Taipei Easy GO-Xi Men Ding

Yeah, finally back from Taipei last friday. I almost miss my flight from A/S-KL, it such a terrible experience!!! I wont elaborate here, forget it. I finally arrived there safely, yay..
Before go Taipei, 1 thing that you have to make sure is whether you visit there is for shopping purpose or visit the tourism place. But my 4d3n trip is for shopping trip, so pick to stay at XMD area, keke..
My main purpose is to visit Wu Fen Pu Wholesale market & Shilin Night Market

Once you arrived airport, remember to grab some free maps..Pls do not take those with full of ad brochure, although it may included some map, but not that useful enough. If you go there for free and easy or budget traveler, pls choose the Taipei Metro brochure, i got 1 in English version, and also pick 1 Taipei City Maps with Chinese version.

The place i stayed is Xi Men Ding Area (西门町), which is near to metro station and with thousand of shop lots. Shop open from 11am-12pm
Distance from Tao Yuan Int Airport: 40mins by Taxi
Price: TWB1200 for 3 person, yellow taxi
You may choose other option such as shuttle bus, but it takes longer time to arrive although is cheaper. I don't want to waste time find the shuttle bus service, so prefer take taxi.

Xi Men Ding Walking Street (This is small part only)

At Xi Men Ding, there are many shops such as clothing shop, women accessories, outlet, Starbucks, KFC, McD, Watson, 7/11..........
I do not recommend you buy any clothing here from boutique shop, because it cost more expensive. But for women accessories, such as earrings, bracelet & etc, you can buy it here, but must compare price for few shops, you may found that 1 massage comb selling at TWB50, but at next few shop, same comb just cost TWB25 only, earrings 3 for TWB100, but at another shop just cost TWB25 each set...so must think before you buy.

You can find a lot of restaurants that selling variety choices of food. But if you prefer more traditional local food, you have to walk further, far from the centre. Many small stall selling traditional food at cheaper price.

Restaurant selling food at more higher price, exp: a bowl of XXX noddle at TWB100-160, which is really not cheap. But if you still want to eat some food in more clean, comfy area, but at cheaper price, i recommend you go the underground food court next to the XMD Cinema, they sell set meal at competitive price at TWB99 or TWB100 only, cheap right.

Set meal of Deep fried pork chop and small steamboat, w 1 bowl of white rice, cost TWB99 only. If you'r not a glutton, 2 person can share 1 set meal.

At end of the road side (still is XMD area), there are all food stall and restaurant selling at quite cheap price. Such as..small steamboat restaurant

1 set of steamboat include 1 rice, the cheapest cost TWB70, we ordered 2 diff flavour, the picture shown is chicken drop in the soup (落汤鸡) steamboat @TWB70, and another 1 is vege smelly tofu steamboat @ TWB80.

The palm size bowl, recycle bowl. Besides that, it included free drink too, self-service w unlimited refill!!! 3 of us just ordered 2 sets, total cost TWB150 only!!

Before got Taipei, i always saw Astro HHD channel intro many Taiwan food, there are few must try food such as...

Pearl Milk Tea (珍珠奶茶)

Of course this one Malaysia have too, but still want to give a try...yummy..and also ice kacang..great for summer!!




Mum ordered mix nuts ice @ TWB60, mine one is MJ mix w Yam @TWB35 (close up photo: yellow and white one is 粉圆 made by Yam, taste QQ, nice to chew)
Note that all the ice kacang here is very BIG BOWL!!....2-3 person can share 1 bowl...

More food to go......

Dare to try??

Froggy egg?? It just a kind of lemon drink w Ai Yu （爱玉 & 珍珠)

Mee Sua

Ah Mao is that dog.....

Special Hot Dog

Ok, that's all for XMD area, there a lots more food at outside area, i cant finish shop this area for 2 days!!...too big...

At late night start from 11pm, after all shop closed, there will be more small hawker stall come out the walking street selling local food, and also some clothing, accessories, just like small night market.

Next post i will intro Wu Fen Pu Wholesale Market, LongShan Temple, Taipei 101, Shilin Night Market and some other food.

My BAG Habits..

Bags oh bags...i never found myself so in love w BAGS...
Long time ago, i really don bother to carry what bags, as long as multifunction, comfortable not easy to get dirty and roomy.......until 1 day, my bf WP, asked a question
" Can you pls carry some bag that looks better?"....
i was like..what d ?????...i dont feel anything wrong w my bags lo...
and he said: " At least carry a bag that with more quality.......
I was feeling like lightening strike and heart-attacked...He is complaining about my bags....@.@

and from that time, i started put some attention on looking for nice bags...
and that was the time my first met with my COACH bag....
My very first Coach.....dunno is wat wat gallery tote..name very long

It was one of the popular model w the turnlock pocket at both left and right side (I mean that time). A customer help me purchased from New York when she when there to visit her relative...
This bag is really roomy, and i started love Coach bag quality and their design..
and when you got 1 nice bag, and you will keep on buying more and more....................
at the end, till today, i almost lost count..
Let me intro briefly...from the smallest size i have...

Coin Purse

Small Wristlet

Medium Wristlet (Lurex studded)

Large Wristlet (denim signature)

Capacity Wristlet (Ergo patent leather)

Card case

Mini Signature Passport holder

Dinner clutch (Satin Framed, Amanda Clutch)

Something that plain.....Nylon tote set small and medium

Something colorful
(Op art satin clutch, V-day scarf print top handle pouch, scribble multicolor medium tote)




Something classic (Denim signature top handle pouch, zip around wallet, checkbook wallet)

Actually, i m not a big fan of satchel and carry style bag, cuz too lady style for me...until i found few satchel style bag quite useful too....

Signature satchel & Sateen Satchel

Both of these can use as satchel and wear as shoulder style, the strap longer than top handle pouch. Especially sateen satchel, have 3 divider ( 2 w zipper, 1 magnetic button), and included COACH Charms.

But, for the top handle, i prefer a bit larger size w adjustable strap...
see below..

Legacy signature double pocket w turnlock button

At first, i not so like it..i found it looks like so chor lor...but after that, i quite like the big turnlock pocket...very useful!!..for heavy user like me, and few more Legacy collection....

Legacy capacity wristlet & Legacy XL Lunch Tote

Anyway, I found that i m more prefer leather material bag, because i m quite heavy use on some bag..especially when outstation...only leather bag can last longer use, and leather material don't need special care.. can whipped clean easily, for lazy person like me..haha...the collection i love most is Hamptons Leather

Hamptons Capacity Wristlet, Demi Pouch, Leather Tote w Charms & White Lunch Tote

One of the Carly family: Carly leather carryall tote, actually is beige color..

I still have few more not yet upload, Carly shoulder, Lurex gold lunch tote, Zoe shoulder, op art Riley tote, Hamptons swingpack & Leah tote.......few of these not a my place now.....But...from now on, i will STOP buy any of COACH bag....pok kai already...seriously~
So, someone......satisfied now???YT...i m talking to u...=.=''
P/S: Huh...finally finished uploaded all photo....right hand cacat now...

Just A Moment...

Wow, it has been too long no blogging...feeling that my blog is full of web (i mean spider web)..ahaha
After the Curse of June..(Finally ended!)...July is happy month for me :D..
What makes me happy?
I have met some good friend + good food...ahaha....that is nothing better than that, don't you guys think so?
Met up Anne before her big day (wedding), accompany her to pick the wedding gaun at Guang Yi, after that window shopping at Gurney...it has been N years never step in to Gurney...changed a LOT..and ofcourse the most important is EAT!!!...and we decided to eat at Sakae Sushi after finished pick the wedding gaun.

We both just like a hungry ghost, ordered a lot of foods.. we ordered some 'APPETIZER' such as teriyaki scallop, few plate of sushi-s and my fav chukakurage ..YUMMY

But the dining table is for 2 person, too small, so we have to finished the APPETIZER as fast as possible (actually we too hungry), because we both each ordered a bento lunch set, which need more space to serve both of these set on table.

Anne ordered bento lunch teriyaki chicken and salmon set, set included rice, cawanmushi, teriyaki chicken and salmon, and i ordered the premium bento xxx ( name too long) comes with a rice, a misso soup, deep fried chicken breast served w curry gravy, teriyaki salmon and mayonise SCALLOP!!...It such a huge set...but the price is still affordable, we both FINISHED all of these...really full..because both of us feeling full until want to vomit..so we decided to window shopping at Gurney...and that's y i saw d DKNY white silver tote bag in Parkson, :(

Yan supposed to join us together to pick wedding gaun for Anne, but she need to attend another dinner that time, so missed the dinner. But few days before Anne wed dinner, we met again, she stay overnight at my house. We both really can sleep for very long hour, the next day, woke up at around 12pm...and we decided to find something eat at Queensbay.

I intro her to the T.Bowl restaurant, which is just same level w the cinema. I never try before, just found this restaurant funny with full of toilet bowl deco and toilet related stuff.


And we both also very hungry too, so prefer to order some heavy meal.

We both really cannot survive without rice, especially when REALLY hungry..
Yan ordered a glass of Strawberry Yogurt (something like tat), it taste quite nice, not too sweet, a little bit of sour (which is from the yogurt) and a baked cheese spicy chicken rice served w T.Bowl
Mine one is the sour lemon plum drink...taste really nice, sweet and sour, makes me feel want to eat more food, and a taiwan 3 cups chicken rice (3杯鸡饭), taste nice too, but never try the real 3 cups chicken rice, going to try it next week. And also 1 side order, cheese baked scallop!!...the cheese not taste that heavy, we both like it..
2 meals quite huge size too..price is reasonable, i remember the scallop is cost around -RM9+ , still ok, and friendly waiter, but the most cute is the toilet bowl, haha..they have many size lo..
and after that, we 'lepak' at Queensbay.....cuz still early around 2pm something..
Nothing to do, i want to JUST WINDOW SHOPPING only lo cuz too full le..and then i saw Padini C.S have clearance sales~@.@.....how can i miss that le..Tops cheapest from less than RM10, and sales up to 70%! Econ bad so only can opt for clearance item lo...actually not very big fan too, tout to just go in kepo while......but at the end, i have spent RM100++ there....(+.+)"...

In case to avoid this happen again, so we decided to skip the window shopping, and go DOME to drink coffee.. but still too early for dinner...we both really nothing to do..and decided to watch movie, Ice Age 3 at 7.30pm....but time flies quite fast when we both chit chat kepo stuff...Ice Age 3 is really funny, we both laugh like siao lang....
After movie, then is time for dinner.. Yan like to eat Crab very much, since she is came from far way from Cameron, so i treated her some seafood at Red Bali Restaurant near my house..
From top to bottom is cereal prawn, stir fried scallop w XO sauce n brocolli, and lastly is Stir fried Kim Hiong Crab...just 2 of us finished all these 3...and it is huge portion..so we skip to eat rice...i like the scallop, it taste spicy one le..Yummy..

Finally, Anne big day...

From left, HJ from Ayer Tawar, Chi Zhen from Bagan Serai, Me from Perlis, Yan from Cameron...

Although the whole wedding is tiring (traditional style).....@.@
it is rarely to have few friend (really close friend) met together, although it just short moment, but we all did enjoyed the happy moment :)