Ben's Guide to Taipei and Taiwan

Din Tai Fung Dumpling Restaurant is a very nice dumpling restaurant. It is always busy but you shouldn't have to wait too long. There are NO RESERVATIONS, upon arrival take a number and you will be given a menu / order slip (in Chinese only) so you are ready to order as soon as you are seated. Open daily until 9:00 PM. XinYi Road, Sec. 2, No. 194 / 台北市 , 信義路 , 二段 , 194 號 / Xìnyì Lù, 2 duàn, 194 hào West of Daan Park, between JinShan S. Rd and XinSheng S. Rd. Remember Xinyi is one-way, eastbound traffic only. They have other branches around Taipei, Taiwan, and internationally. http://www.dintaifung.com.tw/eng/ Go to main restaurant listings page: http://taipeiguide.blogspot.com/2006/09/restaurants-in-taipei.html

English-Chinese-Pinyin online dictionary: http://www.mandarintools.com/worddict.html Mandarintools zhongwen.com Pinyin-Zhuyin Conversion Chart: pinyin.info Pinyin Tone Numbers to Tone Marks Conversion: pinyin.info Pinyin-Zhuyin Conversion Chart Pinyin-Zhuyin Conversion Chart Podcasts Convert Chinese to Pinyin or Zhuyin: www.pin1yin1.com Convert Pinyin with numerical markers to Pinyin with tone markers (zhong1 becomes zhōng) http://www.foolsworkshop.com/ptou/ Freeware tutorial http://chinese.yuehan.net/ http://www.inputking.com/EN/index.php Type Chinese characters using Pinyin input without installing software or altering settings. http://www.pin1yin1.com/ converts Chinese to Pinyin (and Zhuyin / bopomofo) http://babelfish.altavista.com/ machine translations, also translates websites. http://www.romanization.com/ List of Taipei and Taiwan place names in Chinese and Pinyin http://www.mandarintools.com/ http://www.mandarintools.com/worddict.html DICTIONARY http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/onli...