Monday, September 11, 2006
To Taiwan and back (part 3)
6/9/06
This time round I made a point to get up early s as not to waste my trip there! Although the piggy would have much rather just nua-ed the day away! =)
We had yummy breakfast. It made us happy.
Carrot Cake with Egg.
Steamed dumplings.
Jian bing with pork floss. Effectively, fried egg pancake/crepe with pork floss.
And that's the duckie posing. Haha!
Took the train to Ruifang. I'm always happy to take trains! =)
Had a nice journey there. Transferred to a bus to get to Jiufen. This was up in the mountain, so it was more cooling and there were nice views from the top. Made me even happier. Although if there was cable car, I'll be elated. Haha!
Jiufen was full of food. Touristy area, but I guess to indulge in mass tourism is quite fun at times too. Lots of food. Again. Haha! My cold strawberry muachi was just heavenly!
Followed by layered bean muachi...
And my mini smelly tofu (I kinda enjoyed this actually, till the smell gets to me. Heh.)
This is the 'normal' chou tofu. I can already smell it from here! Hmm...
We just took in the beauty of Jiufen's teahouses and its peak. Nice.
This is Kel's expression when I am naughty. He was intriqued with this "Swatter hand".
The enormous Mala Whopper Burger at Kee Lung. How many Daffies would this feed?!
Decided to check out the cave near Kee Lung, so off we went on our little adventure. We arrived at the place, but could see no cave. We saw a long flight of stairs leading up to a temple, so we climbed. Still no cave. After asking around, it proved that my theory of the cave within the temple was right. So we descended and entered the temple. But disappointed I was! The cave was so small! And it was transformed into a temple! But luckily there were small grooves for us to wiggle in and out of. Kel was too wide (note: not fat, he claims...) so he had difficulty squeezing in. Heh. Cheap thrill it was... but definitely not worth the travel there. Vietnam has nicer caves. Heh.
Tired we were... but we eventually ended up at Ximending. We headed for the hotpot place, cos I had mentioned that I wanted to eat mala hot pot. We had the yin yang hot pot and it was rather good. Buffet style steamboat. But I think what was best was the fre flow of fruits! They even had kiwi and passion fruits! (Which acidified my molars. Ouch!)
We were so stuffed afterward that I couldn't walk nor talk! And Kel came up with the theory that if you eat too much, your voice changes. Cos there would be a smaller air vent cos of all the food being piled up in your tummy and up your throat. And it was hilarious cos I did sound funny... laughing was even worse! Hahaha! You can test the theory the next time you stuff yourself silly! =)
God was good. Although we had planned to walk around Ximending to digest our food somewhat, I was trigger-happy and was preparing for a nice photo shoot, so we missed the opportunity to cross the road. However, after I had taken my photo, it started to pour heavily. So we took shelter in the MRT entrance, and decided to head home instead. If we had crossed the road, we would have been drenched and stuck in the rain at Ximending! Thank you Lord!
This time round I made a point to get up early s as not to waste my trip there! Although the piggy would have much rather just nua-ed the day away! =)
We had yummy breakfast. It made us happy.
Carrot Cake with Egg.
Steamed dumplings.
Jian bing with pork floss. Effectively, fried egg pancake/crepe with pork floss.
And that's the duckie posing. Haha!
Took the train to Ruifang. I'm always happy to take trains! =)
Had a nice journey there. Transferred to a bus to get to Jiufen. This was up in the mountain, so it was more cooling and there were nice views from the top. Made me even happier. Although if there was cable car, I'll be elated. Haha!
Jiufen was full of food. Touristy area, but I guess to indulge in mass tourism is quite fun at times too. Lots of food. Again. Haha! My cold strawberry muachi was just heavenly!
Followed by layered bean muachi...
And my mini smelly tofu (I kinda enjoyed this actually, till the smell gets to me. Heh.)
This is the 'normal' chou tofu. I can already smell it from here! Hmm...
We just took in the beauty of Jiufen's teahouses and its peak. Nice.
This is Kel's expression when I am naughty. He was intriqued with this "Swatter hand".
The enormous Mala Whopper Burger at Kee Lung. How many Daffies would this feed?!
Decided to check out the cave near Kee Lung, so off we went on our little adventure. We arrived at the place, but could see no cave. We saw a long flight of stairs leading up to a temple, so we climbed. Still no cave. After asking around, it proved that my theory of the cave within the temple was right. So we descended and entered the temple. But disappointed I was! The cave was so small! And it was transformed into a temple! But luckily there were small grooves for us to wiggle in and out of. Kel was too wide (note: not fat, he claims...) so he had difficulty squeezing in. Heh. Cheap thrill it was... but definitely not worth the travel there. Vietnam has nicer caves. Heh.
Tired we were... but we eventually ended up at Ximending. We headed for the hotpot place, cos I had mentioned that I wanted to eat mala hot pot. We had the yin yang hot pot and it was rather good. Buffet style steamboat. But I think what was best was the fre flow of fruits! They even had kiwi and passion fruits! (Which acidified my molars. Ouch!)
We were so stuffed afterward that I couldn't walk nor talk! And Kel came up with the theory that if you eat too much, your voice changes. Cos there would be a smaller air vent cos of all the food being piled up in your tummy and up your throat. And it was hilarious cos I did sound funny... laughing was even worse! Hahaha! You can test the theory the next time you stuff yourself silly! =)
God was good. Although we had planned to walk around Ximending to digest our food somewhat, I was trigger-happy and was preparing for a nice photo shoot, so we missed the opportunity to cross the road. However, after I had taken my photo, it started to pour heavily. So we took shelter in the MRT entrance, and decided to head home instead. If we had crossed the road, we would have been drenched and stuck in the rain at Ximending! Thank you Lord!
# posted by Banana Saviour @ 8:48 AM 
