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Number(N)ine Jeans from Spring/Summer 2008

 

 

 

 

Condition: Purchased brand new in 2008 from the Number(N)ine store in Tokyo (still have the receipt, which I can include). These are the original Number(N)ine jeans as Miyashita's last collection was Fall/Winter 2009. They have been worn and washed. The crotch has been repaired. They have been hanging in my wardrobe unworn for the last two years hence the sale. Zip fly, bleeding heart leather patch on the rear and "Pain" back pocket tab.

 

Measurements: Tagged Size 3 x 30 Length / Waist laid flat 42cm / Inseam 79cm / Thigh 26cm / Rise 28cm / Hem 15.5cm

 

SOLD: US$120 shipped worldwide tracked and signed for.

 

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No holds, first to pay gets them.

 

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Your airline delay claim may not go through if the airline isn't at fault. There are so many get out clauses where the airline doesn't have to pay out it's ridiculous.

 

I've lucked out once when the technical fault was down to the airline's maintenance crew. I managed to get my ticket fully refunded (£700), despite being put on the next flight the following day.

 

In contrast my missus tried to claim for a 4 hour delay from Frankfurt to Amsterdam, but was unsuccessful as the technical fault was the airport's fault and not the airline (lol). However, as she is a frequent flyer with the airline she was credited with air miles as a gesture of good will.

 

It's pretty easy to claim yourself as you can get the template from Money Saving Expert (http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/travel/flight-delays). No need to use a third party company in my opinion.

Mume in Taipei

 

Scallop

 

Beef tartare

 

Pork jowl

 

Cobia fish

 

Chicken

 

Grilled pork neck

 

Strawberry cheesecake

 

Taiwanese pumpkin cake

 

Custard apple ice cream

Managed to get a table for two at Mume by walking in. The menu felt somewhat disjointed as they only do a la carte. I think with their setup and with what they're trying to achieve, a taster menu would work so much better. I mentioned this to my Girlfriend, who retorted that a taster menu wouldn't really work in Taiwan as Taiwanese people like to have choices.

 

My only real complaint was that we only had the table for 2 hours, so even after ordering 4 starters, 2 mains and 4 desserts (waitress recommended 3-4 starters, 2 mains and 2 desserts) we felt we were a little rushed and that they were in a rush to serve us all the dishes. On a similar note the majority of waiters who served us our food talked passionately about the dishes, apart from the American Taiwanese waitress who just said "here are your mains" and ran off.

 

Despite that the food was good, in particular the custard apple dessert - so good we ordered it twice.

 

The interior (lighting especially) reminded me of Dabbous in London. Perhaps the ex-Noma chef drew inspiration from that as well as having plates not so dissimilar from Noma's.

 

Overall, I did enjoy the experience, it's a new restaurant and I would definitely go there again in November.

 

As for RAW, I got a reservation (place is harder to book a table than Noma and The Fat Duck) but didn't fulfil it in the end due to other commitments.

What dates?

Hung out with the missus' Aunt's dog the other day. Cross breed between a Taiwanese dog and a German Shepherd.

 

 

 

A lot of budget airlines operate from Schoenfeld. For example, Easyjet operate routes from there, including a direct route to London Southend. Which is surprisingly easy to get to and from central London, 53min train journey Liverpool Street station to be precise.

Sorry not Kaohsiung...

 

There's two new haute restaurants just opened up late last year in Taipei:

 

http://www.raw.com.tw/ - Andre Chiang (of Restaurant Andre in Singapore) new "experimental" restaurant. 

 

http://www.mume.tw/ - Head chef used to work at Noma and has now returned to Taipei to start up his own venture.

 

Has anyone been to either? I'm keen to try both next month, however, early reviews of Raw doesn't sound so good. It appears they're pinning the success of the restaurant on one man's reputation with little care or regard for customer service.

 

 

 

Anders auf dem Turmberg in Karlsruhe, Germany who just got their first Michelin star. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My Girlfriend who's on business out there just walked into an o2 store and picked up a prepaid card from them. It was 20 euros for either 250MB of data and 200min worth of local calls, or 20 euros for a 1GB data only package.

 

Karlsruhe was nice, went to the Karlsruhe palace and surrounding gardens. We went to Anders Auf Dem Turmberg (http://www.anders-turmberg.de/) who recently gained one Michelin star. It's a really nice restaurant up on the side of a mountain with a spectacular view looking down on Karlsruhe. Atmosphere was relaxed, staff were friendly and attentive, and the tasting menus were affordable. We all had a four course taster each that was 72 euros, but had many little dishes in between, so we had eight courses in total. I highly recommend it.

 

We also took a day trip to Heidelburg, which was a nice little town. 

Where is that?

http://www.7heavenburgers.co.uk/, new burger joint in Norwich, yeah I know years behind London

Ahh interesting. 

 

My Girlfriend has been given contradictory advice from some of the German directors at Bosch regarding Frankfurt then...

 

So what's good in Frankfurt ?

Dr Sole has finished another two pairs of my boots...

 

Vibram sierra sole

 

 

 

Vibram ripple sole

 

 

http://originaldrsole.tumblr.com/

 

He also re-stitched all the midsoles on my boots for "better durability and ease for resoling in the future." 

Didn't want to create a new thread, so thought I would ask here instead.

 

Going to Karlsruhe for three nights in January. What's good to see and do? Restaurants etc.? Thinking to take a trip to The Black Forest but not sure if it's worth it? 

 

Might spend one of the days taking the ICE to Stuttgart or Mannheim. I've been advised to dodge Frankfurt as there's nothing much to do there. Oh and driving to France isn't an option as I have no plans to rent a car.

Tim Ho Wan

 

 

 

 

 

Back home...

 

Double stack patty with pulled pork

Highlights from my trip to Taipei

 

Sesame oyster omelette 

 

Pork rib noodles

 

Peanut butter burger

 

Turtle neck miso soup

 

Nigiri

 

 

Grilled nigiri

 

Braised pork

Being a diva while getting her hair dried.

 

 

Walked past and saw this bamboo lover in Taichung, Taiwan

 

Getting four pairs of my boots and shoes resoled by Dr Sole in Taipei. Supplied him with the Vibram soles as obviously he only sells his own branded ones.

 

He's just done the first pair, which involved removing the original crepe sole and resoling with a ripple sole:

 

 

 

Double stitched...

 

 

Photos from his Tumbler http://originaldrsole.tumblr.com/

I don't get the staff at Invincible. They all have a shitty attitude. There's no customer service at all and they are always one step behind you readjusting everything you've just touched or lightly brushed against.

 

Phantaci looks lol. Will have to check that out in February when I'm over for Chinese New Year.

 

I see cronuts are getting hyped up. Seen a couple of new joints selling them around the Da'an area.

 

Found a really good and really reasonable priced sushi place http://www.addiction.com.tw/ at the Taipei Fish Market. I highly recommend the grilled nigiri.

 

I also fell in love with a cafe off Yongkang street called Xiaomijo, https://zh-tw.facebook.com/cafexiaomijo. Great cafe to chill and read a book or to do work. Went there pretty much everyday while I was there as I was staying just down the road from it. Their desserts and hot chocolates are some of the best I've tasted.

Went to Beams store yesterday, really nice store and really nice staff. I also went to the new (?) United Arrows store in the Da'an district. Again very nice store and very nice staff. Despite the niceness it didn't sway me into buying those labels at a 40-50% higher mark up than Japanese retail.

 

I'm guessing these stores will be bank rolled by their Japanese counterparts as I don't see them making much, if any profit having stores in Taipei.

 

On that note I'm surprised Invincible is still going. The basement section is like an archive, with Original Fake on the racks and Mackintosh/Missoni x Converse from years ago on the shelves.I thought they must be paying their staff and bills with the Gyakusou stock they have. However, that can't be the case as they still have most of the collection in a full size range. 

 

Bape has finally closed, and I heard that the store manager ran off without paying the staff...

Ooh Beams store, I'll have to check that out.

 

On a side note, I met with Dr Sole the other weekend. He's a really really nice guy, especially seeing as he met with me near my apartment so I could hand him three pairs of my boots for resoling, and thus saved me a trip to his place of work in New Taipei City. He is also the most steeziest cobbler I've ever met.