Taipei Trip - Day 5

30 April 2008

[XiMenDing --> Wu Fen Pu Fashion Street --> Raohe Night Market]

Our plan for the day was to take it easy and roam around XiMenDing. Since the day we arrived in Taipei, we have not spent much time in this area.

After covering some of the shops, we decided to go into this coffee house for a drink. It was an ordinary-looking old coffee shop, but when we got to the second floor, the decor looked quite trendy. And when we saw the menu, we were quite surprised that their prices were equivalent to that of Starbucks and Coffee Beans. This was the cup of coffee I have ordered...

These were the decor on the wall of the coffee shop.





After we were done going around XiMenDing, we decided to go back to our hotel for a short rest before heading to Wu Fen Pu Fashion Street in the afternoon.



Decided to take a picture of our hotel to remind us of how tiny our rooms were!

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When we got to Wu Fen Pu Fashion Street, there were many many shops selling all kinds of fashion clothing. We were so excited that we kept on buying all kinds of clothes and accessories and we forgot to take any pictures of Wu Fen Pu!

My most satisfied purchase was a leather jacket that cost NTD1,100(~SGD50)!

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Just when we were about to leave Wu Fen Pu for Roahe Night Market, we passed by this shop that sells my favourite mango ice! Decided to take a break and enjoy the mango ice.

Wow! Surprisingly the mango tasted so sweet! It was the best mango ice I have had throughout my entire trip in Taipei! Super Duper Yummy!



The first stall that greeted us when we got to Raohe NM is this Pepper Biscuit. We decided to give it a try since there was a long queue waiting to buy the Biscuit.



This is how they make the pepper biscuit.



After they baked the biscuits, they looked like these.



As this is the 5th NM we have been to, we couldn't find anything interesting except for this stall that sells pouches for handphones etc. The pouches looked so cute!



That night, we left Raohe NM without having anything much. We decided to buy the Kebab from the Egyptian man near our hotel instead. But when we passed by this shop selling beancurd with peanuts, we can't help but stopped to have a bowl before we head back to hotel.

Note: Forgot to mention in my earlier post on Day 3 that the beancurd sold in Shida Lu NM was very nice too! However, we took the picture far too late. It does not look very appetising by then.



When we returned to XiMenDing, the Egyptian man was no where insight. We hunted high and low for him, but to no avail. *sigh* As that was our last night in this hotel, we felt really disappointed not being able to try his kebab for one last time.



Feeling really upset, we decided to vent our frustration by having a go at this basket ball thingy. Wah! Didn't know it is so difficult to score a goal! In the end, I did not even manage to clear round one. I think my score was only around 30+. Hee Hee! Paisei!