Friday, November 17, 2006
second day @ taiwan
breakfast at 美而美, few steps away from the hotel. ate the 肉松蛋餅, 蘿蔔糕, 燒餅油條, 豆漿, 綠豆沙牛奶, 咖啡奶茶. they serve the drinks with straw regardless hot or cold beverage. the 蘿蔔糕 not bad, 肉松蛋餅 average but the 油條 too oily. i drank the cold 豆漿 which is very nice as they don't add ice, instead they freeze it and serve with original taste, bagus Y itafter 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.
headed to Jiufen (九份), we took the train to Ruifang Station (瑞芳火車站). once came out from Ruifang Staion, cross the road to the opposite bus stop and take Keelong Bus (基隆客運) to Jiufeng, cost NT$35 if i didn't remember wrongly :p BTW not all Keelong Bus goes towards Jiufen direction. better check with the driver before boarding.
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.
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.
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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