Taiwan Trip Photos I

Snacks and local delicacies are one of the attractions in Taiwan. We tried to taste as many as we could during the night market visits.White flesh bitter gourd juice. I had never seen bitter gourd of this kind. That was really an eye-opener. This stall was the first stop upon arrival at Xi Men Ding.

The lady boss was very friendly and humorous. Upon seeing us camwhoring in front of her stall, she offered 2 bitterguards for us to pose with ;)

Ah Chung Mee Sua. This stall was a must-try by merely looking at the long queue. The 3 of us could not tell what's so special about this Mee Sua. Perhaps, it's the gravy. If you love pork intestines or stomachs, you would definitely enjoy this Mee Sua.Chinese sausage. There were a lot of flavours to choose from. I went for the original flavour. Taiwanese likes to add pepper and spicy powder to its snacks. Again, I prefer to go for the original ;) My sis and Jolene posing with the sausages. Jolene's sausage was not meaty at all. It was made up of glutinous rice. Yippie! My turn to pose. Borrowed Jolene's sausage. Hehe. Yikes, let's pose together :) In case you are wondering, this is a cup cake made up of eggs and is filled with sweet potato.Stinky Beancurd (Chou Tofu). The smell was indeed provoking. Nevertheless, the tofu tasted surprisingly bland. We were expecting the taste to be as provoking.Next, we went to Jiu Fen. It's a nice place which is situated on the hill top. There were lots of shops and stalls lined along the sides from the bottom of the hill right up to the top. Jimmy (the local tour guide) recommended us to a quaint shop which sold fish ball noodles. Being Mandarin illiterate, we requested Jimmy to place order for us. Jimmy ordered different type of noodles for us - meehoon, mee, and kuey teow-like noodle. The latter had a great texture which I like the best. The mee was also good. I may sound mean but I can't help to notice this strangely dressed lady at a stall in Jiu Fen. She was selling sausages. You should have listened to how she spoke as well. Put it in a nice way, there're entertainment and food at one stop. Not bad. Apparently, a number of celebrities had stopped by her stall previously, according to photographs neatly posted around her stall. Er,....I am not exactly sure what this is. My guess would be its made up of glutinous rice flour and stuffed with vegetables. It looked like a sweet delicacy until you take a mouthful bite into it. Another interesting snack we found is Yam cake. Unlike the ones we have here, the cake/dough was springy and Yam of bite sizes were found all in one piece. Although I am not a huge fan of Yam cake, I would give a thumb up for this. It's not heavily flavoured - just a slight tinge of pepper and salt. Time for dessert! The colourful cubes were made up of sweet potatos. Though it's rather cooling up on the hill top, we opted for the chilled one (there were a selection of hot and chilled ones). The black pearl-looking beads were bubbles a.k.a black pearls! My favourite! They were chewy and springy - excellent to be chewed upon ;)This is a random shot. Scenery of the yard behind a restaurant where we had one of our lunches. It's rare for a city girl to see such a huge piece of greenland.

Dishes we had in the Charcoal Resort at Guba. Most of the dishes had charcoal elements. I like the sandwich and "mantou". The charcoal noodle was kind of salty. Perhaps it was due to the mussles? *shrug*

Okies, the above all are the photos on food I have with me. I am awaiting others to send or post them in Facebook for grabs ;p