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WuFenPu Fashion Zone

by khtan

WuFenPu fashion zone is a district constitute of more than 1000 shops selling women, men, kids fashion. You may find various types of fashion there from local, Korea, China and Hong Kong. The price is consider cheap to reasonable. You may ask for bargain to the shop keepers, their service is good and polite.

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Night Markets and Food Vendors: Night Markets and Food Vendors

by Kurtdhis

In most big cities in Taiwan, there is at least one `night market'. All kinds of street vendors show up along the main street, creating even more of a traffic snarl than usual, and people show up to eat and whatever. The night market in Taichung was sort of uniform in consistency. There were quite a few cafeterias. I will talk about cafeterias some other time.Other night market food: For $150 you can get a little metal cannister with some soup and a whole shrimp and some veggies and some egg and some other stuff. I never got around to getting one of these. Ice: You get a plateful of shaved ice (like a snowcone, only without the cone) and pick out three or four things to put on top of it. Some things are fruity; others are beany. This costs about $15--$30 depending on how many toppings you put on. In this country, we hold the ice fixed and run the shaver over it; in Taiwan the ice is...

Carrefor: Shopping Malls

by Kurtdhis

When shopping in Taiwan, the cheapest and better department store to visit is definately Carrefor. They sell really fresh produce an are also the most organised and cheapest and cleanest.SHOPPING TIPS* Shops are open seven days a week, from 8:30 am to 9:00 pm.Large shopping centers may stay open to 9:00 pm and offer more Westernized ambiance. Night markets usually begin their business at twilight.* For foreign buyers, the safest places to shop are those shops designated by the Taiwanese Tourism Administration, where one can always feel at ease about the price and quality of goods and can find a money changing desks. Anyone who wishes to try bargaining with vendors had better change his money in advance.* Keep all receipts in case you might want to return or exchange your purchases. Bargaining is only possible with private vendors in street stalls, who don't usually agree to refunds or...

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Xi Men Ding: Night Market

by TinaDee719

Xi Men Ding is a night market, loads of shopping and food. Street vendos ! Jewlery, bags, food... everything. Knives haggle haggle haggle !

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Shopping Centers

by gudovich

Many shopping centers, supermarkets and street markets.Western brands - expensive.

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