Taiwan - Taipei Day 2 - 22/01/2011

Our plan for today should be as following location;-

Taipei– Yehliu – Keelung – Chiufen – Nanya (finish by 600pm)

We have agreed to use van service to fetch us for the whole day. It was much easier way to travel between each places. From Taipei to Yehliu, takes around 1 hours drive and from Yehliu to Chiufen also takes around 1 hours.

So, we depart from our hotel around 830am, after breakfast at soya place (nearby our hotel also).

The photo for Yehliu will be posted on next blog.

we took quite a long time to tor Yehliu from 1000am till noon 1pm, plus tour the rocky stone, shop local product like tea, sea products like seaweed, squid octopus etc.

Then, we reached Chiufen around 230pm and walk along the old street until 330pm. We have to leave the place on 330pm in order to reach Taipei before 400pm. (main reason because our driver "8-hours drive" will be end on 4pm and each extra hour will be charged NT400 or RM45 hourly).

Chiufen is famous with its yam ball sweet deserts, example;-

One more food that i sure miss is poppiah roll with ice-cream and peanut;-

The, we go back to hotel and have a quick refresh and head to XiMenDing

To reach here, take MRT to Ximen Station西门捷运站 > Exit 3 Ximenting whic will be Close around 1100pm. Few local or street foods not to be miss is;-

-Yang’s corn ice NT45

-Ah Zhong mee suan

- Braised pork NT10 onward

- ZhenDu star fruit ice NT40

- Hong Sao Beef Noodle (Taoyuan Jieh Niu Ro Mian)红烧牛肉面

Other recommended places are follows, but we are unable to locate the place. So, whoever managed to find this then good la...

- Modern Toilet便所餐厅(Close @ 2200hrs) Ximen Station西门捷运站 > Exit 6 -> There is a lane with lots of Tattoo shops near the Neoprint building (3 storeys with colorful Neon lights in the heart of XMD)> Walk through the lane > Cross the road at the end to a 7-11 store opposite a multi-storey car park > The restaurant is just in front of the two

- Jacky Wu's Desert Shop (The Sweet Dynasty)吴宗宪的店(糖潮) Zhongxiao Dunhua Station中孝敦化捷运站 > Exit 4 OR Zhongxiao Fuxing Station忠孝复兴捷运站 > Exit 5

StayReal旗舰店 Mayday – Ashin 阿信的店Zhongxiao Dunhua Station中孝敦化捷运站 > Exit 2 > 1st street turn left- Food St美食街or Zhongxiao Dunhua Station中孝敦化捷运站 > Exit 2 > Walk To 2nd Traffic Light > Cross The Road >Turn Left On Yanji St延吉街