Dorinda Gym

When I suddenly realised I had 3 continuous rest days, the first thing that came to my mind is "LETS GO SOMEWHERE!" Then *poof* I was already on the airplane going to Taipei. and then I thought. since I'll be going to Taiwan next year fr the tourist spots, I shall now travel less like a tourist and mor like the locals. Anddddd, that's how my itinerary came off. 

I wanted to go to some nature spots and my roommate from Timehouse recommended me to go 淡水 as it was really convenient to get there and the scenery is quite beautiful as well. Honestly I didn't do much research or googling before heading there. I just went! Haha thank God it was a worthwhile trip.

Boats resting on deck

Day 2- 金面山 剪刀石

So this was the place that was highly anticipated and admittedly the highlight of my trip. I saw this post from PopDaily and was dying to go there because of the scenery. The thing was, I didn't expect the amount of effort or stamina I needed to put in before I can taste the sweet bird's eye view of Taipei city. If you wanna conquer the hills like me, here is the detailed post about the hiking trip.

Also, I would like to shout out to Louisa Cafe. I really loved the cozy cafe located near the MRT. I was so in love I went there twice, before and AFTER I hike up.

Day 3- Pablo Cafe - Taipei Zoo

I didn't hear about this Pablo thing before, it was because I walked pass this shop several times already and wanted to try. There were no other customers in the shop so I felt like I booked the whole place. 

This was my first ever solo trip and I'm glad that I went to Taiwan. Given that I only had 3 days and this included time to travel and fly, I'm very happy for the places I went. The weather was great as well, mostly cooling with some sunny moments. The people there is more laid back and are more polite and well-mannered in general.

If you are a solo female traveller and especially if you speak basic mandarin, you basically can start buying air tickets already. I strongly feel that it is very solo and female friendly.

This sums up my whole Taipei trip and I'll be working on individual post for this trip and I'm particularly excited and more committed for Day2.

The number of fancy cafes are really scarce as compared to what we have in KL or Penang. I stumbled upon this place with the butterflies design as background. Ohh wait, isn't it the place CW showed me on FB before I came here two months ago?? 

 

This looked really appealing and its beef. So... I ordered this

I think this is very much similar to the picture right, its quite nice

We wanted to try the cake as well, this is really really good and affordable!

It's only MOP35!!

If you see closely, there's actually a guy inside feeding the fish!

Some photo-taking sessions

VERDICT

I am totally sold! The place is so well designed and the glass ceiling gives you ample sunlight to brighten up your day and of course for that natural lighting selfie! I sincerely think that the price is quite fair for the quality and service.

However, do note that the choice for food or main course is quite limited, as seen in the menu below. If you are looking for a place to chill and to spend few hours relaxing, this is definitely the place!

This beautiful and dreamy place really got me mesmerized

-Mel 10 Oct 16-

Meng Ka Korean Restaurant 明家韓國料理

After coming to Macau, I constantly had cravings for Korean food. So on one fine day after work, we decided to try out Arirang Korean restaurant. I've seen the FB ad like for a gazillion times already and were so tempted to try it out. Even my local colleague recommended it when I asked if there is any nice Korean food around. So I thought it must serve some up to par food and was so excited because finally we are having our Korean food.

Arirang Korean Restaurant

So after work we went to Prince Flower City (literally translated from 太子花城) and wanted to walk to wherever Arirang is. But we found it impossible to walk there as the Google Map said we need to walk for 20mins there. It was already raining and we called the plan off cos we were totally unfamiliar with the place, we might use more than 20mins to find the way. But we still wanna do Korean food so we settled with one of it that is located there, hence how this post comes in. 

So once we entered the restaurant, we were greeted in Korean and we can see two Korean ladies sitting on a table chatting. Mmm, I'm already liking this. With the presence of Koreans, it always gives me a feeling that this Korean restaurant will be more authentic. It's just like how those staffs in Daorae back in Malaysia speak Korean. It just gives you that extra confidence that 'yeah, we know what we're doing'.

So long story short, let's get down to what we ordered. We ordered one dish each and of courseeee we ordered BBQ. The staff asked us if we wanted them to BBQ on our table or get it done in the kitchen then served to us. J wanted it to be done on the table because more feels but it required us to order 2 BBQs, so ended up in the kitchen as we did not plan to order two. Hmm, this reminds me of Daorae who has the same policy, I wonder why??
1. Complimentary side dishes (they also serve complimentary tea)

I must say the Kimchi is quite disappointing, we barely touched it after trying one or two pieces. The pancake was nice tho! To be honest, I'm not really sure if there is complimentary refill as we didn't finish them.

2. Bulgogi Hot Stone Soup - MOP 98  

What I ordered, beef of courseeeeee! There are plenty of beef and the soup was rich in taste.

3. Spicy Bulgogi Soup - MOP 98

This massive bowl also costs the same as my beef soup so it's definitely more worth it to order this. It can easily serve two people.

Bear in mind, both the soups do not come with rice. A bowl of rice cost MOP10. (which is quite a decent price) becaseu I don't wanna eat without rice ><

4. Pork BBQ (dwaeji gogi) - MOP 108

Pork BBQ with some mushrooms and onions. If you are only ordering this without any other dishes, you might wanna consider ordering two or three BBQs. You need to order if you want to eat it with vege, priced at MOP 10 for one big bowl of lettuce.

Overall, I'd would totally come back again because of the good service and ambience. For food wise, it is just satisfaction and normal. Did not surprise me or surpass any expectation. I didn't manage to search for the address or the official website on Google. I guess this is something that they could work on more.

Well, here is the address and telephone number as seen on the receipt.
Address: 氹仔南京街65号利盛大夏地下BA铺
Telephone: 2883 0150

Also, both of us didn't finish what we ordered so we took away. The next day, I made some glass noodles and added egg and it fed me well for another meal =P heeee



Looking forward to my next Korean food visit, will definitely write about it here. Nights world!