[Taiwan] 台北，捷運西門站，無名日式料理 (No Brand Japanese Restaurant)

在一個週五晚上，由於在網路上看到一間不錯的「無名日式料理」店，「無名」感覺上就是很有吸引力，讓人想嚐一嚐，下班後就搭著捷運來到了這間路邊的小店。
The "No Brand Japanese Restaurant", I found it via someone's blog that says it's one of the Top 10 restaurants near Metro Ximen. So I came here to try it on a Friday night.

這間店沒什麼特殊的裝潢，菜單直接掛在牆上，樣式不少，我大概看了三，五分鐘才決定，直接跟小哥點菜即可；雖然一樓看起來似乎不大，二樓也還有座位，而且我用餐的時間已經快八點半了，一樓幾乎滿座，可見有不少人很喜歡。
The menu is on the wall. When you decide what to eat, just tell the waiter. And there are more tables on the second floor.

這兒以生魚片和關東煮聞名，先點了生魚飯(90元)，也就是握夀司，稍稍有點奇怪的「也就是」，哈哈～我好像只有在這家店才遇到；口味上，我必須說挺台式的，米飯被捏得太緊實了，口感不是很好，再加上魚片上的醬油太多，壓過了魚肉的鮮味，對我來說，有點失敗，吃不到魚肉的鮮甜。
It's famous with the Sushi and Oden. Above is the Sushi with NTD 90. The fish is fresh but cooking skill of the chef is bad. There are too much rice in one sushi, so the rice is too tight and hard and taste not good. And the soy sauce is too much on the fish. It covers the sweat flavor from the fish.

關東煮很好吃，這盤大盤要價120元，個人覺得最好吃的高麗菜捲有兩捲，吃得很過癮，和微辣(或許不能稱之為辣味，有刺激性的味道)的醬汁搭得很好，白蘿蔔也煮得很軟，有入味，不錯吃。
The Oden with big size (NTD 120). It's good especially for the cabbage roll. The cabbage with the soy tastes really good. The radish is really soft and with good flavor of the soup.

無名日式料理地址：
108 台北市萬華區昆明街127號 (昆明街和內江街交叉口) 

[Taiwan] 台北，捷運大坪林站，光頭佬美式廚房 (Kitchen by the Bald Man)

上週，有朋友請我幫忙找找新店，捷運大坪林站附近的早午餐店，在網路上找到這一家，評價不錯，名字也好記的餐廳(所以今晚才會想得起來，哈哈～)，正好今天晚餐要在附近解決，就決定來試試。

Last week, my friend asked me to introduce some brunch restaurants near Metro Dapinglin Station. I found this one, the Kitchen by the Bald Man. Today, I was here looking for dinner and thought maybe I should try it.

既然是美式餐廳，那當然就選美式食物囉，選了雙層起士牛肉堡。
Since it's an American style restaurant, I choose a burger for my dinner, the Double Cheese Burger.

B套餐附的玉米濃場和大蒜麵包，麵包不錯，有很濃郁的蒜香，加上酥脆口感，很不錯吃。
With B-type set, there are daily soup and garlic bread. The garlic bread smells good and delicious. 

主餐部分，薯條好吃，外表炸得酥脆，內裡仍然軟嫰，我很喜歡這樣的薯條；漢堡口味也很不錯，只是覺得生菜太少，只有一片，漢堡肉也少了點，整體味道感覺沒那麼豐富，沒有美式的濃重肉味，哈哈，大概是今晚想大口吃肉吧！
The fries are delicious. It's crispy outside and still soft inside. That's the way I like for fries. The burger is good, but a little bit not rich enough, too less vegetables and too less meat. In America, I believe the meat should be more thick, at least 1/3 more.

還有個優點是這兒不收服務費，這樣的餐廳，在台北已經愈來愈少見了～
A good thing for the customer is that there is no service fee. Taipei citizens are used to pay extra 10% for the service fee now. A restaurant doesn't charge it is kind of surprise in a good way.

光頭佬美式廚房地址：
231 新北市新店區順安街20號

[Thailand] Bangkok & Ko Samui，曼谷 + 蘇梅島(蘇美島)五天四夜行程

下表是這次泰國五日遊的詳細行程，整體來說，五天跑曼谷跟蘇梅島(蘇美島)兩地，太趕了，來不及去逛曼谷有名的百貨公司，當地設計師的小店，雖然在蘇梅島待了兩天半，或許因為第三天早起，還是有一點點急迫的感覺。
Below is the whole schedule of this trip. Generally speaking, it's a little bit rush to go Bangkok and Ko Samui in a 5-day trip. Next time, a 6- or 7-day trip should be better. There is no time to go shopping in Bangkok this time. And because we took a really early flight to Ko Samui, it's tired on the 3rd day.

	出發時間	出發地點	抵達時間	抵達地點	活動內容
第一天	1330	桃園機場(TPE)	1620	曼谷機場(BKK)	抵達，出關
	1745	曼谷機場(BKK)	1830	W Hotel	Check-in
	1900	W Hotel	1930	Feuang Nara (豐泰園餐廳)
	1930		2100	Feuang Nara (豐泰園餐廳)	晚餐
	2100	Feuang Nara (豐泰園餐廳)	2120	W Hotel	休息
第二天	1000	W Hotel	1030	大皇宮(Grand Palace)	搭船
	1030		1330	大皇宮，臥佛寺	參觀
	1330	大皇宮(Grand Palace)	1400	恰圖恰週末市集(Chatuchak Weekend Market)
	1400		1700	恰圖恰週末市集(Chatuchak Weekend Market)	午餐+逛市集
	1700	恰圖恰週末市集(Chatuchak Weekend Market)	1730	Baiyoke Sky Hotel
	1730		2200	Baiyoke Sky Hotel	晚餐+夜景
	2200	Baiyoke Sky Hotel		W Hotel	休息
第三天	0500	W Hotel	0600	曼谷機場(BKK)
	0730	曼谷機場(BKK)	0835	蘇美島(Ko Samui)
	0845	蘇美島(Ko Samui)	0900	Anantara Lawana Resort & Spa Koh Samui
			1900	Will Wait	晚餐
第四天			1900	Issan (Essan)	晚餐
第五天	1415	蘇美島	1520	曼谷機場(BKK)
	1720	曼谷機場(BKK)	2155	桃園機場(TPE)

除了行程，還有幾點小提醒，提醒自己如果下次再去，可以多注意一下。
第一點，泰國的機場就可以辦理非常便宜的4G預付卡，七天，流量1.5G只要泰銖299，比在台灣申請漫遊便宜多了，千萬不要在台灣申請，印象中曾在其他人的網誌看過，在台灣也買得到(或者就可以辦理)，不過以這次經驗，到了曼谷機場再辦，也很方便。
There are some advices when visit Thailand.
First, to have 4G pre-paid sim card in Thailand is very cheap. For 1.5 G data in 7 days, only cost THB 299, that's really cheap compares to apply for international 4G in Taiwan. Just remember to bring an old cell phone to share the WiFi then your phone can communicate with friends like you're still in Taiwan.

第二點，當參觀大皇宮時，一定要記得「穿長褲」，連七分褲都不被允許，因為太熱，我穿著七分褲去，結果為了借褲子，多花了至少半個小時，太划不來了...
Second, when going to visit Grand Palace, don't forget to wear pants, even capri pants are not allowed. Because of that, I spent extra half hours (at least) for waiting to borrow a new pants...which delayed the schedule on the second day...

第三點，第二晚我選擇在Baiyoke Sky Hotel的76樓吃吃到飽，再到樓上觀景台看夜景，我覺得不值得，吃到飽的菜色不怎麼樣，而且還是我最討厭的一種吃到飽─飲料另外單點的吃到飽，超機車；觀景台的夜景還算不錯，但是，我去的時候剛好在整修，或是維護，有三分之一到四分之一被封起來，實在是...
Third, the buffet at Baiyoke Sky Hotel is bad. The food is just so so and the buffet doesn't include drink which is a very bad way to serve buffet. I hate this kind of buffet very much. So, this is a place I don't recommend to have the night view of Bangkok. Although, if we consider the night view only, it should good. But when I was there, it's under maintenance...
 
第四點，到了蘇梅島(蘇美島)，check-in時，其實可以直接跟飯店租機車，第一天我搭了兩趟的嘟嘟車，因為是喊價的，一趟至少都一百到一百五(每個人)，而租機車一天只要三百泰銖，且這還是跟飯店租的價格，很明顯哪一種交通工具比較划算；雖然跟飯店租比較貴，我還是建議跟飯店租，因為他不會把護照收走作為抵押物，護照離身還是相對不安全的，即使可以因此而每天省個一百泰銖。
Forth, when arrived Ko Samui, I strongly suggest to rent a scooter from the hotel or villa. I tried Tuk Tuk first, but it costs THB 100 to 150 (per person) every time. To rent a scooter only THB 300 one day. It's easy to tell which way is cheaper. 
Why I suggest to rent the scooter from the hotel or villa is because they don't take away the passport. If rent from the store, it will check it and take the passport which make me feel unsafe. Even it might only cost THB 200 per day, I still won't do it.
 
最後，由於泰國航空的新規定，從台灣飛往曼谷再蘇梅島(蘇美島)，反向亦同，只要不是兩段都搭乘泰國航空，在曼谷轉機時，行李就必須重新check out再check in，記得要留下至少三小時的轉機時間。
One last thing, if you don't take the Thailand airline to BKK and Ko Samui, you will need to check out the luggage and check in again in BKK. Remember to have at least 3 hours for transfer flights at Bangkok.