Taipei 101 after our breakfast at Yong Kang Street - I am almost lying flat on the ground to take this picture because this building is sooooo tall, and it is so difficult to capture the entire length!
Fa Lun Da Fa???!!! It was quite a hilarious sight as these people were performing with drums and cymbals... dunno what they are doing also larh...
The Damper soft toy! The is the mascot for Taipei 101, supposedly to look like the damper within the building, that damps against the building movement due to wind or earthquake etc...
The healthier version of Za Ji Pa (fried chicken chop), this is the steam/boiled version, seasoned with spices... taste kind of like the normal chicken in our plate of chicken rice. Its eaten cold, and that is the chicken crown... oh yux.
After Taipei 101, took a train to our hot spring destination!
Xin Bei Tou station - alight here and you can walk to a street with whole row of hotel with hot spring facilities for you to choose! There is also a public hot spring, something like our public swimming pool, just that the water is hot spring water and its not tiled flooring, but stones and rocks!
Entrance of the Public Hot Spring - Ma Ying Jeou the New Taiwan President visited this place before too! When we reached there, its not open yet, so not to waste time... we went to the hotel ones... which are more expensive.
Not to waste our trip to the public hot spring, we bought some Tea Eggs cooked using the Hot Spring water, so i supposed theres more minerals in the eggies?
Tea provided by the private hot spring, got TV, the flooring is tatami mat, very nice... if you have the time, you should spend a night at the hot spring hotels.After the relaxing soaked at the hot spring... we went to Dan Shui, one of my favorite place.
Basically a lot of food in Taipei, i dunno what is it called, i just point and ordered it... This thing is a sotong-ball-like thing. First bite at Dan Shui!
I love durians... but fried durians???
Bean Curd Stall
The smelly Tofu at Dan Shui is smellier than those in other night markets!
Ah Gay and Fish Ball soup!
Preparation of Ah Gay...
This is Ah Gay... The left is Ma La Ah Gay, and the right one is traditional Ah Gay. This is a must eat as recommended by Lonely Planet! There are a lot of stalls selling Ah Gay, also don't know which one is the best...
Ah Gay is basically Tau Pok (Fried Bean Curd) with Tang Hoon (Vermicelli) inside.
Fish Ball Soup, elongated shape one...
Got minced meat inside! Fu Zhou Fish Ball-like, but tastier... it is so nice to gobble down the fish balls together with the hot soup when the night is so cold!
Fried Potato chips - note that the potato chip aint really a chip, it is peeled continuously without breakage from a potato... just found out that bugis junction in Singapore also have this.
Fried Pork chop with cheese! I love this to bits... HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
nicely fried...
The hot cheese that oozes out burns my tongue! but it is so nice... like eating pork chop and drinking cheese like that... damn sinful thou!
After the sinful treat, bought fresh cranberries that are freshly plucked, to cool my burnt tongue...
The night at Dan shui ended with BBQ Mochi with hersheys chocolate... i requested for extra chocolate... i only like the burnt part with part with the chocolate, without the chocolate, its just some tasteless chewy rubber... so it was thrown away after the top layer was eaten!
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