During our last visit to Melbourne, we were fortunate to dine at Attica (currently ranked 20th in San Pellegrino’s World’s 50 Best Restaurants list) after booking 3 months in advance. It’s been a bucket list restaurant and I was really excited to finally try it. The menu is $295 per person for a 17 course […] Read more…
Following on from Eating in Bangkok – Part 1, we had booked into an all-day markets tour (Damnoen Saduak Floating Markets, and Maeklong Railway Markets) with the Klook travel company on Christmas Day. Our pick up destination was outside CentralWord shopping centre where we were given a number correlating to the mini-van that would be […] Read more…
After the cooler weather of Taipei, it was a bit of a shock to land in the more humid Bangkok. We took a metered taxi from the airport to our accommodation in the central Chidlom area. After dropping off our luggage, we walked down the road to Central Food Hall which we had passed by […] Read more…
Following on from Eating in Taipei – Shilin Night Markets, and Modern Toilet Restaurant, we went for a walk to visit the Taipei Bridge which my father-in-law helped construct back in the day. To get there, we walked through the Datong district, one of Taipei’s oldest districts and its dried food hub. Spices, tea, dried […] Read more…
Following on from Eating in Taipei – Ningxia Night Markets, and the Shilin Night Markets, something else that was on my list to try was Modern Toilet restaurant. Now if you don’t like the sound of that, you probably shouldn’t read this. It’s not for everyone. As the name of the restaurant suggests, the restaurant […] Read more…
Following on from Eating in Taipei – Part – Ningxia Night Market, we also explored the Shilin Night Market. Shilin is considered Taipei’s biggest night market. The train was packed with other people also wanting to check out Shilin as the station stops diagonally across from the markets. We followed our noses and the people […] Read more…
Following on from Eating in Taipei – Part 1, we wanted to explore the several night food markets dotted around the city. We couldn’t possibly visit all of them during our stay. The closest night market to our hotel were the Ningxia Night Markets so we wandered over to find dinner. The Ningxia Night Markets […] Read more…
After flying in from Hong Kong, Mr FPJ and I stayed in Taipei for six nights. Taipei was a last minute addition to our trip. We were trying to find another destination in between Hong Kong and our next destination, Thailand. I’m always happy to explore a new country but didn’t know what to expect. […] Read more…
After Eating in Hong Kong – Part 3, we were lucky enough to fly to our next destination, Taipei, in business class with Cathay Pacific using points. After checking in and going through security, we visited The Pier, Cathay Pacific’s business class lounge in Terminal 1. I was surprised to find the first room we […] Read more…
Following on from Eating in Hong Kong Part 1 and Part 2… We got up early to visit the Big Buddha on Lantau Island. To get there, we had to purchase tickets on the Ngong Ping cable car and I was really thankful that we’d purchased them online from Klook. When we arrived at station, […] Read more…