Minced meat rice. One of Taiwan's delicacies. I had always wanted to try it before I went to Taiwan. On one fine morning, we passed by a small road side stall selling typical Taiwanese breakfast, and we noticed that minced meat rice is included in the menu. We immediate order, took a can drink, sat down and waited for our food to be served. It was fairly cheap, about TWD30 only, however I think my mom makes a better minced meat rice than the stall...
After satisfying our stomach, we travelled by MRT and bus to National Palace Museum (故宫博物院). The building and its surrounding were spectacular, but unfortunately I'm not a history geek, thus it was not really a place of my liking... Not to mention the above average entrance fee.
We then meet up with Jessie, a friend of ZC whom he know during college time in the UK. Jessie, who was on a long vacation in Taiwan, brought us around Tamsui. So kind of her!
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| The street of Tamsui |
This fish ball is delicious! Very 'Q' and the stuffing is minced meat. Wanted to buy a packet of uncook fish ball from the stall for my family, but I think it will turn bad before I can reach Malaysia :(
At Tamsui Pier, where we waited for our boat to carry us to another side of Tamsui.
After a roughly 30mins boat ride, we arrived at the Tamsui Fisherman's Wharf. There's nothing much to see here actually, the main attraction is no doubt the Lover's Bridge.
After an hour of walk around the area of the bridge, we visited a cafe nearby to cool ourselves down from the hot weather. I ordered a rather special drink, where the cups and containers seems to be grabbed from a science lab.
We 'lepak' around Tamsui until 6pm, where we watched the sunset at the seaside. Then we went to grab a 阿给, something like bean curd stuffed with crystal noodle, drowned in sweet + a little salty gravy. I was a little reluctant to try at first when looking at the combination and its gravy, but what's life if I don't try? The result is not bad at all!!! Quite filing too, which made us worry about our next stop is Shilin Night Market!
Shilin Night Market is one of my most anticipated stops in Taiwan. It is because the place is filled with food! It comprises few streets, with plenty stalls selling from drinks, foods to souvenirs.
To my surprise, there's an underground AIR-CONDITIONED area where all the eateries are! Honestly I was flabbergasted and don't know what to eat due to the myriad choices of food available! I wanted to try all! In the end, we ordered some fried soft shell crabs, oyster omelette and la-la as snack, and I ordered a fresh blended watermelon juice, which quenched my thirst at the perfect timing!
After filing half of our stomach, we continued exploring the streets, long streets indeed! We bought what we wanted to eat as we explore to make sure we didn't miss out any nice food :)
ZC had plan to meet up with a friend of his in Taiwan, so I left and went back to our hostel alone...
