COVID 19 @ Taipei

SQ stewardess & passengers in mask

100% mask at concert venue

Temperature checks at restaurants, shops & concert venue

Hand sanitiser everywhere ...

Jap restaurant

Star Bucks

Burger King

Airport

Empty airport

Taipei driver contact

Taxi driver (Feb 2020):
- took cab from AAD to hotel, then to Taoyuan airport express MRT station
- recommended pineapple tart along the way which we dropped by for a quick look and he stopped metre
- offered to bring us to Taoyuan airport for TWD1,000 for AAD to hotel to airport, which we declined and he wasn't pushy.  Paid TWD 200 for our trip

Taoyuan airport drop off or pick up - TWD 1,000

Taoyuan airport MRT express - TWD 150 one way

Drivers contacted for Dec 2017 trip:

Name:Tw Driver Kevin 方正国

Mobile:+886 985 288 478

This is the quiet driver that we used in 2017

Name:Tw Driver 杨阿凯 Hokkien

Mobile:+886 981 365 909

Friend used Kevin & this more talkative driver for their trip in 2016

Name:Tw Driver Charlie Du

Home:+886 972 383 138

Name:Tw Driver Eison Liu

Home:+886 938 232 220

Name:Tw Driver Joe Kang

Mobile:+886 935 555 153

Name:Tw Driver Kevin

Home:+886 988 205 513

Name:Tw Driver Peter Lee

Home:+886 981 036 937

Name:Tw Driver Simon

Home:+886 986 712 971

Name:Tw Driver 刘锦钟

Home:+886 927 888 032

Taiwan Pineapple Tart 台湾冠军土凤梨酥名产店

台湾冠军 土凤梨酥 名产店
台北市 建国北路 2段 262号

Tel: +886 - 2 - 2518 0223

Note
- Recommended by taxi driver who claims that ex-President Mah Ying Jiu ordered from the shop as gifts for dignitaries


凤荔酥 （凤梨 + 荔枝）- TWD 440 (2 boxes of 8 pcs for TWD 800)
pineapple + lychee tart - S$20  (2 boxes of 8 pcs for S$36)

Sushi Bar (standing) - Aquatic Addiction Development 上引水产 @ Taipei

Aquatic Addiction Development 上引水产
台北市 民族东路 410巷 2 弄 18号
No. 18, Alley 2, Lane 410
Minzu Road
Zhongshan District
Taipei

Open daily 11am to midnight
http://addiction.com.tw

Note
- This is the standing area with no reservation
- Reasonable pricing, e.g. grilled cod fish (TWD 250 / S$10), tamago / salmon / mackerel sushi (TWD 30 / S$1.50), scallop / shrimp sushi (TWD 50 / S$2.50)
- 1 set, 1 cod fish, 5 sushi, 2 tea for 2 pax @ TWD 1194 / S$60

- Fruit wholesaler opposite AAD is closed on Monday

Sushi Bar - Standing Area

TWD 580 / S$30 set

- soup + salad + 7 pc sushi + grilled fish

Set - soup

Set - salad

Set - 7 pc sushi

Set - grilled sea bream

Alacarte order

Sushi Bar (Standing area) menu

Menus from other areas

Lao Wang Hotpot 捞王火锅 @ Taipei

Lao Wang Hotpot 捞王火锅

台北市 信义区 松寿路 12号 （9楼）
9th floor, ATT 4 Fun
12 Songshou Road
Xinyi District
Taipei

Tel: +886 - 2 - 7737 0773

Open daily 11am to midnight

Note
- Went with no reservation at 6.30pm on Sunday, waited an hour for a table and left after 2 hour dinner at 9.30pm
- Famous for its peppery pig stomach soup but was flavour only for 1st bowl, after which was diluted with added "stock" and pig stomach was not sufficiently tender
- Constant soup top up
- Vegetable was limpy and wasnt washed clean.  Got a refund after feedback and was given an extra  free portion of vegetable
- Double soup base with mushroom + beef + pork + fish + beef ball + pork dumpling + veg @ about S$50 per pax 

鸳鸯锅 / 2 soup base - mushroom soup (mushroom not yet added) and pepper pig stomach - TWD 600 / S$30

鸳鸯锅 / soup base - mushroom soup (with mushroom added) and pepper pig stomach - TWD 600 / S$30

mushroom for the mushroom soup base

US Chuck boneless short rib 250g - TWD 580 / S$29

Iberico pork 100g - TWD 240 / S$12

Seabass fillet TWD 250 / S$10

Bottle gourd with cabbage in ground pork dumpling TWD 130 / S$6

Water chestnut with garlick chive in meatball (beef) - 3 pcs - TWD 140 / S$7

Vegetable - TWD 90 / S$4.5

文房 The Chapter @ Taipei

The Chapter 文房
台北市 中正区 临沂街 27巷 1号

No. 1, Lane 27 Linyi Street
Zhongzheng District
Taiwan

Entry by appointment only on:

- https://www.chapter.com.tw/#chapter4

- 3 slots (10am, 1pm and 3pm)

Note
- House with japanese architecture that was restored by the government and listed as heritage building in 2007
- A single storey small house which took less than 5 minutes to tour
- Visitors are free to find a seat anywhere in the house without going on the guided tour
- Stayed for an hour sitting on couch and enjoying the ambience, while waiting for rain to stop :)
- Tea and snack are usually served but was suspended due to COVID-19