Originally Posted by
eeflyer
I noticed that you pointed out multiple times that signs and menus had english on them. Do you speak any Chinese, or did you get by easily enough with just English/pointing/etc?
Understanding the 'finger counting' and finger pointing just works (esp. outside Taipeh where English gets more rare). I memorized a handful of hanzi signs for beef/pork/chicken/noodles/soup/rice, which helps - or you just play food roulette ;-)