Hello Kitty Cafe in Taiwan
Sunday, January 18, 2015
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There's a wild craze over Hello Kitty in Singapore, in Taiwan, in Japan. Worldwide. Everyone loves the sweet 3-apples-tall feline. And if you're one of the kitty fans then the Hello Kitty Cafe at Taipei is definitely one of the must-go-places for you should you go visiting Taiwan.
With its lovely pink bricked exterior, this sugar-coated restaurant is hard to miss. Upon arrival, be greeted with pink walls and cute sights of Hello Kitty and her friends all over the place!
(The Cashier)
The very first item that caught my sight was this super cute menu sitting at the waiting area.
I felt like I was in fantasy island with all the pink walls, pink bows and pink everything.
Camwhoring while waiting for seats. I'll recommend reservations before visiting the restaurant as they go by "timings". If I'm not wrong, every table is limited to something like one and a half hours in the restaurant. (I think this is what the staff told me..) Perhaps it was due to it being a weekend too, cause there were many parents with their kids there.
Hello Kitty sofas, pink seats, pink table mats.
EVERYTHING IN PINK. I think guys will find the pink too horrifying.
(I really love these seats.)
They have two levels in the restaurants. Its quite a nice cozy place to spend
the afternoon at with your friends.
I was seated at level 2 AND gosh I love the backdrops too! Makes life happier~~
(The interior of the menu)
We decided to go for the set lunch which consists of drinks, salad, bread, soup of the day, a side, a main and a dessert.
(While waiting for the food.. #letstakeaselfie)
(Salad: Tasted barely passable.)
(Hello Kitty Butter Bread: This tasted quite good. Sweet, soft and fluffy.
Well, its got a kitty face there so, points up!)
(Hello Kitty Soup Bowl: Nah, I didn't like the butter consommé soup.
Tasted too buttery and sweet to my liking.)
(Sides- Chicken Wings: Tasted pretty normal)
(Main A - Pasta: I forgot the name but it was something with chicken and chill. And it was spicy, no joke. It tasted pretty oriental, so I think its a fusion dish. Didn't taste like superb but its still edible.)
(Main B- Chicken Drumstick in special sauce. Wasn't awesome either..
Its edible if you're not the fussy kind. But theres a Hello Kitty carrot slice so, oh well..)
(Desserts- Hello Kitty Mango Pudding: Tastes like cold-storage material,
just cuter and a lot more wobblier! HEHE)
(I didn't order this but its SOOOO PICTURE-WORTHY. I think I should have just went for the desserts instead of the set. Im not sure of the taste cause its ordered by a couple sitting at the next table... But Im guessing that macarons, bread, cream, strawberries and a CUTE bread can't get too bad..)
Time for more pictures after eating...
Thats the whole purpose of coming, isn't it..
OMG. If I ever get rich-enough Im gonna have a setting
like this in my karaoke room kayy. #Sherrainedreams
Don't forget to visit the toilet for pictures too!
A pretty light Hello Kitty mirror isn't something that you'e gonna see everyday!
Decided to get some cakes before I left cause they looked so good!
(Spot my Hello kitty Bag haha.)
They looked too good to be eaten!
I was spoilt for choice but I decided on these lovelies after a long time deciding.
Got these for a few friends of mine!
The smaller box should you purchase just one of it.
They do have their very own merchandises sold there as well, so do take a look!
I'd say that Sweet Hello Kitty Cafe's pretty worth going if you've never been to a Hello Kitty cafe. I mean the pictures there are gonna make the trip worth it. The set meal wasn't expensive actually. I think it was like max S$25 per person. Food-wise, it wasn't to my liking. The cakes and desserts should taste better than the mains. :) The desserts menu's more photo worthy too. Ah, so now you know what to order and expect when you get there!
Hello Kitty Sweets Cafe
No 90, Section 1 Daan Road
Daan District, Taipei
Tel: +886 2 2711 1132
Daily: 11.30am – 10pm
Nearest Station: Zhongxiao Fuxing
(Do call for reservations if possible or you might end up having to wait for quite awhile!)
Labels: cafe, daan, district, hello, hello kitty, holiday, kitty, sweets, taipei, taiwan, travel
Customer Service Issues.
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
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So, I was really angsty on my TWITTER bout a certain customer service issue.. Pardon me, but I was really angry and disappointed at the treatment I was given by one of the staff when I was purchasing my food at Mcdonalds just now. I honestly felt like I was "played" by the staff and it kinda spoiled my night. Well, I was notified by my friend that the long-awaited Twister Fries was back on the Menu and I happily went to the branch at Tampines West CC to purchase them. I waited for awhile at the front of the queue before that guy started taking my order. His delivery friend sitting there said "Eh, serve the customer la." which he chose to ignore... But thats fine. I'll wait.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the ever-awesome twister fries is back and at alacarte, it is priced at $3.10. I got out 10 bucks and gave it to the serving staff. He passed me the change of $6.90. HAHA, thats not wrong, like I should totally applaud him for his counting skills. But he gave me 2 $2 notes, 1 $1 coin, 4 10c coins and 10 5c coins. The paper notes couldn't hold the weight which left the coins clanging on to the counter. I was quite shocked to see that many 5c coins. I picked the coins up one by one and asked him if he had other change. He said "No." I looked at the previous customer, a Malay lady, who was right beside me waiting for her food, she gave me a weak smile.

While waiting for my food, I decided that if they didn't have change, it would be hard to serve the other customers and of course, I didn't have a wallet with me for all the coins cause I only brought 20bucks out since I went for a run. My dad was waiting for me outside Macs, so I went out to get a 10c coin from my dad, thinking that I could add the 10c coin to my 90c worth of 5c and 10c in exchange for a dollar. When I went back to the counter, my fries weren't packed yet. I waited till he passed me the fries before asking him if he could do the exchange. He replied me with "I CANNOT OPEN THE COUNTER." I told him that it was alright, he can serve the next customer and do the exchange during payment. He ignored me and went ahead serving so I waited and placed the coins onto the counter.
The serving of the next customer wasn't done quickly. And he didn't serve him with a better attitude either. The next customer was an Indian dad with his daughter and wife and he wanted to purchase the Happy Meal. The conversation went roughly like this....
Customer: Hi, can I have a Happy Meal? The nuggets.
Macs: FRIES, CORN, APPLE?
Customer: huh?
Macs (at a louder voice): FRIES, CORN, APPLE?
Customer: WHAT?
Customer's wife: ERM fries!
Customer: Can I have the toy?
Macs: You order finish first la then I give you the toy! Drinks?
Customer: Milo? Thats not cold.
Macs: Thats hot milo la! You sure you want this?
Customer: HUH?
Macs: You very sure you want this meal?
Customer: ya?
-hands over toy-
Customer: Can I have the pink one?
Macs: DONT HAVE. Pay by?
FINALLY, the cash register was opened. That was about 8mins after my purchase. So I was looking at him waiting for his respond. He ignored me until I said "Erm, so can change?". He looked at me and dug his hands into a full tray of 10c and was about to take out a bunch of 10c.
(OS: I thought you said you don't have change and SERIOUSLY? You're just gonna change my 5c into 10c???? YOU KIDDING ME?)
He gave me a "idunnohowtodescribeface". I looked at him and said "No, I add a 10c means you can give me a dollar right?" He said "Don't have." -I was looking at the cashier tray-
(OS: Hello, theres a tray full of 1 dollar coins.)
I said "ERM, you sure you don't have?" He replied, "NA, you want ah. Give you lah, give you lah." And finally handed me the one dollar.
I was really angry cause his "joke" or whatever he calls it is uncalled for? I mean what are you trig to do? It felt like I was deliberately bullied and picked upon. He said that he didn't have change so I took the 10 5c coins and 4 10c coins and went to my dad in search of a 10c to change it to a dollar. While he was obviously lying about not having change? And my dad came in to see why I took so long to only see the kind of treatment I was given. All the while, I was being nice and patient. I didn't mind waiting.. But I felt played when he attempted to give me more 10c coins, and then lied again about the 1 dollar coins.
Honestly, I don't think anyone will feel good being treated like this. Picking up coins one by one isn't a good feeling, I feel the pain of the SIMLIM lady though her case is worst by a million times. Its like, I only wanted to buy some fries and I ended up with the kind of bad treatment and attitude. Sorry but I value good service attitude and I do always end off my orders with a THANK YOU when they pass me my food. I do ACTUALLY appreciate your help at getting my food to my table k.
Good customer service actually makes a difference for a customer's overall dining experience. I don't know if you guys notice but I think STARBUCKS is actually doing great in regards of their service. The writing of names and smiles and occasional "HI SHERRAINE, ENJOY YOUR DRINK" just never fails to brighten up my day. KUDOS STARBUCKS. Other fast-food chains really needs to buck up. For those of you who've went to TAIWAN before would have experienced the real meaning of GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE. I think we need to do better..... Oh wells, just some ranting anyway. I still like Mcdonald's k? Esp, their marketing team. Always so creative, thoughtful and full of ideas. I just hope this guy learns.
(PS: I didn't show his pictures cause I don't wanna cause trouble. But his name is JIAN SEN.) Pictures are attached cause I don't want to be said to be saying things that are untrue cause it really did happen. I just thought that peopleshouldknow. )
Let me end off with some happy picture, cause tmr will be a better day.
CHEERS.
Hello TwoOhOneFive
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
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2014 has been a really different one. Though Ive lost my dearest grandpa this year, but at least I saw myself stepping out of my comfort zone and found courage to venture and explore. Now I'm even more certain of the things I want and hopefully next year will be a better year. Having that said, 2014 has been pretty good to me.
After the rare opportunity to appear in #abtm and #abtm2 , I thought that chances of appearing on screen again was minimal. However, in May there was #我是孝子 and I was really#deadhappy to have participated in it. Despite it being a small role, it was like a miracle how I was able to be on the same set as my childhood idol Christopher Lee and familiar faces like Kym Ng姐, Irene 姐 and Ruping 姐. 謝謝巫導給機會。感恩。以前小時候總夢著要在螢幕上出現, 雖是小角也能算是夢想成真啦!
Another really special acting experience would be being able to act as 安安 in #118sg. It was the first time that I stepped into a recording studio, singing some music tracks to be used in the show. Also got to know the extremely cute Michelle Yi Da Li 姐姐 there. Thank you Aaron gor for this opportunity. Thanks for not forgetting me.
Other than acting, I had some breakthroughs in singing as well this year. In the second half of 2014, I travelled to #Taiwan twice for their singing competitions. It was a real eye-opener being part of the Taiwan tv-industry for a week..Was also invited for a singing competition in #astro #malaysia in November. Thankful for that as well.
Last but not least, hosting wise, I threw myself on stage to host for several big shows this year. It was like throwing myself into the pits and willing myself to crawl out stronger after every show.. N of course not forgetting the opportunity to emcee along with Wallace Ang 大帥哥哥 for passionarts. Thank you event organizers for your constant support and belief in me.
謝謝所有人對小妹妹的疼愛與支持. Special thanks to those who look down on me constantly too cause you'll make me work harder in 2015. Lastly, thank you 梁導 for not forgetting me in #abtm3. 謝謝師父王雷 ,讓我有機會參與新年專輯的錄音。你們讓我更期待2015! ~~
BYE 2014, I'M ALL READY TO LET YOU GO.
幸福的感觉
Sunday, December 7, 2014
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幸福是种微妙的感觉,很微小却很美妙。
它就有如昙花一现的美丽,珍贵无比。
每个人的幸福点都不一样。
大家都渴望得到幸福;没得到的痴痴等待,得到却失去的痴痴依恋。
童话故事的结束一定是“幸福快乐”的日子。
我们都把幸福看得太遥远,太遥不可及。
小时候的故事里,只有王子公主才是幸福的。
我们只是普通人民,幸福该何处寻?
我最近很爱用食物来给自己带来幸福感。
当然吃着吃着是真的会胖的。
但是还是得让自己感受一下幸福。
无奈,吃了就得多跑步了。
近日,我爱上了巧克力热蛋糕与香草冰淇淋的搭配。
那天我吃着吃着,哭了。
朋友说,有病啊?
可是真的很值得幸福地流泪嘛。。
明明甜到要死,却带点苦。
冰淇淋明明冰得很,却被那热可可融化了。
这种参杂,在简单中带点混乱。
在混乱中,带来感动。
幸福的滋味,最明显的时候,是当你人生不太如意的时候。
当你最失败的时候,有人给你鼓励,你会感到幸福。
当你觉得最无助的时候,有人伸出援手,你会感到幸福。
当你觉得没有价值的时候,有人给你肯定,你会感到幸福。
当你觉得很悲伤的时候,有人笑着说我陪你走,你会感到幸福。
当你觉得没人爱的时候,有人甘愿呵护与给你照顾,你会感到幸福。
只有极端的感觉,才能产生幸福的感觉;只有恶劣,才会有强烈。
我被三个愿望影响,老是唱着 “我要稳稳的幸福~~"
有天,我朋友问我“谁是稳稳?”
所以跟大家解释我的画。
我是那身穿黄衣的女生。
那男生的名字叫稳稳。
稳稳把心,把他的幸福给了我。
所以我一定会有稳稳的幸福。
-星雨-
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