Street Photos of Taichung, Taipei and Yehliu - Taiwan.

Let me share some interesting photos which I took along the way in my 6 days 5 nights Taiwan trip...

The building with Full of signage

Unique super narrow building, I wonder how to get up to the 1st level...

The old man with his dog...

I like her strawberry helmet and her groves...

Don't Drink And Drive!

The petrol price of Taiwan

The LED lighting in the mirror...

We are going to NeiHu Road...

The street at Yehliu, Taiwan

The Mini Eiffel Tower on the building...

Below are the interesting Betel nut girls (槟榔妹,Pin Lang Mei) which were spotted along our way to Yehliu. (The photos taken from our van...)

It was not like those pictures which published on the internet where the girls are wearing Bikini to sell the Betel nut...:)

And follow by our Party Van which traveled with us for this 6 days 5 nights in Taiwan! You can get the phone numbers from the photo below and the driver name is : My Yew.

The Van which toured us for the Taiwan's Trip

And this Van was Full of Gadgets! You can see it from the dashboard...

The Dashboard with full of gadgets

This is my Last post for our May, 2011 Taiwan's Trip.

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The Colours of Ferris Wheel - Miramar Complex, Taipei - Taiwan

While we step in the Grand Victoria Hotel after the walk from Xi Men Ding, we decided to take the photo of the Ferris Wheel of Miramar Complex (N25.082936 E121.557065), which we was no chance to ride on it for this trip...

Miramar Complex

It was about to shut down when we stand below the wheel...

The Green Giant Wheel

Luckily, it still continued to change its colour...it was Beautiful!

Less than 15 minutes, the colourful lighting were shut down and left the Only Green colour on it. I decided to try the Long Shutter technique which I learned from Ong.

Taken in long shutter - 0.5 second

Taken in long shutter - 1 second

We spend about 30 minutes for the Ferris Wheel shooting and walked back to the hotel...the area was calm and peaceful.
Packed everything, but just can't sleep...even after few bottles of Taiwan Beer...

BYE TAIWAN! I will be back again!

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Location map of Miramar Entertainment Park at Taipei, Taiwan

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Xi Men Ding (西門町) of Taipei, Taiwan

After the Nice Goose Noodle dinner, we walked around this vibrant and lively Xi Men Ding (西門町)(N25.04282 E121.50751). And that will be our last night at Taiwan, we intended to buy some souvenirs back...

The area is well known with all the Giant signage...there were everywhere...

I saw many shops and food stalls still remain the same area as 4 years ago...well, there were some good memories down the lane...
One of them was this MRT exit...

One of the Ximen MRT Exit nearby Xi Men Ding

There were many talented artist along the Xi Men Ding area, they always perform beside the streets. We spotted one young lady drummer who played marvelously that night. She had been surrounded with almost 100 audiences around the area.

The talented young lady drummer

Beside the lady drummer, we saw another street painter who painted the beautiful landscape picture within 10 minutes! He used those sprays with different colour and A small piece of card to produce the nice and beautiful picture! The picture Only cost TWD100 each!

The intelligent street painter

He used the fire to dry the paint instantly...

The whole area was packed of peoples!

I remember the shop above where I waited for my wife for more than 2 hours...haha!

Decided to walk to the hotel where we stayed on last visit - Han She Hotel. Still the same old alley, but with a strong bright spot light now...

Entrance of Han She Hotel

After we bought some local foods and souvenirs, we back to hotel and pack...we have a plane to catch tomorrow 8am!

Bye Bye Taiwan! I miss you!

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Location map of Xi Men Ding, Taipei - Taiwan

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Goose Noodles Stall at Xin Men Ding (西門町), Taipei - Taiwan

We had our 6th day dinner at Xi Men Ding (西門町) Taipei. Well, I still prefer to try the Goose noodle again which I tasted 4 years ago. All of my friends agreed.

The stall is located at one of the alley which you can walk from the Xi Men Ding Square towards the main road. Apologies because I forgot to take down the GPS Coordinates, but you can base on the address below to find it - 27 alley of ChengDu Road.

Goose noodle stall at Xi Men Ding

The shop is always crowded because of limited tables...
Once we had our table, the order was placed immediately! Even there were many customers around the shop, the noodles were served less than 15 minutes.

The crowded Goose noodle shop at Xi Men Ding

The Goose noodle of Xi Men Ding

The meats and the soup were still delicious as before, but the noodles seems not as tender as before. Anyway, it was still a Tasty dinner for us. I forgot how much it cost in TWD, it was about MYR5.00 after conversion.
The customers were continue walk in to the shop non-stop, and they will stand beside our table before we leave...

Anyway, if you ever try the Goose Noodle before, please give a try! You might like it! :)

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Mitsui Cuisine Japanese Restuarant (明水三井餐廳) at Taipei, Taiwan

We were invited to the Mitsui Cuisine Japanese Restaurant (明水三井餐廳) (N25.08192 E121.55161) for our lunch on the 5th day of our trip to Taiwan. The restaurant is located along MingShui Road of Taipei.

Mitsui Cuisine Japanese Restaurant

Our table had been reserved by our friends from Taiwan, and they had even ordered the meals. The environment was really nice and it was a luxury restaurant around Taipei.
I noticed the Manager was using the Tablet PC to take order from customers! Surprised!

The Manager of the restaurant taken the order from customers...

After chatting for about 15 minutes, our lunch served on the table...well, the first course was 'raw prawn and fish served in the ice bowl'...

2nd course was...'10-20% cooked of lobsters'.

They served very fast!
After about 5 minutes, they brought Two Giant Crabs and put it on our table! Oh! Ok...just wanted for us to make sure the crab was live! My goodness! Haha!

Live Giant Crabs...

And follow by the 3rd course...Deep fried fish. (Do you know what kind of fish from the photo below?)

Deep Fried Fish

The 4th course was...the Giant Crabs.

The Crabs

The 5th course was...20% Raw Beef.

The Raw Beef

The 6th course was...some king of Asparagus?!.

Asparagus?!

7th course was...Foie Gras. (aka duck or goose liver). This was my first experience tasting this meal.

Foie Gras (aka duck or goose liver)

8th course was...Sushi.

Sushi of Mitsui Cuisine Restaurant

9th course was...Ops! I forgot what was that?!...

The 9th course...forgot the name of the dish...

The last was...small cup of soup.

Well, we were Totally Overloaded for this lunch!

I like the beef very much! Even it was almost raw...
Other dishes...average to us...and I felt the Foie Gras was OK. I'm not really taste the few dishes after the 6th course because it was too full for me! Too bad!
Actually, I like the atmosphere very much, it was quiet and you can enjoy your meal perfectly. Every dishes were served less than 5 minutes! Good services!

If you don't mind about the price, it's worth for a visit. You can contact the restaurant for reservation on their official website : Mitsui Cuisine Restaurant.

* Apologies for the low quality photos above, all photos were taken by my camera phone.

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Diamond Tony's Restaurant at 85th Floor of Taipei 101, Taiwan

We been invited by a friend from Taiwan to the Diamond Tony's Restaurant at 85th Floor of Taipei 101 (N25.03313 E121.56510) for dinner on our 4th day of Taiwan trip. I believe reservation is needed if you intend to dine in.

Diamond Tony's Restaurant at Taipei 101

The environment was perfect with soft music and especially the night view of Taipei City. But we were not in the luck that night because of the whole city was covered by mist...
I was amazed by the washroom design! You can even enjoy the city night view while you doing your business! :)

After about 30 minutes after our ordered, the first dish served on our table...it was the mushroom soup with bread.

Mushroom Soup with Bread

I was surprised with the portion of the bread! Anyway, the soup was rich and good with the bread.

After we finished chatting for about 15 minutes, the second course served...Bacon with vegetables.

Third course...(apologies! I forgot the name of the dish...some kind of abalone...)

Fourth course...The Sausage.

And here was the main course...The Beef.

Main course - Beef.  

(Apologies for the blur photo)

The last was the dessert...Chocolate cake.

The Chocolate cake

We were satisfied with the meals over here. Some of the dishes were just average, but the environment is the main attraction of the restaurant! (Too bad we saw nothing that night...)
Anyway, we were thankful for the dinner which provided by a friend, appreciated. We visited the Shilin night market again after the overloaded dinner! :)

Apologies for the blur and yellowish photos above.

Taipei 101 of Taiwan

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