Day 1: Taoyuan Street Food

After putting our luggage in the hotel and freshening up, we went for a walk at the nearby night market (夜市). The weather was so good! It was around 20 degrees, and compared to the heat in Singapore, we welcomed the cooling weather with open arms. You may need a sweater, or a little scarf. It felt so good! Felt like you're in a aircon room, just that this is natural, and the air smelt alot fresher.



This is one of the many mobile food stalls that you'll see everywhere in Taiwan. The food is usually cheap and good! The owners are quite hygienic too, so you can eat with ease. The stall in the picture above is selling deep fried spring onion pancake (葱油饼). It taste like Roti Prata, with fillings. You can choose the fillings you want like ham, cheese, chicken, etc. Cost NT40 - NT45 (around S$1.80 to S$2.00)



deep fried spring onion pancake (葱油饼)





the very popular Taiwan street dish 卤味. You can find it everywhere in Taiwan, and we've tried it at different stalls in different parts of Taiwan. So far, this stall in Taoyuan is still the best!



It's abit like yong tau fu in Singapore, where you get to choose the stuffs you like (eg. vegetables, muschroom, sausage, fishcakes （甜不辣), fishballs, meatballs, seaweed etc.), and they will cook it in a very delicious soup/gravy for you. This stall in Taoyuan is the only one we've tried that cooked it in soup. The others are all served in gravy.



*slurp* I'm hungry just looking at this picture now! And it's super cheap! Only cost us around NT100 (ard S$4.50) for 2 big bowls!




the very delicious yam cake from the 卤味.



this is a MUST-TRY. that is also sold everywhere in Taiwan. Hot Chin Chow (热仙草). Singapore only sell cold chin chow, with bits and pieces in the drink, but not in Taiwan. I still remembered my first comment when i first tried it. "It taste weird!". But soon, I got hooked! When first served, it's watery, and looks abit like herbal tea. The interesting thing is it will slowly hardens to jelly form. Very interesting dessert that got me super hooked on it. You can choose to have it in plain form (just the chin chow), or add it with small little dumplings etc. Nice! Highly recommended. Must try if you're in Taiwan. Cost around NT 35 - 45 (depending on size and locations.)