Earlier this October, we took Casey for our first overseas trip as a family. We’d chosen Taiwan as the destination partly due to suitability of climate during this time of the year, and well, I haven’t been to Taiwan before.
remember to register for your lucky draw!
Our morning flight (Air Asia X since I had over RM 500 credit in the account due to pandemic deal that didn’t happen) was thankfully quite uneventful. We were lucky to have the whole three seats to ourselves with Casey sleeping most of the way through.
Upon reaching Taoyuan International Airport, we collected our luggage and went to play the Taiwan Lucky Land lucky draw which we’ve registered earlier thanks to info from Shing Yee. Out of 4 of us, we did indeed won a lucky draw of 5000 NTD in EasyCard (kinda like Touch & Go in Malaysia), which was equivalent to over RM 600 free money!
pork leg rice stall at HonHui Plaza food court, New Tapei
RENTAL CAR FUN:
We then pushed the cart full of luggage to Car Park 2 under a bit of rain to collect our rental car. Couldn’t find it.. checked with an airport worker and was told car park spot number 25 should be in Car Park 1 instead.. went all the way there and still couldn’t find the car…
Then it dawned to me to check the booking details. Well, STUPID ME BOOKED THE CAR TO BE AT THE WRONG AIRPORT!
We had to take a taxi and traveled about an hour to Songshan Airport to get our rental car. I just need to document this here so I’d never repeat this mistake again.
ru rou fan, pork ribs, pork knuckle
By the time we drove to our hotel (Hyatt Place New Taipei Xinzhuang) it was already dinner time. We checked with the hotel staff and decided to walk to HonHui Plaza, a decent size shopping mall within minutes of walk.
We went up to the food court at Level 7 and ordered 3 sets from this stall called Yu Ding Ju Jiao (pork leg).
We ordered 3 sets (195 NTD per set) – one each with pork leg, pork knuckle, and pork ribs. Each set comes naturally with ru rou rice (rice with braised fatty pork), tofu, brocolli, soup, and even bamboo shoots.
195 NTD per set
The dinner turned out to be quite delicious, even mom who was initially pessimistic with Taiwanese food came away impressed. The meat were tender, the sauce thick and flavorful, and those fatty bits on top of our rice was certainly perfect for the temperature that started to get quite chilly.
bro, don’t underestimate that pork lard with rice dish from TW. Will give you RTX 6000 power!
kekeke: we’re talking about RTX 7090 Ti!!
bro I’m getting old and lagging
kekeke: who’s getting younger?
Wow, winning a lucky draw (moreover, a big prize!) definitely a good start of your Taiwan trip!
Choi Yen: haha ya indeed it was awesome!
I won a RM1000 food voucher just before pandemic. Then, restaurant went bankrupt shortly after. Bye bye RM850! (only used $150). True story!