to the south. As per tradition whenever we go back, we ordered...

[Taiwan] Day trip in Yilan – High ropes and obstacle course, cycling, and food tripping

A couple of weeks ago, T's colleague found a high ropes and obstacle course in Yilan and invited us to check it out with him and his girlfriend. We hadn't met his girlfriend yet and he wanted to take the opportunity to introduce us. High ropes and obstacle course 宜蘭伐木星空 The course consists of 7...

(Taipei Eats) Industria, Yun-Chen Italian Restaurant, Bald Fatty Bistro, Gloria Prince Hotel, Brother Hotel

Industria Weeks ago, T found this American restaurant in Shulin dist. called Industria and we decided to check it out for dinner.  Good thing we got there before they stopped accepting orders so we were able to eat a burger and pasta. Nothing much to say about them though. Yun-Chen Italian Restaurant (洋城義大利麵) Had lunch...

[Banqiao Eats] Foliage Cafe, One & Together (在一起), Top One Pot (這一鍋)

Foliage Cafe This restaurant has been on my list for quite some time now, so we finally decided to check it out. They are known to have Southeast Asian offerings such as Penang Curry Laksa Noodles 檳城咖哩叻沙麵 and Thai Green Curry Chicken Rice 泰式綠咖哩雞, which we both tried. We also ordered the original waffles. Well,...

[Taiwan hiking diaries] Bihu trail 碧湖步道, Liyu Mountain trail 鯉魚山步道, Japanese food at 金泰日本料理, dessert at Patisserie Iching 一晴甜點

If you’ve been following the news, you’d have read that there’s a spike of local cases in Taiwan.  We did this hike weeks back when there weren’t a ton of local cases yet and we were still free to go out hiking.  The last time that we went hiking with T’s colleagues was in February...

[Taiwan hiking diaries] Qinglong Ridge 青龍嶺 and Mt. Dadong trail 大棟山步道

We added another mountain to our hike list - Qinglong Ridge 青龍嶺 and Mt. Dadong trail 大棟山步道 in Shulin! Granted, we didn’t walk the entire route because we didn't know that we had already drove past the starting point. Oops! That's something we can do next time. Before we went to Shulin for our hike,...