Taipei Trip - Day 2

27 April 2008

[World Soya Bean Milk Magnate --> Bakery Museum --> National Palace Museum --> Fisherman's Wharf --> Danshui Old St Night Market]

Woke up really early as we have planned to cover quite a lot that day. However, both my friend and I were really tired, so we have to drag ourselves out of bed.

Heard that Soya Bean Milk is very popular in Taipei, we went in search of this particular shop called ‘World Soya Bean Milk Magnate’ at Yong He Road. There were many things to try in this shop, but I would say that they are only ‘so-so’. Don’t bother going all the way for this shop, it is not worth the effort!

After breakfast, we headed straight to Shi Lin Station, our next destination was supposed to be the National Palace Museum. On reaching Shi Lin Station, I saw this shop selling all the Hello Kitty stuff, which reminds me of Tracy. So Tracy, the following were taken for you!





As we thought we had plenty of time to spare, we decided to explore the Bakery Museum near the train station. Alamak! When we got there, we discovered that it was meant for those ‘Aunties’ on tour group. Usually, their visitors will make prior appointment before visiting the Museum. And they will teach their visitors how to bake some of the more popular bakery stuff in Taipei, followed by a tour of the small museum showing the history of Chinese bakery. It was an interesting Museum, but as we did not make prior arrangement, the kind uncle gave us a very quick tour of the museum before saying goodbye to us! Ha ha ha!

Off we went to the National Palace Museum! Wow! I was really impressed by the ornaments we saw in this Museum. There were such a lot of things to see that we were so tired after combing the 1st and 2nd floor.

The most impressive piece was the jade carving. The original piece of jade came in 2 tones, from white to dark green. The creative craftsman carved it into a cabbage with a dark green grasshopper at the top of it! Such a masterpiece! Unfortunately, we were not allowed to take any pictures in the Museum. But we did take some pictures OUTSIDE the museum though. Ta da!





After we bid farewell to the museum, we had a quick lunch near the train station before heading to Fisherman's Wharf in Dan Shui. Actually, I think we should have taken a walk at the Dan Shui Old Street before making our way to Fisherman’s Wharf. It is best to reach there around 6pm as there isn't much you can do at Fisherman's Wharf except to enjoy the sunset and to watch the lighting up of the Lover's Bridge. Don't believe? Take a look at the pictures below!



Eh... with the exception of this picture! It happened that there was this van selling lingerie parked near Fisherman's Wharf that day!



The Lover's Bridge before light up



Fisherman's Wharf





Sunset...



Lighting up of Lover's Bridge



Finally, when we have seen enough of the Lover’s Bridge, we went back to walk around the Dan Shui Night Market and also to have our dinner.



This is the first time I tried BBQ smelly beancurd. Wah! Really very smelly... Still prefer the fried ones.



This is the famous Ah Ge (阿给). It is actually Dong Fen (冬粉) wrapped in fried egg with tomato sauce... Not bad!



This BBQ mushroom is only 'so-so', though it is something you hardly find in Singapore. Actually, I think it would have tasted quite nice if they did not put the sauce on it.



There is this weird shop displaying horrid stuff. Need to pay if you are interested to see what they have inside their shop...



Phew! Finally, get to eat my favourite mango ice before we head back to hotel.





Yummy!