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Curiously two of the new vegan restaurants in Taipei – Mianto and Naked Food – are within a stone’s throw of each other. Mianto has been open a little longer. They originally started as a bakery and simple cafe, but then…
Continue readingA host of new vegan restaurants have been springing up across the city. When I touched down, several were still in their infancy and in the eight months since I arrived in Taipei, two or three more have opened. Here’s the…
Continue readingThis morning I was tutoring one of my lovely private students, a 40 something year old woman called May who has an irrepressible sense of fun, and appalling English grammar that she refuses to work on. For some reason, we…
Continue readingWhen I researched moving to Taiwan, I read a lot of really great things that got me excited. I’m not about to burst that bubble; on the whole, life here is pretty good. But here are the things I wish…
Continue readingI’ve been in Taiwan for nearly 6 months now, and I’ve realised there are certain things that I can always rely on Taiwan (specifically Taipei) to provide that make it different to any other city I’ve lived in. 1. At…
Continue readingBefore I left the UK, I stocked up on bras. “Don’t bra shop in Asia!” the internet warned. “Nothing will fit you, ever, and it will all look weird” the bloggers cried, the warnings especially dire for ladies who are at all…
Continue readingI’ve hit the three month stage in Taiwan, and it is, therefore, time for me to pull my head out of the tizzy it’s been in and catch up on the backlog of things I’ve been wanting to blog about……
Continue readingI moved to Taipei, Taiwan, three weeks ago to be an English teacher, with no intention to return. I don’t know if there are accounts out there and I just missed them, but I couldn’t really find anything detailed on…
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