It might have felt like eons ago when Taipei 101 stood as the tallest skyscraper in the world when it first opened in 2004. Ten taller buildings later—led by Dubai’s Burj Khalifa—Taiwan’s tower of power remained an enigma of an architectural wonder lording over the skyline of Taipei. Standing one thousand six hundred sixty-seven feet with one hundred one floors, Taipei 101 held the title of the world's tallest building from 2004 to 2010.

A line from a Moby song, “As I wake its kaleidoscopic mind,” hummed inside my head as we entered arguably the most unique fine dining restaurant in the Dashu District of Kaohsiung. Porcelain-filled ceilings, chandeliers, tables, walls, bowls, cups, and statues adorn the interiors. Doubling as a museum displaying porcelain figurines priced from ten thousand NT to as high as four million five hundred thousand NT, 1300 Only Porcelain also lavishes guests with mouth-watering fusion cuisines.