Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Exhilarating 4 days in Taipei and Taichung-Day 1 Taichung


Ever good trip in Taiwan starts with High-Speed Railway.  In business class, HSR also provides coffee and dessert for free.

Our guest stays at Tango Taichung, which is located in the center of lots of restaurants on Kong-Yi road.  


On Saturday, there is a small fair n Taiwan Literature Park selling hand-made stuff.  

I am always awed by nature, especially trees of hundred years. 


Adorable kids also catch my eyes. 
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Mr.Lui said he prefered crowded place, but I didn't find out this fact until much later. So I brought him to the willow street at that time. Empty street with city view 


What is remained was Taichung's old castle bricks. 

As Taichung was governed by Japanese, many Japanese government building were done by Japanese architects who imitated western Baroque Style.


This is inside old Taichung City Hall.


Some old house inTaichung were refurbished and turned into tea house or coffee house. 


This one was used to be a bank; now, it was a ice cream shop. A well-thought idea !




This iconic landmark was also a eye doctor's clinic. Tourists now come here for pine apple cakes and other desserts. On the second floor, there is a Taiwanese style restaurant. 


Below represents inside and outside of the eye doctor's clinic. 


I chose a restaurant that featured Taiwan flavor, but the portion was over our limit. We were too full. 





Friday, April 27, 2018

20180316 Taipei 101+Maokong+Gongguang again


Although it was March, you could still feel chill or even cold in the air. 

Ms. L enjoyed posting as a model starting from moment 1. 


She still suffered from jet lag, but as a Texas woman, she demostrated strength along the way. 

Each passing moment in Taipei inscribed in her momery.  

The early March marked the coming of azalea flower season. 


Big teapot restaurant has been my favorite for some time. 


National Chengchi University campus is nearby Maokong gondola. 

The drawback is that the campus is far away from downtown, so it takes at least 30~40 mins bus or car driving. 




Gradually, Miss L can't resist sleeping bug biting, so she decided to head back.

Before that, a taste of tapioca milk tea is must.

This hand-shake tea place is called, "pure happiness."

If not pure happy, at least you are guaranteed to feel happy after tasting one cup of milk tea.  

On her way back, Miss L expressed her suprise on the number of people commuting in the Taipei metro subway. 

That is how we Taiwanese deal with every day, though. 


Thank you Miss L for making such a wonderday with your beauty and laughter. 

Thursday, March 22, 2018

20170610 Taipei 101+Maokong


                                    This was a cloudy day. I greeted my guest from Australia. 



                                           Taipei 101 is out first stop as always.

                                               

This trip was relatively short, as it started to rain heavily in the afternoon. But we managed to have a feast in the Maokong mountain area about 20 mins drive from Taipei 101 and then took cable car for around 25 mins.


Fried Rice


Mountain vegetable:San-Sui



Steamed egg


Deep Fried shrimp


Seasame oil mushroom soup