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Posted in The exquisite locales and a colorful heritage of Taiwan draw in millions of tourists every year. Scenic beauty however, is definitely not the only attraction of the island, and the tourists here delight in the unique shopping experience that Taiwan presents. Taiwan is in fact, a shopper’s paradise and every city in the island has numerous shopping malls and alleys that sell a variety of national and international products. Taipei is especially famous for the host of options it presents to its shoppers.
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Taiwanese are proud of their tea-producing tradition. Just about all visitors to Taiwan will at some time in their stay be offered a small cup of steaming, golden oolong tea. It is fit, then, that Taiwan should be the location of what is reputed to be the world’s largest tea museum–the Pinglin Tea Industry Museum, which opened on January 12, 1997. The museum, located in the green hills of Pinglin in Taipei county, took eight years and US$10 million to complete.
Visitors can enjoy a refreshing cup of tea at the museum’s tea house.
“Pinglin has over a century of experience producing tea,” says Mayor Huang Ming-feng, whose family has planted tea in the area for five generations. Paochung teaan aromatic, sweet-tasting brew is the type of tea most commonly grown around Pinglin. “The quality of our paochung tea has steadily improved,” continues Huang. “It is the most fragrant tea available.” Read the rest of this entry »
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Taiwan is practically a paradise for the shoppers, and every city of the island has fantastic shopping malls that promise to satisfy every taste and requirement. Shinchu in Taiwan houses one of the largest malls in the island. The Windance Shopping Centre in Shinchu is indeed a huge complex that occupies a giant floor area of one hundred and two thousand square feet and ranks close in size to the Living Mall in Taipei. Located in Zhongyang Road, the mall is a complete entertainment arena with its restaurants, cinema hall, theme park and a variety of stores. Read the rest of this entry »
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There is a fascination in Taiwan with eating, the emphasis on ingredients with tastes that are as close to the field as possible. Snacking is a passion, and each little village and town will lay claim to its own unique contributions to the culinary world, its own “famous foods.” Sweet cakes and pastries are favorite items, with what are called “cakes” most often bite-sized morsels rather than the family-sized creations of the West.
Traditional cakes and pastries are characterized by flaky crusts, fluffy innards, and outsides often a bit crispy, with heavy use of items associated with farm living such as egg yolks, taro, red beans, mung-beans, and so on. The taro and beans will be made into a paste and lightly sweetened, but the taste of the good earth is still there, and bakers place great emphasis on getting the ingredients from the field to your palate as quickly as possible and with as little adulteration as possible. Today’s consumer enjoys variety, and sellers endlessly roll out new treats, but you’ll find these are primarily based on traditional varieties with some tailoring done to suit current tastes and lifestyles. Following, we’ll first head out into farm country, to the pristine areas of Yilan and Hualien counties on the east coast, dropping by a well-known bakery in each area and check out its “famous foods” before heading back to Taipei. Read the rest of this entry »
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