Din Tai Fung Dumpling House - 鼎泰豐

Official website

Taipei 101 85th FL Restaurant - 隨意鳥地方85樓景觀餐廳

Taipei 101 is the tallest building in Taiwan and once the tallest building in the world. We had a first meal at the restaurant with the best view in Taipei. On the 85th floor, it has a panoramic view of Taipei from north of south. It is suppose to serve "authentic Italian" food. However, it really serves "authentic Taiwanese Italian" food at best. In any case, most people dine there for the ambiance and most definitely for the view. The first thing all patrons do is to walk straight to the windows and enjoy the view even before sitting down. And of course, take a few pictures of the spectacular view.

Restaurant website
A nice blog in Chinese about it

Village 44 (Xingyi Assembly Hall) - 四四南村

 As Taipei rushes to become a modernized city, many old parts of the city are torn down and are replaced by new and shiny office buildings or shopping malls. As the old part of the city is removed, some of the history is lost along the way. These "Nationalist relocation villages" are part of this disappearing history that will only exist in memory.

Original village

The Village 44 preservation is a great project that keeps part of this history alive and gives people an idea of what it was like.


Too bad it was closed the day we visited it. Nice blog with photos

English travel website introduction
Of course, the Chinese wiki site