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January 15, 2017

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Martyr’s Shrine

Officially the National Revolutionary Martyrs’ Shrine, the shrine was built to honour the fallen Kuomintang soldiers after the Chinese Civil War (and subsequent government relocation to Taiwan), and is home to around 390,000 spirit tablets honouring the lives and sacrifices of the KMT soldiers during the war against the communists in mainland China.

Built in 1969, the complex contains the main shrine, as well as several small exhibitions along the perimeter.

Most visitors will leave the area as soon as the guard changing is complete, but be sure to walk inside and explore the fascinating and beautiful Chinese architecture.

The front gate is guarded by active ROC military personnel, and visitors are welcome to observe the changing of the guard at the top of every hour until 5PM. ( GuidetoTaipei.com

January 14, 2017

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A Mei Teahouse

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I climbed up 5 stories to get this photo! It was hard to get the photo that I wanted because you have to be in a building or area further away than where I was – but anyway this is what I got a-mei-teahouse-2 I saw a photo in the internet of Jiufen and it was similar to thisso I asked our tour guide Jun how I could get that shot and he knew –

he took me to the restaurant across haha!! We climbed to the top of that building!!It is right across A Mei Teahouse. Its not the exact shot but it was okay Jiufen restaurant view of Amei Teahouse photo
Apparently this beautiful building with lanterns was where we had our lunch! A mei Teahouse ! This is the teahouse in the movie Spirited Away. It’s a cartoon movie but this was the location in the movie #Jiufen #AmeiTeahouse #AmeiTeahouseJiufen #SpiritedAway #H2HTaiwan Jiufen A Mei Teahouse Taiwan This is the first level of the teahouse and is so charming but we could not stay here because we were a big group So this was where we were, its a private area which had 3 tables Traditional Taiwanese food which was actually good 🙂 Dessert which was yum super sweet fresh oranges

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January 13, 2017

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Jiufen

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We drove out of the city to go to an old townYellow Sea facing Gorilla rock on the way to Jiufen #h2htaiwan #Jiufen
Old factories The Golden Waterfall which is quite a unique shape from the usual waterfall This is their cemeteries in the area – very colorful and it is by the mountain Beautiful view from the top Candy store 🙂 The beginning of the market Ginger! A must from Taiwan Almond anything It was not so busy at 10am when we arrived This reminds me of the Le Tao or Tokyo Milk Cheese Lengua de chat cookies. But this is a vegetable cracker and in between is nougat – yum ? #Jiufen #JiufenFinds #H2HTaiwan Sugar apple – axis! YUM! Grilled mushrooms Grilled snails – Escargot! 🙂 Black tea eggs Taiwan grows their own grapes so they have raisins and grape anything – Its a bit mushier than the US grapes I saw a lot of owls but i am not sure why Rice cracker ( not fried) in 8 flavors. It was popping from that machine 🙂 The bestseller is prawn but I like the cheddar cheese 🙂 There’s butter, seaweed, curry, scallion, Baby Food ( original ) #Jiufen #JiufenFinds #H2HTaiwan Crispy almond beef jerky- interesting 🙂
Nougat a must in Taiwan More ginger!! Ginger candy which is actually so good YUM YUM Masks!! 🙂 Yummy fried chicken at the end of the market jiufen-43 Go to the end to see this viewTaiwanese Caviar
LED mini Lanterns 🙂

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January 13, 2017

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Buffet Breakfast at Cafe Un Deux Trois

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I love breakfasts that are included with the room. You don’t have to think if you will have breakfast or not! You just have to because it is included! haha!!

It’s psychological that even if you think you are not paying for it – but in reality you did! haha!! SO just avail!

But aside from that, I enjoyed the breakfast at the Mandarin Oriental.

Firstly I love the place, the ambience. I love the blues that popped up in different spaces – the door, the tables, the christmas decor, the walls. I actually like this blue now 🙂 At Cafe Un Deux Trois which is the coffee shop of the hotel The pastry shop is nearby so we took a peek buffet-breakfast-at-cafe-un-deux-trois-8 There is a library nearby which is called Pages 🙂 Love it! Seating areas on the way to the Cafe
EntranceI love the private sections by the entrance but it is so far from the food! haha!!
This first section is continental breakfast Make sure to look up! If you plan to just have breads and pastries This ham and cheese croissant was yum 🙂The financiers changed flavors everyday! This was orange Chocolate, almond croissantPanetone 🙂at the end of the room is the juice bar which I love because it changes also everyday and they have fresh smoothies. This is in between the next section of the cafe buffet-breakfast-at-cafe-un-deux-trois-25 The second room has a Rhinocerous! 🙂 Pretty shelves for plates ( usually they put the plates under and it’s so hard to reach – you have to bend :-)) at the Breakfast buffet at @mo_tpe #mandarinorientaltaipei #H2HTaiwanThen there is this blue table again with fresh fruits, salad and cheese

Makopa!! YUM! I ate this everyday for our whole stay 🙂 It’s bigger than the ones we have here in the Philippines but not as pink 🙂Deli and cheese
T hen there is this whole buffet of hot foods! WOW!

The bread and cereal table the mini butter

Egg, noodles and pancake station 🙂 It was always busy here and it was a small area so I never got to try this 🙁 At the end of the cafe is this area which is more peaceful if you want peaceful 🙂 After all that, you can still order! If you just want to peaceful eat a simple meal, just sit and order your breakfast 🙂

January 12, 2017

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National Palace Museum Taipei

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National Palace Museum

Originally founded within the walls of the Beijing Forbidden City in 1925, the present-day National Palace Museum moved to Taipei’s Shilin District following the Republic of China government relocation in 1949 with an official opening for the public in 1965. Over 700,000 of the most precious artefacts within the collection were moved to Taiwan to prevent their desecration during and after the Chinese Civil War. ( source: guidetoTaipei.com) #NationalPalaceMuseum #H2HTaiwan One of the most important treasure in the #NationalPalaceMuseum A 4,000 year old bronze cauldron with 500 characters / inscriptions engraved and where Chinese characters evolved from #H2HTaiwan There are only 6 Jade cabbages in the world. 2 were buried with the wife of the Emperor and 3 are in the #NationalPalaceMuseum A beautiful cabbage with a locust #H2HTaiwan The powers of jade when you touch the stone 🙂 Beautiful green jade screen

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January 12, 2017

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Breakfast at the Oriental Lounge Mandarin Oriental

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When breakfast is included in the room, I will surely wake up and be there! haha!! I was able to try the breakfast at the Club Floor which is more exclusive and more peaceful but this was just once breakfast-at-the-oriental-lounge-mandarin-oriental-13 It’s a smaller version of the Cafe buffet but it is enough 🙂

I’m a water person! 🙂 This is eye candy for me at the buffet breakfast at the Oriental Lounge @mo_tpe I wish every buffet could have this #mandarinorientaltaipei #H2HTaiwan #H2HWater
Kaya Toast!! YUM! ( Singaporean ) My favorite fruit is the Makopa which is a local fruit in Taiwan so I take advantage because even if we have it in the Philippines, it is rare and only available in season

January 11, 2017

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Shin Yeh

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I have a funny story to tell about our Taipei restaurant reservations! We got restaurant recommendations from our friend Ning with specific locations given but apparently, our concierge did not follow and booked us in restaurants and branches we did not specify! This happened twice! I am so upset that now I have to go back to Taipei and go to the right ones haha!!!

Ning recommended we go to this branch of Shin Yeh since there are many in Taipei

Also as a reminder – when you get a recommendation, ask for what dishes to order. This was Ning’s recommendation which we got already after. And in Taipei Chinese characters help because most of them don’t speak English. That was one of the difficulties we had

But we went to this location – the original branch which was also good. We just did not know what to order 🙁 since no one did research including me :-O

Taiwanese Cuisine-ShinYeh Original Restaurant
Address:No. 34-1, Shuangcheng St., Zhongshan Dist., Taipei City
Telephone No.:02-2596-3255

Website: http://www.shinyeh.com.tw/content/EN/stores.aspx

But we were able to order some dishes which we really liked – Look for the word YUM! haha!! (Heart2Heart readers know this!) Good thing the menu has photos and it helped a bit in ordering
Fried rice with tender beef was YUM! #shinyehtaipei #H2HTaiwan Buddha Jumping over the wall soup! We made a mistake – it was not good haha!! The dish was recommended in another restaurant and not here 🙂 I feel bad because we ordered several and it was not cheap 🙁 Crispy fried anchovy peanut with conpoy – YUM! Deep fried shrimp petites coated with breadcrumbs – YUM! Crispy fried conpoy, potato and leafy vegetables in romaine lettuce – YUM! All the fried were good! #shinyehtaipei #H2HTaiwan Traditional Taiwanese Sausage I don’t have the names of these dishes 🙁 Sorry Steamed garoupa Golden King Prawn wrapped with fills pastry – YUM! Masachi

January 11, 2017

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Sugar & Spice Nougat

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Sugar and Spice nougat ! Yum! We stopped by quickly just to buy some! I’m not a nougat person 🙂 but this one I will eat. Taiwan is known for their nougat and I tried 2 kinds while here in the market and in the souvenir stores. It was good. This one was recommended by our friend Indy and it’s really good and I like all the flavors. A nice pasalubong or if you like nougat. They have sampling so you can taste so i would say it is worth a try! #H2HTaiwan #H2HSweets

Samples as soon as you enter! So you know which one you like. I like all! 🙂

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The winter of 1996 is cozy because of the birth of Sugar & Spice, the first bakery restaurant in Taichung. It’s a realization of a dream that started with the moment of touching heart when its founder whoes name is Grace was studying while on vacation ab

January 11, 2017

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Eslite

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Eslite Bookstore is more than a bookstore! There are tea rooms, restaurants, arts and crafts, fashion, food and more! They have local brands and local delicacies in the store! LOVE it! We went to the New Horizon branch which is the biggest but I heard the flagship in Xinyi may be the nicest and it is 24 hours! #H2HTaiwan #eslitestationerystore
Beautiful view of the Taipei dome The ground floor has restaurants, cafe and a bakery! Make sure to pass by the bakery and have the Mentaiko bread!