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Will be in Taipei again 7th November to 24th November, and renting an apartment in the Da'an district this time. Wanna have a mini Sufu meet?

Can anyone recommended cobblers that will carry out Vibram sole replacements in Taipei?

Dr Sole won't do it for obvious reasons, as they don't deal with soles that aren't Dr Sole.

 

EDIT: In fact Dr Sole do offer that service. 40 USD, nice.

October 9th for UK release:

 

https://twitter.com/UNIQLO_UK/status/514723468344963072

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I heard it was the 9th of October for the UK too, but some reports would suggest it's the 25th September... Roll on Thursday!

Want an acr tee but don't want to get slammed with customs. Anyone have exp?

 

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Yup, their customer service is shocking. Slow in shipping and never respond to any of your emails, even if it relates to the order you've put through.

 

10 years ago when I used to order my Stussy and Carhartt tees from them, they used to be alright. Plus their sales were really good. It all went down hill when they closed their physical store and went online only.

At work:

 

"Why don't you spread some jam on your shoes and invite your trousers down for tea"

 

Or

 

"Did your trousers and shoes have a falling out?"

King of mayonnaises:

 

 

Tuna / Prawn / Egg mayo sandwich FTW.

Fresas al Josper

 

Corvina embarrada

 

 

Magret de Pato

 

 

Spaghetti setas

 

 

Mollete papada

 

 

Patatas Confitadas

 

 

Their desserts were certainly the highlight…

 

Granziado de Mandarina

 

 

Maki dulce

 

 

Tapones de corcho

 

 

Toble-Tickets

 

 

Cornete de Lemon Pie

 

Tickets, ended up going for the chef selection where they choose what dishes to serve you and they keep going until you say stop…

 

 

 

Olivas Gordal Adobad

 

 

Mini Airbags de ques

 

 

Xuxi Semilla tomate

 

 

 

Mini Ostra Vinagre

 

 

Ostra Pakta

 

 

Tartar de atun

 

 

Canelon Buey de Mar

 

 

Navajas con tomate

 

Spicy mandala of artichoke flower, milk-fed lamb belly, lamb sweetbreads, curry yogurt, beetroot, spinach, turnip, lemon, tangerine, sweet potato, leaves and flowers

 

 

Morels and jarret de veal, marrow, tendons, avocado and beans

 

 

Pigeon trilogy (Pigeon heart and the cloud of rice, pigeon stock. “Botifarro†and Tatje pigeon breast

 

 

 

Green salad: peas, liquorice and fennel

 

 

Sourdough ice cream with cocoa pulp, fried lychee and sherry vinegar macaro

 

 

Chocolate anarchy, 7 different types of chocolate from around the world, prepared 12 different ways

 

 

Sweetshop

 

 

 

Out of Noma, The Fat Duck, Dinner by Heston and El Celler De Can Roca, I still feel The Fat Duck is the best all-rounder. Shame they haven't refreshed the menu over the years and therefore slipped down the list. However, I did think El Celler De Can Roca had the best personal touch out of the lot, with the three brothers doing meet and greets and Josep visiting diners during service and talking with them to ensure that everything is okay.

St. George’s mushroom brioche

 

 

St. George’s mushroom bombon

 

 

Spring vegetable stock (vegetable stock at a low temperature with sprouts, flowers, leaves and fruits)

 

 

White asparagus and truffle viennetta

 

 

Mackerel with pickles and mullet roe (mackerel sauce with white wine, lemon, capers and chillies in vinegar, fried tomato, mullet roe, mackerel marinated in sugar and salt, mackerel infusion)

 

 

Salad of sea anemone, razor-clam, royal cucumber and seaweed in escabeche

 

 

A whole brawn (charcoal-grilled king prawn, head juice with seaweeds, seawater and sponge cake of plankton)

 

 

Palo Cortado-steamed langoustine, bisque veloute and Jerez caramel

 

 

Confit skate with mustard oil, beurre noisette, honey, chardonnay vinegar, bergamot, aromatic mustard, confit capers and smoked hazelnuts

 

 

Surf and turf (sardine with pork jowl, charcoal-grilled sardine-bone broth, suckling pig sauce and chervil oil)

 

Trip to El Celler De Can Roca

 

We were given a kitchen/cellar tour:

 

 

 

 

The cellar was a lot bigger and had many more shelves than the photo above suggests. I mean these were the wine lists (books):

 

 

To the food...

 

The World: Mexico: "Burrito" with mole pablano and guacamole, Peru: ceviche broth, China: pickled vegetables with plum cream, Morocco: almond, rose, honey, saffron, ras el hanout, goat yogurt, Korea: panco fried bread, bacon with soya sauce, snow peas, kimchi and sesame oil.

 

 

 

Olives

 

 

Coral: pickled barnacles with bay leaves and albarino. Cockle Ceviche

 

 

Crispy shrimp and carpano bonbon with grapefruit and black sesame

 

Have a read of this page and the past few, a lot of excellent recommendations have been put forward by quite a few people already. Then perhaps come back and ask for something more specific ?

 

As for places to stay, check Airbnb, I used that last time and it worked out well, so much so I'll be using it again third time around, same host, but different property of theirs.

 

Any Taipei heads have any experience with the guy behind this http://www.fixedtaipei.com/ ? Checked out his store last time I was there, but as I was already in the third week of my time being there, I didn't have time to put an order in (takes 2-3 weeks). Thinking to pick one up as they're custom built and around 12,000 TWD (if I remember correctly) for a full setup.

My girlfriend has been looking for a few ACR pieces - no luck so far so I thought I'd see if any of you can help out. I'm all about her getting into techwear, so I'm hoping I can find her something.

 

She's looking for an (S)S-CP2F, or a GT-J18F, size small if anyone knows where to look. Thanks

 

GT-J18F size small is in stock on their webstore:

 

http://www.acrnm.com/collections/womens/products/gt-j18f

Interesting read and accompanying photos:

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/mens-style/28151/how-yoox-became-the-amazon-of-the-fashion-world.html

 

I knew they handled the logistics for YSL, but didn't realise there were 36 other labels they deal with.

2015 is when they're rolling out a 24 hour subway service, but even then it's going to be weekends only.

 

In the meantime, anything past midnight is all about taxis or night busses http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/maps/buses/night-buses.aspx

 

Night busses run from just past midnight until 6am.

Days of the superclub (Fabric etc.) are over. The nightlife in London has gone underground. It's all about small clubs with pop up nights, private parties, warehouse parties, etc. 

 

As for the modern day douche bag, yeah if you go to big(ger) clubs you're bound to run into those idiots up and down the UK.

 

Oh and Egg is shit.

congrats on negotiating attractive terms.  

 

i never tell anyone the value of the clothes that i'm wearing

sometimes i lie and tell them i am wearing h&m just to fuck with people

or that i got it "on sale" for "about $100"

 

makes things easier and simpler for everyone

 

I tried that. But when your Girlfriend knows how to Google and wants to buy you a surprise Birthday present... best laid plans and all that...

Ah didn't realise you couldn't reenter until 180 days had elapsed