Trip to Taipei - The One That Is More About Food

On day 4, we went to Danshui, which is a place that was actually meant to enjoy a beautiful scenery of the sunset. But we planned to go to Beitou to visit the Beitou Thermal Valley after Danshui, so we did not manage to see the sunset. So what we did in Danshui was eating and just sight-seeing. Danshui is located right next to the sea, thus, the view was pretty incredible. The place that you should go for all the food is the Danshui's Old Street.

From what I remember, we had a tall soft serve ice cream. I don't have the photo of it but you can google for it, its really tall and the taste is not bad. One of the must-buy is the "Original Cake". Yes, there is an Original Cake shop that opens in Singapore. But obviously the one in Taiwan is better. IT IS DAMN FREAKING GOOD!! Basically, its sponge cake that is super bouncy, smells like heaven, and taste damn good. Legit, when we were walking down the Danshui's Old Street, we can smell the cake, the fragrance of the cake is overwhelming. Long queue for the cake but we queued anyway, the fragrance of the cake is hard to resist. There is the Original flavour or Cheese Flavour. Obviously we bought the cheese one. Unless you are allergic or you hate cheese, you have to get the cheese one.

So, after Danshui, we went to Beitou.

I remember clearly that a drunk and seemingly old guy was asking us if we wanted free foot bath, he said if we want it, we should follow him. We knew about the free foot bath but we weren't able to find it. Yeah, there's a free public foot bath in Beitou, you didn't read wrongly. So, upon hearing that the guy know where is the public foot bath area, we agreed to follow him. However, after following him for awhile, we felt that he may be lying because he looks drunk and probably is drunk. We didn't want to trust him and we thought that its just a risk we didn't want to take. Thus, when he got distracted, we all turned around and ran for our lives. Well, we ran like we are running away from some monster trying to eat us. When he was out of sight, we stopped running and continued walking towards Beitou Thermal Valley. Damn, we could have been kidnap man. Who knows if that guy is speaking the truth.

Unfortunately for us, the Beitou Thermal Valley was closed on the day we went. It was a bummer. We then found out that it will only be open on our last day in Taipei. Therefore we decided to come back Beitou again on our last day. However, we managed to come across trees with cherry blossom. Beautiful man, beautiful.

Day 4 is also finally the day we go to the most popular Shilin Night Market. This is a must go night market in Taipei. However, some of the food here is more expensive compared to other night market. But, you have to come to shilin night market cause of its 碳烤香鸡排. In English, it is "charcoal barbeque smell nice chicken cutlet". Hahaha. What they do is they deep fried the chicken cutlet, then they barbeque it. The chicken cutlet is damn huge too, moreover it is rather cheap. This is a must-buy, at least that will be what Cindy would said. She is in love with this chicken cutlet. But I have to say, it is really good. Also, in Shilin, there are lots of games around to play and prizes to win. You have to go at least once when you go Taiwan.

Each of us got one of these from Shilin

The above photo is the card holders that all 4 of us bought. Now, all 4 of us are using it for our ez-link cards back in SG. This marks the end of my post for Day 4. Do look forward to my next post, which me and my friends go to Leofoo Village Theme Park.
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Trip to Taipei - The Ride

Alright, lets continue. So, after releasing our lantern, next destination is the shifen waterfall. However, we did not walk there, we rented electric scooters to ride there. Honestly, it was kinda scary cause its like riding a motorbike and its pretty fast. Here is a picture I got from google.

The auntie taught us how to accelerate and brake, that's it, we are on our own. We rented 2 scooters and shared. We decided to take turns taking the wheel. First up to take the wheel was Cindy and me, I can't remember if its because the both of us were more confident of riding it. Honestly, the tough part wasn't riding the scooter, its sharing the scooter. Two people had to squeeze on that scooter, moreover we had our bags with us. To make things worst, the rain had to start pouring. In summary, I am riding the scooter for the first time, on the road, with someone sitting behind me that i am responsible for, bags being an annoyance, its raining, its freezing cold and we had to figure out the route. Despite all these, I would say its one of the most fun thing that we did. ITS HELLA FUN FOR ME. Thank god nothing horrible happen. #Blessed

After a few minutes, we reached the entrance to the waterfall. The scooter is not allowed, so we got off and walked in deeper to see the waterfall.

We are kinda drenched but certainly cold. The waterfall is sure magnificent isn't it. Maybe to you people the waterfall doesn't look that great but it is to me. Soon after taking sufficient selfies, we walk back to our scooter and prepare to ride back. This time, we swap positions, Jia Hui was in front taking the wheel while I am at the back praying. Hahaha just kidding. I believe in Jia Hui. The auntie who rented out the scooter to us was saying that from Jia Hui's face, Jia Hui looked like she will be scared and not be able to ride the scooter. But I trust Jia Hui ok, and for the first few meters, she really rode it well. I was like screaming "WOOOOOOO!!!" cause it was really fun. Jia Hui was like "STUPID AUNTIE SAY I CAN'T RIDE!!!!". Yeah she said something along that line. Well, halfway through, she lost momentum cause of the cars stopping on the road. Then after she lost that momentum, she was never really able to recover from it. Eventually, she steered into the mud.

I don't blame her cause she had to ride the scooter with me at the back, adding weight and somewhat affecting the balance of the scooter. On the other scooter, it was Caroline who was riding, with Cindy at the back. They too, had a mini accident. She hit the lamp post HAHAHAHAHA. Sorry for laughing but its funny every time I think about it. Thank god everyone is alright though. Near evening, we took the train heading towards JiuFen. 

Sleepy heads

The train does not directly goes to JiuFen though, so we took a cab. The night view of JiuFen is really beautiful. I have seen pictures of the day time JiuFen, and the night view is certainly better. Basically the place we visited is called JiuFen Old Street. Its a place to buy souvenirs and a place to fill your tummy. One of the must eat in JiuFen is the Taro Rice Ball. You can choose either the hot or cold taro ball. As we were freezing, we got the hot one and it sure warm us up. I am usually not a taro fan but I was freezing so I just ate it. Turns out, its actually nice, might start to eat taro-related food now.

That's about it for day 3 of our Taiwan trip. I can't believe I am still at day 3. Four more days to blog about. Next post will be on day 4 of our trip, which we went to Danshui. -End of Blog-