Taipei Day 2 - Danshui old street / Fisherman's Wharf / Shihlin Night Market

Getting lazy to re-post all the photos which I've already uploaded on facebook. Think I'll just write my thoughts, and keep the photos here to a minimal.

Photos: https://www.facebook.com/alan.teo.986/media_set?set=a.10152315978921356.1073741856.701936355&type=3&uploaded=20

Danshui old street is a nice quaint place, with many specialty snacks like tie dan, fish crackers, so do google and check out what to buy before coming. And don't be an idiot like me who bought from the first stall you come to... I did that and got overcharged by 20yuan per packet of tiedan.

We also tried A-gei, which wasn't that great. We liked the fishballs and beehoon there more. A surprising delight was the green tea macchiato from Lattee!

It's a huge ass cup of thick green tea, with a generous layer of milk on top. Of course, served without a straw, as the correct way to drink it is to tilt the cup enough such that the green tea rushes into your mouth together with a little bit of milk. Yummm.

We went to lover's bridge by ferry, (You can use Easycard to take it! Don't be taken in by the lady yelling for you to buy tickets) but the bridge was closed -_- We still got to watch the sunset from the pier, which wasn't too bad. Nice and relaxing.

We went to Shihlin at night, which was hell. The streets were packed and it was like being squeezed with sardines. And the basement food court felt like IT fair on the first day on a weekend - can barely move and can't change direction, and the whole place smelled of chou toufu. Didn't like it much.

The highlight of the night was the Black Pepper pork bun, which is found somewhere upstairs. Sorry, no idea how to give directions because the whole place was a mess. Good luck!