Tag: taipei in Xinyi District

Chun Shui Tang is one of the two Taiwan tea brands that claimed to have invented tapioca pearls in tea (aka. boba). In Taiwan, you can find Chun Shui Tang tea houses in many locations. This particular location is a convenient spot in Taipei for my travels in the Shinkong Mitsukoshi mall. I highly recommend their popular Tie Kuan Yin Read more...

Amedei Chocolates (inside the BellaVita Mall) are considered probably the finest in the world and unless you are in NYC for us Americans, the next best place to get them is on my regular travels to Taiwan. 🙂 Every time I visit Taipei, I have to stop by to stock up on some of these chocolates. Read more...

ESLite is known for their 24 hour bookstore (not this location), their wide range of books, the architecture and not least their rich selection of curated lifestyle products. There are many ESLite stores in Taiwan, and now other parts of Asia. This is a great store to go to for homewares, books, gifts, fine foods and unique souvenirs. Out of Read more...

3 years ago when I visited this ESLite, it was very small and there wasn’t much, so on this trip I didn’t make it a priority. However, we stopped by today and it’s expanded so much and its offerings are so different from the Xinyi & XiMenDing locations This ESLite location has a very relaxing and tasteful ChunShuiTang Restaurant, but Read more...