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Taipei, good company and a generous table

Taipei 101, colourful flower displays and a trip with plenty of room for seafood.

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By Julius Uy1 min read

Large pink chrysanthemums rise above dense beds of smaller yellow, purple and red flowers beside lanterns and garden signs.

I met Chia Wei Lin in Taipei, and my caption enthusiastically called him “Taiwan’s Best Product Manager.” Another entry joked about what all the eating had done to my waistline. Food and company had a substantial place in this trip.

There was room outside the restaurants for Taipei 101 and bright flower displays too.

Taipei 101

Taipei 101 rises above its shopping entrance in stacked tiers that narrow against the sky. From the steps near its base, the tower stretches far above the signs and shopfronts at street level.

Taipei meals

Two seafood platters brought together sliced fish, orange roe, prawns and yellow egg, with small mounds of green garnish. Another plate held three pieces of seaweed-wrapped sushi generously topped with sea urchin.

Between those platters, the sushi and the food shared at the gathering, my waistline joke had plenty of material.

Two round platters hold assorted sliced seafood, prawn heads, orange roe, yellow egg and green garnish on a wooden table.
Assorted seafood and bright yellow egg across two generous platters.
Three pieces of seaweed-wrapped sushi topped with orange sea urchin sit on a grey plate.
Sea urchin sushi, three pieces to a plate.

Flower displays in Taipei

Large pink chrysanthemums stood above layers of smaller yellow, red and purple flowers. Lanterns and garden signs rose between the beds. Elsewhere in the display, brightly patterned balloon decorations continued the colour overhead.

Large pink chrysanthemums rise above dense beds of smaller yellow, purple and red flowers beside lanterns and garden signs.
Pink chrysanthemums above layers of smaller flowers.

Large pink chrysanthemums rise above dense beds of smaller yellow, purple and red flowers beside lanterns and garden signs.
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