Saturday, September 27, 2014

Taiwan Trip Day 7 (Last Day) - Taipei 台北 > SOGO (太平洋SoGo -忠孝復興) > Taipei RailwayStation (台北火車站) - Taoyuan Airport (台灣桃園國際機場)

Day 7 










Taiwan (2013)

City Inn Branch 3 (新驛旅店台北車站三館) >
SOGO (太平洋SoGo -忠孝復興) >
Taipei RailwayStation (台北火車站) -
 Taoyuan Airport (台灣桃園國際機場) 

Last day at Taiwan, but that didn't stopped us from going out for more shopping. 
A quick breakfast, we proceed to checkout and had our luggage stored at City Inn while we go for shopping.

Travelled via the metro line again, we went to SOGO Zhong Xiao East Road (太平洋SoGo) which is within walkable distance from Zhongxiao Fuxing Station (忠孝復興站).

First of all, we went for a cup of coffee and tea @ Starbucks. Their tea varieties are all very appealing to me. In the end I had red tea latte.

Starbucks near Zhong Xiao East Road

After our short rest @ Starbuck, it was time for the shopping centre. A bit of time wasted as we lost our direction but we were guided to the correct building with the directions given by a security guard.

In the shopping mall, we were too surprised by the crowd that we only stayed for 1 min before head for the exit without much shopping. Instead, it was in Watson that I found some good deals and promotion for NARUKO products such as toner set and masks. 

I was also surprised with the service compared to Singapore's Watson, They have staffs who provided advice and current promotion for the products that I am looking at rather than pushing me for another product. Really prefer this kind of service!

With big bags in hand and time flies again, we proceed for lunch at a Japanese restaurant. 

Once done with lunch, we went back to Taipei main station and do a quick last minute shopping for gifts and snacks.

With our check in time @ 5pm, we left for airport at 4pm from City Inn Branch 3 where our driver, Mr Zhou picked us up. 

Lastly... 

It's a wonderful trip with wonderful encounters.

AND...

We will be back to Taiwan in another 2 weeks time! 
More post to come soon for our Taiwan 2014 trip!


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Friday, September 26, 2014

Taiwan Trip Day 6 - Taipei 台北 - Dong Guan Danshui (淡水) - Shilin (士林夜市)











Day 6

City Inn Branch 3 (新驛旅店台北車站三館) >
Breakfast @ Taipei nearby >
Gongguan (公館)>

Started the day with hunting for breakfast. After finding my fan tuan for breakfast the day before, we went to look for more possible eating location. Quite glad that breakfast is not catered by the hotel, so we can have the opportunity to look for food elsewhere.

Anyway, just around a 15 mins walk round the corner, we found this shop that has a lot of sandwiches and puff pastry. 


Although only 2 person (assuming it should be daughter and mom), the wait is quite short. 
Third day in Taipei and I am feeling like I am at home already. No language barrier and easy to travel around makes me feel so comfortable and blend in with the people in Taipei.
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After breakfast, time to go... Shopping!
At the suggestion of our Taiwan friend, we went to Gongguan (公館) in the day. Amazing find!
It was filled with a lot of sports shop. Reminds me of our Queensway Shopping Centre (but an entire street of it, not just a building). 

We all at least bought a pair of shoes and Porter! Well, there are also retail outlets at Xinyi District but somehow I feel for variety wise, this store carries more varieties (or maybe because it's less traffic, we were more comfortable in staying and shopping in this store)

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Time flies and we were (at least I were) looking for food.

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Been trying to try the authentic taiwan version of Tian bu la (甜不辣) but I think I don't really like the sauce afterall. After eating the Pai Gu Geng (排骨羹), I immediately regret never trying it when I saw it in night market. It's nice!! 

So after food, it was more food and shopping!
By the time we finished shopping at Gongguan, it was already 3pm+. Hurriedly, we took the metro line to our next destination, Danshui (淡水).

By the time we arrived at the station, we saw many people walking towards the station. And that's when I realized we missed the sunset time! Although we reach around 5pm, it was already too late. SIGH.. :( 
So giving Fisherman Wharf (漁人碼頭) a miss, we walked toward the Danshui Old Street (淡水老街)

Immediately, our stomach engine is turned on!!

Salt and Pepper Fried Mushroom - 
Hot and Crispy and SHOULDN'T be SHARED! Cos you will want MORE!!!

Hong Zao (紅糟素肉圓)
New thing to me and taste a bit like zhu chang fen + soon kueh

Mochi (Peanut, Red Bean) 
麻吉奶奶鮮奶麻糬 - MUST TRY!!

After our endless eating, we didn't want to end our last night in Taiwan so quickly, we headed for Shilin Night Market once again via Metro Line.

Back at Shilin again, it was food AGAIN! haha. We really had bottomless pit in our stomach because we were eating and eating. And because eating was more important, I only remember to take the photo of the popular "Da Chang Bao Xiao Chang (大腸包小腸)
Da Chang Bao Xiao Chang (大腸包小腸)

By 10pm, we headed back to hotel, exhausted and emo cause it's almost the end of our Taiwan trip!

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Monday, September 1, 2014

Taiwan Trip Day 5 - Part 2 Taipei 台北 - Jiufen (九份) - Shilin (士林夜市)











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Day 5

Jiufen Old Street  (九份老街) > 
Shilin Night Market  (士林夜市) >
City Inn Branch 3

Getting late, we arrived at Jiufen. The rain came and it just keep getting heavier! 
Our trip to Jiufen was a short one due to the rain. From the top, we hurriedly walk down the street.

At the top of Jiufen Old Street (九份老街)


A view from Jiu Fen

See the heavy rain!

Unable to stay longer due to the rain, we proceed to Shilin night market (士林夜市), our last stop with our driver). We were glad that we chose to go with a driver for our day tour. With the rain and little information of how to get around, it would be more tiring travelling and achieving all these places in a day.

Reaching Shilin night market (士林夜市), my only objective was eat and eat and eat!

Egg Omelette (Something new for me), Fried Squid, Fried Rice Dumpling, Ginger Duck Soup (姜母鸭) etc etc

Ginger Duck Soup (姜母鸭)

And after my non-stop eating spree, we took cab back to our hotel and call it a day.
It seemed pretty easy to get a cab in Taipei. Just that we have to be more detail in giving them the destination location (and nearby street names) for easy reference.

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