Ramen Abura

This is a Japanese ramen shop located in the neighborhood 'The Store' building, opened sometime last year.

with fast food style settings and kiosk to order food

specializes in dry-style ramen 'abura soba' or 'mazemen'

Instead of dry ramen, i had shoyu ramen.

It has charsiu and a whole soft-boiled egg. Tastewise just like ordinary average shoyu ramen.

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Tried Pizza Hut RM17 promo set meal.

I had tomato sauce spaghetti, potato wedges and mushroom cream soup.

The spaghetti has little chunks of chicken...taste mediocre. Fast-food standard. For such price can't expect much.

Final Day in Taipei

The ceiling at the hotel cafeteria

Breakfast - Porridge with 6 mini dishes

Nothing beats a warm porridge on a cold morning...yummzzz!

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Soy milk from 7-11 (next door to the hotel), tea egg and rice ball. To eat at the airport.

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What are sold at the bakeries in Taipei?

various kind of buns.....very creative

taro is quite popular here too...

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MAS flight meal - noodles with fish

McD Angus Shrimp Burger

After done with 101 tower, I head down to the mall and to the foodcourt for early dinner. Tried McD angus shrimp burger.

There's a piece of shrimp tempura sandwiched together with the beef patty and cheese.

The shrimp tastes good, but I prefer to eat it separately rather than with the beef patty burger coz the taste of the beef may overpower the shrimp.

Walked abit around the outside compound of 101 tower.

Some Christmas lightings in late November....

Some sort of artistic walls

Apple store inside 101 mall

not a fan of Apple products, but just went in to browse

outside the mall

lights

the trees are kinda skinny....

temperature around 15-18 degrees as evening turned dark

getting colder in the evening....

'Breeze' shopping mall (on the right)

I wonder if these trees can survive strong wind....If in Malaysia, they may have already collapsed or blown down during storms.

Lights everywhere, almost all trees are decked with light bulbs

Went for my 2nd dinner....

NTD99 nett for this braised pork belly rice

Can order thru kiosk but it was all in Chinese. If can't read Chinese, just order from the counter and pay there. Fast-food style self-service restaurant with free seatings.

The rice bowl consists of cabbage, seaweed, French beans, fishcake, chaipoh and 2 pieces of braised pork belly. Garlic chili and other sauces are available at the counter.

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On my way to the night market, passed by a mixed rice stall. Went in to look see what dishes are sold there....

The vegetarian/non-meat section

and the meat section

The concept is similar to our chapfan style. Buy chapfan includes soup and tea.

101 Taipei

Breakfast in the hotel:

[Below] Hotdog with potato wedges, boiled egg and salads.

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Took the MRT to Taipei World Trade Center station.

Reached the station and follow the signboard to 101 tower.

As soon as I exit the underground station the tower is visible from the escalator.

Cool weather of 18 degrees, there was a group of Falun Gong practitioners meditating in front of this building (not taking their picture out of respect). I was already shivering from the wind, despite wearing a warm jacket.

Ticketing counter is located inside the mall. Took the escalator next to Burberry to the ticketing desk.

NTD600 to go up to level 88 and 89

meanwhile combo tickets to level 101 and outdoor deck costing more, around NTD980.

There's a time limit (30 minutes) if you wish to go up to level 101. For the price and the time limit, I decided to just settle with the standard ticket, as it is not worth paying extra for the level 101.

It was a weekday, hence no queue at the ticketing counter and when taking the elevator up to level 89.

The ticket came with F&B discount vouchers that can be spent in cafeterias at level 89.

The view of Taipei city (west view)

South view

East view

North view

[Below] North view, Songshan airport is seen from afar

Taipei Arena is clearly visible from here

Guess what is this?

It's super big wind damper

It is located at level 88. There's also a gallery on that floor.

Description on the wind damper and how it works as shown.

KLCC is also mentioned in the description. A few angmoh tourists stood nearby me was fascinated when they see KLCC in the description. Suddenly I feel so proud of my country😂

The other towers that have wind damper are in US, China and Japan.