The Beer Factory
April 21st, 2007 by MarkLast night, I went to The Beer Factory for the first time. It’s near the intersection of Bādé lù and Jiànguó nánlù. The place was huge, there was good food, and lots of cheap beer. The only downside is that it was all Taiwan Beer. I guess it’s kind of hard to fault them for that, since it’s their factory after all. But, still.
Franc and I headed over there and met up with Wally, but EmKid dissed us. He was busy checking out betel nut stands in Gaoxiong, or something like that. The place was packed. It was pretty big, too. I haven’t seen so many people milling around, eating, and getting drunk since I was in Guatemala. The food went really well with the drinks, too. There were lots of veggies, fish, and side dishes.
Another interesting thing is that the two friends of Wally’s that I met there were ooooold Taiwan-hands. One guy had been here for 12 years, and the other guy had been here for 10, nine of which were spent working as Hess, bless his poor soul. With them and Franc there, Wally and I were nothing more than FOB Taiwan newbies.
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April 23rd, 2007 at 6:53 am
I thought it was weird how you have to buy a ticket at one one place and present that ticket at the bar to get the beer. That’s the old school PRC business model in action.
It was a fun night though and I look forward to a repeart trip. Taiwan Beer is Taiwan Beer, however…..
April 23rd, 2007 at 2:33 pm
“…were ooooold Taiwan-hands. One guy had been here for 12 years…”
Wow, way to make me feel aaaaancient there.
April 23rd, 2007 at 4:21 pm
In my own defense, I don’t think you can consider me one of The Ancients. Sure, I came to Taiwan in the late 80s-early 90s, but my total elapsed time here is still only about 36 months.
April 23rd, 2007 at 7:11 pm
Franc, I was sorely mistaken. I would have guessed at least double that.
Poagao, you’re a Taiwanasaur.
April 24th, 2007 at 2:02 am
There goes the secret. Now it’s gonna turn into a foreigner bar. Thanks a lot! Oh and link my site with a “www”, I’m picky like that.
April 24th, 2007 at 6:59 am
add the /blog part too. I need more people telling me they like my banner.
April 24th, 2007 at 11:31 am
isn’t this place near Bade Road & Civil Blvd? or there’s another one of these places i didn’t know about.
April 24th, 2007 at 3:54 pm
You’re right, Dre. It was Bādé lù. I’m not sure why I wrote Rén’ài lù. It’s fixed, now.