Location: Taipei He‧Shabu Premium Hot Pot Cuisine
Around late morning, I went to Xinhai Road wearing a suit to pay respects at the funeral of Loco's father, whom I had met a few times. Under the gloomy sky, drizzling rain at Taipei Second Funeral Parlor, I felt an indescribable melancholy. The last time I was in such a place was three years ago, when my good friend Shengshun passed away in Hsinchu. Life is unpredictable; no one can foresee the future. All we can do is cherish every present moment and avoid regrets. In the evening, Manager Liang asked me out for dinner, wanting me to help with his laptop. Coincidentally, my younger brother Ryan, who works at a foreign tech company, also wanted to have dinner. Great, let's eat together then. So I made two phone calls: first to try booking another top-tier hot pot place in Taipei—Orange Shabu Shabu—but both branches only had availability after 8:30 PM. So for the second call, I booked this premium hot pot place, He, on the fourth floor of BELLAVITA in Xinyi District, invested by the New World Group from Taichung. Dinner prices range from about $780 to $2,680 (+10%). We ordered New Zealand lamb, Australian 9+ wagyu beef, and premium se…
