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

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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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