{"id":1953,"date":"2018-10-30T07:43:16","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T07:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/24-hours-in-taichung\/"},"modified":"2022-07-11T17:41:13","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T17:41:13","slug":"24-hours-in-taichung","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/activities\/24-hours-in-taichung\/","title":{"rendered":"24 Hours in Taichung"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We only had a day + night in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/Taichung.d6177563.Destination-Travel-Guides\">Taichung <\/a>and since some of the places in my itinerary were somewhat hard to get to without a car, I decided to book a driver for the whole day! Our driver was Mr Shen, you can contact (whatsapp) him at +886 926 652 666 if you&#8217;re thinking of hiring a driver for Taichung. He has this grandfatherly aura hahaha. I mean, don&#8217;t expect him to be buzzing with energy, but he&#8217;s definitely more than happy (and very smiley) to share with us information about each place, like the backstory, etc. Do note that he only converses in Mandarin!<\/p>\n<p>Mr Shen picked us up at Taichung HSR Station and whisked us off to our first stop &#8211; The Rainbow Village \u5f69\u8679\u6751!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>The Rainbow Village \u5f69\u8679\u6751<\/h2>\n<p>This place is the handiwork of a lady from this village who started painting, these illustrations you see, in her own home before venturing out to the surrounding walls in her village.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6153 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/taichung-blog.jpg\" alt=\"taichung-village\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6154 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/taichung-blog-3.jpg\" alt=\"taichung-blog\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6155 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/taichung-blog-2.jpg\" alt=\"taichung-blog\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6152 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/taichung-driver.jpg\" alt=\"taichung-blog\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The elderly man you see here is her husband who&#8217;s such a cute, jovial man. Very young at heart haha.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to Mr Shen, at first no one knew about this illustrations until students from the nearby university chanced upon it. Today, it\u2019s an arts and cultural area, and also the only village left untouched. It cannot be demolished, as deemed by the government.<\/p>\n<p>So it&#8217;s a very interesting sight when you see this one and only village right smack in the middle of all the developed buildings and roads. And plus, it stands out too, being so colourful haha.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6160 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/expedia-taichung-trip.jpg\" alt=\"expedia-taichung-trip\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6161 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/taichung.jpg\" alt=\"taichung\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6162 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/things-to-do-taichung.jpg\" alt=\"things-to-do-taichung\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6159 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/taichung-art-village.jpg\" alt=\"taichung-art-village\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6158 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/taichung-taiwan.jpg\" alt=\"taichung-taiwan\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6157 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fun-in-taichung-taiwan.jpg\" alt=\"fun-in-taichung-taiwan\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He was such a wacky guy, got so to pose in so many different ways and all hahaha. I lack the creativity when it comes to all these wacky poses.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6163 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fun-in-taichung-taiwan-3.jpg\" alt=\"fun-in-taichung-taiwan\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Second stop: Zhongshe Flower Field \u4e2d\u793e\u82b1\u5e02!<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6165 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/zhongshe-flower-field-taichung.jpg\" alt=\"zhongshe-flower-field-taichung\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6164\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/zhongshe-flower-field-taichung-2.jpg\" alt=\"zhongshe-flower-field-taichung\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sunflowers are among my favourite flowers, aside from baby&#8217;s breath, daisies and lavender. So I was pretty thrilled to be a taking a picture in a field of sunflowers EXCEPT that this field was apparently a popular one with the bees. I got stung by a bee before, and so it&#8217;s bee phobia for life; even the buzzing sound of wings, whether it&#8217;s from a bee or not, will cause me to jump. So this shot was pretty much a quick pose, nervous smile, capture and quickly walk away. Hahaha.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mr Shen told us that this white grand piano is the flower field&#8217;s trademark. Something like the Eiffel Tower to Paris.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6166\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/taichung-field.jpg\" alt=\"White Piano in Taichung\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6167\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/blogger-white-piano-taichung.jpg\" alt=\"blogger-white-piano-taichung\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Third Stop: Lunch at Mushroom Garden<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6171\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/taichung-mushroom-garden-5.jpg\" alt=\"taichung-mushroom-garden\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6172\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/taichung-mushroom-garden.jpg\" alt=\"taichung-mushroom-garden\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-6168 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/taichung-mushroom-garden-2.jpg\" alt=\"taichung-mushroom-garden\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Absolutely loveeeeed this mushroom-y broth!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/taichung-mushroom-garden-3.jpg\" alt=\"taichung-mushroom-garden\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-6170 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/taichung-mushroom-garden-4.jpg\" alt=\"taichung-mushroom-garden\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Fourth stop in Taichung: Xinshe Castle<\/h2>\n<p>I\u2019ve never been to UK\/Europe before, which honestly would be a great destination for me because of how much I love the history behind their architecture and all the art movements, etc. Hopefully I&#8217;ll be able to visit soon! But yes, this castle&#8217;s probably the closest I get to experience for now haha.(4.23)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6176\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/xinshe-castle-taichung.jpg\" alt=\"Xinshe Castle, Taichung\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yup it was raining when we got there, which was a pity cos we weren&#8217;t able to explore the grounds fully\/properly.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-6175 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/xinshe-castle-taichung-2.jpg\" alt=\"xinshe-castle-taichung\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-6173 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/xinshe-castle-taichung-3.jpg\" alt=\"xinshe-castle-taichung\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6174 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/singapore-blogger-taichung-castle.jpg\" alt=\"singapore-blogger-taichung-castle\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Fifth stop: Lavender Cottage\/Farm!<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6185\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lavender-cottage-taichung.jpg\" alt=\"lavender-cottage-taichung\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve actually been here about 2-3 years back with my family. We came in the autumn-winter season and because I remembered the place to be very charming and dreamy, I thought it&#8217;d be good to come back again so the boyfriend could see it, and also to see how it&#8217;d be like in the summer without all that fog.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6184\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/taichung-blog-4.jpg\" alt=\"taichung-blog\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>BUT alas, it turns out a fire broke out a year back and the damages required the whole place to be remodelled. Which also meant that it looks nothing like its former self anymore. \ud83d\ude41 Such a pity, because it does lack the charm it used to have.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6183\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/things-to-do-taichung-2.jpg\" alt=\"things-to-do-taichung\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/taichung-expedia-trip.jpg\" alt=\"taichung-expedia-trip\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6181\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/shanice-in-taichung.jpg\" alt=\"shanice-in-taichung\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6179\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/things-to-do-taichung-4.jpg\" alt=\"things-to-do-taichung\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6180\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/things-to-do-taichung-5.jpg\" alt=\"things-to-do-taichung\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The seventh stop was actually <strong>CMP Block Museum of The Arts<\/strong> (go Google!) but they didn&#8217;t have any exhibitions the day we went to visit, so it was a wasted trip. I was feeling quite bummed because I was actually looking forward to this one the most lol.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So Mr Shen drove us to our Taichung Hotel to check in before sending us to our last destination, Fengjia Night Market.<\/p>\n<h2>Fengjia Night Market in Taichung, Taiwan<\/h2>\n<p>aka what street food to eat in Taichung!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6195\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fengjia-night-market-chicken.jpg\" alt=\"fengjia-night-market-chicken\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6196\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/taiwan-fengjia-night-market.jpg\" alt=\"taiwan-fengjia-night-market\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6191\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/taichung-taiwan-street-food-3.jpg\" alt=\"taichung-taiwan-street-food\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Grilled chicken instead of a chicken cutlet, for a change!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I was quite fascinated by this. Basically the guy would put a potato into the machine and out comes out these long strips of crispy potato. You then choose the sauce\/dressing you want and tadahhh!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6193\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/taichung-night-market.jpg\" alt=\"taichung-night-market\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I chose barbecue sauce and it&#8217;s one of the best, if not the best, barbecue sauce I&#8217;ve ever had. The flavours were very well balanced, and complemented the potato very very well!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6194\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fengjia-night-market-chicken-2.jpg\" alt=\"fengjia-night-market-chicken\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6192\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/taichung-taiwan-street-food.jpg\" alt=\"taichung-taiwan-street-food\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/>The boy weirdly loves onions so he had to get these (giant) ones lol.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6190\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/taichung-taiwan-street-food-2.jpg\" alt=\"taichung-taiwan-street-food\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6191\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/taichung-taiwan-street-food-3.jpg\" alt=\"taichung-taiwan-street-food\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Aaaaaand, I tried stinky\/smelly toufu for the very first time! It&#8217;s actually pretty good hahaha, especially with chili!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6189\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/taichung-street-food-blog.jpg\" alt=\"taichung-street-food-blog\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/>And &#8220;sea-flavoured&#8221; clams, they really weren&#8217;t kidding about the flavour because it&#8217;s so fresh you can sort of taste the sea. And check out the cute whale box packaging!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6187\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/taichung-street-food-blog-2.jpg\" alt=\"Taichung Nitrogen Ice Cream\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nitrogen ice cream!<\/p>\n<p>Fengjia Night Market is also a very good place to shop. The stalls\/boutiques here offer very trendy apparel, and are quite cheap too yay!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Taichung Hotel<\/h2>\n<p>Our Taichung Hotel is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/Taichung-Hotels-Evergreen-Laurel-Hotel-Taichung.h1340364.Hotel-Information\">Evergreen Laurel Hotel Taichung<\/a> and I think we were given the family suite because&#8230; look! It&#8217;s definitely catered to couples with a child with this African Safari theme.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6206\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/where-to-stay-taichung-hotel-blog.jpg\" alt=\"where-to-stay-taichung-hotel-blog\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6203\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/where-to-stay-taichung-hotel-blog-4.jpg\" alt=\"where-to-stay-taichung-hotel-blog\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-6201 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/where-to-stay-taichung-hotel-blog-2.jpg\" alt=\"where-to-stay-taichung-hotel-blog\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yay yay fruit bowl. I have the habit of having a kiwi every morning with my breakfast so I was very happy to see one hahaha.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/where-to-stay-taichung-hotel-blog-3.jpg\" alt=\"where-to-stay-taichung-hotel-blog\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Africa Love&#8221; book is a guestbook for guests of this suite to leave their wishes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6204\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/where-to-stay-taichung-hotel-blog-5.jpg\" alt=\"where-to-stay-taichung-hotel-blog\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This suite has a living room and a bedroom. Two bathrooms!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6207\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/taiwan-blog-hotel-teepeee.jpg\" alt=\"taiwan-blog-hotel-teepeee\" width=\"799\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tepee! This is how I was sure it&#8217;s catered to couples with a child lol. Aside from the illustrations on the wall.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/where-to-stay-taichung-hotel-blog-9.jpg\" alt=\"where-to-stay-taichung-hotel-blog\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6198\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/where-to-stay-taichung-hotel-blog-8.jpg\" alt=\"where-to-stay-taichung-hotel-blog\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6197\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/where-to-stay-taichung-hotel-blog-7.jpg\" alt=\"Taichung hotel double sinks\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Double sinks always get a thumbs up from me! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6205\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/where-to-stay-taichung-hotel-blog-6.jpg\" alt=\"Taichung hotel bathroom\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-6200 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/where-to-stay-taichung-hotel-blog-10.jpg\" alt=\"where-to-stay-taichung-hotel-blog\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And this was breakfast the next day! Well, we had to rush through getting the food and gobbling down because we were running late for the train to Taipei. This is something I regret because the breakfast spread was AMAZING. They had a roasted corner, salad, starters, mains, desserts and PASTRIES GUYS, A PASTRY CORNER! And more. 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