Taiwan Day 2 - Part 2

Our initial plan after visting Danshui was to Beitou, the plan was canceled due to the rain as well as my injured knee doesn't put me in the right condition to go for a hot spring dip. Instead of wasting time travelling back to hotel, we decided to move our Shilin Night Market visit up ~ I hesitate because it's still early and Shilin Night Market doesn't come alive till late evening (so I read from the Net). Anyway, we proceed and stop at Jiantan station.

REMINDER: Do not get off at Shilin Station unless you prefer a good walk before reaching Shilin Night Market.

This is how early we are at Shilin Night Market area.

The only shop that has a long line of customer.

We came across this shop that serves "Ice Kacang" - hehehe

Red Bean Ice

Mango Ice

Crab Meat Stew

Loko at that crab meat, together with slices of mushrooms ~ a hot meal great for a rainy day

 We maybe early but we did manage to locate something nice. After the nice warm meal of crab meats, we went back to Ximending and instead of going back to the hotel we went for a quick bite.

Beef noodles, BS had it and commented how tasty it was. Due to my religion I waited for him to finish.

Mister Donut - the lady didn't allowed me to take picturs but I manage to take this shot when she said NO, oppsss....

 

Mee Sue - the all time famous Ah Chung Mee Sua.

 

I just had to have one piece before we call it a day.

This we didn't try. . . but the ladies are all lining up for one, I wonder why?

I would love to snoop about some more but BS pestered me to back. With a sad face, I agreed. I hope I will not be limping all the way up to Jiufen tomorrow ~ click here, Taiwan Day 3 - Part 1.

Taiwan - Day 2 - Part 1

Being a clumsy person, I trip and hurt my knee on my second day in Taiwan. It happen on the Mermaid Bridge in Danshui-Fisherman's Wharf, how romantic!!!

Wait, before I go on further, allow me to bring you back to the start of the day. We woke up to a cloudy morning (how I wished it would be sunny day). After breakfast, we took the MRT to Danshui. We boarded the MRT at Ximen station and stopped at Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall station to get on the Danshui line.

We reached Danshui around 9:00am and started exploring.

Meet "Kapi", he stands guard at "83 Coffee".

Nougat Cake (click for more details)

They have six flavors; BS is helping himself to all.

The fishballs were fantastic; I can go down a bowl of rice with just the soup.

On the boat, heading to Mermaid Bridge, return ticket @ NT$100 per person.

Here it is, the Mermaid Bridge ~ this is where I trip and fell (sob sob).

Now this is interesting, it's actually a van cum boat. Wet or dry also no problem, hehehe

Guys only!!!

I didn't take much photos here as I was limping most of the time due to the pain (not much mood to go on). However, I did have a great time hunting for yummy food!!!

Don't ever miss this.. Deep fried squid...

Reminds me of Bangkok.

Dried beancurd

Ain't she a doll?

Food sampling is available from start of the street to the end. Tip: Do not throw away your toothpick, it will come in handy. You will encounter some of the delicacies again but there are some that don't. Happy sampling (grinning widely).

That is what I had for lunch ONLY and I haven't posted what I had for tea and dinner. For that, you will have to visit this page @ Taiwan - Day 2 - Part 2.

Taiwan - Day 1

Yes, here we are in Taiwan. We touched down at 2:30pm and by the time we cleared immigration and the wait for our luggage (a dreadful wait it was), it's already 4:00pm plus.

Our flight, D7 2672

After 15 minutes waiting, our luggage are still no where to be seen.

 While waiting for our luggage to arrive, an immigration officer appear together with a beagle. A cute little fellow and his duty was to sniffed out dangerous and unwanted materials from visitors luggage. He managed to sniffed out a package of fruits from a lady visitor (she was supposed to declare it at the custom). He was given a dog biscuit as a reward for a job well done.

The little scene did help put our mind away from the long awaited luggage. After getting our luggage we immediately headed out to get a bus out to Taipei main station; from there we we took the MRT and stop at Ximending. It was only one stop from Taipei main station to Ximending.

This where we got the bus tickets - NT90

Keep the tickets as it's the only reference number you have to claim your luggage.

Here we are in the bus.

We checked in at Qstay Hotel. It was already 5:00pm by then. After a short rest, we head out in search for food in Ximending.

Oh yes, I just had to take a picture with it :P

We came out to this road after passing the red house.

I couldn't wait - I need to have them, hehehe!!!

I would love too but one will do BS, we have more food to hunt :)

Oyster Mee Sua with Sour Plum drink.

The greedy one.

Seriously, there are so many to see and so many shops to explore. I will defintely come back after tonight.

Food again, "bang chang kueh"

Small hotdogs, look small but comes with a great bang.

 

Too bad Halloween is over, :P (I just had to imagine "someone" wearing it)

After exploring for about 3 hours, we decided to stop at one of the local bars to have a drink. We had one round and came back as we have an early start tomorrow will start early, really can't wait to see what Danshui has to offer us.

Click here for the start of our trip >>> Taiwan - Day 2 - Part 1.