Exquisite March 2018

TravelTaiwan
TAICHUNG
RedDot Hotel staff
recommend:
4 Sing Fa Ting desserts shop was
founded in 1938, and it still draws the
crowd for its refreshing iced desserts.
Choose from shaved ice or smoothies
which are served with a combination of
condiments like fresh fruits, beans, sweet
potatoes, yam, rice balls and peanuts.
137, Section 1, Taiwan Boulevard,
Central District; www.facebook.com/
singfa.ting
1 Xikon is a cafe which offers both
western and asian fare, but its main
business is actually in photography and
developing films. Housed in a quaint,
renovated 60-year-old building, the
charm lies in the serene ambience and
simple, good food.
1, Lane 13, Jen Ai Street, Central District;
www.facebook.com/hi.xikon
5 GuangFu Village, located in WuFeng
district, is the first town in Taiwan built
after World War II. The old village used to
be a dormitory for government officials
and their dependants after their retreat
to Taiwan from the civil war in Mainland
China. Now, the village has become a
cultural-creative hub where those in the
creative field use it as their workspace.
2 Since 1949, Tien Tien bun has been selling the
crispy fried bun with sweet red bean paste from a
humble food stand. The founder, Mr Chien, went to
Japan to learn traditional ways to make buns. After
Taiwan’s recession in the late 1940s, he decided to
start Tien Tien Bun with his family.
Xinsheng Road, Wufeng District; www.
facebook.com/GuangFuVillage
Lane 336, Section 1, Taiwan Boulevard, Central
District; www.facebook.com/DDMT1949
From top: Xikon; Tien Tien Bun;
Chung Hua Night Market
3 Chung Hua Night Market has a history
of four decades. This is the place to go for
traditional street food and movies, as there
are several cinemas here.
Section 1, Zhonghua Road, Central District
Photo credit: Xikon; Chia Ying Yang (Chung Hua Night Market)
Photo credit: Sing Fa Ting; KerKerLand
6 KerKerLand is a gift shop and cafe that is laid out in
the style of a traditional Japanese home. The highlight
of the shop is a “time drawer”, where visitors can send
postcards to the future to themselves and their friends.
Visitors can choose from a massive collection of over
100 varieties of postcards in the shop to send out.
12, Lane 40, Mofan Street, West District, Taichung City;
www.facebook.com/KerKerland
From top: Sing Fa Ting cold dessert;
A house in GuangFu Village; Time
drawer at KerKerLand
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