Taiwan Trip －Day 2
13/05(Sun)
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LongShan Temple/CKS Memorial Hall/Yong Kang Street/ Mei Li Hua Shopping Centre – Ferris Wheel/ Shilin Night Market
• Bought the You You card（悠游卡） for NT 500 at XMD station. There’s a NT 100 deposit, so the value is only NT 400, but NT 400 is enough for our one week stay. At the end of our trip, we refunded the card (退卡), and got back the remaining value and deposit.
• Woke up at about 730am and first stop we went to is Long Shan Si (龙山寺). It’s just one stop away from XMD station, and right at the Longshan station. People say it’s quite a 灵 temple, something like our Guanyin temple at Bugis. Saw a lot of people there in the morning. There were people dressed in black robes and singing the prayers and kept kowtowing at every stop of the prayer. Very religious and pious. I saw a lady who brought her son’s student pass and prayed to Wen Chang Deity, I think she wanted Wen Chang Deity to bless her son with good grades.
• Next stop is the CKS memorial hall (中正纪念堂). Again easily reached by metro. The day we went happened to be Fa Lun Gong (法轮功) day, and people from all over the world would celebrate this day. It was a big thing in Taipei. There were a lot of people dressed in yellow and white tee-shirts, and they formed a 法轮功 formation at the open area of the CKS memorial hall. The scale was aka to our NDP, and there were TV stations there to film the event.
• Every hour (正点), there is a change of guards at CKS memorial hall. We managed to catch one shift. 3 guards dressed in white uniforms were marching up the staircase, and I think they had bells on them, so when they march there is a jingling sound. They marched up the staircase to reach the CKS memorial hall and performed their routine to take over from the 2 guards who were stationed on the left and right of CKS’ statue. After that, the 2 guards on the earlier shift would be brought back by one of the 3 guards who came up, and replaced by the remaining 2 guards who came up.
• After that, we were hungry, so we decided to check out Ding Tai Feng and see what’s the difference between Taiwan’s and Singapore’s. we took a bus to Yongkang street. As it was mother’s day, DTF was really really crowded. It looked like a very popular restaurant in Taiwan and we had to wait for about 45 mins to get our seats. The menu is about the same as Singapore. The xiao long bao tasted about the same, but I thought the la mian at taiwan is better than Singapore.
鼎泰丰
台北市信仪路二段194号
Opening Hours: Mon – Fri 10.00 – 21.00
Sat and Public Holidays 9.00 – 21.00
• After that, we hang around yong kang street and explore the shops. It looks like a peaceful town. Had the ‘monster ice’ there. It’s just fresh sweet fruits on a pile of ice. I thought the price was quite steep. We ordered the combination ( 综合 ) one, and there’s mango, strawberry and kiwi on it. Similar to our mango ice-kachang..you get the idea. But it cost freaking S 8..a tad too X. but there were long Qs for it.
Ice Monster 冰馆
台北市大安区永康街15 号
Opening Hours: Summer – 10.30 –24.00
Winter – 11.30 – 23.00
• After that we took a bus back to XMD to check out SHE’s 签唱会, but it was quite late already, and we couldn’t find the place, so we decided to leave for Shilin Night Market.
• I read that the Mirama ferris wheel (美丽华摩天轮) is near to Shilin NM (士林夜市), so we decided to pop by there before going to the NM. We alighted at Jian Tan metro station. Surprisingly, Shilin NM is not at Shilin metro station but at Jian Tan.
• We took a free shuttle bus outside Jian Tan metro station to bring us to 美丽华, a shopping mall with cinemas and the ferris wheel. The bus journey took about 20 minutes. The mall was really at a 鸟不生蛋 place, that’s why they needed a free shuttle bus to bring people there.
• We got to 美丽华 shopping mall, and were told to go up to the 5th level to buy tickets for the ferris wheel. It was at the same booth that they sell cinema tickets. I thought S 10 per pax was also a tad too X for a 20 minutes ferries wheel ride. We were rather disappointed with the ride, as Taipei does not have a pretty skyline. All we could see was Taipei 101. And we still need to take a 20 minutes ride back to Jian Tan station to reach Shilin NM.
• When we arrive at Shilin NM (士林夜市), we were greeted by a few game stalls with people fishing for terrapins, prawns and fishes. My sis tried to fish for a prawn but the line broke shortly. Then we saw more game stalls and food stalls. Tried the 豪大大鸡排—it’s really big and they don’t cut it into smaller pieces for you. Very delicious! Yummy. Tried the hao jian （蚝煎）there too, a lot of 蚝 compared to singapore’s. then we crossed a traffic light to reach a street of yet more food and clothing stores. We were told by the stall owners at other Night Markets that Shilin sells relatively more X goods as it was a tourist spot. You can probably get the same thing for much cheaper at other night markets which are not so touristy or at those underground shopping centers, as we later discovered.
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LongShan Temple/CKS Memorial Hall/Yong Kang Street/ Mei Li Hua Shopping Centre – Ferris Wheel/ Shilin Night Market
• Bought the You You card（悠游卡） for NT 500 at XMD station. There’s a NT 100 deposit, so the value is only NT 400, but NT 400 is enough for our one week stay. At the end of our trip, we refunded the card (退卡), and got back the remaining value and deposit.
• Woke up at about 730am and first stop we went to is Long Shan Si (龙山寺). It’s just one stop away from XMD station, and right at the Longshan station. People say it’s quite a 灵 temple, something like our Guanyin temple at Bugis. Saw a lot of people there in the morning. There were people dressed in black robes and singing the prayers and kept kowtowing at every stop of the prayer. Very religious and pious. I saw a lady who brought her son’s student pass and prayed to Wen Chang Deity, I think she wanted Wen Chang Deity to bless her son with good grades.
• Next stop is the CKS memorial hall (中正纪念堂). Again easily reached by metro. The day we went happened to be Fa Lun Gong (法轮功) day, and people from all over the world would celebrate this day. It was a big thing in Taipei. There were a lot of people dressed in yellow and white tee-shirts, and they formed a 法轮功 formation at the open area of the CKS memorial hall. The scale was aka to our NDP, and there were TV stations there to film the event.
• Every hour (正点), there is a change of guards at CKS memorial hall. We managed to catch one shift. 3 guards dressed in white uniforms were marching up the staircase, and I think they had bells on them, so when they march there is a jingling sound. They marched up the staircase to reach the CKS memorial hall and performed their routine to take over from the 2 guards who were stationed on the left and right of CKS’ statue. After that, the 2 guards on the earlier shift would be brought back by one of the 3 guards who came up, and replaced by the remaining 2 guards who came up.
• After that, we were hungry, so we decided to check out Ding Tai Feng and see what’s the difference between Taiwan’s and Singapore’s. we took a bus to Yongkang street. As it was mother’s day, DTF was really really crowded. It looked like a very popular restaurant in Taiwan and we had to wait for about 45 mins to get our seats. The menu is about the same as Singapore. The xiao long bao tasted about the same, but I thought the la mian at taiwan is better than Singapore.
鼎泰丰
台北市信仪路二段194号
Opening Hours: Mon – Fri 10.00 – 21.00
Sat and Public Holidays 9.00 – 21.00
• After that, we hang around yong kang street and explore the shops. It looks like a peaceful town. Had the ‘monster ice’ there. It’s just fresh sweet fruits on a pile of ice. I thought the price was quite steep. We ordered the combination ( 综合 ) one, and there’s mango, strawberry and kiwi on it. Similar to our mango ice-kachang..you get the idea. But it cost freaking S 8..a tad too X. but there were long Qs for it.
Ice Monster 冰馆
台北市大安区永康街15 号
Opening Hours: Summer – 10.30 –24.00
Winter – 11.30 – 23.00
• After that we took a bus back to XMD to check out SHE’s 签唱会, but it was quite late already, and we couldn’t find the place, so we decided to leave for Shilin Night Market.
• I read that the Mirama ferris wheel (美丽华摩天轮) is near to Shilin NM (士林夜市), so we decided to pop by there before going to the NM. We alighted at Jian Tan metro station. Surprisingly, Shilin NM is not at Shilin metro station but at Jian Tan.
• We took a free shuttle bus outside Jian Tan metro station to bring us to 美丽华, a shopping mall with cinemas and the ferris wheel. The bus journey took about 20 minutes. The mall was really at a 鸟不生蛋 place, that’s why they needed a free shuttle bus to bring people there.
• We got to 美丽华 shopping mall, and were told to go up to the 5th level to buy tickets for the ferris wheel. It was at the same booth that they sell cinema tickets. I thought S 10 per pax was also a tad too X for a 20 minutes ferries wheel ride. We were rather disappointed with the ride, as Taipei does not have a pretty skyline. All we could see was Taipei 101. And we still need to take a 20 minutes ride back to Jian Tan station to reach Shilin NM.
• When we arrive at Shilin NM (士林夜市), we were greeted by a few game stalls with people fishing for terrapins, prawns and fishes. My sis tried to fish for a prawn but the line broke shortly. Then we saw more game stalls and food stalls. Tried the 豪大大鸡排—it’s really big and they don’t cut it into smaller pieces for you. Very delicious! Yummy. Tried the hao jian （蚝煎）there too, a lot of 蚝 compared to singapore’s. then we crossed a traffic light to reach a street of yet more food and clothing stores. We were told by the stall owners at other Night Markets that Shilin sells relatively more X goods as it was a tourist spot. You can probably get the same thing for much cheaper at other night markets which are not so touristy or at those underground shopping centers, as we later discovered.
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