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After a super super long hiatus, I finally made my way back to Taipei . Thinking back, my last trip was back in 2010, OMG!!!! 15 years ago…. Hahaha sia! I decided to redeem my KrisFlyer Miles for a return flight, as my miles are expiring soon by this October. Thanks god for free tickets! We took a morning flight, and it is scheduled at 0830hrs. I had a pleasant 4hour+ flight to Taoyuan International Airport . We arrived around 1.30hrs local time. (do note that there is no time different) After clearing the customs at the airport, we made our exit to take our pre-booked return transfer online from the airport. It was pleasant and hassle-free. The private car took an hour to reach Songshan District where our hotel was located. We booked our stay in Taipei at Mandarin Oriental, Taipei . I decided to splurge on our accommodation since we didn’t pay for our airfare. I love the room, as it is perfectly beautiful and pretty spacious. It is located in between Nanjing Fuxing Statio n an...

Both N and I are huge fans of the cheeky Japanese cartoon character Crayon Shin-chan , so we dated each other to the limited-time Crayon Shin-chan Pop-up Café which was held at Wong Fu Fu,  a Halal-certified Taiwanese-inspired Café. We ordered the Japanese Seafood Curry Rice . It is one of three mains in the themed menu and comes with assorted fried seafood items such as prawns, calamari, and salmon. We also ordered the Signature Mini Bowls which feature its signature scallion braised beef noodles, torched smoked duck with Taiwan pearl fried rice, and golden-fried mid wings. We ended our meal with the ‘Piak! Piak! Shinchan butt Japanese parfait ’ which comes with a custard pudding 'butt' , vanilla sponge and fresh strawberries and cream. Lastly, if you're there, don’t miss out on the merchandise, which range from keychains to blind boxes before leaving the premises. Yes, we grabbed the blind box - Shinchan ALICE IN THE WONDERLAND PLUSH SERIES!! It is definitely worth vis...