Day 3: Jiufen Old Street > Taipei Main Station (Ximending)

-
Day 1: SG > Taipei (Jiufen)
Day 2: Jilong Mountain > Jiufen Old Street

Day 3: Jiufen Old Street > Taipei Main Station (Ximending)

 Day 4: Xindian (Bitan) > Wulai > Raohe Night Market + Rainbow Bridge
Day 5: Banqiao >
Day 6: Back to SG


Our time at Jiufen Old Street

Day 3 marked the end of our 3d2n stay at Jiufen. Throughout the 3D2N, it rained almost 90% of the time. So we only managed to walk around Jiufen Old Street. And I liked that. I don't know why but rather than having a pack itinerary of exploring everywhere within a day time, I preferred to relax and take time to just laze and enjoy the scenery while sipping tea, eating and shopping.

From Jiufen Old Street back to Taipei
Once again, we engaged a taxi that took us back to Taipei instead of lugging our luggage and take the bus->train to Taipei. Yes, the cost is a lot more but we picked the ease of travelling back to Taipei.

Back at Taipei
Too early to check in, we left our luggage at O2 Hotel (Taipei Main Station), our accommodation area  in Taipei, to go to look for food.  

First, we headed out to look for Wu Lao Guo 無老鍋 (Ximending outlet). Didn't realized we can make online reservations. But we were able to get a table without issue. (We were there before the lunch crowd. After we settled down, the crowds came in to quickly fill up the table. But it wasn't noisy or rowdy despite the crowd. Maybe because of the space and the tables being quite far apart.)

At the entrance, we were greeted by their friendly staffs. They were informative and patient in introducing their menu and also their house special. I liked this place for their special soup base and they had such fresh + wide variety of ingredients to choose from. 

The soup base

The sliced fish, seafood paste in bamboo holder

The sliced beef & pork platter

Food Hunting 
A very filling brunch it was. We continued our shopping around Ximending. Amazingly, I could still eat. So it was more eating and drinking (bubble tea) around Ximending. As both of us were (and still are) lazy bum, we bought dinner back and call it a day for Day 3 in Taiwan.


Monga Chicken

Bubble Milk Tea by 50 岚

The popular Ah Zong Oyster Mee Suan 


Thefreen Burger 
(Our dinner)


O2 Hotel (Taipei Main Station)

Review on O2 Hotel (Taipei Main Station)

This is my second time staying in O2 Hotel (Taipei Main Station). 

First, the location is great. Walking distance to Taipei Main Station and Ximending and night market etc. 

Second, they have a bathtub. Although it's just enough for one, but for the rates they charged per night, it's really worth it's value. 

On top of all this, the cleanliness of the place and the ease of check-in and out. Maybe the only thing to really not like is they only have 1 lift. The stairs were just beside the lift so not an issue to walk down the stairs.

》Day 4: Xindian (Bitan) > Wulai > Raohe Night Market + Rainbow Bridge

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Almond Florentine Recipe - Revisited (with Air Fryer)

-
CNY again, time for some baking... with my new electrical appliance in my kitchen... AIR FRYER! My microwave oven has been quite cranky (the plate doesn't rotate 90% of the time) so I tried using air fryer and it worked just fine! Air Fryer Setting - temperature @ 160C - timer set to 12 minutes This time round, I changed the recipe to Batch 1 : Ingredients a. 70g almond b. 20g pumpkin seeds c. 10g sunflower seeds d. 50g-70g florentine powder Batch 2: Ingredients a. 70g butter almond b. 20g pumpkin seeds c. 10g sunflower seeds d. 100g florentine powder Instruction: 1. In a large bowl, simply mixed almond, pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds (ingredient a-c) and stir in florentine powder a tablespoon at a time for easier mixing. 2. Spread onto the air fryer baking tray. (Note: to line the baking tray with baking paper) 3. Set air fryer temperature to 160C and timer set to 12 minutes 4. Keep tabs on the almond florentine, once turn brown, it's time to re
Read more

Koi Fish Nian Gao Recipe 鯉鱼年糕 (年年有鱼/余)

-
Image
Wanted to make the  Fish Nian Gao for Chinese New Year and googled to find the recipe from this blog . First thing I need.. is the mould! I tried to find the fish mould at Phoon Huat but can't find.  (Updated as of 5th Feb 2016: Saw Phoon Huat had a big fish mould. Think it was sold out previously) Googled (again) and found it at Kitchen Caper at Kallang Bahru (Singapore). Finally got it @ 3 for $5.00. Mould for small fish Mould for big fish Ingredients: a. 200g glutinuous rice flour b. 100g ungluten wheat flour ( tang mien  flour) c. 25g rice flour d. 160g-180g sugar (I used 170g) e. 400ml coconut milk (used 2 small packet (200ml) easier, don't need to measure) f. 150ml water g. 1tbsp corn oil h. 1 tsp orange coloring i. Small quantity (around 10 pieces) of raisins/wolfberries/cooked red beans OR coloring Method : 1..Sieve all the flour (ingredients a - c) together. 2.  Stir in coconut milk and mix well. 3.Boil water with suga
Read more

Almond Florentine Recipe (using Florentine Powder)

-
Image
Makes around 36 pieces of square blocks (1 inch * 1 inch) with the below ingredients Ingredients a. 80g almond b. 20g pumpkin seeds c. 10g cranberries d. 50g-70g florentine powder Method 1. Mixed almond, pumpkin seeds and cranberries (ingredient a-c) in a bowl and stir in florentine powder a tablespoon at a time for easier mixing. 2. Preheat oven at 180C 3. Line baking tray with baking paper and spread the mixture evenly till baking tray is filled up evenly. 4. Bake at 180C till brown approx 8-10 minutes. (If it has a burnt smell before 10 minutes is up, quickly stop the baking and adjust the baking time) 5. When baking is completed, remove the baked almond florentine from baking tray and on a even surface (I used my cooking board), quickly cut the florentine into required shapes. (I cut them into squares) Side Notes : -> Previously I made this with the butter and sugar recipe which involved more steps. It  significantly less costly but it tedious
Read more