Taiwan: National Palace Museum & 饒河街觀光夜市

A visit to National Palace Museum, also known as  國立故宮博物院 or 故宮 for short. Not to be confused with the 故宮 in Beijing, as that refers to the Forbidden City. Both 故宮s are commonly distinguished by the country in where the palaces are situated, namely 北京故宮 or 台北故宫. Nevertheless, I would strongly recommend a visit to both places, for you will be surprised at how much you can learn :) 

The place is always crowded with tourists, with guides in tow to explain the history/background behind all the exhibits. During our previous trip, we used to tag behind these tour groups, so we can listen to the explanation as well. Now, we realized that each tour group have their own set of hearing aid, which bars people from trying to "eavesdrop" in their conversation :(

 

Made use of our TW youth card to get discount for the admission fee :) Finally something useful for the card, haha! No cameras/phototaking is allowed inside the palace.

National Palace Museum 國立故宮博物院

No.221, Sec. 2, Zhishan Rd., Shilin Dist., 

Taipei City 11143, Taiwan (R.O.C.) 

 It was still raining when we came out from 故宮. Bought 2 umbrellas from a nearby shop.

 Leecher & Roger on the MRT, where we're heading to the next destination.   

 

五分埔 for shopping! This place is a wholesale market. Try to look for those discounted racks outside the shops, for prices could go as low as NT100 for a top.

Even the guys are interested in shopping as well, haha! 

 

Hot piping corns for snack :)  Taste best with butter on it.

  

Must try drink when you're in the land of bubble tea. 

 Cut across the train station to get to 饒河街觀光夜市. The train station has completed its renovation from our last visit!

饒河街觀光夜市

 

The must have 胡椒饼, right smack in front of the entrance. 

 

Leecher joining the queue to buy some.   

 Like a production line, workers were busy kneading dough, filling the buns with ingredients etc. The bun did not disappoint either, with a crispy texture and revealing the juicy meat within.

 

Another view from the back of the night market

 Sat down for dinner, and ordered a few items to share.

  

I kinda like watching food prepared from scratched. Watching the well-trained movements of the owners, it's true to the meaning of practice makes perfect.

饒河街觀光夜市
Near to Songshan Railway Station, 八德路四段

Taiwan: JSP & 永和豆漿

December, the last month of the year. A month of celebrations, for it's my fave month, with my bdae & xmas celebrations! It also meant that another year is approaching and time to re-organise your goals for the coming year :) For me, I just wanna finish blogging about the TW family trip that we had, haha! Yes, I know that has been a long while back, but before I start to grow older and more memory space being taken up, this lil space of mine will serve as a reminder of all the memories that I wanna keep :)

 

We ventured outside for breakfast & I brought them to one of my fave breakfast place in TW, JSP burger 甲尚宝小吃店. We went to the one located at Ximending. This is a very popular breakfast chain with pocket friendly prices.

 

Everything was so yummy, I can easily polished off a burger (must add eggs!). Parents-in-laws also gave the thumbs up for this. 

JSP Burger 
甲尚宝小吃店

Ximen MRT Station exit #1

about 3 mins walk along Hanzhong Street 漢中街

After filling our stomach, we departed for Yangmingshan for sightseeing. 

 
When we reached the top of the hill, it began to rain, so we had to abandon our plans and headed for other destination instead. 

 

Waiting for bus 230. Thankfully it was just drizzling, but as soon as we boarded the bus, it started to pour. 

 

This tasted pretty much like spicy yam cake, found at some stall along the streets leading to their MRT station. 

 

Another round of feasting @  永和豆漿, for their supposedly famous soyabean drink and you tiao. 永和豆漿 is a popular 24-hour outlet located throughout the city, and we headed to the one near Shilin MRT station.

 It was way after breakfast hours, so the place was relatively empty. 

We had 2 cameras clicking away at the same time, so it took us 3 tries before we got the right picture, haha!

 

Lim's brothers got it right the 1st time round, and both dressed in white!  

 

Check out the you tiao! 

 

My 1st time trying out 豆漿油条 in Taiwan and JJ Lim's song 豆漿油条 kept replaying in my mind, haha! Nevertheless, it was an interesting combination.  My personal favourite is 蛋餅, which comes with pork floss & bits of spring onions.

I actually like this random shot taken by Roger :) I've forgotten what we were giggling about though.  

永和豆漿

(near Shilin MRT Station) 

PicPrints - Xmas

As we step into the 1st day of December, it's time to shout ........

XMAS IS COMING! 

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