Location: Taipei, Shin Yeh Taiwanese Cuisine + Two shops in East District Tea Street
Travel Note Summary: Taipei Shin Yeh Taiwanese Cuisine + Two shops in East District Tea Street. In the evening, I had dinner with Jack, the younger brother of my National Defense Service buddy Yujia. Jack has been living in the US for over twenty years. He returned to Taiwan for the New Year and happened to be flying out on the same day as me, so we took the chance to meet up and chat. Jack studied Computer Science before and is now researching AI in New York. Recently, he's considering a job opportunity in Shanghai. He said since he rarely gets back to Taiwan, of course he wanted to eat Taiwanese food. So while we were walking along Zhongxiao East Road looking for a restaurant casually, we saw the old-established Shin Yeh, and I invited him in. After eating, we continued to East District Tea Street. We stayed at the first shop until they closed around midnight, then left. Next, Jack invited a Canadian female netizen he'd never met before to join us for drinks at a second shop. Jack, who has wide-ranging interests, is a very talkative person. He chatted happily in English with this foreign friend. …
