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Old September 19th, 2003, 07:09 PM
Bob Myers
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Default Need dining recommendations for Hsinchu, Taiwan

With so many companies now in the Science-Based Industrial
Park in Hsinchu, I know that the city sees a fairly good number
of foreign visitors - and I'll be among them toward the end of next
month. I've stayed in Hsinchu once before, but wasn't very impressed
with my choices for dining. (We stayed at the Ambassador Hotel,
and outside of the restaurants in the hotel and the Pig & Whistle
pub - good beer, only fair food - down the street, couldn't find much.)

Anyone have any suggestions for a good place to eat in Hsinchu?
(We're VERY open to just about any cuisine.)

Bob M.


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Old September 20th, 2003, 06:11 AM
Steven M. Scharf
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Default Need dining recommendations for Hsinchu, Taiwan

"Bob Myers" wrote in message
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With so many companies now in the Science-Based Industrial
Park in Hsinchu, I know that the city sees a fairly good number
of foreign visitors - and I'll be among them toward the end of next
month. I've stayed in Hsinchu once before, but wasn't very impressed
with my choices for dining. (We stayed at the Ambassador Hotel,
and outside of the restaurants in the hotel and the Pig & Whistle
pub - good beer, only fair food - down the street, couldn't find much.)

Anyone have any suggestions for a good place to eat in Hsinchu?
(We're VERY open to just about any cuisine.)


You've got to get the companies you visit to write, in
Chinese, the names and addresses of the decent places
to show the drivers.

I've eaten wonderful meals there, but I have no idea
of the names or locations of the places I went. You
could try explaining to the hotel concierge what you
want, but they will likely direct you to the kind of places
you're not interested in.


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Old September 22nd, 2003, 07:49 PM
Bob Myers
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Default Need dining recommendations for Hsinchu, Taiwan


"Steven M. Scharf" wrote in message
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You've got to get the companies you visit to write, in
Chinese, the names and addresses of the decent places
to show the drivers.


Yes, we've done that, but we (my business associate and
myself) are both of the sort who would just as soon get out
and walk around town, hopefully with some idea of a decent
eating spot to find at the end of the walk. I've had some
pretty good meals there, too, but they were clear-the-hell-and
-gone away from the hotel, and the chances of me finding
them again on foot are zero. (One trick we've started using is
to carry a small portable GPS with us, and log those places
that we DO find. Later on, plotting that location on a map is
easy.)

I've eaten wonderful meals there, but I have no idea
of the names or locations of the places I went. You
could try explaining to the hotel concierge what you
want, but they will likely direct you to the kind of places
you're not interested in.


Right. The trick we've found there is to ask the concierge,
or anyone else around, where THEY like to go to eat, after
they've given the usual list of spots they're supposed to send
foreigners/tourists to.


Bob M.


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Old September 28th, 2003, 05:06 PM
Steven M. Scharf
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Default Need dining recommendations for Hsinchu, Taiwan


"Bob Myers" wrote in message
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(One trick we've started using is
to carry a small portable GPS with us, and log those places
that we DO find. Later on, plotting that location on a map is
easy.)


Wow, that is a great idea. You could write a book of places
with their coordinates. Now I have a reason to buy a GPS.


 




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