Email subscribers: to see all photos and videos, click the title of the post above in each email. Your browser will better display media. National Palace MuseumAfter a successful 8-hour sleep on a 13 hour time difference, we rode the 304 bus from Ximen Station to the National Palace Museum, which houses nearly 700,000 ancient Chinese artifacts and artworks. The most impressive room featured Ming painted ceramics with brilliant pastel colors and finely detailed scenes of imperial life. We saw a mind-bogglingly detailed concentric sphere made of ivory with 21 layers. Din Tai Fung 鼎泰豐For dinner, we visited the original location of Din Tai Fung, world famous for their xiao long bao - soup dumplings. The meal exceeded expectations: we ordered 15 pork xiao long bao, pickled spicy cucumber, 2 mushroom bao buns, sauteed garlic cabbage, shrimp fried rice, and 2 bottles of Taiwan beer, a light 4.5% brew that pairs perfectly with a heavy meal. Alexa explains in the video below how to eat the xiao long bao without making a mess.
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