Get out and about! Taitung Trip 6--Special shops in Chishang (long text and pictures)

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The town is suitable for walking and roaming. It is estimated that there will be a whole day to visit this small town.

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This time I stayed one night in Chishang, so I didn't have to hurry. In the past, when I came to Chishang, I was walking around to see the flowers. I walked very fast and looked very fast. Come and go in a hurry. This time we walk slowly and watch slowly.

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Mainly looking for dinner, I found a restaurant called "Vegetarian Boy" (someone in the family is vegetarian). In the evening, at 6 o'clock when the business started, I called to make an appointment, and it was already fully booked! ! Only takeout is available. When we arrived on Zhonghua Road, Taitung City, where the store was located, because the night was dark, several stores were lit with goose-yellow lights, which were particularly conspicuous in this quiet and leisurely town. Intuitively, I thought it was a "vegetarian boy", but it turned out not to be. Our destination for dinner was the one next to us. The lights are the brightest and the installation is the most special.

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Introduce the characteristic shops on Zhonghua Road in order. (four in total)

The first is the "vegetarian boy". A restaurant specializing in vegetarian food! It really takes courage and persistence to open a delicate and small vegetable restaurant in such a place. Because we know that in agricultural or industrial areas, the pursuit of food is "coarse and full". I am afraid that such vegetable food will not be paid by the locals. Still mostly relying on urban hillbillies (like us) from the metro area. However, their restaurant really has a very different flavor! For dinner, we ordered toon fried rice, curry rice, bibimbap, and mapo tofu rice. Every meal was exquisite and delicious. Feel the care of the shop owner. The interior decoration is also very distinctive, which makes people feel very warm. Imagine dining here, and you must be in a good mood. "Be sure to use it next time!"

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The second one is marked "Black Knight" at the entrance. What store is this? Next to it, there is another sign "Yuanju". It was a homestay. The homestay is said to have a distinctive industrial style design. Since I didn't check in, I can't say much. On the contrary, this "Black Knight" can be said, this is a bit like the "sign" of the specialty store alliance in Ikegami. The description of the network is as follows:

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In 2015, Wei Wenxuan, the owner of the B&B, shouted at a group of young people who stayed in Chishang to transform old iron horses and carry goods for sale on the street, opening the origin of "Black Knight". As more and more young people responded, the streets became more lively and people became more and more. The results of the youth migration in Chishang made "returning home" an option in one's career.

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The third is the "Lending Office". Well, this term, just.... in Taiwanese, it is not very elegant, but it is also a feature. The Internet said it was a second-hand bookstore. Alas, this is the case with modern Taiwanese young people, who prefer to open unprofitable stores! How can such a small town support a "second-hand bookstore"? very curious. But judging from the sign at the door, there are also coffee and tea, as well as "wooden groceries", and the other signs explain that there are also DIY courses. These are the current "complex business model" of bookstores - books, which are about to become supporting roles (or signature contents).

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The fourth one is "Ruchu Don". It should be selling "don rice". However, at this moment in today's "CLOSED", "sold out". According to the Internet, it is a very conceptual restaurant with few seats, but it is very popular because of its exquisite and thoughtful meals. From the outside of the store, it is indeed a very attractive restaurant. Hope to enjoy it next time.

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This is the characteristic shop on Zhonghua Road (I saw it, I wonder if I missed it?). What is more curious is, what kind of power or belief can make these people come here to open a store and continue to operate? In a town like Chishang, Taiwan is full of cows. What characteristics do you need to attract people and shoppers? It's today's topic of curiosity.

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