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Fried rice with beef; The first proper dinner in Taipei. Bought at a small restaurant in at the Shida night market near National Taiwan Normal University (ntnu).

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The second day of airplane travel, although what feels like one, continuous day. My flight was unfortunately grounded for 5 hours, meaning that my short 2.5 hour trip from Beijing to Taipei became almost as long as the original transcontinental flight from Stockholm to Beijing. The clear highlight was this candy that the kind woman next to me offered. I had thankfully brought some famous Swedish plockgodis that I gave to her in return.

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What's the deal with airline food?!

The first proper meal on this trip is chinese food — in the western sense — in a small heated package. Somewhat difficult to describe other than repeating the stewardess' "Rice with beef" followed by "beef is spicy".

Served with a clashing piece of smoked salmon in a bulgur salad with a piece of bread and small chocolate cake. Not pictured is a cup of hot jasmine tea and a copy of the Rénmín Rìbào (人民日报) that I was so graciously given as reading material while flying directly above St. Petersburg.