HotelChatter - tw http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-08-29T04:45:16Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Meaningful Rice Dumplings Served for Breakfast at Grand Hotel Taipei http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/6/14/19336/3851 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Grand_Taipei_Breakfast.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>Thanks to an <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/withoutsound/75393368/">obsessive labeler</a> on Flickr, we can give you a rundown on the breakfast at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Grand+Hotel+Taipei/ian/143924"><b>Grand Hotel Taipei</b></a> in some detail. </p><p>This version vaguely resembles a Western breakfast--in so far as there's tea, juice and some food--but then the similarities end, and the interesting cultural influences we go on holidays for begin. Some of the less-easily-identified components include the cucumber gelatin concoction (bottom left of the plate) and in the second cup from the left, the Thousand-Year-Old Egg (which we hope is not too accurately named).</p><p>Then there's a few versions of rice, starting with the congee in the far left cup (a kind of porridge), the fairly standard riceball and the Zong-zi amandak 2007-06-15T09:30:01-05:00 Bad English Translations http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/7/3/15927/85620

We just can't get enough of hotel signs with poor English translations. This is from a hotel in Taiwan posted before the fitness center.

The only one we really understand is that the place is for adults only.

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