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Oh, cool. The rugby guys are all pretty awesome. And quite a diverse mix.
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I've never seen two typhoon days in a row.
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hey goons stay safe
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GoutPatrol posted:I've never seen two typhoon days in a row. There was one yay many years back, I think it was a typhoon that decided to loop back for an encore
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duckfarts posted:There was one yay many years back, I think it was a typhoon that decided to loop back for an encore Must have bounced off Hong Kong.
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Which year was it that had the typhoon that hit Taiwan three times before it finally decided to gently caress off?
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So, I have a friend who is living in Taiwan with his family for a year. He has been kind enough to invite me to stay with him if I want to visit. His place is in Taipei. He is, however, fairly goony, and doesn't get out much. I read through the first couple of posts of the thread, but I did notice that they're, like, four years old. I suspect not a tremendous amount has changed, but I do have a few questions: *When is the best time to visit? I was thinking February-Marchish; would that be bad? *What is the best way to handle currency conversion? *Do the Taiwanese do distillery tours? Because I loving love me some whiskey. *Is that "pay one fee for all you can drink" thing still common? See above. *If I wanted to travel to South Korea for a few days, what would be the best way to do it? *Is there anything I really shouldn't miss as a tourist? *He had talked about the train system there being fairly robust; is there some sort of pass you can pick up just to visit different places? *What are some common things I'm probably going to forget, given this is my first trip to Asia? Already renewing the passport, and it looks like my cell phone will work fine there. Ham Equity fucked around with this message at 07:20 on Oct 4, 2016 |
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Thanatosian posted:*When is the best time to visit? I was thinking February-Marchish; would that be bad? quote:*Do the Taiwanese do distillery tours? Because I loving love me some whiskey. quote:*Is that "pay one fee for all you can drink" thing still common? See above. quote:*Is there anything I really shouldn't miss as a tourist? quote:*He had talked about the train system there being fairly robust; is there some sort of pass you can pick up just to visit different places? quote:*What are some common things I'm probably going to forget, given this is my first trip to Asia? Already renewing the passport, and it looks like my cell phone will work fine there.
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Actually didn't someone in here do one of those Kavalan distillery tours?
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TetsuoTW posted:It's still around. Usually it's just overpriced, watered-down garbage though. There's some all you can eat Yakiniku and hotpot places that will have all you can drink too (2 hours) and they're great
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Oh true, we should have yakiniku with this visitor dude
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My info is a bit out of date, but usually the all you can drink places had a lovely beer as an option as well.
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Thanks all, especially TetsuoTW. Those museums look incredible. And Kavalan is probably the best whiskey I've ever had (my buddy got me a couple of bottles; loving delicious). Does Taiwan have anything like the National Museum of U.S. History, accessible in English? I'd really love to see a Taiwanese take on the history of Taiwan, if that makes sense. And I am totally down for Goonmeets.
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Gonna quote the advice I was given when going there, it was spot on. Gimme a min
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[simplefish posted:Hi everyone, would value your thoughts on this USDA Choice posted:Go up the Maokong Gondola. It gives cool views of the city and surrounding valley, at the top is a somewhat touristy area with food stalls and some tea shops but I went in the high season last year with my family and the crowds weren't by any means oppressive.
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I"m gonna take this opportunity to promote: If you're coming to visit, or you are short of something to do of a weekend.... follow this account. https://twitter.com/CulturalTaiwan/status/783635716177747970 The Ministry of Culture has recently re-started a Twitter account for events and things. Most of the events are free, and as is completely typical, woefully under advertised.
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quote:The Taipei 101 is usually a pretty safe bet, there's a Din Tai Fung at the bottom too which usually lives up to the hype for tourists. Din Tai Fung is awesome but you'll have an easier time getting a seat at one of the other branches in Taipei - there is one inside the department store a few MRT stops away at Zhongxiao Fuxing and the original one on Xinyi Road. The DTF at Taipei 101 is often overrun with Mainland tourists and you'll be waiting quite a while for a seat. I also enjoy a restaurant called Kao Chi (高紀) that has great Shanghaiese food and is way less packed than DTF. It has a few branches in touristy areas. Someone was asking for a "nationalistic" history museum and I think the Chiang Kai Shek Memorial and/or Sun Yat Sen Memorial would be good for that. Oh, and regarding travel to Korea - there are frequent flights on several airlines between Taoyuan/Incheon airports (cheaper, but less convenient due to the long drives to/from the airports) and Songshan/Gimpo airports (more expensive since they're targeted to business travelers, but quicker ground transportation). CaptainEO fucked around with this message at 00:39 on Oct 15, 2016 |
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This is kinda off topic but this has irrationally bothered me for a while, and as Taiwan is it's homeland maybe someone here can tell me. Can someone explain to me who actually thinks din tai fung is anything but very overpriced while totally acceptable xiaolongbao? is it just one of those places that's expensive and trendy and that status is what they're actually selling? I've ended up at din tai fung in 4 different countries a bunch of times for various dinners and everyone's always really "meh" about it. I've only ever heard good things about it online and in top 10 Chinese restaurants in the whole world lists.
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Magna Kaser posted:Can someone explain to me who actually thinks din tai fung is anything but very overpriced while totally acceptable xiaolongbao? Nope! They're fine, but they're not loving awesome or anything. I miss this old shop which had xiaolongbao but they had a thicker skin like pork buns and those were loving amazing and the guy's not there anymore and now I'm sad. I'd suggest going to Mazendo instead.
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I can't speak for healthiness/etc but imo almost without exception the best baozi always come from streetside stalls or holes in the wall. The one exception I can think of is that xiao yang sheng Jian in Shanghai is both a major chain and super good. They're the one thing I miss from Shanghai.
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Din tai Fung Shanghai was ok. The food is pricier but you get to sit in an air conditioned table service restaurant. Best ones I had was the Hyatt in hangzhou. They make zhejiang food in an old school way and do it right.
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Oct 15, 2016 05:44
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the ones in malaysia and thailand are kinda crap
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Dtf xltb are probably the best xltb I've ever had, but xltb are the kinds of things that are usually pretty good even when they're cheap. DTF is hella expensive probably because they use expensive roes and fungi and poo poo, and also hype
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Never eaten there. Never intend to.
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Panda let's have beer tonight.
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tbh what USDA said wasn't wrong in any way. DTF will live up to the hype for most tourists, but they serve completely normal food that exists everywhere. you eat there because it is famous, not because it is especially good.
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How's the Tim Ho Wan here? The one in Bangkok is definitely really good.
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Pirate Radar posted:How's the Tim Ho Wan here? The one in Bangkok is definitely really good. I've been to the one in Taichung and wasn't impressed. I tend to agree with this: Magna Kaser posted:I can't speak for healthiness/etc but imo almost without exception the best baozi always come from streetside stalls or holes in the wall. about food in general. With rare exceptions, I enjoy the cheaper places more.
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I have literally never heard anyone say that name before
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Pirate Radar posted:How's the Tim Ho Wan here? The one in Bangkok is definitely really good. Jesus that's a thing now? The only dim sum worth ordering there is the BBQ pork bun. And that's only for takeout where you don't need to wait a retarded amount of time.
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I like a bit of Timmys, also it isn't stupid overpriced
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how good is the public transport situation in taroko gorge? i'd prefer not to go with a tour group, but if you go solo is there a way to travel between the different hotspots? like an hourly bus so you could hop off, look at some pretty waterfalls for 50 minutes then continue on the next one? also how reasonable is it to make a tour on green island by bike? it's only like 15 km around but i have no idea how hilly it is. peak debt fucked around with this message at 13:54 on Oct 17, 2016 |
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This isn't exactly Taiwan, but about the airport (TPE). I'm looking at flights to go from the US to the Philippines and a lot of them have a layover in TPE that's about 80 minutes. The flights are by the same airlines, so are presumably in the same part of the airport. Is this enough time to catch the second flight?
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Unless the place floods again, that should be plenty of time.
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Pride tomorrow. Civil Union is in the legislature (afaik). Potentially the first country in asia to do so (taiwan #1), seems like a good time to go out and support. https://twitter.com/CulturalTaiwan/status/791951993925279744 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...h_b-aplnews_d-2 url fucked around with this message at 12:43 on Oct 28, 2016 |
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Oct 28, 2016 12:33
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The Book Barn secret santa is up, come and give random strangers books and then bug your friends in other thread about it: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3797108
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How's it feel knowing you're all going to get nuked over a twitter dispute?
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The sun's out, so pretty good.
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Transcript of the phone call: "TRUMP!" *click*
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You're in trouble too, you think Trump can tell Taiwan from Thailand?
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