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| These ones close up in the afternoon and reopen in the morning! |
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| Yellow flowers in bloom. |
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| Yellow flowers with buds and fluff head. Love! |
Showing posts with label Taipei - Daan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Taipei - Daan. Show all posts
Sunday, June 17, 2012
April 28th: Garden + Wa Pizza with Tai and Gracie
Saturday, May 19, 2012
March 21st: Maiden Diner + Loving Hut
Maiden Diner on Yam
Location: Taipei Underground Mall (Y28 I think...@_@; It's toward the end of the mall, far away from all the respectable institutions ;P )
Disclaimer: We are not otaku in the Western sense.
That being said, maids are f*ckin' adorable and why WOULDN'T you want to go to a cafe with aridiculously curiously pink train sub-theme and be served cute food by the most adorable waitresses this side of the East China Sea?! That's right, even the food is cute. Although I was famished and forgot to get pictures of the cute part...but there are some great photos on ABC Lolita of all the moe moe tabemono you can handle.
Also, Gracie had a point card that was almost full~ so we got to fill it up and play a game with one of the maids!
There are a couple maid cafes in Taipei, and this is one of the best: delicious food (it's a fooding place -- the food BETTER be good), ADORABLE maids (way cuter than the place across the hall -- no buggy-eyed ho-makeup maids here), few creepers (didn't spot any when we were there!), and great service!
More pics after the jump!
Location: Taipei Underground Mall (Y28 I think...@_@; It's toward the end of the mall, far away from all the respectable institutions ;P )
Disclaimer: We are not otaku in the Western sense.
That being said, maids are f*ckin' adorable and why WOULDN'T you want to go to a cafe with a
Also, Gracie had a point card that was almost full~ so we got to fill it up and play a game with one of the maids!
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| The Brains Behind this Most Epic Scheme: GRACIE! |
More pics after the jump!
Monday, January 30, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Lunar New Year Day 2: More Food~
I swear, I do more than just eat food in Taiwan.
But it just so happens that taking pictures of food is easy(-er than taking pictures of stuff I actually do, or people. I'm terrible at photographing people. And events. And places (serious lack of spacial reasoning). And pretty much anything that moves on its own or exceeds a foot in any dimension. Unless I get complete control over the entire situation; then it sometimes turns out okay. But most of the time not so much. And that is why most of the photographs are food. And the rest are people pulling faces cam-whore style :D ) And writing commentary about those photos is easy(-er than coming up with actual content. Nobody wants to read about what I think. I think. I mean, you might discover I am a horrible narrow-minded person with peculiar tastes in just about everything. That's not very reader-friendly, is it?)
Plus, everyone can relate to food. You experience it every day. Constantly. You ingest it three to four, or even five or six times a day! Or maybe just once or twice, if you're on a budget, or very busy, or not feeling up to it.
But in Taiwan, there is not such thing as 'not feeling up to it'. You can walk down the street and pick up a filling meal for 50-200 NT any time of the day. ANY TIME. So that just leaves busy and broke.
Tangent aside, here is a SUPER DELICIOUS bread I got from Matsusei (a medium-high-end Japan-based grocery store). Normally I don't get bread from groceries (or convenience stores) because they are never as good as bakeries, and bakeries are everywhere, but Matsusei bakes its bread fresh daily, and this one looked good (carbivores can gauge the tastiness of bread based on appearance. I shit you not. It has taken me years, but I've gotten pretty damn good.) Plus it was 20% off 'cause it was made yesterday! Seeing as I planned on eating it straightaway, I couldn't care less.
But it just so happens that taking pictures of food is easy(-er than taking pictures of stuff I actually do, or people. I'm terrible at photographing people. And events. And places (serious lack of spacial reasoning). And pretty much anything that moves on its own or exceeds a foot in any dimension. Unless I get complete control over the entire situation; then it sometimes turns out okay. But most of the time not so much. And that is why most of the photographs are food. And the rest are people pulling faces cam-whore style :D ) And writing commentary about those photos is easy(-er than coming up with actual content. Nobody wants to read about what I think. I think. I mean, you might discover I am a horrible narrow-minded person with peculiar tastes in just about everything. That's not very reader-friendly, is it?)
Plus, everyone can relate to food. You experience it every day. Constantly. You ingest it three to four, or even five or six times a day! Or maybe just once or twice, if you're on a budget, or very busy, or not feeling up to it.
But in Taiwan, there is not such thing as 'not feeling up to it'. You can walk down the street and pick up a filling meal for 50-200 NT any time of the day. ANY TIME. So that just leaves busy and broke.
Tangent aside, here is a SUPER DELICIOUS bread I got from Matsusei (a medium-high-end Japan-based grocery store). Normally I don't get bread from groceries (or convenience stores) because they are never as good as bakeries, and bakeries are everywhere, but Matsusei bakes its bread fresh daily, and this one looked good (carbivores can gauge the tastiness of bread based on appearance. I shit you not. It has taken me years, but I've gotten pretty damn good.) Plus it was 20% off 'cause it was made yesterday! Seeing as I planned on eating it straightaway, I couldn't care less.
Whole-grain bread with sticky black/purple rice, longan (dragon's eye fruit), and orange rind.
Purple rice and longan porridge is a winter dish, so it was like this super-awesome marriage of wholesome bread and traditional cold-weather food.
It was set up like a danish, except instead of fruit filling there was sticky black rice with the longan. Plus there was bits of sticky rice-longan and probably some dates and stuff mixed into the dough, along with the orange rind bits, so instead of just having all the tastiness it in the middle it was EVERYWHERE, and just EXTRA flavourful in the middle.
I will make it one day. Probably with some craisins thrown in instead of longan, 'cause I like craisins better, and they are easier to get ahold of in the states.
Actually, I should tell Mari about this -- she could probably make it since she's a bread-making CHAMPION.
Purple rice and longan porridge is a winter dish, so it was like this super-awesome marriage of wholesome bread and traditional cold-weather food.
It was set up like a danish, except instead of fruit filling there was sticky black rice with the longan. Plus there was bits of sticky rice-longan and probably some dates and stuff mixed into the dough, along with the orange rind bits, so instead of just having all the tastiness it in the middle it was EVERYWHERE, and just EXTRA flavourful in the middle.
I will make it one day. Probably with some craisins thrown in instead of longan, 'cause I like craisins better, and they are easier to get ahold of in the states.
Actually, I should tell Mari about this -- she could probably make it since she's a bread-making CHAMPION.
Friday, October 7, 2011
BaDa Art Supply 八大美衝社
BaDa Art Supply 八大美衝社 (lit. eight big vigorous art society)
台北市大安區龍泉街87弄6號
On GoogleMaps
Items of note:
SuperSculpey doll clay in 3 shades
COPIC markers & refill cartridges
Xuan paper, ink, brushes, etc. for 'Asian' painting
Giant size acrylics for big paintings
Japanese brush pens with REAL BRUSH NIBS -- I don't know why they have to be Japanese, but this is the only place I've found that has them. Most normal bookstore-type places only have the felt-nib kind, which are fine if you're just making cards or something.
Tools for ceramicists (but no ceramic clay, as far as I could tell O.o)
Other: They have a giant black dog who's a real sweetie
台北市大安區龍泉街87弄6號
On GoogleMaps
Items of note:
SuperSculpey doll clay in 3 shades
COPIC markers & refill cartridges
Xuan paper, ink, brushes, etc. for 'Asian' painting
Giant size acrylics for big paintings
Japanese brush pens with REAL BRUSH NIBS -- I don't know why they have to be Japanese, but this is the only place I've found that has them. Most normal bookstore-type places only have the felt-nib kind, which are fine if you're just making cards or something.
Tools for ceramicists (but no ceramic clay, as far as I could tell O.o)
Other: They have a giant black dog who's a real sweetie
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