Day 2 :: Part 2 Jiu Fen (5th November 2010)

Soon we done with Yeh Liu and also got stalk by a cab driver to convince us to take his ride, and yea we took it in the end and we got a bad headache after coz his driver skills is madness!

He drop us at Kee Lung and from here we took a bus transit up to Jiu Fen.

Once enter the alley of Jiu Fen, this is where te food expedition starts! Non-stop craving =P and was told by Nicole that Jiu Fen is famous for "Ee Yuen" means yam glutinous which before it was cook it looks like this where it comes with packaging

where after it was boiled and serve with red bean soup, it looks like this

Seriously and honestly this is the best! and what I'm missing most... love the taste of the purple yam ball, it has more texture.

Found another shop selling the same thing and it's more like a family business and been running it for long and I personally love the look and feel of it ;)

and they serve the same way with red bean soup, bet this is the way to make it taste better ^^

Besides trying different stalls selling "Ee Yuen", found a very special way of eating ice-cream, where they grate the peanut freshly and put it on "popiah" skin and after scoop two scoops of ice-cream and wrap it up. It was awesome isn't?!

After one ice-cream we move on trying another ice-cream. Which is Dorayaki ice-cream! coolness!

Been seeing this sausage lady in lotsa people's photo album and finally i met her! and her sausage is not bad besides her being own ambassador for it XD bought a 3 flavours sausage to try on and to me I still prefer the original taste of sausage instead of the garlic and forgot what is the black sausage flavour hahaha...

Besides those yummy ones, found some food which I dare not to try which is this "kueh" which looks like "ang-ku kueh" but it's a bit geli compare to our "kueh" la hahaha

There's a lot of souvenir shop as well but there's always things which is unique and some it's not so choose wisely! hehe

After done going thru the food alley and you will finally end up on some breath taking view of Jiu Fen housing area which on the slope downhill

Along the alley, there's also some nice construct and design shops o maybe because of the weather and people?hhhahha

After going thru the "makan" alley,  and also looking at the nice view.. and guess wart?! we needs to walk back thru the alley to catch the bus to go back Taipei.

Here ends the second day trip of Kee Lung where we covers Yeh Liu and Jiu Fen and back to Taipei explore Xi Men Ting!

Day 2 :: Part 1 YehLiu Geopark (5th November 2010)

We had took the train and after a transit with a bus ride to Kee Lung district to reach Yeh Liu Geopark.

Soon after we reach, we quickly rush to the bus station to catch the earliest bus and yet we still needs to wait half an hour for the next bus ride and it takes about 2 hours to reach Yeh Liu.

There's is a shuttle bus to Yeh Liu Geopark once you stop at the nearest bus stop.

Chin Ni got a student pass so her entrance fee is always half price of ours!

Let me share some info to you bout Yeh Liu Geopark. Yehliu Geopark is famous for its sea-erosion landscape, while most of the spots are very close to the sea, tourists are advised to observe the tour guide regulations in case of the occurrence of possible danger or causing any damage to the natural resources.

Once we get in.. there's this cute statue and we started to photograph haha...

The most famous rock in this geopark is the Queen's head which looks like this

Of course we snap photo with it hahaa...

Even this uncle use a D200x to capture the Queen's head suing tripod as well!

Once we done havin snap shot with the Queen's head, we move on with more breath taking scenery. And the view from observation deck is AWESOME!!!!

It was raining all the way during our observation and here comes 2 malay lady named Lynette and Kelly hahahaha

Really love this place  a lot.. strong wind.. nice stones..

There's another Queen's head which form by the sea too.. which it was place at another area.

After spending 1 hour plus enjoy the view and stones, we quickly look for lunch which there's row of shops right after you get out from the geopark exit. Therefore, we saw a stall displaying fresh oyster and just makes us crave for O-a-chian!! and it's cook by a young chap!

We actually had our lunch in this shop, we ordered a seaweed soup, fried rice and O-a-chian, this 3 dishes for NTD140(RM14) only! cheap uh?!

And here ends the journey at Yeh Liu and after we went to Jiu Fen which you'll find out in my next post ;)

Street Food Dinner 2.0 @ Bangkok

Looking for some typical Thai food?! well wherever there's just stalls along the roadside that is consider typical enough, duncha think so?! to me yes hehe..

Had explore the seafood stall just next to Isetan in Pratunam where also very close to the World Centre, but no worries it's safe around there.

Check out the seafood display.. fresh prawn, squid, fish, cockles and more..

They even have this duck feet next to the chicken

Their grill fish catches our eye, where we got no idea what fish is it and the way they grill it seems interesting as well

So we actually ordered and give it a try, surprisingly the taste not too bad with the sweet and sour and a bit of spicy sauce to pair with this fish

They do have a standard menu with price so you will not feel cheated as well

once you place your order, you will have complimentary of "ulam"

I like their ice bin, old skol! haha

Here go the dishes we ordered, the first to go is the basil pork where there's also some spare parts in it which I found it a bit gross and also taste some tiny stones, (I bet they didn't really clean it properly >.<)

Had fried "la-la" as well and I had bad experience of having "la-la" due to the smell and sometimes it taste a bit stink, I think we should not order any "la-la" from hawker stalls as it's not the good "la-la" the ypurchase from the market as compared to the restaurant

How can a thai meal be complete without a tomyum right?! so here you go, we did order a seafood tomyum and it was such a huge bowl with lotsa seafood but the taste stills can't beat the tomyum in the foodcourt of Platinum Mall hahaha

Needs some green for this dinner, so we got the last dish which is the "Kangkung" and it was a huge plate as well >.<

In the end of the dinner, took a picture with the hawker stall staff as he been very helpful and whenever we call him handsome then he will help us to translate what his fellow members trying to ask for. e.g you want a rice or sticky rice haha

Location: Lane next to Isetan at Pratunam