New look for the blog, its about time that I put up a summer theme. Finally sorted through my taipei pics to do this post. I flew China Airlines from HK to Taipei. I won't get into the details but NEVER will I EVER take that airline EVER again, not if my life depended on it.
I don't get why these tiny little streets are always two ways in asia...
street vendors
Taipei has tons of DAISOs! They're big and really nice inside
helmets are sold everywhere, tons of variety
inside mister donut
These doughnuts are cute, but they're no krispy kreme
Tried Mosburger, the burger was SO NOT my thing but the fishburger was OK
SOGO
The guys making your soup dumplings
Din Tai Fung, the famous soup dumpling place from Taipei with chains across asia. Definitely wasn't as good as the place in Shanghai. Believe me, I take soup dumplings very seriously
My very first Jill Stuart purchase!
Blusher in Apricot, I swatched all of them before settling on this one. Yumeko recommended it to me and she's the queen of Jill Stuart. All Japanese prods in Taipei are cheaper. This blusher was $39USD. ($1 to 34NT conversion at the time)
Taipei 101
New York New York :) there's a giant daiso in there too
had lunch at the food court...
food was just ok
everything is fried
mmmmmhhhh haagen daz! its a panda! how cute!
the pillow is so darn cute too
I was really amused by their subway token. You scan it as you go in and drop it into the machine when you're leaving. I later found out that its the same in Bangkok
TONS of bikes everywhere
Tokyu Hands is called Hands Tailung for some reason
night market
not that crowded that night
Lady getting massaged by chopping knives... WTF?
lots of street food
The first batch of my My Beauty Diary Masks haul. I had to toss out all the boxes or else it won't fit in my suitcase
majo majo blush I like this one, kate and majo majo palettes
More Watsons face sponge that I love!! They're not sold at the HK Watsons? But they're in Shanghai and Taipei. Got another Orbis UV spray.
Remember the hair flowers I bought in Japan? Here's what one of them looks like
Ximending at night, its the harajuku of Taipei
those ginormous ice cream
Etude House
A MoMo beauty store! :D
How come I didn't buy any Kevin BeautyMaker products? Its not sold at stores in Taipei, online only.
Off to Bangkok I went. I have a ton of pics from Bangkok to sort through!
loveee your buys xD yay for jill stuart! and i love the flower hair thingy.. too bad the food wasn't that great.. but at least the ice cream looked like a panda xD
ReplyDeleteI think I went to that exact same Daiso when I visited taiwan 4 yrs ago and I also tried Mos Burger because it's quite famous in TW! I do feel bad I didn't buy any beauty masks! didn't know they were great at that time! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat travel pictures Mona, thanks for sharing! The food looks so yummy there. Great haul, I'm so curious about those masks! I love the packaging of JS blushes as well, cuuute.
ReplyDeleteOMG the ice cream panda is soooo cute!!! LOL. Ahhh, I miss Taipei so much - really wish I had been into makeup, etc when I was there last!
ReplyDeleteI think I'm hauling JS for my next birthday lol.
You look cute with the heart shape cushion! Thanks for the picturess... and it is always 2 ways on the side in asia especially for night markets to fully utilise the space and surround you with food and etc. =D
ReplyDeleteI spy a Little Twin Stars helmet! Wish I had one even though I don't own a bike...ha! Hee hee...speaking of Din Tai Fung, I will be doing a post on their L.A branch soon. And what is up with that knife massage? She better be careful or ouch...hahaha! Your haul is enviable....love it!
ReplyDeleteLucky Lucky girl traveling around the world :) I wanna go there someday too!! :D Yummy foods, beautiful places, make up! Love that Jill Stuart palette!
ReplyDeleteExcellent tourism, food, and makeup porn! Thanks for the piccies! Can't wait for Bangkok!
ReplyDeletewow that's a huge ice cream cone, i am craving ice cream now! omg so jealous of your hauls, look at all those masks!!! and that panda haagen daaz is the cutest! Asian Haagen daaz are SO CUTE!!
ReplyDeleteLove all you hauls especially, the MBD masks. This knife massage looks scary.
ReplyDeletei am so glad you said ding tai fong isn't good! i am glad my families aren't the only ones who think it's TOO OVER RATED!!! it's so bad that i don't know how it got to be on the best list of whatever crap!!! and i am from taiwan!
ReplyDeletedefinitely many small restaurants in shanghai make much better xiao long bao!
and you are so right not to fly china airline. i never fly it since i was 10. dad said unless you want crap service and a crash! grr...
ReplyDeletecathy is much better but singapore airline is my top choice.
I want to go to Taiwan. Love the night market. Did you try their Taiwanese snow dessert? I don't know what they call it, but it's like a snow cone, except it's a lot creamier like a ice-cream.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear you had a bad experience with China airlines, I've not flown with them before as I've herd too many bad stories, but I'm glad you're safe and sound.
ReplyDeleteMos Burger and Mister donut have NOT grown on me either. I'd rather have a Kirspy Kreme or McD's hahahaha.
wow, so many nice photos ^^
ReplyDeleteI think you had a lot of fun!
And you looked adorable as always :D
I like that bag for donuts haha :D
I love your travel posts! love looking at all the pictures and your hauls :) you look like you had so much fun, you're so lucky to have travelled all around Asia!
ReplyDeleteWoah I didn't know there is Etude House in Taiwan =o definitely want to check it out the next time I go back. Is it in Ximending? since it was kind of below the Ximending picture lol
Love all your Taipei photo and when you said you take your soup dumpling very seriously i cracked up laughing hehe :) Yeah you're totally right Din Tai Fung is not as good as Nan Xiang Xiao Long in Shanghai
ReplyDeletethe food looks DELICIOUS!! and you also made nice buys.
ReplyDeleteSoup dumplings in Shanghai are the BEST! I can't find anything anywhere that compares.
ReplyDeleteAnd I love Asian Haagen Daz! Tis a shame it's not here.
the ice cream panda and ginormous cone are taunting me - i've been craving some ice cream all week! the flowery hair clip looks so cute on you!
ReplyDeleteI totally need to plan little trips around Asia the next time I see my relatives in the Philippines
Your taipei trip was definetely wayyy more interesting than mine one :)
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you had so much fun! I want to travel to Asia soon! All the food looks soo GOOOD!!
ReplyDeleteYay more travel pics!!!!! The Etude House looks cool, looks like a place that could hurt my wallet!
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Great pics!! Sorry about the airline thing. I hate when you fly and it's a bad experience.
ReplyDeleteOoo look at all your haulage!! Cute flower pieces!!
And awww... half the food was just "okay"?! :( But cute panda ice cream! :)
I travel vicariously through you!LOL!
I love looking at all your travel pictures. You're so lucky to see so many beautiful things.
ReplyDeleteI'm drooling over your Jill Stuart stuff, so pretty!
wow.. i bet u enjoyed ur trip alot :) it really surprised me that beautymaker's products are only available online :( i will be going to taiwan end of the year, i thought i could haul beautymaker there. :(
ReplyDeletethanks for the information!!
I found those token type subways in HK, Beijing, and Tianjin as well! I thought it was a chinese thing!!!
ReplyDeleteI've missed you dear!
LMAO@ massage with chopping knives!! Omg I laughed so hard at that photo HAHAHA! Who in their right mind came up with that idea in the first place?!
ReplyDeleteNice haul btw, the blush is really pretty.. and my gosh so many My Beauty Diary Masks! I want I want!
thanks for taking pics of ur trip! massaging w/ knives? yaiks! the ice cream panda looks so cute. too cute to eat hehe missed u girl
ReplyDeletei'm surprised that BM isn't available in stores.
ReplyDelete*gasp* you didn't like mos burger? haha while i was in hong kong, that was the first thing i had to have.
taipei looks great...hope to go there one day!
wow.. i bet u enjoyed ur trip alot :) it really surprised me that beautymaker's products are only available online :( i will be going to taiwan end of the year, i thought i could haul beautymaker there. :(
ReplyDeletethanks for the information!!
Your taipei trip was definetely wayyy more interesting than mine one :)
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