TAIPEI DIARY --- Day 4, Wu Fen Pu Wholesale Market, Karaoke --- Day 5, Zhongxiao Dunhua Shopping

HEY YALL

this is my final post involving my ex so i'm really glad that i'll finally be able to blog about my new special someone :) the truly special special guy i've met.

i'll make it a short post cause the trip doesn't mean anything to me anymore.

on the second last day we headed to wu fen pu which is taipei's wholesale market! i read from many blogs that shop owners from ximending and shilin actually get their stocks from wu fen pu so they are selling it at a lot cheaper than the normal shops.

however there are quite a few things that you guys need to note if you're planning to go there which is 

1. do not go on mondays because the people collect stocks on monday so they wouldnt care about normal customers.they're probably just be busy counting stocks or whatever!

2. do not visit before 1pm because they are all closed LOL.they're like me,they only start operating in the afternoon.

DIRECTIONS:

Wu fen pu is just at Houshanpi station on the blue line! Getting there from Jiantan station cost us around NT35 (approx $1.50 SGD) and 30minutes to get there. Wu fen pu is quite close to the mrt station so its really easy to get there, no worries on getting lost!

I feel that this place is a MUST TO GO.i had one of the best meals i've had in my entire life right here serious.it was so damn fucking good i went back on the following day for lunch again.madness i know.

This place is called formosa chang and you just have to spot for the yellow signboard with the weird man with beard and you'll see it! its very easy to spot once you're out of the mrt station.

one thing to note is that they do not sell drinks in their restaurant its damn retarded LOL.but you'll get damn thirsty during the meal so bring a bottle of water with you!

Rice with the fragrant of heaven costs NT65 (approx $2+ SGD)! we both got the big bowl one cause we're mad like that LOL.its damn worth it really like the rice is so moist but not soggy and it's taste is one of a kind.

I NEED TO FIND AN OUTLET IN SINGAPORE damn it.

fried chicken cutlet that was super tasty as well.just goes so well with the rice!

you have to eat the traditional way and so you'll have to use the pair of chopsticks and eat from the bowl.i held the bowl until my middle finger had a dent on it CAN YOU SEE IT LOL.

its damn ridiculous please and it hurt so bad :(

woman who forgot to remove her cooking gloves HAHAHAHA

I really love how this place is so damn huge but then it's still damn organized.

There is only one long stretch whereby they sell children clothing and the rest of the wu fen pu is just female and male clothes. 

LONG LONG STRETCHES OF APPAREL SHOPS EVERYWHEREEEEEEEEEEE

i spent 3 whole hours just shopping non stop and i really shopped until my hands couldnt carry anymore plastic bags even with the help of my ex.i actually browsed through so many clothes until my arm HURT when i lifted them to browse through some more clothing.it was insane.

even though taipei's weather was quite cooling i was sweating in just my tank top and shorts cause the clothes were just too heavy.

So girls, dont wear thick clothing there k.

It can be a shopping paradise depending on what kind of a shopper you are.

If you're getting more than 10 pieces of each design then well you can take a look inside the shop and ask for their best price if not i suggest that you dont bother to even step into the shop. These new stocks could cost between $20 sgd to $80 sgd?! and they're not even branded. But if you're lucky their new stocks could cost $10 sgd but its really damn rare.probably just 1 out of 50 shops that have such a low price for new stocks.

If you're not planning to get in bulk then go for the clearance clothes.these clothes aren't ah ma clothing but they are mostly still in trend.i am guessing,since its a wholesale market,that they are only left with a few pieces of these stocks or just one piece so they sell it off at a damn cheap price like $4 sgd for pretty pullovers or something. These racks have many different kinds of clothes and they usually range from $4 sgd to $12 sgd at most.

I bought around 30+ apparels in 3 hours,spending around $300+sgd.this would include shorts, highwaists, denim shirts, shoes, pullovers, many dresses and tops! i really would have gotten more if my arms weren't hurting that badly!

BEST DAY OF THE TRIP HEHE

we went back to the hotel to put down our stuff and having dinner before our karaoke session!

just an example of a very worthy buy from the wufenpu wholesale market.this pretty bowler hat costs around $12-15 in bugis street.i'm pretty sure of that.

BUT THIS,cost NT100 which is only $4.25 SGD.

WTF.

very good burger from a restaurant at shilin.that meal only costs around $5 sgd with drinks.

unique earrings i got from wufenpu too.i really love them so much haha and they remind me of my navel stud!

cute doggies everywhere~

At around 10+pm we headed over to shipai station on the red line for karaoke!

it costs only around NT20 (approx $1 SGD) to get from jiantan station to shipai.

we really did get lost when we tried to find the karaoke place so we had to ask friendly taiwanese strangers for help haha.but it was seriously damn worth it!

we found holiday KTV and it was SO WORTH IT REALLY.i have never visited such a cheap ktv place in my life.

It cost $18 SGD per pax for 3 hours,and FREE BUFFET.er what the hell please,$18 can only get you damn lousy buffet in singapore?you cant even have seoul garden with $18 la.and 3 hrs of ktv in kbox probably costs $30 at least.

The room was really big and the staff were really damn efficient and friendly.best karaoke experience i've ever had really.

I'm definitely going back to taipei one day and this is a place i'll visit!

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On the following day i think we were sick of street food already HAHA.we had street food like every other meal so we decided to try their subway.their footlong MEAL ordering from the most expensive subs section only cost SGD $8+..........how is that even possible?

we ordered the cheese and steak sub.sounds damn good right haha but it was quite a disappointment :(

and this is their version of parmesan bread,looks damn weird.

naruto's coin purse hehe i love it

pretty floral jeans from new look

if you are thinking of buying some branded goods from taipei then head over to zhongxiao dunhua station on the blue line! i dont think its worth a visit though cause i'm not a materialistic girl.but if you are then you'll find a huge outlet of brands like ZARA and UNIQLO and AX there.

we ended up only spending an hr there cause honestly i think ION in singapore would make a better shopping place for branded clothes already.why waste a few hrs in taipei shopping for expensive clothes than eat good food and go for wholesale shopping instead?

they have huge ass yakults at taipei

yup i am damn crazy over formosa chang so we headed over for our last taipei meal there/ last meal together ever.i am never turning back to a relationship like that and i'm truly happy.like finally i woke the fuck up.

to sum it up,taipei was a well planned trip (cause i planned it what tsk HAHAHA).i will definitely go again someday or maybe even migrate here.who knows?

the people here are so friendly,i love their culture and they have good food and shopping.

however if any readers are going to taipei,a few things i would recommend as a MUST GO OR DO would include yu ren ma tou (refer to day 3), wu fen pu (refer to day 4), karaoke (refer to day 4), jiu fen (refer to day 2), shilin night market (refer to day 2), CLUBBING (refer to day 2) and drinking.

i really cannot wait to blog my next post about my special someone omg.i already have so many things i want to write right now.he's just such an amazing person i didn't know amazing people still exist. :') i am just so damn lucky i really am.

ok till next time hehe.