Thanks for the warm welcome back guys!
Today’s post is going to be crazy picture intensive.
Because..well..just because. i dont know how i ended up with so many pics for the post.
Ximending is an area in Taipei where a lot of younger kids hang out.
Its kinda like the Harajuku of Taipei i think. Anyway i like the area cos a lot of stall holders speak japanese here hahahahhaha
This is around noon and many shops in Ximending are not actually open yet XD
I was wandering around here as i arrived in Taipei on Thursday around noon but my sister did not arrive till later in the evening. Yup i was on my own for a fair few hours.
Look they have Etude house
Its directly opposite of Skinfood XD Both stores are WAY overpriced compared to their stores in korea.
I kinda got a bit hungry so i headed to the afamed Ay-Chung rice noodle store..
There is always a huge crowd here whenever i come visit….
Yummy goodness. The chilli sauce was spicier than i remember!!
Because i didnt think i was going to be talking to anyone for quite a few hours, i actually heaped quite a lot of garlic into this bowl XD Boy did i pay for it. I had to brush my teeth almost 5 times before the smell really went away.
To douse the fire, i grabbed a GreenTea latte from 7-11
Sadly this isnt very good. A lot of tea taste but not a lot of milk. The tea wasnt very good quality either.
Went to Magazine Freak [magazine store under Animate]
I like how they hang all the freebies that come with the mags from the ceilings so people can see the item in real life.
I didnt buy any japanese magazines..picked up a QUEEN magazine instead
Came with a free bag organizer.
The bag organizer had a tag printed with the Queen logo [in mandarin]
Got hungry again so headed to the oyster omelette store….
They are made to order XD
Yummy goodness…
Washed it down with some green tea.
This was so sweet XD i am not used to my green tea having sugar in it.
Around here…[4pm] i fell asleep at the hotel waiting for my sister to turn up XD
She finally arrived in Taipei and at the hotel around 8pm.
We headed to the Shilin night market….
Even on Thursday night, it was packed packed packed!!!
Loads of foooood!
And things to buy like clothes and accessories…
So busy and dark….
Candied fruits
Miscellaneous tofu , duck and what not products
loads of stores to shop at
But you gotta eat some local delights!
No idea what this is called…uh sesame noodles?
same as above but with spicy szechuan peppers on it XD
This was called…Moon prawn biscuit? [literal translation XD]
Really yummy and crispy
Got me some yummy milk tea
So many flavours..i chose hokkaido bubble milk tea. SO GOOD!!!
So much food to choose from too….but i couldnt eat too much more…
Ended up eating TianPuRa [sounds like tempura but is not the same as japanese tempura]
I didnt really like this XD
My sister and i were super full by the end of this and proceeded to go shopping instead.
She bought way more things than me..i think i was too sleepy/tired by then from the food hahahah even though i was the one who had a nap at the hotel prior.
I did get me some fake lashes though XD
We ended up leaving Shilin night market around 1am. I was zonked by the time i got back to the hotel.
Will tell you guys more about the beauty/makeup shopping in taiwan in my next post!!
In other news….quite a few of you asked if i could share a photo of the Hello Kitty tumbler i got from the Hello Kitty Sweets Cafe in Taiwan…here it is…
Ok i have to head off to unpack/pack my luggage
I dont fly till Monday morning but I am expecting a very special guest this weekend so i have to finish all my packing/work before she arrives so i can spend some time with her.
Will try to do another post this Friday.
Till then
XOXO Yumeko
p.s. i started posting some items for sale up at my sale blog again
p. p.s i like this song
B2ST – Shock
You look like you had ALOT of fun.
OMGGGG ahhhh, I miss Taipei so much!! I lived in Ximending (at least on the weekends) when I went back after I graduated from high school (did a language program in Dansui, but I went to Taipei every weekend to hang out with my grandpa) and I miss it SO MUCH. I absolutely LOVE that oyster noodle place – probably my fav place to eat in all of Taipei. My grandpa used to take me to the little sushi place close to it for lunch all the time and then we’d get the oyster noodles for snack in the evening before dinner. And my classmates and I would take the train thingy to Shilin after class to shop on the weekdays. I miss it so much!! And I wish I’d been into makeup then! LOL!
Glad you had a good vacation. =) The HK tumbler is super cute! And I can’t wait for more updates on Tezaiku!
omg omg omg! ximending is like so nice,and the food pics makes me hungry :O its nice that they have freebies there!every magazines tht arrive at m’sia shores tend to be gone or sth,we just dont get freebies lol.even for the same magazine!!!
:(:( oh well,i like the mag store,if i ever go there one day,i will haul magazines home,lol.btw,i like the hello kitty tumbler ,its so cute ^^ glad you and your sister had fun <3 i wish i have a sister,lol.till then,take care loves!
fun, fun, fun! i loved the night markets in taipei. so many cheap eats and buys!
have a great weekend!
I am drooling all over your food porn pic
lol Everything looks so yummy.You must had a food coma after all the delicious food on the street. I don’t like my green tea with sugar either. I’ll look forward to you next post. Hopefully, you’ll finish with packing before your special guest arrives the weekend:)
ahh i spot helloKitty face on your nail! cute touch
ximending is indeed the hotspot in taipei..lovely photos!
haha you ate quite a bit of Taiwan streeet delicacies lol
i luvvv taiwan bubble milk tea! yummmy but the good ones are hard to comeby
me too got that Queen’s magazine – for FOTD inspiration for ShuUemura-TsumoriChisato cat planet palette*meoww
cant wait for your next post on makeups & beauty!
All of that fooooooood…YUM!!! Can’t wait for the shopping post, I can’t believe the store with ALL THOSE LASHES T__T Need more stores like that in the US for the lash-deprived lol! Do you speak Japanese AND Mandarin AND (obviously) fluent in English too??? Such an amazing linguistic flare!
GREAT post! I love all the food
Your nails look adorable by the way <3
you look like you had fun! ( : loving all the daylife/nightlife photos!
this reminds me of korea last summer. im going again this summer! can’t waitt!!!!!!!!!!!!! ( :
ooh when in summer? i might be going korea again later this year [i went there 4 times last year]
Most likely at the end of June till mid-August! ( :
what about you??
so far uncertain XD i dont know about my trips overseas very much ahead of time sadly
I’ve been to Ximending when I visited Taipei and boy oh boy are the kids going crazy with food and shopping!
I’ve tried on your first noodle photo and it is indeed super spicy! I am just kicking myself that I didn’t hoard on those falsies like you did 
I am not into sugar-d drinks too!!!! If you don’t like the sugar or sweetness of tea in Taipei, I’m sure you’ll hate it down here in Manila as its way sweeter!!!
omg!! ive always wanted to try oyster omelettes after watching “Corner with love” lol looks so yummy!! all your pics is making drool haha! i love that beast song too and 2am’s new song =)
awww your trip sounds so fun!
the food really does look delicious!
Hope to see more posts on it
yum yum!! so much food!!
taipei is love!!
i need to go thr on my holidays! >.<
Ohhh look at all that food!! damnnnnn… every where you turn… yummy food!!! O_O
Whoa falsies!! LOL! The Etude House store front is just so cute & girly!! I think ParkShinHye everytime I see Etude House now! LOL!
And aww that tumbler is a great HK souvenir! Too cute!!
Yea the new BEAST song is pretty cool. I’m really likin KARA’s Lupin, SNSD’s RunDevilRun right now! LOL! And S501 comeback on what else?! 5/01!!!!
And where the hell has FTIsland been?!
How come Shilin looks so much better on your photos? Haha.
ahahaha must be my crappy camera..soft focus hahaha
Those falsies look awesome, can’t wait to see them on you
Btw I have a question, are you fluent in Chinese? Just wondering since you are spending a lot of time in China.
nope i am not XD would be nice though!
i see lots of people!
look at all those stores! I would be tired too ><
i missed slurping the rice noodles, its very yummy. thinking about the chili just makes me drooling.. haha
its so crowded as usual but its sure fun filled with food and shopping!
wow, looks awesome there!
you’re so lucky ^^
man those noodles look delish too~
thank you for reading ^^
Yummy food there makes me very hungry.
Awwww, what an adorable Hellokitty tumbler!
What fantastic pics! The food porn is amazing!
omg “Moon prawn biscuit” LOL!!!! v v v v funny.
v nice post. makes me wanna go back to taipei again ^_^
awwwwwwwwwww looks so fun and the food looks amazing! i’m planning to go to asia this coming november~ i hope i get to go to places similar to this! (cuz i’m planning to only hit HK and japan)
i just read your last blog too! that hello kitty cafe is way too cute. the tumbler is to die for~
love to hear from you!
xoxo
yum yum yum!!
AND THOSE LASHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want some lashes too.
Oh i am hungry now
kyaaaaaaaaaa………!!!!!!!!!
i love your travel blogs <3 i'd like to believe that i travel/live vicariously through you!!! <3 <3 <3 hahahaha! all the foooood looks sooooooooooooooo goooooooood specially the moon prawn biscuit!! xD haha
oh miss enabler, you not only enable us w/ makeup, but with food & travel? perhaps you should considering going into sales x)
ps. those lashes…. omg!! xD i hope you stocked up!!!
lets go travelling together then XD
SALES! hahahaha i kinda am i guess.
i’ll show my makeup haul soon!
I love Ay Chung rice noodle too, it’s so yummy
and I can’t wait to go Shihlin Night Market now 
I love looking at food! hahah
Oh… thanks for sharing these gorgeous photos with us!
I miss Taiwan so much. The last time I went there was eleven years ago! ;/
The food pictures make me so hungry, hehe…
The food pictures are yummy! And yes, lashes in taiwan is really cheap… nice tumbler to add to your collection! =)
cool photos :p do you speak any other asian language beside japanese ?
Looks like you had a lot of fun!! The food looks yummy! ^_^
–Ciara<3
OMG~ Taipei! OHHHHHHH how i wish I was back there now! hhehehe the Etude house~ I have been past there when I was in Taiwan last summer. But sadly I didn’t get to go in. SOO Sad!
Falsies! WOW, there are sooo many. LUV YOUR POST~
Cute tumbler! The food looks so delicious there
Taipei is so pretty! Thank you for sharing. Your pictures always make me want to travel around the world. ;]
*cries* your photos makes my heartache…. i’m going to look thru my tawian photos now heheheh
ximending is like THE place to shop!!! did you ride the subway there??? cuz if you did, when you come out of the subway there’s this crazy guy who sings ontop of a podium… did you see him? =P
no i didnt take the subway XD i am sooo bad at directions, it was safer to take a taxi with the sister
Love your pics ! Hehehe and I spy the Hello Kitty ‘konad’ on ur thumb!
thanks to the tip!!! thank you!!
xi men ding plus shilin is heaven for shopping! really miss the shopping there!!!!
tai yang bing is delicious
oh yes i brought some tai yang bing home as omiyage!
foooooodddd!!
I like that the stores are open so late into the night. But not like I have been there. HAHAHA.
I wanna go taiwan!!!
i’m drooling over the yummy noodle pics! i need to win the lottery so i can take a long trip through asia
Thanks for the food porn. I always get great reviews from ppl travelling to Taiwan. Definetly more interesting than HK.
i agree! i think its most interesting than hk too XD
Taiwan has always been the no. 1 place I want to visit. For shopping and food especially!
he hey^^
ive missed reading your posts. just been really busy with work recently~~
taipei looks amazing. i’m thinking about going later this year. the food looks soo good!!^^
thanks for the post. i wasn’t sure if i want to go at first but now it’s a definate^^
im starting to like b2st too.. i didnt like there debut at all but ‘shock’ is so different~
hope your all well. take care xx
more bags more bags! haha i want one with a mirror T^T;
WOW SO MUCH FOOD!! thank goodness i just finished eating dinner.. else i woulda wanted to kill you for posting so much yummyness, haaha! out of love of course<3
AH! i never know what to post food as.. some things i ONLY know the japanese for.. and have no idea how to describe what it is without using some japanese.. hahahaa. sigh.