Wandering Fel

Taiwan Travel: Lin An Tai Ancestral House and Museum, Taipei

One thing about summer in Taipei is...there is no guarantee that it's not gonna be raining. =S

And it's worse because it was totally downpour when we were visiting Lin An Tai Ancestral House and Museum near Yuanshan MRT. Oh man.

Lin An Tai Ancestral House and Museum Yuanshan Taiwan

From the opposite road, we could see that some people are taking shelter and soon, we are totally going to join them (re: taking shelter). XD

Since there's literally nothing to do while waiting for the heavy rain to subside, I spent time by taking pictures of the inside yard. Which is quite romantic in the midst of the rain.

It is still quite a distance from the gate to the main museum and house complex. At this point we were kinda contemplating of whether to run through the rain or just wait for a little wait longer.

Lin An Tai Ancestral House Taiwan Yuanshan

At the end, we decided to run through the rain as fast as we could and guess what we saw inside the main building. A group of students taking shelter. Hahaha.

Students taking shelter at Lin An Tai Ancestral House

Curious on what is inside the house? Stay tune for the next post! Hehehe.

Taipei Eats: Mr J French-Italian Restaurant: The Food

What else to discuss after we talked about the atmosphere and the direction to the restaurant? Of course THE FOOD! Yum!

The restaurant serves lunch set which comes with bread, daily soup, salad, dessert (cake) and beverages. No worry if you can't read Chinese because as you can see, it has English translation! Yeay!

Mr J French Italian Restaurant Taipei Menu

The salad.

The soup for the day is tomato soup.

Tomato Soup at Mr J French Italian Restaurant Taipei Taiwan

Toasted garlic bread.

Toast Garlic Bread Mr J French Italian Restaurant Taipei

For the mains, we chose spaghetti with NZ beef and lemon sauce.

Spaghetti with NZ beef and lemon sauce Mr J French Italian Restaurant Taipei

And smoked duck spaghetti with pesto sauce. Hope I don't mix up the names. Hahaha.

Smoked Duck Spaghetti with Pesto Sauce Mr J French Italian Restaurant Taipei

The set comes with a small slice of chocolate cake. <3

Chocolate Cake Mr J French Italian Restaurant Taipei Taiwan

In general, the food taste okay. I suppose this is the kind of place where you spend your money more for the atmosphere instead of the food. If you are a fan of Jay Chou then you will feel that it's worth your money. =P

Taipei Eats: How to go to Mr J French-Italian Restaurant?

The most important question is how to find the restaurant. Not so easy after all (at least for me). If you take a cab it's probably gonna be easier provided that the cab driver knows the way and you are willing to pay. Cabs in Taipei are not exactly cheap.

Since my friend and I were going from near my place at Taipower Building MRT Station, we took bus no 1 from opposite 7-11 (a few minutes walk from exit 4 of the MRT station) to reach the nearest stop near the restaurant, Taipei Medical University Hospital (臺北醫學大學/ Táiběi yīxué dàxué). This is how the building looks like, the sky is awesomely blue that day. =)

Taipei Medical University Hospital Taiwan Taipei City Hall

If you walk towards the right side of the hospital, you will see the university building. And yes, you need to go through the university complex to reach the restaurant.

Let's take a walk before eating....

Taipei Medical University Hospital Complex Taiwan

Awww I had nice feeling from the place somehow.

Just opposite the clock tower, you'll find out that you have arrived at the restaurant. Ta-dahh!

Hopefully the above guideline is kinda helpful (I know it's not very comprehensive per se). Hahaha.