{"id":13603,"date":"2021-11-04T08:48:13","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T01:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eatingintaipei.com\/staging\/5148\/?p=13603"},"modified":"2022-10-14T13:51:06","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T05:51:06","slug":"yeah-its-been-a-minute-but-im-back-in-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eatingintaipei.com\/staging\/5148\/yeah-its-been-a-minute-but-im-back-in-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Yeah, it&#8217;s been a minute, but I&#8217;m back in it&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-autoplay=\"true\" data-delay=\"1\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-13227\" data-id=\"13227\" 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As always, I have pins saved on Maps, but it isn&#8217;t the same as local insider knowledge of what&#8217;s hot right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I miss eating at restaurants&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[152,184,192,254,258,268],"class_list":["post-13603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-blog","tag-eating-in-taipei","tag-food","tag-taipei","tag-taiwan","tag-travel","post_format-post-format-image"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10599,"url":"https:\/\/eatingintaipei.com\/staging\/5148\/eatingintaipei-on-a-budget\/","url_meta":{"origin":13603,"position":0},"title":"Eating in Taipei, on a budget","author":"eatingintaipei","date":"September 29, 2018","format":"image","excerpt":"Eating out can be cheap, but it can be expensive, too. 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