Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Memories of Taipei Part 3
On the fourth dae, we explored the Taipei City Hall area... And we went to
Taipei 101!
We did not go up to the
Indoor Observatory on the 89th floor though, as the sky was getting cloudy and it looked as though it was about to rain. We did not wanna spend
NT$350 to go up there and see nothing but dark clouds!
Besides Taipei 101, we oso went to malls like Shin Kong Mitsukoshi and New York New York. We oso dropped by
Mister Donut at New York New York!
There was such a wide variety of donuts on display, and they all look so
tempting! We caved in and bought some to try... Hmmm they tasted ok lah, nothing fantastic.
At nite, we went to our long-awaited
Shilin Night Market! All my fav Shilin snacks, here i come!
(Sadly, the pic din turn out too nice due to the flash.)That is the
Shilin Food Square, where all the food stalls have relocated to. We began our food conquest and tried out items like the XXL chicken cutlet, teppanyaki, guan1 cai2 ban3 etc... The
chicken cutlet is indeed much
bigger and juicier than our local version! And the
guan cai ban (it's actually bread wif stuffed filling inside, it got its name as its appearance resembles a coffin) is so yummylicious! I shld have ordered an additional serving...
After we've had our fill, we proceeded to go
prawning! (One of the stalls there offers prawning and "tortoise-ing" haha.) Each prawning rod costs
NT$10, and u can catch as many as u want before the string breaks (it's
veri easy to break). Hehe i can proudly announce that i caught a prawn wif my
2nd rod! Yay! Haha but i set it free eventually...
Following that, we went to the original Shilin Night Market stretch to shop. It was bargains galore yet again! I love night markets! Hehe.
On the last dae, we visited the famous
Longshan Temple, one of the key historical sites of Taipei.
It was a serene and tranquil place. We prayed for our family and loved ones... And we prayed that we would have a safe journey home...
That marks the
end of my Taipei trip. It was a veri fun and enriching trip. An eye-opener indeed. As we've realised, 5 daes is definitely
not enuff for us to explore the whole of Taipei. There were so many places that we din get to go:
Danshui (sorrie girls),
Beitou and lots more... I realli
wish we can go back again soon...
These few daes when i wake up in the morning and realise that i'm at home, i can't help but feel sad. I
miss Taipei so much...
I promise myself to return there
next year.
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