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If you haven’t heard by now, me and DJ Frow. Back aka Mr. ILoveSundaes are embarking on some kind of a trip to Asia – a trip of MEGA proportions if you will. Our first stop is Taiwan which happens to be the birthplace of me, bubble tea and Chien-Ming Wang (two of which are beloved by the people of Taiwan) who unfortunately is sidelined with a sprained right foot. Hopefully, he’ll return to help the Yankees clinch the division by the time we get back to the States.

So, we have arrived safe and sound after a surprisingly-not-so-terrible 17-hour flight. I’ll post more on our trip here later including a run-in with a celebrity. Today, we’ll be hitting up the city of Taipei to run some errands and walk around like tourists. We don’t really have much of an itinerary for this trip partly because we just want to wing it as we go but mostly because we were just too lazy. This is where the interactive portion of the blog comes in. If you have been to Asia or know anyone that has, please help us answer the following question in the comments section of this post.

In the cities of Taipei, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Seoul, and Tokyo, where are some great:

  • places to eat?
  • places to checkout and visit?
  • places to to demonstrate our incredible basketball skills?

Anyway, we thank you in advance for your participation. Along with this trip, this post also marks the beginning of another endeavor – my attempt in joining the blogosphere. Writing is definitely not my forte by any stretch. In fact, I suck. So yeah help a brother out. Comments, suggestions…or grammar tips are all welcomed.

That’s all for now. Hopefully, this won’t be the last post.

Written by Tyler

June 20, 2008 at 6:00 am

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  1. i <3 this page. its the breast!

    Andy

    June 20, 2008 at 6:23 am

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  2. where are you staying in Korea? do you have anyone to show you around? If you don’t have someone to show you around and you dont have any korean food vocabulary…i know you and andy are just going to hit up mcdonalds and kfc and mr. pizza and the like which is a shame because korean food is mad good and cheap there. There is a korean chain called ‘kimbop heaven’. It’ll look like this ‘김밮천국’ usually against an orange backdrop and you can get almost any korean dish for $5- $6. Their dumplings and kimbop is cheaper at $3…

    Dunkin donuts and hagan dazs and other cafe/dessert places are a lot better in seoul than here in the U.S.

    places to visit:
    go to coex mall at samsung stop; you’ll feel comfy w/ all the foreigners there =)
    myungdong (shopping, tons of international shops),
    city hall (you can walk to the chun-geh-chung river and see traditional palaces)
    jongno (bars, restaurants shops)
    hongdeh (collegiate town)
    kangnam (bars restaurants shops)

    make sure you know more japanese when in tokyo – they dont speak as much english as they do in seoul. I found that just knowing ‘excuse me!’ ‘how much is this?’ and where is ____?’ got me around fine; along with pointing at the items in the menu
    (sumimasen! ikura deska?, ____ doko deska?)

    teeth

    June 22, 2008 at 3:55 pm

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  3. wow great to hear that u guys are in one piece and weren’t kidnapped! sorry, no recs for specific food places but u know in taiwan u need to eat at nightmarkets, not restaurants- the dirtier the place, the better it tastes! (btw, did u bring some immodium??) hope u keep posting (and please post pics next time. rachel and ashley can’t read but can look at pics. heh heh!)

    greta

    June 22, 2008 at 8:58 pm

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  4. Hope you guys have a great trip. As for recommendations on places to eat – you must try the McDonalds in Taipei. They make Big Macs to die for.

    Marino

    June 23, 2008 at 1:46 am

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  5. You guys are so lucky that you get to run around, free as birds… birds with shoddy grammar. haha. Eat lots for us!

    Grace Z.

    June 23, 2008 at 2:09 am

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  6. Tyler and DJ FROW!! WHAT UP?! I’m MEGA glad that you guys made it safely to your MEGA trip. Muahaha

    We rocked softball today. Young Min hit the game winning double on his birfday. Can you imagine?! So we’re doing okay without you for now, T.Y.

    I will give you a list of places that I love in HK asap, but not now. Especially since you probably don’t read more than three lines of text.

    WE MISS YOU GUYS!!

    Christine

    Christine

    June 23, 2008 at 2:23 am

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  7. HIIIIIIIIIIIII!! IT’S MEE! So i think your blog stories are very interesting so far so goood! i’ll see what i can do about your majorly important questions. well, thanks for writing and i will update you guys via email shortly (sometime in the next week). i told ya the airplane ride wouldn’t be too terrible!! you just have to bring an itinerary of things to do! did you guys sit next to each other too? all righty, ttys and we’ll be praying for you from over here!

    Mishy

    June 23, 2008 at 2:33 am

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  8. Din Tai Fung. I’ve actually never been there but if you like shiao long bao then I hear its the place to go. its on 194 Xin Yi Road, Section 2.

    Also, if you have the money theres this place that serves really expensive, but good? beef noodle soup. http://www.688beefbowl.com/

    Any buffet in Taiwan rocks. Jogoya Japanese Buffet Restaurant.
    Taipei City, Xinyi District Songshou Rd., No. 22, 3F

    Moss burger is good theres always one somewhere.

    and you must go to Mister Donut, theres one near the 101 somewhere.

    ahh man, I just wanna go to Taiwan and eat.

    Chris P

    June 23, 2008 at 2:29 pm

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  9. hey fellas,
    good to see you guys reached there safely…as far as suggestions, i have no clue, never been to that part of the world yet…but im sure you’ll end up with plenty to choose from…have fun and be safe…and ur in our prayers!

    -ben

    Ben

    June 23, 2008 at 7:44 pm

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  10. I can just imagine two ABC guys walking the streets of Taipei and going “where should we go next??”..”um..i dunno, I’m not from here either!!”..hahaha. Anyways, glad you two got there safely. Here’s some suggestions for TPE:

    Places to eat – I would really suggest night market food, after all, that’s what TW’s known for. If you want a “famous” place that you must go eat at, then it’s 鼎泰豊 “Din Tai Fon.” It’s one of those must go places for celebrities and tourists when they visit TW. They are most well known for their soup dumpings “shai long bao.” I would avoid going there on wknds though, the lines can get insanely long.

    Places to check out & visit – Xinyi District is the prime “hangout spot” for ppl our age, there’s Taipei 101, NY NY, Shing Kwong shopping center, Eslite Bookstore, and Warner Village Cinemas (Hwa Na). Especially Warner village cinema area, if you go during this time, you’d probably bump into a whole bunch of other ABCs there. Other more “tourist” places to visit would be Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hal, Shilin Night Market, National Palace Museum, & Yangmingshan National Park.

    Places to play ball – A lot of ppl play ball around “Shida”. I think most games are just played at school’s outdoor bball courts. The thing with TW is they play more 3 on 3, and they have 6 point system. As in the game ends after 6 pts, which allows for more teams to have a chance to play. You can just show up, shoot around and form teams there.

    Lastly, if you take the subway in Taipei, remember you CAN NOT eat food or drink, if you have a drink with you, you need to tie the plastic bag up, if you walk in with a drink with a straw in it, you can get FINED!!

    Betty

    June 23, 2008 at 7:52 pm

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