Happy New Year 2009 From Taiwan!
January 1, 2009 Posted by Chris
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Happy New Year 2009 (in Chinese: 新年快樂)! Although I had originally wanted to go to Taipei we ended up celebrating the New Years back in Taichung which was no problem. Some of our Taiwanese friends chose a pretty good restaurant to celebrate in. It was a kind of all-you-can-eat hotpot restaurant. This means you cook the food your self, however they keep bringing it to you. In addition they also had several types of sushi which were quite good. Being that we were eating dinner so late, we were all starving by the time we got seated!!
Some of my friends went to the Taipei 101 to see the fireworks display. It always is very beautiful, take a peek at the picture above. We stayed out munching away and drinking until probably about 2 or 3am. Hotpot style cooking is in a vague way similar to fondue, but you have to wait longer! Here's a few pictures:
The last picture shows the totality of our 'destruction'. Frankly put, we ate a lot of food and it was damned good. I had never been to this type of 'hot pot' restaurant before but it was a really nice way to spend bringing in the New Year.
Posted: January 1, 2009 under Personal
3 Comments
What a great way to ring in the New Year. The food and friends look fun. That’s a great photo of the fireworks.
Wo ye ai taiwan!
That’s why I also keep coming back to La Formosa! We are in a maternity clinic when we are watching tv showing the Yi Ling Yi fireworks, 
and your correct it was really fantastic! same as our new baby 
Very nice pictures 
Wow, the fireworks in the city look spectacular. It would have made for a very memorable new year celebration!