6/27

We haven't had shiao long bao in Taiwan yet, so my friends from middle school were treating us to Ding Tai Fong, the most famous shiao long bao in Taiwan. And we went to the flagship restaurant under Taipei 101.

We had a party of 12!!! I felt like we ordered everything on their menu. It was a yummy treat for sure!

Then we had to tour Taipei 101! The last time I toured Taipei 101, I think it was close to 15 years ago. The first 5 floors are all designer stores, basically things we can't really afford!

We took the escalator to the 5th floor and rode the elevator to the 89th floor. It took only 37 seconds to get from the 5th floor to the 89th floor.

My legs were shaking a little when I tried to look out the ceiling-to-floor glass windows. It was a little cloudy but we could still see a lot of landmarks. Catherine and I even found the apartment that we are stayingin right now.

We stopped by the gift shop and bought a puzzle, 3 snow globes, and 5 post cards.

We than walked to Shinkō Mitsukoshi because there is a Pokemon Center in that mall. We forgot that summer had started yesterday and today was a Saturday. The Pokemon Center was packed and you had to take a number to get in. Our time slot to get in is 6:45-6:55 so we had to try to kill 3 hours in the mall. The boys and us went separate ways.

There was a Popmart in the center of the first floor. Of course we had to stop by... The Nintendo Store is right next to the Pokemon Center. It was the first store we stopped by after we got our number/time slot to enter the Pokemon Center. I refrained myself from buying Animal Crossing accessories but Catherine bought a Pikmin blind box.

We met up with the boys right at 6:45 and they shopped at the Pokemon Center for about 45 minutes. We then decided to get some food from the night market and call it a night.