NTD 12,570 which is around SGD600 - for the 8 of us.
Well it did include a bottle of Macallan 12
Feb 29, 2008
My most expensive Karaoke Session
NTD 12,570 which is around SGD600 - for the 8 of us.
Well it did include a bottle of Macallan 12
Feb 20, 2008
Jinguashi (金瓜石)
I have explored many places around Taipei county (Danshui, Jin Shan, Yangmingshan hotsprings, Yingge etc). Other than Yangmingshan, none of them were really worth blogging about... until last weekend when I visited Jin Gua Shi (金瓜石).
3 km away from the more famous Jiufen, Jinguashi is was also once the cold mining centre during the Japanese era. To me, this was a better place to get a glimpse of Taiwan's Japanese heritage. Jiufen was just too popular. In comparison, Jinguashi felt really quaint. It's surrounding hillsides are also wonderful to stroll & get lost in.
Took these shots using the "Colour Accent" mode of my trusty Canon Ixus800
Crown Prince Chalet - built as an official residence for the Jap Royal family to use when visiting Taiwan.
Not-yet-restored Jap style wooden house
Pathways used by miners
Gold Mining Museum - with the word "金" incorporated into the design
A little further away from the museum...
along this trail....
and this....
Just a 5 min walk....
You get this...
Village against the mountains...
Climb up this to get a better view...
Great place for a picnic - if only the weather was better...
Winding roads leading towards the sea
surrounding hills...
View from the top
On the other side of the hills: The ruins of the "Golden Temple"
another uphill climb...
The it started to rain... took this shot while seeking shelter
the ruins are like something out of a Greek Mythology
not so well paved path kind of adds to its beauty
Thank goodness we didn't drive... took the bus back to town
The original intention was to explore Jinguashi in the morning & hang out in Jiufen in the afternoon, but the crowd at Jiufen was HORRIFIC, so gave it miss.
*note to self: to bring friends/ family here on a weekday*
3 km away from the more famous Jiufen, Jinguashi is was also once the cold mining centre during the Japanese era. To me, this was a better place to get a glimpse of Taiwan's Japanese heritage. Jiufen was just too popular. In comparison, Jinguashi felt really quaint. It's surrounding hillsides are also wonderful to stroll & get lost in.
Took these shots using the "Colour Accent" mode of my trusty Canon Ixus800
Crown Prince Chalet - built as an official residence for the Jap Royal family to use when visiting Taiwan.
Not-yet-restored Jap style wooden house
Pathways used by miners
Gold Mining Museum - with the word "金" incorporated into the design
A little further away from the museum...
along this trail....
and this....
Just a 5 min walk....
You get this...
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Village against the mountains...
Climb up this to get a better view...
Great place for a picnic - if only the weather was better...
Winding roads leading towards the sea
surrounding hills...
View from the top
On the other side of the hills: The ruins of the "Golden Temple"
another uphill climb...
The it started to rain... took this shot while seeking shelter
the ruins are like something out of a Greek Mythology
not so well paved path kind of adds to its beauty
Thank goodness we didn't drive... took the bus back to town
The original intention was to explore Jinguashi in the morning & hang out in Jiufen in the afternoon, but the crowd at Jiufen was HORRIFIC, so gave it miss.
*note to self: to bring friends/ family here on a weekday*
Random shots on the way to the train station:
Luckily we reserved seats in the train...
I love trains - this is one of the ulu-er train type
Off to Taipei!
Feb 17, 2008
Breeze & Strawberry Mochi
Inspired by Eve's entry, I decided to buy myself the strawberry mochi as well!
I got mine (no doting hubby to buy for me to I hunted them down myself haha) from the famous Breeze Center Basement Food Hall. Speaking of this foodcourt, let me rave about a bit...
Only1 word to describe it: ATAS
Everything here from the bread to the groceries are gourmet, mostly imported from Europe leh!
Breeze Center is also the perfect place to catch the perfectly coiffed & botoxed Taiwanese Taitais in all their glory. Biggest diff betw Taitais & the ones I see back home? The Taiwanese ones comes in only 1 size: ZERO. Hate them.
Jealousy aside, Breeze Center is one of the more interesting malls I have been in Taiwan. Although I could only afford to shop in the Food Hall, it's was still fun to walk around & gawk. Most of the malls in Taiwan prefers to go "Jap", but Breeze brought in a lot interesting European brands, most of which I've never heard of. (I saw the most stunning pair of creamy nude patent Mary Janes!! Unfortunately it was going for NTD9500...can pay my rent!)
Anyway, back to my mochi: Bought 2 types, one is the standard mochi skin, the other with glutinous rice skin. They are both delicious! And yes just as Eve described, i can SMELL the strawberry as i cut the open!
If I have to choose, I'll go for the glutinous rice skin one. I like the texture of the skin. Yup I ate both ALL BY MYSELF. Burp.
PS: yah lah yah lah I give on the diet liao...
I got mine (no doting hubby to buy for me to I hunted them down myself haha) from the famous Breeze Center Basement Food Hall. Speaking of this foodcourt, let me rave about a bit...
Only1 word to describe it: ATAS
Everything here from the bread to the groceries are gourmet, mostly imported from Europe leh!
Breeze Center is also the perfect place to catch the perfectly coiffed & botoxed Taiwanese Taitais in all their glory. Biggest diff betw Taitais & the ones I see back home? The Taiwanese ones comes in only 1 size: ZERO. Hate them.
Jealousy aside, Breeze Center is one of the more interesting malls I have been in Taiwan. Although I could only afford to shop in the Food Hall, it's was still fun to walk around & gawk. Most of the malls in Taiwan prefers to go "Jap", but Breeze brought in a lot interesting European brands, most of which I've never heard of. (I saw the most stunning pair of creamy nude patent Mary Janes!! Unfortunately it was going for NTD9500...can pay my rent!)
Anyway, back to my mochi: Bought 2 types, one is the standard mochi skin, the other with glutinous rice skin. They are both delicious! And yes just as Eve described, i can SMELL the strawberry as i cut the open!
If I have to choose, I'll go for the glutinous rice skin one. I like the texture of the skin. Yup I ate both ALL BY MYSELF. Burp.
PS: yah lah yah lah I give on the diet liao...
Feb 16, 2008
CNY Hiking Trip with the Clan: Day 1 Part 2
Part2 of my hiking trip in San Xi Lin - posted many many photos to show my mummy!
After the toliet break: All waiting for Dayi to catch up...
Taking photos to kill time
Dayi completes the trail! Well, part 1 of the trail actually
Towards our destination: The waterfall! (described by a Chinese poem below)
Thats our target!
Getting foggy again...
This rock was split into 2 during the 921 earthquake
Taking a break...
The road ahead of us
Last 15mins!
Getting there...
Finally!
We did it! The rest of the clan took off without taking photo...
The climb back - uphill!
We were all the way down there!
Drove to our mountain resort in Sitou - very foggy already
Regular temp updates provided by the resort
After the toliet break: All waiting for Dayi to catch up...
Taking photos to kill time
Dayi completes the trail! Well, part 1 of the trail actually
Towards our destination: The waterfall! (described by a Chinese poem below)
Thats our target!
Getting foggy again...
This rock was split into 2 during the 921 earthquake
Taking a break...
The road ahead of us
Last 15mins!
Getting there...
Finally!
We did it! The rest of the clan took off without taking photo...
The climb back - uphill!
We were all the way down there!
Drove to our mountain resort in Sitou - very foggy already
Regular temp updates provided by the resort
Finally checked into our room, it looks simple, but it's very well equipped, competed with electric bed warmers! But at NTD8000 a night, it better be well equipped!
We were watching the Taiwan equvilent of Project Superstar by the way.
For our supper later - smoked chicken feet & duck wings
Pre-dinner nap
Buffet dinner comes with the room package - served in the dining hall
Outside the resort - a bit like genting right?
Dayi - the champion prawn peeler
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