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2015/09/13

Taiwan Travel Diary #23: Raohe nightmarket


Hey everyone~ back with another Taiwan blog post.
It has taken me quite a while to visit Raohe nightmarket, which is one of the most famous nightmarkets in Taipei. I finally did that in June...so most of these photos are quite old.


How to get there:

Take Green Line (#3) to Songshan station
Get out of exit 5.
There you are.


Raohe is a nightmarket that's perfect for foodies.
There's basically only food.
No unnecessary clothing or accessory stalls, only food.
And a few places for massages.


There's quite a few juice stalls at Raohe so get a refreshing drink before you explore the nightmarket thouroughly. My favourite juice is usually plain watermelon juice.


One of my favourite snacks was this tiny bread thingy:


This stall is right at the entrance to Raohe nightmarket, and they have quite a few different flavours.
I got the sesame one, super delicious!


Another special discovery: Tapioka Custard Wheelcakes!
You'll find those delicious little cakes in every night market, but i have never seen ones that had tapioka before.
Unfortunately, except for 3 tiny Tapioka pearls they weren't any special, nor very delicious.




Something super special, that I haven't got to try yet:
 Cactus juice!
I wonder how that tastes like

Jelly that looks like popsicles. 
I was slightly disappointed when I found out it wasn't popsicles.

 

My favourite thing to buy at Raohe is simple, yet delicious:
Grilled mushrooms.


You get to choose between quite a few flavours, I usually pick the pepper& fresh lemon one.


A small box costs 50NTD, a big one 80.


Those are all photos of Raohe nightmarket so far.
Hope you enjoyed this post~
which food would you like to try the most? Please tell me in the comments below!

Love, Lydia




2015/09/03

Korea Trip #4: You Are Here



Hey everyone~
here's another blogpost about Korea for you guys ^-^ 
Todays topic is a cafe that many of you probably know already:

You Are Here Cafe

大家好~
你們怎麼樣?
今天再有一個很特別在韓國的咖啡店想介紹給你們



If you regularly watch Eat Your Kimchi's, or Talk to Me in Korean you probably know about this coffee shop already. Both of these teams of Youtubers opened the cafe together, and regularly hold events there as well. More about that later on~

如果你們常常看 Eat You Kimchi 還是 Talk To Me in Korean 的影片你們應該已經聽過這個咖啡店的名字。哪個兩個 Youtuber 都一起開設了這店咖啡店,所以在這裏有時候也有特別的活動。

How to get there:
怎麼走:




As they helped design the interior and general ambience of the cafe, it's cute unique and you'll find their characters all over the place.
Like their pets at the painting next to the entrance:
他們也設計了這裏的裝修所以裏面有很多可愛的東西。也會看到他們自己的寵物


When you walk inside, the baristas will usually greet you quite enthusiastically so don't get scared ~
Their menu is in English as well as in Korean, and the baristas all seem to understand English pretty well so if you don't speak any Korean, don't be afraid to go.
這裏工作的人都很好,而且平常也會說英。 會不會說中文我不知道哈哈。
菜單也是用韓文還有英文寫的。

click on the photo to enlarge it if you want to check out the menu ^^


While you wait for your order, take a look around the place. There's many small details that are simply adorable. Like this tiny wolverine!

等他們准備你們的咖啡的時間,就觀望一下,那邊真的有很多小的,很可愛的東西。


If you're indecisive about which tea to get, there are some testers as well so you can which has the best scent.
如果你們還沒決定想喝哪一被茶你們就可以試試嗅。我在那邊沒喝過他們的茶但是好象真的好喝。


The You are Here videobooth is also located on the first floor, opposite of the stairs.
樓梯對面有他們的錄像


They leave a question posted there every week, and if you want to, you can record yourself answering that question and they might put you in a video!
Which is what we did....here:
(around 3:50 or so)
他們每個星期有不一樣的問題,如果你拍你自己答案他們可能用你的影片上傳到Youtube.
我也參加了哈哈,3:50 開始:



Before I go on talking about how adorable the interior of the cafe is, here's a recommendation:
If you're travelling or studying in Korea by yourself and want to make friends, come to the language exchange at the Cafe.
It's every Monday and Wednesdays, starting from 7PM.
The host of the language exchange, Mark is super nice and will make sure you'll feel included.
I made so many friends there, whom I already miss very much.
It's also a good place for finding language exchange partners...if you want to. Since I just wanted to make friends, i didn't really practice much Korean there. Oops.
如果你自己一個人來韓國的話,不要擔心!
每個星期一,三晚上七點有語言交換 (Language Exchange)
來的話會很快找到朋友們,那裏的人都真的很,好都會跟你練習韓文,英文,中文,都可以!


So~ onto more photos of the cute interior!







They also sell the Talk to Me in Korean books at the cafe and some of EYKs merchandise, like those bear hats! (they're quite pricey though)
在那裏他們也賣 Talk to Me in Korean 的韓文書,也賣Eat Your Kimchi 的商品。





Onto the food and drinks that you can get there~

那。。在那裏可以買什麼好吃的東西跟飲料?



I honestly have to admit that I didn't try too many different drinks or cakes there, even though i visited at least 8 times, as I found my favourite already on our first visit:
其實我沒試試了很多不一樣的飲料因為第一次去的時候已經找到了最好喝的是哪一杯



May I introduce? The Nutella Milkshake~
Yes you did read that correctly. Nutella.
Doesn't that sound like the most delicious milkshake ever?
And it actually is! The milkshakes at the cafe are seriously the best milkshakes I ever tried, and Nutella just makes for the best flavour.
能多益奶昔。
對,能多益。 真的能多益。
那邊的奶昔真的非常好喝,能多益是最好喝的。

 


Oreo milkshakes are awesome too, and peanut butter sometimes too. What I'm trying to say is Nutella and Oreo milkshakes were great every time we ordered them, while peanut butter was amazing one time but just ok-ish the other time. Green Tea tastes good as well.
OREO奶昔也很好喝,花生醬也號喝,但是有時候不甜。

Onto the cakes~
First, the rainbow roll:



Tbh I'm not a huge fan of the cakes there (or cakes in Korea in general tbh). They're really expensive.
The rainbow roll was mostly good, but still not worth the price (6-7.000won)
The Oreo cake was not good at all.
蛋糕在那裏真的都不那麼好吃,而且比較貴。
第一個彩虹蛋糕還好,但是OREO真的不好吃。


So for the end of the post, have a photo of me holding the photogenetic, but not that delicious rainbow cake:



All in all, I really recommend this place, even if just for the milkshakes.
Or the language exchange.
Or the video booth.
Or just as a general nice cafe for studying.
畢竟我真的喜歡這店咖啡店。
奶昔好喝
語言交換好玩。
只去那裏讀書也真好

That's it for today~ ^-^
Hope you enjoyed this post.
Would you like to visit this cafe, or did you ever visit it?
Please tell me your thoughts in the comments below :D

好啊,完了。
你們去過嗎 還是想去嗎
下面告訴我吧

Love, Lydia