A: Uni-President Department Store’s Dream Plaza opened in Taipei this summer. Wanna go shopping over the Moon Festival long weekend?
B: Wow, yet another shopping mall has opened in Taipei. I haven’t even been to LaLaport Nangang that opened in March.
A: And Far Eastern SOGO’s Garden City, better known as Taipei Dome SOGO, will join the department store war once it goes into full operation.
Photo: CNA 照片：中央社
B: Anything special about this Dream Plaza?
A: It boasts over 100 restaurants, along with the largest Starbucks Coffee in the world.
A: 統一時代百貨Dream Plaza暑期剛開幕，3天中秋節連假要不要去逛逛？
B: 哇台北又有新商場啦，我連3月新開幕的南港LaLaport都還沒去過。
A: 等到明年遠東Garden City，也就是俗稱的大巨蛋SOGO開幕，這場百貨大戰就熱鬧啦。
B: 這家新開幕的Dream Plaza有什麼特色？
A: 它有上百家美食餐廳，還有全球最大的星巴克唷！
（By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張迪）
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