BUGIS STREET BUT BETTER? 👀 TAIPEI'S TRENDIEST SPOT

Vintage vibes? Aesthetic cafes? Trendy stores? Chifeng Street in Taipei has it all! Here are some of the best stores to check out:

🛍 PAR Store

📍Location: No. 1號, Lane 3, Chifeng St, Datong District, Taipei City, Taiwan 103

Looking for super retro and vintage vibes? PAR is a hidden store in the basement that sells clothes, knick knacks, casettes/CDs, and more 💿 Check out the Street Fighter II arcade machine at the back of the store 🕹

💸 This is the kind of place that curates vinyls and sells $50 SGD tshirts, so the price range is... yes

🛍 Samo Ondoh

📍Address: 103, Taiwan, Taipei City, Datong District, Chifeng St, 9號1樓

This store is so popular on Lemon8 that I just had to check it out! They're a trending Korean bag brand, and I was really tempted to get one of their pocket utility bags... 😍

💸 Each bag will set you back around $100 to $200 SGD

📸 SNAPPPxSMILE (photobooth)

📍Address: No. 3-1號, Lane 12, Chifeng St, Datong District, Taipei City, Taiwan 103

This photobooth store has super cute frames! My friend and I got one that had their bunny mascots on it 💖 You can take aesthetic pics outside the store too!

💸 Standard photobooth prices imo

🍩 Melting Finger

📍Address: No. 1號, Lane 37, Chifeng St, Datong District, Taipei City, Taiwan 103

Have you ever tried fatcarons? They're a version of macarons popular in Korea where they're stuffed with fillings -- think double stuffed oreos! This store has soo many flavours like tiramisu and salted caramel peanut, you're sure to find one that you like 🍪

💸 You can get a box of three for around $13 SGD, but you can buy them individually too!

🍨 Tella Tella Cafe

📍Address: 103, Taiwan, Taipei City, Datong District, Lane 49, Chifeng St, 22號2樓

ILLIT took their concept photos here! This cafe has a retro kissaten vibe great for relaxing in after a long day of shopping. If you want that golden hour pic, this cafe has a balcony perfect for that ☀️

💸 Each drink is around $8 SGD, and they sell food as well.

🔖 More details about Tella Tella Café

ℹ️ In General: This street is perfect for cafe hopping (trust me there's probably more than 10 cafes in this area), so remember to save your stomach space! 🤤 Some cafes do have rules regarding minimum orders per pax though so do take note.

Sadly my friend and I were unable to try as many delicious cafes as we wanted to due to stomach constraints (we wanted to visit a night market)... Here are some cafes we regrettably missed out on 😭

🍳Waku Waku Pasta (fusion pasta)

🍳 赤丸 (dangos)

🍳 Sa bai tian (famous milk mochis)

🍳 卜卜商店 (cafe)

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