Monday, March 28, 2011

Taiwan 2010 – Day 2 @ Yehliu Geopark and Jiufen

Hahaha…very very sorry for the delay. Ok. Let’s continue the tour. For day 2, our itinerary was Yehliu (Rocky place), 101 mall and Jiufen (Oh..heaven) . Please, please, please wear shoes instead of sandals when in Yehliu. I wore sandals and the end results of rains + mud + sandals = you know la…

The Entrance of Yehliu. Our entry tickets were taken care by tour guide.

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“Can you smell what the rock is cooking?” - Mud

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Ok. Ok. I admit. This picture was indeed heavily edited.

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The queue for taking picture with this “Queen Head” was too long. Nope, we did not cut queue. It’s just that we took it from the angle of queen’s backside.

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Some old folks said “If you did not see any monk in Thailand means you actually never been to Thailand”. –_-" So this same theory applies to Taiwan but with a sexier twist. If you never see betel nuts’ girls means your Taiwan trip is never official. *Drum rolls * I present to you, Ms Betel nut! She was brave. Our bus were packed with families and i salute her bravery.

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Lap-dancing to single and available men. Btw, a packet of betel nuts cost NT$100 (RM10). Can la for a lap dance.

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The taste…well....hmm…just like eating some leaves with your teacher’s white chalk. Bad~~~~~~~~~~~ IMG_7166

 

Jiufen is a MUST place to visit. The food was just amazingly delicious, lots of variety, affordable . ARGH! Just go and you will definitely LOVE it!

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Piping hot and delicious shrimp balls for only NT$50 (RM5). Just at the main entrance

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Oh…too smelly until irresistible. Smelly toufu. 

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Sorry folks. I’m a banana and reading mandarin is a big no no to me. That’s why, taking picture of the menu list will act as a guidance for all of you

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Cow’s stomach and other internal parts. Most of the dishes were served cold except for the rice and noodle.

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“Ngau Lam Min”

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Ok. Here is another food that you must try in Taiwan. I know, it sounds weird but it actually taste quite good. Unless for coriander haters, please exclude them.

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The ice-cream was wrapped with moist spring roll skins, sprinkled with generous amount of grated peanuts and handful of coriander.

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Wild boar sausages…

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I had a few regrets upon returning to Malaysia. One of them was I SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT MORE OF THESE PEANUTS. It was so DAMN good that it only took my family less than 4 days to finish all of them (3 boxes). The big roasted peanuts were well coated with caramelized honey. Trust me. Its not too sweet. The aroma was so great that you’ll keep eating non-stop.

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Snaily snails..It was nice too

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Ohh…miss this BBQed mushrooms with teriyaki sauce. Delicious!

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Dorayaki stuffed with ice-cream

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Milk bottle drinks. I order honey lemon and surprisingly, it was yummy. The sourness and sweetness were well balanced. Buying it with new bottle cost NT$50 (RM5), however, if you bring back the bottle back to refill for second round, it cost NT$30 (RM3).

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Taro and sweet potato ball. My family and I been to Taiwan twice and without fail, we returned for this at the same place, same restaurant. The memories that i will cherished.

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So childish!

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The view….

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After makan-makan, we had a pit stop at 101 mall for some pictures to prove that we had been to Taiwan. So kiasu!

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Then proceed to dinner…eat again~~~~~ Steamboat for cool weather with slices of thin pork and beef. Oyea~

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We settled down in Champion hotel, not bad; clean and spacious.

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There was a night market nearby the hotel. They have the Best corndog. I ordered cheese corndog coated with honey mustard. My saliva is drooling as I am writing this right now T__T

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Oh ya..almost forgot. Another famous delicacies in Taiwan is “Big sausage wrap small sausage”. This big sausage is actually consist of glutinous rice (in a form of sausage), slit open like a hot dog bun and then a small meat sausage will be place in between. This stall has the best one that we tasted so far.

Very generous with garlic sausage when bbq-ing. Too bad it was raining and didn’t manage to take a photo of the end products. Hehe. Dead in my stomach.

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Suddenly, it rained very heavily thus, we called it a night! Hopefully part 3 will surface soon. Good night! Sweet dreams~~