Hop on John and Sarah’s shoulders for the 3rd vlog in our Taiwan series! We visit the popular Ximending nightlife district π filled with street food, boba, fried chicken, anime & beauty shopping!
Watch our entire Taiwan Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5mDwydd3h9lLr38kGMjGdJhCZZS92QJk
View our Wanderlog itinerary: https://linktr.ee/cantoexplorers
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Intro
0:34 Uniqlo
2:33 Comic Toranoana
4:08 Animate Taipei
6:43 Entering Ximending & Rustic Starbucks
9:22 Nightlife, Food Stalls, Gift Shops
12:49 Xing Fu Tang Flagship Boba
14:56 Taiwanese Arcade & Darts
20:55 7-Eleven Combini Run
22:22 Watsons Beauty Shopping
27:01 J&G Fried Chicken
28:35 Don Don Donki
32:17 50 Lan Boba
LOCATIONS:
π UNIQLO GuanQian Store: https://maps.app.goo.gl/3C2nGJyAtrTAJR2L9
π comic toranoana Taipei: https://maps.app.goo.gl/hutkL9qhuRaFThi87
π Taipei Animate Store: https://maps.app.goo.gl/WXvALqtRHQL366p6A
π Starbucks (Rustic location): https://maps.app.goo.gl/LgxSHEPPUbv9M4E28
π Hot – Star Large Fried Chicken (might be closed or under construction): https://maps.app.goo.gl/ARVk9fqjJMaQeqZG7
π Xing Fu Tang Flagship: https://maps.app.goo.gl/8ZkxMsTxURawnVwt8
π ζΉ―ε§ηζ‘ζ¨δΈη ιθ¬εΉ΄ε ηεΊ (arcade): https://maps.app.goo.gl/xPLjtH8khN5Pg1PG7
π Watsons: https://maps.app.goo.gl/xd12jZHv7drf8sLQ8
π J&G Fried Chicken: https://maps.app.goo.gl/gY4QkLJfHNmRsRjt8
DON DON DONKI Ximen Store: https://maps.app.goo.gl/EvGD5DUf4sTWfTAi6
π 50 Lan Boba: https://maps.app.goo.gl/i7WjweDrVxrc8PkW6
MUSIC:
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[MapleStory BGM] Concert Chair: Drum, Bass, Keyboard (TMS 1.83)
Dusk Diver 2 OST – She Never Gives Up (Ver. 247)
Dusk Diver 2 OST – We Still Believe
[MapleStory BGM] Ximending: Yo Taipei
MapleStory OST – Night Market (Edited version)
[MapleStory BGM] 2015 Gamaday Park (TMS 1.84)
[MapleStory BGM] Kerning Square (Alternate Version)
[MapleStory BGM] Dev Room (TMS 1.85)
[MapleStory BGM] Dragon Tiger Field (CMST 0.96)
[MapleStory BGM] Thanksgiving Day (TMS 1.49)
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Naruto columus isn’t even out in the US yet Metal Gear banana this one was actually quite a bit yo is this the jjk collab oh no this is the chainsaw man collab oh no please select the items in the scanning please confirm the item quantity and press I love the unique self checkout it’s so good oh perf go in some tissues oh yeah it went some tissues again uh oh okay we’re close you guys see oh here it is here’s the first stop and then animates the next one second say second floor yeah this one yeah is getting aded pretty soon all oh no bab oh no oh it’s back it’s back you got to spin you got to spin he’s got to spin it’s right there it’s right here you got to spin oh they got some artist signatures oh no all right let’s see if this is a dop this is probably just a dop let me see is there more all right got blur activate the blur activate the blur I’m just going to do a quick walk and then we can leave we got SP family safe are manga and L no safe almost safe oh these are in Chinese I 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cute yeah it’s a bomb wow New Year’s gen yeah dude new that’s a huge de figure oh my goodness proud of me I didn’t buy anything wow you’re the quickest one to come back up mhm meanwhile Leo’s still in there Leo’s like not even halfway I don’t know I feel like Leo’s pretty picky with the stuff he buys yeah he is yeah all right ton of rest also like a JSU kaon an a cafe over there I don’t know if it’s like RSV walk seems like there’s a QR code [Music] hell yeah D I I’m trying to get all those Starbucks mugs man I’m trying to furnish our house man this is my goal house you don’t even have yet a house I don’t even have yet yeah you got this you got to try this I can’t try that you can try that you got try this you should try it come back yeah try it you guys you guys should try it I don’t know if they’re open oh they’re not open yet but yeah umer that’s what I was talking about like they bu curdles soy milk yeah rib me you swim I’m allergic yeah oh yeah this is welcome to seeing thing we got more here yeah straight down street performer oh Leo there you go big uni clo big all right it’s just around the corner all right we’re here at The Rustic Starbucks right in the heart of seeming ding oh crowded let’s go [Music] upstairs wow go to the third floor seat you going to sit here I’m going sit here so this used to be a um an old building that they repurposed into a Starbucks fancy fancy so yeah one of the cool rustic ones w oh well it’s quite the line for Stuff industrial it’s kind of industrial yeah it reminds me of a little bit of the Starbucks on top of shabuya on the second floor you look right here yeah it’s kind of the same I said doesn’t the crossing isn’t big unboxing unboxing we got the Taiwan exclusive Starbucks mod it’s got It’s got food it’s got scooters it’s got Lian turns it’s got hot springs it’s got Boba on the back it’s got Bears got bear I like the D some like the Boba mhm pretty sick pretty sick they got the uh the boat races for the oh yeah they got the boat races for the I like these mugs I always think they’re cool what we got we got a Taiwan exclusive it’s mango passion fruit with grapefruit and and honey so it’s going to be really fruity I like it I like it t fruits are they do a lot of it’s kind of like a slushy that’s what I thought it look like from the picture Taiwan right that’s kind of really like this kind of doesn’t taste like a Starbucks green yeah oh that syrup’s pretty good time to head back towards that big frat chicken okay there’s a boba that says come by oh we got a little Street performance right here [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh it’s so big hello one big one one m give you a coupon for the next stll yeah oh for the next stll yeah for five five you want to walk around yeah think we should walk [Music] around train games [Music] oh more magnets oh look at this one so cute that’s cute [Music] some uh little you there [Music] oh okay I think other people missed it too yeah all right what we got we got the big big chicken holy moly it’s so big it’s extra extra it’s bigger than her head look at that look at that I need to take a picture look at that that’s crazy put it next to your head there you go dang look it’s bigger than her head guys oh my goodness so big good value what [Music] $3 oh I want to L back and try it once [Music] yeah straight [Music] down oh this is the rice noodle shop on the list it’s really popular so this is the flagship sing Fu Tong store here in seaming ding order here there’s a line they make it over there there’s a picture spot right there sign uh no ice no ice yeah oh they have bra po R that’s so funny what the they have pork knuckle Pork yeah okay thank you oh thank you that’s so cute you gave us like different Boba stickers yeah wow I can see the makeup that’s much more filled than the one at home [Music] wow all right about the drink in front of the pict so cute all right now you got to start 18 times for me I feel like it’s a bit different it’s like warm and then they put like some topping on it I almost thought it was pork flash we’ve never gotten it without ice before though it’s a lot more like creamier right this is so good yeah it’s it’s different it’s so wa it’s so different oh the Boba might be some like the creaminess yeah what do they add it’s like those CR brown sugar they say it’s actually just brown sugar in here wow y honestly I expected this to taste the same I think this actually tastes better here I’m not going to lie I still think song is like pretty freaking good you love brown sugar Boba I still think it’s the way to go packaging is a lot less spany than the one back home is [Music] [Music] [Music] it back in the zone baby what E I keep going I told you we need we need energy drinks I keep going all right what we got it’s a mini six pack of Coke uh what ice oh dude I’ve seen these all right Sarah you said you wanted dessert right ice cream okay I I want to do this for fun I just want to do this for fun wait which one eat that which one you want which one you want huh oh my God which one you want pick one pick one I don’t want to eat it I’ll eat it you got haen do you got oh yeah yeah you got some options strawberries and Tre hen do all right your wishes my command M oh wait no we we had that at um the buffet it’s actually Tai or no that’s that’s that’s actually we had at the buffet in Hong Kong got 10 tokens sick sick sick one okay oh you got you got two plays two plays all right what the hell I know but like how do I I I don’t even think I can grab the straw grab the top Pointes yeah oh I can only go in my quadrant oh okay I mean it is what is I guess I can only grab the ones that are on the side I think oh RNG oh [Music] RNG no all right one more try like that [Music] okay I feel like I’m in between oh okay okay okay scam scamma scam scam [Music] Sons you want tokens y tokens all right what do you you want anything huh want anything I don’t know I feel like that one’s hard which one giraffe giraffe yeah oh my God I can’t I don’t know if it h it’s going to be hard that’s a no right right here yeah oh that’s not a good bir yeah it’s going to fall I think it’s just too heavy yeah it’s too top heavy let go all right go for it like that yeah you can’t really like okay okay no SC my eyes oh boy here we go again here we go again the DDR Revolution baby oh man it’s Japan all over again all right we are now playing darts now all right darts you want to just do like a 2v2 on one of them going yeah let’s see it we all St got this we all St it’s okay try again it doesn’t count you got six got two more guards hey both all right they did it 2 the actual one it has to be a dou one yeah I guess they made it easier cuz people would be here all day so we tried to do four player on this game but then sadly this one doesn’t work so the coins just kept falling out then we also tried to go on like the other racing games but then there only pairs of two this was the only one that had [Music] corn found the speed pug [Music] game is there a start button the credits one there there a start button oh all right here go on that side all right 2v2 all right let go all right [Music] ready oh oh I think I all right oh there’s no air okay there’s no air oh all right that was fun one was chaotic yeah we’ve been out for a whole almost 10 11 hours you guys should probably get water too if you guys need it oh eggs usually about 10 yeah 10 so cool yo I got my PokΓ©mon cards yeah I want try some I I want to try some Taiwanese drinks good I’m a fan of these what’s the Taiwanese I don’t know if this Taiwanese but I’m a big fan of these oh the papaya milk oh yeah she try papaya milk papay milk is apparently a big thing here too yeah I got it with [Music] Leo I’m taking the last one [Music] oh these are all right well this just says milk tea so I’m down is milk tea oh you got your miso nice you want any snacks for the room we have some snacks in the room already but we can see what there is I’ll take the peanut butter crunch actually can you get it the peanut butter crunch that Tokyo banana here nice this looks good that looks good too pistachio all [Music] right he wants to do the authentic sit at the window the New Year’s Pocky oh that’s kind of cool New Year’s Pocky box oh wait but it’s basic oh wait no it comes with mugs right is that mug a mug oh that’s kind of cute that’s that’s good for gift and we’re back in seeing d I always find myself coming back to the hip district is that right uhhuh go oh you want a picture oh no the Watson’s over we’re going to Watson and SE cuz it is four floor and apparently it carries like the most variety of beauty products and then this branch is actually open for 24 hours nice let’s go in [Music] [Music] just going for a b Skittle let’s see what they have so I was going to try and find some like [Music] Taiwanese so let’s see [Music] only like $13 feel like sometimes black lookes too harsh so maybe I should try getting Brown they have this longwear powder yeah the press powder oh only like $ see what these are o these are pretty so these are like B you know I expected this to be a little bit biger but it’s actually like really tiny floors cuz it’s probably like a corner [Music] section you think you’re going to be here for a bit longer you want to go to the FR before closes I don’t want Fried Chicken oh I don’t care what you want I want did you I already know you don’t want it I get this oh they have dance beef for guys this FL is the skin [Music] thank [Music] you apparently it’s buy one get one today so that’s nice we don’t have like back home yep we just have like the standard and then like this Jaws what’s the [Music] difference give me one too see like well see the one I have is like a squeeze to give me this one the original mhm I’ll try [Music] one this is the anti [Music] ring yeah this is the Deep moisture [Music] repair might try this this is the brand that our hotel gives us and it actually works pretty well so technically it’s really only like first floor actually we didn’t really see what first floor is but second floor is like makeup third floor [Music] Andale yeah there was like some brands that I didn’t see on here when then like some products that I didn’t see even though they had the brand but it looks like every time we go into like a different store it’s just like each branch has like different things so yeah oh look they actually SE the pineapple pie wow yeah you’re right it’s the 12 pack I think it might be wor I can go look while you stay in line and I’ll I’m done oh my God you didn’t say anything sorry all right she got her haul I my ha was almost 3,000 there’s the for a chicken store you want any I just want to really just try it oh I maybe like a popcorn chicken yeah you want popcorn chicken yeah okay just the normal popcorn chicken [Music] okay how about just a regular just a signature medium okay um medium signature okay H oh it all right want a picture sure is a medium bro this is like a normal servy in like one of our spots back in Atlanta it’s less than three bucks too oh these pieces are huge look at that that’s that’s a piece oh my goodness bigger than a nose eyes oh wait yeah it actually is pretty big it looked like the bag was like really small like five pieces or something but there’s quite a few inside yo it’s pretty light like it’s not like overly oily got a bit of a crisp chicken’s decent and warm little bit of a kick spice oh it’s pretty decent I will say it’s like pretty heavy White white meat I would say there’s some bones in it yeah you got to spit it [Music] out this Don Don donkey open 24/7 donkey tea ended up walking out cuz you went through TR well okay well apparently this is the Dong Donkey food cor apparently it’s outside that’s pretty cool like a small eating area two [Music] closed donkey beef tail soup no they got a lowte happy New Year [Music] set oh they got the Kit Kat Mount Fuji some anime figures they actually have like some scales some model kits it’s cool to see pule box oh no way no wait no way they have this oh my gosh they have the sushi game wait I’m actually going to get this this has been on my list for a while it’s benga Sushi it’s so sick you have Chopsticks I do have some more [Music] here Pokemon model kits Rayquaza oh black [Applause] Rayquaza hey that’s what I got buying something wait what the it’s a sushi it’s sushi Jenga this has been on my Amazon list but it’s import look you pick it up with chopsticks as you go oh wait what that’s why I want this oh yeah more chicken let got a theme song grapes muskat grapes wow look at that [Music] shees wow they even got sashimi and do she hold up it’s kind of [Music] good oh 30% off babe I think I might have to get one I think I might have to but that’s 10 bucks it tells you wa this is only $6 it tells you the price holy moly here you go here’s your G to no like Yaki Soo that’s the Japanese it’s the Japanese Yak so SC they their own branded [Music] tea off2 B bro it oh my god dude if I was craving something late night I’d just come here what the heck let’s go check out [Music] nice nice let’s go 850 that’s less than 30 bucks but this game is 45 imported oh really mhm that was a steal wait one more boba shop all right I got to try 50 la oh there it is so that brand right there is the test Boba you for the best value there it is 50 lwn oh they’re pudding mil tea babe I’ll just get the medium pudding te that is really cheap though that’s like $2 hello uh you got medium pudding M uh let’s see 70 70 70 and A2 okay yeah this one mhm $60 okay all right we got it try this first all right this the pudding milk [Music] really not too sweet it’s pretty good $2 all right let’s try it those actually pretty good $2 M this is pretty solid for a cheap Boba brand caramel pudding wait that’s actually pretty good wow not disappoined yet really solid caramel or just pudding milk tea dang I can tell what people like this wow all the street food is actually still active right now D that’s crazy that was another seeming dang late night it’s pretty Lively yeah it’s like almost 11 p.m. right now and people are still going shops are still open some are closing but yeah I know right people love to good pictures of this rainbow than [Music]