Wandering Fel

Taiwan Hotel Review: Classic City Resort, Hualien

This is actually a throwback post which old pictures I just found on my phone. Hahaha. Last time, I went to visit Hualien with my happy-three-friends. Since we were going to explore the city, we spent two nights at Classic City Resort (courtesy of my friend who managed to find a good deal from Tripadvisor here). We booked this hotel because it's within walking distance to the train station. So we wouldn't have to call a cab to go to train station for our ride back to Taipei.

Classic City Resort Hotel Hualien Taiwan

Since Hualien is apparently famous for its mochi (re: rice cake), we got two complimentary mochis in our bedroom. Nice! ^^

The room is pretty spacious and the bed is awesome (especially when compared to my hard bed in my apartment). Hahaha. Btw, there is cable TV and you know what, cable TV in Taiwan is pretty "open" on adult programme. So if you come with kids, be a bit careful when you channel-hunting, ok? XD

Classic City Resort Hotel Hualien Twin Room

Our booking came with a breakfast. So we proceeded to the restaurant to get a fix of breakfast before walking around Hualien city.

Classic City Resort Hualien Restaurant Taiwan

What I have for breakfast. Quite nice. Although I realised I did not take anything that looks green (or healthy for that matter). =P

Breakfast at Classic City Resort Hualien Taiwan

There is a souvenir/ food shop just the opposite of Classic City Resort. So you can buy some gifts from Hualien at this store. Although you can still buy them at the station too.

Overall, I am quite satisfied with my stay at Classic City Resort. The hotel front desk can speak good English and they are quite helpful and even gave us Hualien city map. You may want to consider this hotel when you are staying in Hualien.

A note though, it's not near to the night market. So you still have to take a cab to visit the night market.

I Love Taipei Main Station

Do you ever feel like you just wanna be alone and enjoy your own company? Okay, I feel that most of the time of my life. I wonder if my anti-social level has increased year by year. Is this bad? Oh well, I suppose as long as I am enjoying this trait of mine, I should not be so bothered by it. And so do you (if you are the same)! Haha.

Okay, apparently nowadays I have a tendency to ramble at the beginning of my blog post.

So today, I am taking myself for a date to Taipei Main Station (台北車站/ Táiběi chēzhàn). This bustling train station is an awesome place to waste time because there are so many things to see. I wrote a post about K Underground Mall before (see post) so if you want to check this place while you are at Taipei Main Station, you can do so.

Even though the station is busy, the crowd is still quite bearable because the station is huge. This is a big relieve for me who hates crowd. I walked to the train station part (not the one near the MRT station section) and went to the level 2. Apparently there are a lot of food here. Yumz.

Make sure to check out what's currently on sale at Mr Donut (I think it's from Japan?) because sometimes they have limited edition donuts (yes, you heard it right). Like the Hello Kitty donuts from last year. Clever marketing gimmick. Which I fell for. Shame on me I know.

I saw 老夫子 (Lǎofūzi) a.k.a. Old Master Q and his friend. if you are wondering who are they, they are comic characters which are very popular in Taiwan. My dad introduced me to this comic when I was in primary school (probably because he likes it too) and these comic characters never fail to make me laugh like mad.

I google some of Old Master Q comic strip and found them in Google Image. Go check them out if you are interested.

Another thing that I love to see (and buy) in Taipei Main Station is facial masks. Because they seem to be on offer everytime I pop by. For example NTD499 for 3 boxes. 1 box contains 10masks. Awesome, eh? (if you are a guy, probably you won't feel that excited, huh? hehe).

So now you know where to go when you are bored right? Hehe. Do check Taipei Main Station out if you have the chance. =)

Taipei Eats: Prince Cheese Potato, Ximending

今天我真的很丟臉. 我真希望時光機器的存在. 但是五月天的歌說 "如果後悔不能後退, 是不是就只能往前?". Sigh. 我沒有辦法, 一定要往前走. 反正, 我丢脸的时候, 没有那么多人看到我了. Phew. Can they have amnesia? Please? Hahaha should I try to hit their head? #criminalminds

Haha okay, enough ranting about myself. If you can't read my scribble above..let's just say that I had a quite embarrassing moment today which I wish never happen. Up to the point I want to hit the head of those eyewitnesses. Hahahaha. I guess life goes on, huh? I'm gonna act blur and pretend to be cool about it. Cool~~~~ #damnitshard

If you guys want to skip my ranting ahead, you can immediately go to this part. Although my post is actually kinda short today. Hahaha.

Because I was having a bad day, I decided to cheer myself up by..eating something nice. So off I went to Ximending, and immediately made my way to Prince Cheese Potato!

I was too focused on the cheese potato, I forgot to take picture of the place. Thanks God for Google Image. =P

The shop name is Prince Cheese Potato (王子起司馬鈴薯/ wángzǐ qǐ sī mǎlíngshǔ). And it literally sells cheese potato. There is no place to sit and eat so I choose to take away the cheese potato.

And here is how it looks like. Yes the potato is drenched in cheese!!! Awesomeeeeeee. And surprisingly it does not taste too cheesy. I feel like I am in cheese heaven. (Yes, there will be cheese in heaven). XD

Prince Cheese Potato Ham and Corn Ximending Taiwan

Okay, I think I am feeling better now. Thanks, Cheese Potato! =)

P.S. If you cannot find this store in Ximending, they have another branch near Shilin night market (just opposite Jiantan MRT Station). You will not miss it. The Shilin branch has seats so you can eat and enjoy the cheese potato there. =)