Taiwan Day 3

Since i had a bad experience with Hotel's breakfast yesterday, i decided to wake up slightly late and pampered myself by having a great Brunch around XinMen area and i found a place that the food menu looks Nice and Yummy. So i just went to a restaurant named "Magic Curry" 魔法咖哩 located at level 3 in the building.

i ordered Spicy Chicken Curry set. it came with drink and 1 side dish. i choose fried potato croquette as the side dish. However, the concept they did similar to Coco Curry from Shanghai, its all about curry. And guess what..... FREE FLOW RICE and CURRY PASTE. wow... to make me really full, i top-up my rice and curry paste. lolz. i can't imagine if this happen in Singapore. People will just order 1 curry and free flow 10 rice and 10 curry to share. lolz. KIASU mood ON.

 After a good and full Curry Lunch, i went to Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall 中正纪念堂 located just 2 station away from XiMen Station (NTD25 MRT ride). They have a specific MRT from XiMen to C.K.S Memorial Hall (Light Green Line), so you do not have to squeeze yourself with people at Taipei Main Station. Okay, Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall is one of the most famous monument, landmark, and tourist attraction. The octagonal roof rises 76 metres (249 ft) above the ground and is covered with blue glazed tiles.

To find out more information regarding Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall, just click HERE.

After enough cam whore, i continue the journey to next destination, Sun Yat Tsen Memorial Hall. well, the place is just full with Chinese from China. Other than the hall and musical fountain, the place had nothing to see and to take picture. so i just take picture of Taipei 101, which is just located few block from that place.

And without wasting my time more, walking around 15 minutes from Cityhall MRT to Taipei 101 straight away through different shopping center just to buy the ticket to the top floor of 101 (NTD450). You can purchase the ticket at level 5 of the shopping mall, which you can see the Observatory Entrance sign above Burberry and Louis Vuitton Boutique. The ticket show a number for you to queue. it have a specific timing to enter the top building. But AGAIN, hundred of Chinese people already queue at the entrance. it took 1 hour and 30 minutes just to enter the lift area.

Taipei 101 used to be the World's Tallest Building from 2004 before Officially Burj Khalifa, Dubai took over in 2010. So, to reach Level 89 of the building you can take the world fastest elevator, in which just took us 36 sec from level 5 to 89 with a maximum speed of 1010m/min. Amazingly fast. When i reached the top tower, i heard the notice said that the outdoor is temporary closed due to bad weather. Damn it. That's the main point i came to Taipei 101. Aaaargh...... So sadly, i just use my time to walk around level 89 and 88 for the view, since they don't have limited time per passenger. i also manage to buy some Magnetic opener with Taipei 101 building shape, and a glass with aerial picture around Taipei 101. So, this is the view outside the building, the aerial view of Taipei Cityhall.

To end my day, i had my late dinner at 101 food court at basement before heading back to hotel with tired and sleepy face. The average food there is around NTD160-300. and they have a lot of Japanese food all around Taipei. so, my dinner also a japanese set Pork and Chicken with steam vege and fried egg. it taste yummy and it just cost me NTD160 = SGD7. it cost reasonable as you can see the size of the meal is almost full of the tray. :)