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That's all for my 台湾之行. Off to the next country!
(Hope there are still people reading my blog...)

Shall give you all a little preview of what is coming up in a few entries time. Stay tuned!

My favourite sunset photo. This is uploaded directly from my camera. Not edited in any way at all =)

Formosa Adventures Page 9 - Night Markets

Ok I've saved the best for the last. What is Taiwan without its street food? For a glutton like me, cheap and good food is one of the most appealing pull factor of Taiwan.Watch your weight though...haha.

师大夜市. Tucked in an alley away from the main streets.

师大夜市 is famous for 卤味 stalls. Pick what you like and they will soak the ingredients into the sauce. Kinda like yong tau foo style. (except for the sauce)

The food came out much bigger than we expected. The most delicious part is not the meat or veggies, but the noodles!

Giant crepe. Makes a heavy dessert.

Some 冰火奶油包. So called because it's hot and crispy on the outside, but cold like ice-cream inside.

The kiwi is nice, but the ice is just so-so. They don't integrate well enough.

Apparently a popular 奶茶 stall in the 公馆 area.

I like the icon symbolizing 'Gongguan Commercial District'. Makes shopping seem so cheerful.

You can shop for clothes till you drop at 五分埔. Kinda like a much bigger version of Bugis Street. People can be seen lugging trolleys of clothes everywhere. They are the customers, not the supplier!

饶河夜市, a short walk from 五分埔.

One of the most famous stall in 饶河夜市.

Fried cuttlefish! Yummy!

Mango and Strawberry ice, topped with a pudding.

One of the most delicious sausages I've tasted in Taiwan - found in 平溪!

深坑 is famous for 臭豆腐 because these super-smelly tofu are dug from 一个很深的粪坑.

臭豆腐 in disguise

芋圆 overdose...these starchy things really make your stomach bloated. Nice to eat but just...too much already.

Money up for grabs!

If this little figure falls into the hole, we will win the potable media player behind. BUT this thing doesn't seem to fall in no matter how we prod its buttocks. Gave up after some tries. (suspected some sticky stuff at the legs)

Due to a makeover, a section of 士林夜市 is now underground. Not very traditional anymore but hmm...

Yeah! The most popular must-try food in 士林. Feels shiok to nibble through the big piece of chicken.

Popular drink that can be found throughout Shilin - 爱玉 - said to look like frog eggs in water.

蚵仔煎 and 牛肉面 =)

大饼包小饼. Another of their 'big-wrap-small' food. Was surprised that they actually crushed the bun into crumbs before wrapping them into a popiah skin. The crumbs felt like cornflakes haha.

Aiyoh is this stall selling 槟榔 or snakes? Seeing this in the middle of a night market can be quite an appetite-killer.

One of my favourite in Taiwan. Almost all convenient stores have this! Actually the new 7-11 outlet in NUS sells this kind of oden too, but it's terribly cui. Firstly it's not self-service, and secondly the food is not put into the boiling water until someone requests it, and thirdly....(don't wish to carry on further haiz)

My linguistic mind is pretty active when I tour abroad. There are some common words found in Taiwan, which most Singaporeans wouldn't know how to pronounce them, such as:

a) 盥洗间 Equivalent to toilet/washroom/WC/etc. Nope the first character is not pronounced as shui3.

b) 莒光 Name of a TRA express train. No the first word is not ying2 nor lv3.

c) 蚵仔煎 Taiwan's famous oyster omelette. Pronounced in 台语. You can pronounce it in a standard Mandarin way but it will sound very strange.

d) 蒟蒻 ??? What's this?? Hint: it's a kind of food.

Hmm when do they use 臺灣 instead of 台湾? Especially the 'tai' which can vary in writing from place to place, signs to signs.

Formosa Adventures Page 8 - Tamsui

Thanks to 戴佩妮 I get to know about this famous river in Taipei. I thought it's just a normal freshwater river...

The first thing you see when you step out of 淡水 station.

淡水老街. Other than street food, lots of souvenir snacks to be bought (and sampled) here hehe.

Not a seafood fan but this is quite nice. FYI 鱿鱼 is squid, 花枝 is cuttlefish. Google if you don't know the difference between squid and cuttlefish =p

Turkish ice-cream! The uncle never fails to fool around with his customers first before handing the ice-cream proper.

豪大条!

鲁肉饭 at the left, 阿给 at the right. Yea the 阿给 is really as spicy as it looks. Don't ask me why it is called 阿给...

One of Taiwan's most popular bubble tea outlets - 50岚

Interesting museum...

Enjoying the river breeze while fishing.

Attempted the long long walk from 老街 to 渔人码头. Signposts and maps can be quite deceiving haha.

Stopped by Fort San Domingo, along the way to 渔人码头. Where the Angmos used to live.

Appreciating the Western deco.

Newlyweds having photoshoot at 淡水河边.
我很狼狈的 将我的脸偷偷收起了... (ok no link...)

Finally reached 渔人码头! Feels like going on a cruise.

Tamsui is in love with Haisui.

Sunset at the jetty. Makes me calm and relaxed.

Weather's good for a casual stroll =)

Lovers Bridge. You need not be lovers to enjoy this bridge.

View from Lovers Bridge

I love you...You love me. We are happy family =)

A street musician to keep us entertained after the long walk. As a Mandopop listener, I felt more inclined to listen to his singing. Street/event performers in SG hardly sing/play Mandopop songs.

I presume these boats belong to fishermen?

Bye 渔人码头! Took a speedy boat back to 淡水MRT.

Shiok to be out at sea. (except that the motor is too noisy)

Another icon of 渔人码头 comes in full view.

淡水 during a rainy day. The hill still looks beautiful though.