The food in Taipei is wonderful! My favorite restaurant was
a dim sum place called Din Tai Fung. The food was absolutely
fantastic. In 3 1/2 weeks, I ate there about 6 times. The good
news is that they have several restaurants in the U.S., including
one -- I think -- in San Francisco. The place was spotless --
even the glass wall behind which the cooks worked didn't have
a spot on it.
One night we went to Snake Alley,
which is one of the night markets that
are all over Taipei. This is one of the
artisans who works there. He makes
scrolls and is also a teacher of scroll-making.
We spent quite a while watching him
work -- he was amazing!
Here he is showing off one the
scrolls he made while we watched.
It's so simple, and yet so beautiful!
One weekend we walked from th office through the weekend
flower and jade market. The markets take over about
3 or 4 parking garages and are absolutely jammed with vendors
and customers. The number and variety of flowers and plants is
amazing. Several vendors were selling cacti, which I can't even
find in DC!
I'm not sure what game these 2 men are playing, but they
seem to be having fun while waiting for customers in the
jade market.
Someone painted all of the
columns with blue skies and
flowers. In this case, the
orchids in front of the column
are real.
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