Friday, November 17, 2006
second day @ taiwan

after breakfast we walk to the Far East Tone shop to purchase a prepaid card at NT$399. each passport entitle to buy 1 card. the shop open at 11 am; most of the shops in taipei open at 11 am except the eatery shops.


we tried the famous 九份芋圆 and 番薯圆, kind of taste like our "bobo chacha". also we ate the 综合鱼圆, 魯肉飯, 牛肉面, 冰豆花, 紅豆冰, 臭豆腐, 黑糖糕 etc. i don't like their 鱼圆, very hard, unlike our fish ball QQ de. quite disappointed with their 牛肉面, not as good as i expected. other than the food, you can find souvenirs but not at a cheap price. also there are quite a few tea house around, never get to try their tea but from the menu it's not cheap either.
after Jiufen proceed to Keelung Night Market (基隆廟口夜市). i took the Keelong Bus (基隆客運) from Jiufen and it took me about an hour to reach there. my advise: don't eat too full if you're taking the bus from Jiufen to Keelong. i felt like throwing out through out the whole journey. i would recommend taking train instead as it is faster and also more comfortable.
Keelung Night Market has nothing much to offer IMO. i tried the 油饭 (YYY), 炸螃蟹 (YY), 旗魚飯 (YY), 面线羹 (Y) but only the 油饭 was nice, the rest so so. i absolutely think can give Keelung Night Market a miss.

Keelung Night Market has nothing much to offer IMO. i tried the 油饭 (YYY), 炸螃蟹 (YY), 旗魚飯 (YY), 面线羹 (Y) but only the 油饭 was nice, the rest so so. i absolutely think can give Keelung Night Market a miss.
after Keelung we went to Shilin Market again. we took the train from 基隆火車站 back to 台北火車站. this time round spent all our times shopping. it's very crowded on friday nite, most shops open until 2am on Fri & Sat.
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