A Taste of Singapore, Thailand, & Taiwan

Day 1:

-Check into Sleepy Dragon Hostel

-Raohe Night Market (especially the Fuzhou Ancient Pepper Pie)

-Drinks at BeerGeek (craft beer bar)

 

Day 2:

-Taipei 101

-Lunch at Joel Robuchon L'Atelier (splurge lunch, book reservation well in advance)

-Sunnyhills (pineapple cake store)

-Maokong Gondola

-Maokong Tea House (lovely view above the city, have a nice cup of locally-grown tea)

-Shida Night Market

-Drinks at Revolver (punk bar, concert space upstairs)

-Ximending Night Market (the "Times Square" of Taipei)

 

Day 3:

-Brunch at Din Tai Fung (amazing dim sum/soup dumplings. Long wait but worth it. I went to the original location in the Da'an District)

-Tian Jin Onion Pancake

-Huashan 1914 Creative Park (old factory area turned into a hipstery shopping area)

-Da'an Forest Park

-Yongkang Farmer's Market

-Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall (changing of the guards hourly)

-Drinks at Zhang Men Brewing Company

-Dinner at 盛園絲瓜小籠湯包 (soup dumplings, no English, not as good as Din Tai Fung)

-Linjiang Street Night Market

-Shilin Night Market (out of the way but huge and worth it)

 

Day 4:

-Breakfast at Yong He Soy Milk King (a must do!)

-Beitou Hot Springs

-Spring City Resort (paid ~$20 USD for an hour of a private thermal bath, including free shuttle to/from the MRT. I got lucky but good idea to reserve ahead of time)

-Lunch at Fuhong Beef Noodles (best beef noodle soup of my life)

-明池豆花 (tofu pudding dessert shop, I didn’t really like it, but worth trying)

-Dinner at TKK Fried Chicken (chain)

-Drinks at Book ing Bar (speakeasy hidden behind a bookcase)

-Liaoning Street Night Market