Tag: Food
I had wanted to visit Sun Moon Lake (日月潭）in Nantou (南投), but ended up in Xitou (溪頭) because dad kept raving about Le Midi, reportedly one of the prettiest hotels in Taiwan (trust me it is not). Luckily, there are hiking trails in the area so I was willing to change my plans. The drive … Continue reading Road Trip to Xitou 溪頭
Tim Ho Wan is a Cantonese dim sum place that has US franchises - a couple in NYC, one in Irvine, Vegas, Houston, and Waikiki each, so it wasn’t top of my list to hit while in Taiwan. However, I wanted to open up my parent’s culinary horizons beyond Ikea food, so we ventured out … Continue reading Tim Ho Wan 添好運
After weeks of rain and cold weather, the sun finally came out these last 3 days. We took advantage of the warmer weather to visit the Wulai 烏來 area, which is known for its hot springs, waterfalls, and aborigines. We decided to go to NeiDong 內洞 National Forest with our packed breakfast to enjoy the … Continue reading Wulai 烏來
Quarantine in Taiwan is 14+7, meaning strict quarantine for 14 days, and 7 days of self home management where you should avoid public areas, but if you must go out you need to wear a face mask at all times. I finally finished my 3 weeks of quarantine and was eager to enter into the … Continue reading End of Official Quarantine
Update - in less than 24 hours, the government located and tested the missing Vietnamese migrant (negative for COVID). Unfortunately for her, she’ll likely be deported back to Vietnam. According to dad, there is a huge migrant population in Taiwan since locals no longer want to do the back breaking work of yore. A lot … Continue reading Beef Noodle Soup
One more week of quarantine to go. There’s some rumbling that there may be some community COVID cases in Taiwan. Nothing confirmed, but the fact that one Indonesian migrant worker tested positive after she was discharged from the 14-day quarantine caused authorities to be worried. As a result of the positive case, the health department … Continue reading Halfway There
I have so far settled into a routine in quarantine. Wake up at 4-6AM, have a light breakfast (coffee with fruit), walk for at least an hour, and then have the breakfast that the hotel has prepared at 8AM. The collective response to today’s breakfast was “What?” The rest of my morning walk is often … Continue reading Quarantine Routine
Quarantine day 5. Now that I’m down to one meal a day, I’m finally starting to feel a little hungry. I was going to finish up all the fruits that mom and dad had dropped off before ordering from Uber Eats, but I could only eat so much dragon fruit at one time before the … Continue reading Uber Eats
Last night was one of the best sleep I’ve had in a very long time since arriving in Turkey. The muezzin did wake me up, but I was able to fall right back to sleep. As much as we gripe about the daily 6AM wake up call, Joe and I both agree that it is … Continue reading My Favorite Turkish Food
The wind picked up again this morning so no hot air balloons today. We spent the morning packing up for our airport shuttle pickup @ 8:25AM. After settling the bill, Ramezan, the hotel owner, advised Mustafa, one of the staff, to gift us a hand made (by Ramezan) ceramic plate of our choice. Ramezan is … Continue reading Travel Day – Göreme to Bodrum
Today’s our last day in Istanbul before venturing on to other parts of Turkey. I had thought we stayed too many days here, but after today’s lunch, I’m glad we got to stay for our last meal at Çiya because it is quite possibly the best meal we’ve had so far. In fact, it is … Continue reading Will Go To Asia For Food
I’ll be the first to admit that I planned a few too many days in Istanbul. In hindsight, we could have left for Cappadocia today. For our extra days, we decided to fill it with what Istanbul is known for - the yummy food. Mark Weins is a somewhat well known YouTube food vlogger whom … Continue reading Will Walk For Food
Retirement changes how one travels. Not only does one travel more casually and leisurely, priorities change as well. Prior to retirement, our vacations would center around must see sights. A trip to Turkey would have meant hitting Sophia Hagia and the Blue Mosque on day one. Now with ample time on our hands, the urgency … Continue reading Istanbul Food Tour
