Taiwan Trip 25/7/08 (2nd day)

Good morning.......Ah bao ge requested the front desk to morning call us at 730am. Still manage to snap a picture outside our 314 room, hehe before heading to the hall for breakfast.

Ah bao ge reached our hotel at 9am.








Our first stop is Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall. Very hot outside!!!!!!!!!
Ah bao ge is a great tour guide. He did not make us climb up the staircase (quite high, 89 steps) to the hall, instead, we took elevator from another entrance.











Notice the staircase to the middle building? Hmmm under the hot sun, i wouldn't want to climb up the steps!
The other two buildings to the left and to the right are under renovation. These are the concert and theatre halls.











The legendary great man.

















The 2 halls under renovation and the grand arch in the middle.
















Our next stop is Martyr's Shrine. Taking picture with one of the guards. There are 2 guards on duty. The other guard could not withstand the heat of the sun (his friends were fanning him and holding his hand) but luckily he did not collapse. He still stood there until the end of his shift (1hour). Later i learnt from the people there that it was his first day at work. Poor guy.












Change of guard ceremony which happens every hour.

















I managed to record part of the ceremony.

The guards are performing in the background. The afternoon sun was too hot, so i did not follow the crowd to watch the performance.




















Time to fill our tummiesssss.. Ah bao ge took us to bbq buffet.












Two men barbequeing. We just have to fill up our bowls with meat (pork, beef, mutton, chicken) and vege, followed by soya sauce, sesame oil, sugar, lemon, wine, ginger and garlic. And queue up to get our food bbq-ed!











Before and after....yummy.......smells nice ooo.........quick quick go back to my table to taste!

Wow, really yummy..... and the only yummy food in this restaurant (sob sob)..















Our next stop is the National Museum. Ah bao ge told us that there are many valuable antiques here and they will change the display every 3months. The famous antiques are the cabbage carved from jade and also a chunk of fatty meat. Look real oh..We can't take pictures in the museum, though.








After our tour, Ah Bao ge sent us to Xi Men Ding. My favourite place, a great hangout for young people. I saw lots of teenagers hanging around. We even passed by a CD shop and noticed a group of people standing outside. Later i found out that there were singers inside signing albums. Sorry, i did not get the name of the singers (a group of 2 girls) and since both of us do not know them, we did not stop to watch. I shop and shop and shop.............and finally found this shop called 3xiong mei selling ice-creams and deserts. The shop has a basement and really CROWDED. Luckily we found a seat. Notice that all the walls are scribbled with writings...............................

Even the chairs!!!














The waitress brought over our pearl milk tea and shaved ice mango. Lots of youngsters enjoying the deserts here.














Look nice & tasty right? Hmmmm but the taste is so-so only. The shaved ice is actually iced milk and tastes different from what we have in KL. I still prefer KTZ's mango loh haha..
Surprisingly, the milk tea is also disappointing. Anyway, we needed the rest to continue exploring XMD!










I found the famous Ah Zong mien sien!! Yay... The people just stand there to enjoy their mien sien. Can't wait to try it.














Look ordinary right? But the taste is AMAZINGLY DELICIOUS!! Too bad, dear dear doesn't like it. I added garlic sauce and WOW!!.. i could have bowls of it if my tummy permits. Haha...The ingredient is only pig's intestines. The weather is hot, and i was sweating by the time i finish it. MMMMMMMMMM....i can conclude that this is the tastiest food in Taipei!








Time for dear dear to fill up his tummy. We found his dream restaurant, TAMAGO YA. All the food here has got eggs. Even the restaurant is painted like eggs' colour.











1 set of curry chicken and omelete. Looks tasty ya? I was filling up the comment form. :)
Anyway the food is so-so only...so dear dear was a bit disappointed... woohooo....














People queueing up to pay at the counter. haha...














So bored of waiting for the long queue. so i asked dear dear to snap a picture of me and Tamago Ya. WOw..shopping bags full of my stuffs hehe..













I really don't feel like leaving XMD, but we must not miss Shihlin Night Market as well. We took a cab there.. So many people as well. And it's soo big..It is divided into 2 sections, i.e. food and clothes/bags. I started with clothes/bags section as we were still very full. i bought a pair of Nike shoes for NT1280 only! So happy..








Finally we reached the food section. My feet cannot carry my own weight anymore. Sooooooooo tired, really need to find a place to sit. I decided to try 'hua zi', and it's actually big squids and bamboo shoots. At first it tastes a bit weird but quite okay after i get used to the taste. Taiwan has got such big squids!









View of the stalls selling all kinds of food.
















The famous Hao Da Da fried chicken you must not miss. Long queue oh... a man was distributing paper bags. The chicken is real big!














The big fried chicken. So big, it can cover your whole face oh!

















I actually forgot to take a picture of the white bitter gourds. I've never seen a white one in all my life! In this picture, u can actually see it. I tried the honey bitter gourd juice, wow the taste is sooo bitter sweet and a bit salty. Quite nice, but i couldn't finish it.











Time to show off my stuffs. hehe..these are stuffs i bought in XMD. The DVD's are quite cheap and they are original ones oh. i bought 'wang zi bian qing wa' and it only costs NT188.












More stuffs i bought in XMD.

















The stuffs i bought in Shihlin. I really love the mini vest.
















The Nike shoes i bought in Shihlin. There are so many shops selling Nike shoes. The young people in Taiwan loveeeeeeeeeeee Nike.

Time to watch tv ... They have got 100+ channels oh. Good nite.......