When that last time I travelled? Hmm… It’s been over a year! My God~It’s been that long?

It was kind of a last minute thing to go to Taipei. Nothing was really planned, just really felt like a holiday outside Hong Kong. And since Taipei is so close and there’s so much to eat! Haha…

On the way to the hotel, there’s this construction site. This “scarecrow” really caught my eye!

I was so hungry when I got to the hotel and had to quickly drop down my bag and go for some food. There’s this ‘Hu Jiao Bing’ (pepper bun) shop just around the corner. Never tried it before, but it was tempting enough. A really long queue waiting as I got there. Apparently, because the buns are freshly baked, there’s only so much they can sell at one time.

So anyways, waited for about 5 minutes, the buns were ready! It’s really hot! Can’t wait to try it and it was so delicious~!

If you know me well enough, you’d know that this can’t be enough for me. So I kept walking in search for more… The whole idea was to have just Taiwanese food for the entire trip, so I went into this really dark alley just to see if there’s any nice local food. And there it is, a local beef noodle shop.

The owner/chef of the noodle shop was really nice. He told us what was nice there and even pointed directions to me as I was leaving. The beef noodles were yummy!!!

After the noodles, I was on my way to the Taiwan Storyland, a museum where you can see lots of old Taiwanese culture. From old theatres, to homes and barber shops. While I was walking there, I found out that the ‘Book Street’ and ‘Camera Street’ was just one or two blocks away from my hotel. So I tried remembering where they were and made sure I’ll be coming back to it later.

This ‘Taiwan Storyland’ wasn’t really what I expected. I thought that it would be like a very traditional building. But it turned out to be underneath a shopping centre! Here’s some of the photos I took.

After about an hour or two at the Storyland, I cruised over to the Books Street and checked out a few of the book shops there. There are so many book shops, from big chains to small and specific ones. A very interesting place! And it’s so true that the books over in Taiwan are way cheaper than the ones you get here in Hong Kong.

Got back to the hotel to have some rest before heading to ‘Shi Lin Night Markets’.

I’ve been to ‘Shi Lin’ before and really wanted to go there again. The food there are so nice and cheap!

After a lap around the entire ‘Shi Lin’, I was already very full and tired. Was supposed to meet up with a few friends for drinks, but really can’t make it. Went back to the hotel and it was time for some sleep!

See you tomorrow, Taipei~

PK Lai