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Taipei XiMenTing (西门町)

I’ve always hope I can shop at Xi Men Ting one day and it’s really like a dream comes true to me when I travel to Taiwan last year. That is why I was sooo excited when we were in the MRT heading to XiMenTing (西门町). Will there be a lot of things to see? A lot of snacks to eat? A lot of things to buy? Is it very happening? hehe, a lot of questions in my head…

the mascot of Xi Men Ting?

I’m not sure is this the mascot of Xi Men Ting but this is the first thing I saw when I stepped out from the MRT station. hehe.. and opposite of the MRT station is this..

the famous Eslite book store (诚品书局) that opens 24 hours?

I must go check it out later! Apparently not every Eslite book store open 24 hours, only certain branch..

let’s go let’s go..

It was around 7pm when we reached there. Although it was a rainy Monday but still we can see lot’s of people there, mostly youngsters.

There are shops everywhere, on your left, on your right, in front of you, at the back of you. We really have no idea which direction to start first. Finally we decided to go straight.. hehe….

quite happening right? even on a Monday..

It looks a lot like Hong Kong’s Mongkok (旺角), except it’s bigger. I think if we’re here on a weekend, we’ll get to see more stuff.

We walked and walked and walked and suddenly we smell something nice! What’s that? We walked further and saw a big crowd in front of a shop. Oo, no wonder, it’s the famous A Zhong Mi Sua (阿宗麵線)! Must try must try!! I thought I won’t like it but I LOVE it.

After walking for a few hours, our feet were so tired! we wanted to find a place to sit but we can’t find one. There’s also no place to sit when we had the A Zhong Mi Sua. At last we decided to stop and have coffee, not because we’re thirsty, just because we need to sit…Luckily, the coffee at PenLand (半岛咖啡) is quite nice. hehe..

I actually visited Xi Men Ting twice, first visit, on Monday night, which is the first day of my Taiwan trip, and then second visit on Friday night, which is the last night of my trip in Taiwan. Why I came here twice? For one, I love shopping here, and secondly … I missed the A Zhong Mi Sua (阿宗麵線). hehe..

On Friday we saw this, I think he’s asking for donation..

I think this is the back of Xi Men Ting,
don’t know how we get here. hehe

Xi Men Red Bulding (西门红楼)

This is opposite the MRT station, across the street. See the crowd? MayDay (五月天) is having a small concert here on Friday night. I didn’t get to see them lar, too many ppl.. I can hear them singing only.. hehe..

I bought a few clothes, for myself, for family and bought some cute cute stuff like hair pins, clips, earrings and etc at Xi Men Ting (西门町). Things there are not cheap too..We went back to our hotel after this and I had the very first bowl of beef noodle which taste great for my dinner! I’m not sure is it because of the cold weather (excuse.. excuse, it’s just an excuse!! hehe..), after dinner, we had snacks some more (Tempura 甜不辣 and Fried fish). What a day…..

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Tags: Shopping, Taipei, Taiwan, Travel, ximenting