First stop for the day was Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall NTD16.
It was tooo hot that I couldn't take it (I prefer hot climates tbh compared to cold ones but this one, I couldn't stand).
Twinning with the Arch of Liberty //this was my 'Lin Chen-hsin' outfit
Cooling ourselves with milk tea from 711 NTD60
Hangzhou tops my XLB list. One order for NTD150.
At the back of National Chiang Kai Shek Memorial hall is Hangzhou Xiao Long Bao - the local rival of Din Tai Fung. I've read that tourists mainly flock to DTF while locals would opt for Hangzhou XLB.
Belle really wanted to try TKK Fried Chicken which is like the Jollibee of Taiwan daw. So from Hangzhou XLB we walked to the nearest TKK which is in Dongmen. Basically we walked one train station. We passed by a local palengke, Dongmen Market. Their palengke is really clean! I think Suki Market in Dapitan Arcade compares.
We got the curry bento from TKK Fried Chicken NTD160 and 2 pieces of chicken for NTD55. The chicken isn't anything special (I didn't like it) but I love their curry bento - curry biased.
From Dongmen Station, we went to Nangang NTD24 and transferred trains to Ruifang. Apparently in Ruifang, you have to wait for the train to make a turn in Badouzi before it goes to Pingxi PHP186. But we rode it all the way to Badouzi lol
You could stop for awhile in Badouzi and visit Shen'ao Elephant Rock.
We arrived too late at Shifen for the waterfalls (closes at 5PM) so we skipped Shifen for Pingxi.
4 color sky lantern - NTD200
To be honest, if you wanted to fly sky lanterns, you could also do it at Shifen. Pingxi is very small and there are only shops that sell souvenirs and sky lanterns unlike Shifen where there are a lot of food. The scenery? not much difference so I guess it wouldn't really matter if you choose either station. But for a normal day, pick Shifen instead of Pingxi definitely because in Pingxi, the train waiting time is long and when you get stuck for about 30 minutes to 1 hour, there isn't much to do unlike in Shifen.
Wagyu NTD100, Oyster Pancake NTD65, Braised Pork NTD35
Last stop for the day was Shilin Night Market PHP226 + NTD20.
On the top floor of the Shilin Night Market Building, you can buy food and item souvenirs. I suggest you buy your souvenirs here especially the item souvenirs instead of the usual tourist places because they've got it all for you lol.
The top floor is also filled with arcade or perya games for about NTD100 per game.
Milk tea NTD40, Chicken NTD70
The ground floor of the building is the foodcourt. Do take note of the beautiful architecture of Living Mall just outside Shilin Station - it's the golf ball looking one.
That night, after we went home, we discovered Lehua Night Market near Dingxi NTD24 while looking for laundry detergent lol.
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