Andrew's dad took the day off (Friday) to hang out with us. We took the bus into Taipei and took us to Dian Shui Lou (點水樓) for some dim sum lunch. My god, it was so delicious! Dian Shui Lou was inside a huge mall called SOGO, so we looked around while waiting for our lunch time table. This restaurant had the option of dim sum tasting menu/buffet in that you get a set menu, but can order more of any particular items that you like in unlimited quantity. I liked this a lot better because you get both quality (each item is made upon order) and quantity! It seems that Andrew's family loves buffets.
Inside mall where Dian Shui Lou was located
Interior mall landscaping
The most delicious and flaky dim sum treats I've ever had
Soup dumplings
Flower sticky rice cake
Shrimp soup dumplings
Sponge cake
I didn't take pictures of everything we had because there was just so much. After a huge lunch, we spent the afternoon walking around town, rather aimlessly. We stopped by Taiwan's huge bookstore, Eslite Bookstore (almost like a Barnes and Noble, on steroids) and browsed around. Andrew picked up a Chinese-English dictionary because he wanted to improve his Chinese - ambitious!
There are some really fancy malls in Taipei
Interior of the mall - all high end luxury stores
Taipei 101
Taipei 101
Strolling around town
Taipei 101 night view
We had plans to stop by Grandma's and arranged for Andrew's cousins to meet us there to catch up. It was nice to meet everyone and hear Andrew whip out his Mandarin to communicate with his cousins. Ah-jea-ah-yee was kind enough to serve us all kinds of Taiwanese treats over tea. Andrew's cousins also brought this interesting jello type dessert. It was sweet and really cool (temperature wise) - jello texture with temperature of ice - it was interesting. I tried to eat as much wax apple and guava as I could since I knew I couldn't get this stuff back in NY.
Andrew's family
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