Getting my fortune told by birds in Taipei, TAIWAN
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ส.ค. 2024
- When we heard that there were special birds that can tell your fortune in Taipei, we had to try this unique experience for ourselves. We also visited a weekend flower market, the very first Din Tai Fung restaurant, spent some time at Longshan Temple and also visited the vibrant Ximending. We hope you enjoy this vlog of ours from our time spent in Taipei, Taiwan.
We stayed near Da'an Park station so on our way to our accommodation on the first day we arrived in Taipei, we walked past Jianguo Weekend Flower Market. Since we were pretty tired and it was late, we saved this place to check out the following weekend. If you love plants, this is a great spot to visit as it's also very near Daan Forest Park too. Just be aware, there isn't really much food at Jianguo Weekend Flower Market though!
Jianguo Weekend Flower Market
Address: Section 1, Jianguo South Road, Da’an District, Taipei City, Taiwan 106
Hours: Saturday & Sunday 9am-6pm
When you're in Taiwan, it's pretty much bubble (boba) tea heaven given it's the birthplace of bubble tea! We hopped on some public rental bicycles to go satisfy the bubble tea craving but didn't expect the place we looked up would be a fail. It was by reservation only and you had to book at least a day beforehand! Turned out it was a specialist bubble tea spot so off we went again. Lucky for us there are so many boba stalls over Taipei so we stumbled across 茶胡Beard Cup nearby:
茶胡Beard Cup
Address: No. 10, Lane 151, Section 2, Jianguo South Road, Da’an District, Taipei City, Taiwan 106
Hours: Monday - Sunday 9am-8pm
Taipei, Taiwan is a super bike-friendly place. You can use your EasyCard (MRT card) to rent a bike. They're all around the city and known as YouBike. It was a bit tricky finding how to register the EasyCard online (which you have to do first) to rent the bicycles, but here's the page:
taipei.youbike...
TIPS
1. For ID Number, select "Nothing more"
2. Card information, select "ECC" (if you've got the EasyCard)
Another awesome thing that originated from Taiwan, and Taipei in particular is Din Tai Fung. Din Tai Fung is a world famous xiaolong bao (soup dumpling) franchise that's pretty much a guaranteed good meal whichever branch you go. However, we checked off another foodie bucket list item which was going to the very first Din Tai Fung store ever. They had absolutely amazing customer service and food! As there's a few restaurant branches of Din Tai Fung in Taipei, make sure you go to this very original one on Xinyi Road if you can.
Din Tai Fung Xinyi Restaurant
Address: No. 194號, Section 2, Xinyi Road, Da’an District, Taipei City, Taiwan 106
Hours: Saturday - Sunday 10am-9pm
Monday - Friday 11am-9pm
Bangka Lungshan Temple (also known as Lungshan Temple or Longshan Temple) in Taipei is perhaps one of the most famous temples in Taiwan. Longshan Temple is about 300 years old and located in Taipei's most historic neighbourhood. This place is always busy, filled with worshippers of various religions. Taiwan tends to be pretty inclusive in its attitude towards religion and Longshan Temple is an embodiment of that inclusive spirit.
Lungshan Temple
Address: No. 211, Guangzhou Street, Wanhua District, Taipei City, Taiwan 10853
Hours: Monday - Sunday 6am-10pm
Finally, fortune telling with White Java Sparrows! It's was a really unique experience and if you want to visit these fortune telling birds and have your fortune told by birds too, find the underpass opposite Lungshan Temple and follow the signs. There are a number of other traditional Chinese fortune telling experiences and a small handful of the fortune tellers there can speak English too. Pricing varies between each fortune teller's booths based on fortune telling methods, number of questions and subjects you want to discuss etc so just check beforehand with your fortune teller about the cost.
For our final destination we head over to the popular shopping district Ximending in Taipei to see what the atmosphere is like at night. Ximending had an awesome vibe it's also known as the "Harajuku" of Taipei. You can reach it easily by getting off at Ximen Station.
The place we ate at is called "You Fu".
有福馄饨面饭馆
Address: No. 15號, Lane 34, Section 2, Hankou St, Wanhua District, Taipei City, Taiwan 108
Hours: Mon - Sun 10am-9pm
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Thanks for the shout-out guys, I definitely need to find that restaurant you guys went to in Ximending, food looked really good!!! And I am now also curious about the fortune telling seemed like an awesome experience. Giving me ideas of what to do in the city I live in...hahaha. Thanks again for the amazing videos!!!
Hey bro! No worries about the shout out. Hope you're doing well back in Taipei 😁👍 has school started again now that it's somewhat under control there? Let us know what cards you get if you do the fortune telling 😁
Hey Michael 👋 Yen here now 😁 Like Peter said, hope you're well and let us know if you do the fortune telling lol. I really enjoyed the experience. If you go, please say hi to Carol from us! Maybe you can show her the video 🥰 I think she would enjoy seeing it 😁❤️ Btw, I dunno if we were just really hungry with that place that it was enjoyable hahahah Peter was getting hungus as 🤣 Take care! Keep in touch 💕
Hey Peter, so schools never closed, they have been open this whole time. The only difference is that extra precautions have been taken like everybody is required to wear a mask and we need to disinfect our classrooms. My camps though which is actually my core job, have all been cancelled as it lowers the risk since we usually have kids from 2-3 diff schools coming to us at the same time. So in place of that we have now gotta do proper videos that will be uploaded onto youtube...guess I am joining the world of youtube but in making educational videos.
Hey Yen, will def let you guys know if I do the fortune telling thing and will go to Carol for it. And I will show her the video if I go to her. Hey I am not a fussy eater so will try that place in Ximending either way. Tried going to din tai fong today but yeah wasn't really prepared to wait for like 40 mins to get a table to I will prob try go at another less busy time. You guys must also keep in touch. Keep well!!!
Ayyy that's awesome, could be the kick start of your TH-cam career 😁👍 even if you're making educational videos for work, it might put you in the space to make other videos eventually too. Good luck with it all! Oh wow we must have just gotten super lucky that day to have no line! Hopefully you get to eat it another time lol and thanks heaps if you do get a chance to meet Carol. She was a really lovely lady 🙂 Take care and all the best!
I love ❤️ your videos. I’m staying in the Ximending area now. I’ve been to many of the places you show... many times. But some are new to me. I’m going to try the dumplings 🥟 place
That's awesome! Yes definitely go to the OG Din Tai Fung 😁👍 let us know what you think too. The spicy wontons there were especially 🤤🤤 We found it was really not busy when we went coz of the whole coronavirus situation.. normally. Din Tai Fung has long waits to be seated! So would imagine the OG Din Tai Fung would normally be extra busy @.@ Hopefully you get the same awesome friendly staff, they were really lovely. Take care and keep safe!
Taiwan is really beautiful n I love DinTai Fung...yummm.😋😋😘😘
Yeah! Looking forward to having family ding tai fung in Singapore again 😊
Those are some beautiful orchids, Yen! We love those! Free bikes for 1/2 and hour? That's awesome! Two bubble tea is always better than one... score! What a great restaurant find too. Look at those dumplings.
They were so pretty! I was amazed coz haven't seen them like hanging drapes before 😍 I really wasn't sure if they were real for that reason hahahah but they looked real. I was scared to touch them 😂 Yea the free bikes were awesome and great that roads are flat and safe plus bike lanes everywhere too 🙂👍 Haha Taiwan is the birth place of bubble tea after all so had to drink it all up 🤣
nice flower market there hmm bubble tea not heard of that and the food there looked good amazing lantern and temple there Fortune telling birds wow thats kind of cool
*🔍total watch✅you got our like 👍🇦🇺👍*
😁 yeah totally unexpected experience. Always down to try quirky things that are new to us. In the end really enjoyed the fortune telling. First time for everything 😯😊
U-bikes! I was so fortunate that my Taiwanese friend Debby took me to the flower market. Crazy, amazingly beautiful and exotic plants there.
We really enjoyed it too, definitely something that's not on the schedule for most people who are just visiting. We were lucky enough to live nearby so it was easier for us 😁👋
Yess the OG DTF!!! Right by Yong Kang street, my FAV food street in all of Taipei!!
Lots of good stuff there, actually lots of good stuff everywhere in Taiwan 😂
Love the smell of incense. The temple looks amazing, I can't wait to be surrounded by temples in Asia.
Carol is so nice
those birds are the cutest thing
That was soooo cool!
I agree with you Yen, you create your own fortune but it is also nice to have a reading like that. I got my coffee read right before the shutdown too
That temple is really cool. It's a very inclusive temple apparently where worshippers of different religions are welcomed to pray. It's survived bomb raids and is around 300 years old. I loved the singing when we were there.. it felt so peaceful and calm ❤️ Asia has sooo many incredible temples. Ancient and beautiful 💕 Ooo hope your coffee reading was a good one! I heard there's tea readings too 😮
The original Din Tai Fung! We went there too. Cool to hear the history behind it
Awesome spot right! Food, service and history 🥇
your face of happiness in the Din Tai Fung! 😉
It tastes so good!
AWwwwwwwhhhhh I miss eating xiao long bao!! Shrimp dumpling.... salted egg bao... you guys are making us craving for all these food!! And nope I can't get it from delivery haha!
Hahahaha is there a ding tai fung in kl? Surely there must be right? After lock down you can at least eat. Here in New Zealand we can't even eat even if we wanted to 😅
@@PeterandYen Yes.... but not this time haha!! I still can't get my Xiao long bao with the lock down :P But yes, after!
Woohoo more Taiwan videos!!
😁 only 1 more left tho
Great new video. Nice to meet you. Have a nice weekend
Thank you, you too 👍
I love this! It’s like off-the-beaten-path-ish travelogues :) did you end up drinking both milk teas? 🤣 also, your Din Tai Fung portion killed me, can’t get decent dumplings nowadays 😅 and Peter, see you in the park 30 years from now, let’s have competitive games of mahjong! 😄
Liro 💯 keen to join you for mah Jong! Hahahaha one of the memories that stuck in my head since young is the old ppl who sat in the hall way with like stashes of 1rmb playing mah Jong for money everyday. Seemed so cool. Yen drunk both the milk tea no problem I helped a bit 😂
we loved the Longshan temple! so colorful and so many people praying for different things...
Cool spot, the singing was very calming also.
Yen you did great on the bike!
Oh no, that bobba has to be crazy good if you have to book one day before.
Good thing you found another place to calm your craving :)
Thanks Maria! 😁🚴♀️ It's awesome they had so many of those public bike share stuff around. Yea that place was like a specialist bubble tea place!! There's like a "bar tender" that creates your special bubble tea for you lolll I was like what the heck!? What's going on with this place lololll.. never had to make a reservation to get a bubble tea before 🤣🤣 they were fancy lol
That plant market looks amazing. Can't wait for the time when I can travel to Taiwan.
Taiwan is an awesome country we look forward to going back one day too 😊
@@PeterandYen Hopefully you'll share some of your future trip on the channel as well.
We loved visiting Taipei..did that for our babymoon back in 2017...lots of good memories watch your guys video
Babymoon 😊 that's so cute. Taipei must be especially memorable for you guys because of that link. Do you ever think wow 2017 that was only a while ago but now our lil ones so big?
Amazing meal... Luv those dumplings soupy things and good as fried rice Lol sorry... Hope y’all doing good and staying safe... That fortune 🔮 reading was pretty fun and good.
😁👍 thanks Tony! I hope you finally found a good cream donut recipe! We're both good thanks heaps. Keep safe and take care too 💕🤞
I really like your video.
Thanks Paul! Appreciate you leaving a comment for us. Stay safe out there ✌
Loving the smooth beat at 7:50 🔥
😁 epidemics been kind to us lately
That was interesting with the birds reading your fortune
It was a very cool and unique experience! We really weren't quite sure what to expect 🙂
Taipei looks like such an awesome place to travel to and still affordable. I really like the flowers markets, wow! Cherry blossom trees are definitely not cheap aye! Glad you found a boba tea place in the end 😅. The bikes are so cool! The shrimp wontons looked very yummy 😋. I’ve never tried tai fung before, looks like something I need to look out for next time. Do we have one in NZ? I don’t believe too much in the fortune telling either, but it’s a fun thing to do for sure 😊. It’s funny how you had to talk to the birds 😅. We’re the same, it’s sometimes hard to find local food on those main tourist streets, the food you found looked delicious as though 😋. Hope you guys and your family are doing well 😊.
Taipei was awesome! Not the cheapest in Asia but not the most expensive either 👍 That flower market was so interesting, such unique stuff we hadn't seen before! Nah unfortunately no Din Tai Fung in NZ. Closest for us would be Sydney lol but theirs don't really compare to the ones in Asia 😅 hahah yea I just went with it, they were so cute. Apparently they're known as spiritual and lucky birds and in other countries there are similar practices but with parrots or other birds! Taipei is such a cool city though, loved our time there even though it wasn't that long! Will need to go back again next time 🙂 Thanks again Lana and take care!
Peter and Yen Yeah true, probably not as cheap as Vietnam or Thailand. But still seems reasonable from the prices you’ve posted. Ahh I see, guess I’ll have to go to Asia to try one then 😅. Yes, Taipei looks so lovely! Glad to see you guys did a fair bit before you went home. You guys take care too 😊.
I love visiting the temples. .its a great place to relax the mind. Fortune teller bird!!! The bird knows it all! Huge luck and fortune for the future!!
It really is ay? Loved the singing there too, felt so peaceful. Haha yea fingers crossed those birds know their stuff 😁🤞 gotta say, the first two were really bang on and relatable for personal reasons 🙂
"Double Yay" for bubble tea! :)
😁🙌🙌
The pork chop fried rice from Din Tai Fung is amazing!! We actually liked it even better than the xiao long bao
Waaaaaaaa better than the xiao long bao? That's blasphemy 😂
1:24 doggie in the basket! I love how Taiwan is so pet friendly! Yay yay bubble bubble tea!!!
😊😍 we saw so many super cute animals in Taiwan. They are really into their pets there. Hahaha o man bubble tea overload in Taiwan...
Wow Taipei looks amazing. Loved that flower market. And the fortune telling birds. Do you think you are both going to have to go back to work with the travel restrictions that are now in place? More NZ videos once lockdown is relaxed perhaps. Whatever it is I'll still be watching.
Hi Steve 😊👋 fortunately for yen and I we are both retired. We do TH-cam as a hobby rather than rely on it for income. So for now we're just spending quality time with family during the lockdown. When things loosen up a bit will do more content around New Zealand. Thanks for your support, the pandemic has definitely hit the travel channels pretty hard.
Catching up on all your videos today 🙌 loved seeing everything in Taiwan :) it’s on my list of must see places once life returns to normal! Thanks for keeping us inspired!
Aw thanks heaps Jordane 🥰 hope you enjoy the videos! We're back in NZ now and with the lockdown and border restrictions we'll be here for some time. Looking forward to some domestic travels though so can explore and show more of beautiful NZ 🙂
Hahah wow I've never seen that fortune-telling bird thing before!
It was really cool, enjoyed that experience a lot more than we thought we would 👌
Taipei looks very pretty.
It is! We really enjoyed our time there 🙂💕
Woah... That's one expensive tree!! We're yet to try bubble tea... We plan on saving it until Taiwan. Dumplings...they look yum guys. Fun experience to have your fortune read. 👍 Random dark alleys always yield the best surprises 🤤
Taiwan is the birth place of bubble tea so good choice! We actually went to the very first bubble tea place where the drink originated from (in next week's episode!) 🙂 So got to visit two OG places which was awesome 👌
Fun video guys! 1985 Yen??? Wow, you look much younger!
Thanks Sophie hahah yea we're both turning 35 this year! I still feel like I'm way younger though 🤣🤣
Expecting your next video👍
😊👍 coming this Sunday
Will definitely have to try the og Din Tai Fung next trip... it was a bad idea to watch this while 😋 Fun vid as always😄👍👍
Definitely worth a try in the OG location. Don't know if it was the service or the history or what but everything was just stepped up a notch from other ding tai fung that we've been to.
Those dumplings 😍😍 ohhhh and the shrimp wonton
Oh yes to the fried rice 🤤🤤🤤🤤
of course dessert is always welcome!
So many great dishes at Din Tai Fung! Was awesome to be able to go to the very first one too 😁👍
Oh yes! You’ve helped me add this to my bucket list! EASY! Under MUST VISIT! (With my imaginary permanent marker😅💕)
Guys! That flower market (I was like😮😮😍😮 I’ve never seen any of those plants before! Wow! And then that blossom tree got me like 🤯no way they’ve got a fully grown blossom tree😮😮😮?!) I’m checking that place out for sure!
Oh the food, xialong bao (Yens reaction to the xialong bao though👌🏽love it!) And those wonton soup and that mince on rice and braised pork noodles👌🏽👌🏽😍🤤🤤 My taste buds are kicking me right now🤣
And now I’m craving Asian food 😩😅🤤
Seriously though, how mind-blowing was that fortune telling bird though? It’s an experience I’d like to try 🙏🏽
Yen you were so funny when you were like talking to Carol(I sound like I’m saying Carols name like we best friends 😂🤦🏽♀️waah!?) anyway you said “oh from small channel jumping to a big channel”😂💕💕😍 that was funny 🙈
I was like thinking(deep thinking😅)from when I stumbled across your channel and started following you guys when you guys had like 2-3k followers.
Looking back at where you guys were then to where you guys are right now 🙏🏽man.. you guys have definitely jumped from a small channel to big channel and you’ll continue to keep growing I know that for sure!
Anyways guys, that’s it from me😅
No more novels from me till next Sunday haha(SO I’ll be back! Just you wait!🤣)
As always, I really appreciate all your efforts for keeping us all entertained while we are at home.
Keep up the FANTASTIC work!🙏🏽👌🏽💕
Your passion, vision, consistent dedication and determination really shines through all the work you guys do!
✌🏽Peace out from Miss ‘I need to create my own blog page and keep my thoughts to myself 🤣🤣🤣🤯’
👩🏽💻 ok back to work now for me 🙈😍 ...p.s I love all your thumbnails!💕💕💕
🤣🤣🤣 I love your comments hahahah 😆❤️ they're epic!! Always make me smile honest to G 😊💕 You've been such an amazing supporter, can't thank you enough hun ❤️🙏 Carol was saying that small fish jump to big fish is the future card so fingers cross 🤣🤞 It was totally an interesting reading. I'll tell you more about it when we catch up one day lol 😂👍 Come on Alert Level 2! NZ has made great progress though ay? ❤️
Take care hun! And btw thanks heaps for noticing the thumbnails!! I make them all now 😁👍 Peter made the very first early ones.. then at some stage I took over lolol 😂 Love that you noticed them, they don't normally get much attention hahah 😆
Waw delicious food.
Excellent super fantastic sharing my friend
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video
How do you train a bird to pick up a card!!! Amazing!!!! The birds know your channel is going to jump! Great news
Hahaha think it's top secret their training but I'm sure food is involved lol 😆 They're known as psychic/spiritual/lucky birds.. quite interesting learning about them. It's an old Chinese practice fortune telling with these birds. In other countries they use other birds too apparently!
That’s Taiwan 🇹🇼 oh no where can we get bubble tea? 5 minutes later she has two 😁
😂😂 yeah... there must be the highest bubble tea store to person ratio in the world
I love that market!
We did too so much good food there 🤤
so cute for the biking part.. very nice tour.. loving the milk tea in taiwan ;)
Can't walk down the street without passing a milk tea stand in Taiwan 😂 yen had so many while we were there
@@PeterandYen yah its a must try when you visit taiwan
I've been to the temple, but i've never noticed that fortune telling bird - that is actually really amazing that the bird is so human friendly and even picks a card for you Yen :D - small channel jump to a big channel - dragon :D, yes amazing how carol could speak english that's so interesting
😁 yeah you guys should definitely try it if you go back to Taiwan. Really cool experience. Hopefully that fortune comes true but might be a bit hard with this pandemic 😂
3:37 Those soup dumplings look like the perfect choice!
Ding tai Fung is 🥇 for dumplings
"Good Find Yen, Good Find" - nothing like a dark alleyway to satiate your hunger haha
Hahahaha yeah yen came through with a live saver!
So many lives around :) Old good time!!!
It is always good to watch you guys
Thanks mate! Glad you enjoyed the video
“I don’t know, I’m always hungry” 😂😂 - we know the feeling
I got worms 😂
Smart move!! Small business street stall!!! Braised meat noodles! Great choice
Haha yea Peter was like where is all the actual Taiwanese food?! Could only see fast food chains and Western food there so was glad we stumbled into that alley lol 🤣👍
“I’m quite a klutz and don’t know where I get such good luck from” 😂😂
It's true though yen always has new brushes from walking into stuff 😅
So down for the OG Din Tai Fung - have never had a bad XLB at any DTF to date. That being said I actually prefer the spicy shrimp wontons (John). lol small channel to big channel - the fortune teller is right on the ball! haha Truth be told, we always avoid the fortune tellers in Asia. Nothing against them - just something we probably wouldn't do 😅
John and Malie we agree with you John. We both actually enjoy more the spicy wontons (we usually order w/ noodles) from DTF than their XLB. The one in Melbourne, ohhh.. so good!!
Usually I'm all about the xiao long bao. This was the first time where the spicy wontons they were off the hook. Had them before in other dtf but Taipei took it to the next level 🤤
Definitely predicted the confusion and problems with Covid and travels 🐦
🤔 somehow fortune's always have a lotta truth to them
What an interesting episode guys! With the bird fortune teller haha never heard of it before. Hope all the food things can come true for you guys!
Ahhh nothing can beat a good find of a restaurant at a dark little alley serving delicious food. That must have been a rewarding feeling after full day of exploration 👍🏻
It was definitely a sigh of relief. I was starting to get sad of the thought we'd have to have overpriced risotto in Taipei for dinner. Then yen comes to the rescue and finds and awesome well priced local gem 😁😍
The spicy chilli prawn wonton is def up my alley too Peter! i love it when we go to din tai fung
O man it was so good! Had it a few times but at this particular ding tai fung it was the best!
Omg this was so great😂 and omg I love that dumpling place!!!!!!! Haven’t tried the custard. Omg your name is Chinese was so cool lol. Omg fortune telling birds are so cute 😂
Hahaha thanks Sundai 🥰 lol yea they were really cute. We found out later they're called white java sparrows 🙂💕
Weird to hear “paper scissors rock” instead of “rock paper scissors” 😂😂
Food and Footprints- Greg and Jumi wait a minute? 🤔 I was brought up saying Rock scissors paper bhahahaha so weird lol🥰
Unuka Designs 😂😂😂 three different versions. Let’s see if anyone else grew up with another
We have a chinese version..... "Jian dao (Scissors), shi tou (rock), bu (paper)!" :P
Puri and Sue This gets more fascinating by the minute! 😂
😂 what is going on here 😂
haha New York city vibes seeing people play checkers and chess outside
It's the best way to pass your time in the golden years 👍
haha wow even birds are having a profession these days, never heard of birds fortune teller! Ximending is always become one of our most FAV spot in Taipei, miss all the hypes, shops, foods :) and wow still lots of people there..
Oh wow fortune telling is pretty popular in Taiwan and those birds are really special and popular too, think you guys gotta try next time you're back there 😁👍 we were in Taiwan back in March. They have been one of the best countries at managing the whole coronavirus situation 👍👍 It's really quite impressive if you read how they did it 🙂
Random dark alley find - nice one, Yen! Those kind of spots are the best. Bring on that lu rou fan!! Those noodles with minced pork look great too
💯 yen saved the day! Lu Rou fan was on point too
I could have easily thought you were in Tokyo looking at Ximending. Such an awesome atmosphere!
Yeah definitely has a bit if a Tokyo vibe going on especially with all the lights. Definitely a very memorable day and always nice to top off with lu rou fan 🤤
Woah I’d love that market. Flower markets are the best👌🏽 I always feel like bubble teas every time I see someone drinking them. What the heck did you say it cost $1000 to get your fortune read by a bird? Lol that’s insane how cute are the birds when they pick out the cards 😍
Oh I did hear that wrong. $26.20 NZD is a good price 😂
Haha yea initially thought was around 1000 NT (Taiwan dollars) but turned out to be 500 that day so roughly 26 nzd 😁👍 The birds were really cute, enjoyed the experience as had no idea what to expect! The flower market was awesome and bubble tea is everywhere in Taipei thank goodness lol
Oh my them Xiao Long Bao looked amazing! I had some in Hong Kong and just watching these in your videos brought back the taste and fond memories:)
Din Tai Fung is 🔥👌❤️ the one in Singapore and Shanghai are awesome too 😁👍 service was really great in that OG Taiwan Din Tai Fung though. Such friendly staff 🙂
Ximending!! My entire 4 days trip in Taiwan was only in Ximending :P "Good find Yen!" hahaha!! Awhhh the ruroufan and noodlessssss ahhhhh!!! I miss the food there!!
Phew lucky for yen and those detailed searches. I would never had found that 😅😂
@@PeterandYen Yes thank you Yen!!
I figured if there wasn't something in the main area surely there had to be something in the alleyways lol 😅
the "fast foods" are very good as well.. that's Hot Star chicken
OMGGGGG did you guys get ay chung at ximending? and hot star? and xing fu tang??? AHHH so many good options there LOL
I dunno what Chung and hot star is but we did get the xing fu tang it was pretty delicious 👌
Honestly speaking you are one of the best couple in the world. May god bless both of you. Last but not list, could you tell me which is your home country if you don't mind please........
Thanks Darshil 😅 I'm born in China and moved to New Zealand when I was 3. Yen was born in Malaysia and moved here when she was 4 😁 we have a getting to know us video video if you wanna check it out.
@@PeterandYen you are welcome 😍
I love the fortune birds! what a cool experience!
It was a really cool experience! Just to try at least once. If the fortune reading results were bad though I wouldn't know how to take it haha
wait what $1500 NZD? did i hear correctly dayum! thats not cheap :O - must be some great tree that is rare
Hahaha yeah definitely on the expensive side but it does look pretty cool though. Would be awesome seeing sakuras in the backyard
“KFC, risotto...I don’t want none of that!” 😂
😂 can't go to Taiwan and eat risotto that's just not right.
Fortune told by a bird??? Whatttttt??
WOW!! 1500 $ !! If I were to buy that one, Lieles would kill me as I can't keep any plant alive for longer than one week lol
Hahaha no cherry blossom trees for you Maria 😂🌸
Yen, we personally liked brown sugar boba tea from Xing Fu Tang when we were in Taipei 😃 We had like 3 boba each day from different shops when we were there 😅😅
Ohh my gosh yes Xing Fu Tang was yum!! Hahaha that's amazing.. you went boba wild hahahah 😆 I was trying to limit myself to 1 a day max lol. Oh you'll like the next episode.. our last from Taiwan.. we went to the place known to be the birthplace of bubble tea in Taichung! 😁❤️ Did you go there too?
@@PeterandYen Great, we're looking forward for your vlog in Taichung! We didn't go.. after Taipei we went to visit some old friends at Kaohsiung :)
what a good find in Ximending!! too many international brands there....
Hahaha definitely! Yen saved the day with that one. I was like what's going on where's all the local food 🤔
Dark alleys have the best secrets 🤣🤣🤣that sound so bad
"Good find Yen" hahahaha
We prefer local spots too! and Lieles also needs to eat
Nice video here guys! Love watching you
Hahahaha nothing like a bit of self hi five 😂 Thank you guys ❤️ much love to you both. Keep safe 👋💕
LOL "it might not make it to top thing to do list but still call it a checkout anyway" haha. Classic! What special video you going to do for 15k sub you going to get really soon?
Ooo 15k soon, 🤔 probably leave the celebration to later cause it's hard to get outta the house right now hahaha. The travel itch is really starting to grow. Hopefully everything goes to normal again soon 😅
double yeaaaaaaa :D - peter not taking the other half? how could you Peter :D - yen taking all the sugar hit hehe
😂😂 ladies first
Peter drank half of one 🤣🤣 I took the rest (quite happily lol)
Awesome episode guys! We have to admit, apart from it being the home of the beloved bubble tea, we don't really know all that much about Taipei and Taiwan in general (apart from political stuff). Thanks for showing as around! Really interesting to see the fortune telling with the birds haha. 😃😃
Thanks heaps guys! Taiwan was awesome 🙂 Would love to go back and explore more cities there one day! The bird fortune telling was a unique experience, ended up really enjoying it!
OMG $1500 for the cherry blossom tree! lol love when countries have good borrow bike systems. Oh no bubble tea didn't work out there. I heard it's really good in Taiwan. Nice train train transition into the restaurant!! Very clean! never knew Din Tai Fung originated in TW LOLLLL. Dunno why just thought it was from Hong Kong or China. The temple is really interesting. I really like the moon sticks. Next time we are going to try the bird fortune tellers. Very nice results! Especially your youtube channel turning into a Dragon 😂 Epic as! lol I'll remember to roaming the random alleys for a good bite! haha
Hahahaha yeah hopefully that whole fish to dragon thing plays out. Yen had a bunch of very good cards pulled out. But then again maybe all the cards are very good 😂 you guys should def try too keen to see what you guys get 👀🤔
We would be on the mahjong team! Haha What a beautiful temple and very interesting game. Those are the cutest birds!!! Good to hear that you have a good fortune. We'll need to try this sometime. Big channel is coming for sure! A matter of time. Random back alleys have the best food! Hahaha
Haha thanks guys, fingers crossed 🤞 That temple is awesome and the jiao bei moon sticks thing is cool. It's a really old divination practice 🙂 I remember doing it as a child too. There's actually a whole ritual to them 🙂
My gosh I’m so hungry right now I could eat a horse. The rice crackers im eating i am pretending im eating what your eating hehee hi guys 🙋🏻♀️
Hahahaha o man rice crackers are nice but they never cut it when the cravings are strong. Hope you managed to get something yummy 😁
Ask any Taiwanese around.. they are very hospitable
to be fair those birds did predict Covid-19
😯🤔 how did they do that?
Those birds pulling up the cards telling your fortune was really interesting, such a cool experience! Too bad it was a little too expensive for both of you to do it, I guess you'll have to go back!
It actually turned out cheaper than we expected, not sure if it's coz of coronavirus and there weren't many people so maybe competition for customers was tougher or maybe coz we only asked one question and it was a short consult or what... But yea Peter could totally have done it but he was content hearing just mine lol and I suppose coz my question covered our general future 🤣 when we go back I think he should totally do it too ❤️👍🙂
@@PeterandYen haha he definitely should!
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the irony is if you want to see good Chinese culture and learn, better to go to Taiwan than to Mainland China where its pretty much gone on cities
The birds pick out a random card and you believe it