#761 - Taiwan 2014 Day 4 - 阿宗麵線 / 50嵐 / 鬍鬚張魯肉飯 / Wufenpu (五分埔) / Raohe St. Night Market (饒河街觀光夜市)

Day 4 of Taiwan and there weren't many photos taken! Still I want to document what I did down here.

Woke up early in the morning and had breakfast at the famous 阿宗麵線!

It was just a few minutes walk away from our hotel.

 阿宗麵線 大碗 (NT$65)

Shared this w my LMZ and I added super lots of garlic. Damn shiokkkk!

It's different from our Singapore's oyster meesua and they use large intestines instead of oysters. I ate them!! I guess only in Taiwan can I stomach innards hahaha.

My brother was telling me he ate the large intestines thinking that Taiwan oysters have a different textures. His friend lied to him haha.

I would definitely eat this again!

阿宗麵線

台北市万华区峨眉街8-1号

Nearest Station: 西門, Ximen Station, Line 5 (Blue Line)

Spent the day shopping and exploring 西門町, finally, after staying at the area for a few days.

Le cousin wanted to get a moomin and we ended up at this soft toy cum cafe place where there were a lot of softtoys.

 Clearly I am bad at posing.

Was told to delete the photos soonafter because we didn't order anything. Heck.

波霸奶茶 (NT$45)

So cheap for a big cup! Love the pearls, they are the small kinds and the milk tea is nice too.

Did my research prior to the trip and many said KOI is under 50嵐? Okay I just headed to the 50嵐 website to verify and yes KOI is under them. They have a lot of outlets everywhere!

50嵐
台北市萬華區漢中街136號
Nearest Station: 西門, Ximen Station, Line 5 (Blue Line)

Wandered into this 不起眼 underground shop at the same building as our hotel and they sell a lot of random tops and I found 2 affordable flannel top/jacket in my favourite prints!!

Those are my flannel top/jacket in that basket and me in something I probably wouldn't wear back in Singapore. HAHAHA. Jacket doesn't match I know... and I have already sold the pants! Hahaha.

Who goes to Taiwan without having their 魯肉飯 right!! So we turned up at 鬍鬚張魯肉飯 on our fourth day in Taiwan.

Initially our plan was to have it on our first day when we touched down for dinner at 金峰魯肉飯 but we didn't have time due to delays! It was one of the highly raved 魯肉飯 in Taiwan and claimed to be better than 鬍鬚張魯肉飯! Oh well.

苦瓜排骨湯 (NT$75)

水耕A菜 (NT$45)

I have no idea what veggies this was, but they taste like 油菜.

老皮嫩肉 (NT$24)

The sauce was a little cold. :(

魯肉飯 (NT$35)

Oooh loveeeee it! So much fats and that is usually what I hate when I eat pork, but this bowl was so good??? The pork fats just melt in your mouth. Also, it was very savoury! I can eat up to 3 bowls of this!

 鬍鬚張魯肉飯

台北市永吉路533號

Nearest Station: 後山埤, Houshanpi Station, Line 5 (Blue Line)

Go out from Exit 1.

We spent the afternoon roaming Wufenpu (五分埔), a wholesale market known for their clothings. That place is like a maze. @.@ So many twists and turns. Most of the clothes were those suitable for the weather/season then, many long sleeves and thick wool items so we left the place empty-handed. The prices weren't that affordable too and most of the time you have to buy more than 2/3 pieces to enjoy the wholesale prices.

After wandering a bit there, we were somewhat "lost" and lucky the shop sellers there were friendly and guided us out!

Maybe I would go back there again, at a different season, that is. Also read online that the best time to go would be on Fridays or Saturdays and at timings of about 3-4pm because most blogs stated that the shops open at 1pm plus. Many only said to avoid Mondays because that day is for wholesales only! Ohhhh and to bring lots of cash because they don't accept credit cards.

Wufenpu (五分埔)

台北市信義區永吉路

Nearest Station: 後山埤, Houshanpi Station, Line 5 (Blue Line)

Go out from Exit 1.

Decided to head to Raohe St. Night Market (饒河街觀光夜市) after that. It was a walkable distance from 五分埔 actually.

It was a wrong choice.

Perhaps it was a public holiday (New Year), the place was super crowded. We had to stop a few minutes before moving. It was that bad. D:

I didn't even get to eat the famous 福州世祖胡椒餅. :'(

骰子牛肉 (NT$

But we had these simple yet awesome beef cubes from 火焰骰子牛 in 玫瑰礦盐 flavour! Love it! The beef on its own is juicy.... and there wasn't a lot of tendon inside.

魷魚 (NT$

Then we had another yummy food too!

Squid in lemon and something flavour. I can't remember.

But the lemon gave it a zesty taste and went well together w the squid. Super nice!

十全大补湯 (NT$

We all had a bowl of hearty 藥才湯 to keep us warm too. Super rich and nice. Sorry my vocabulary is very limited hahaha.

So sad we didn't get to 逛 the place properly and try those best-sellers there. I saw a store 爆漿玉子燒 and the queue was like super duper long? Probably will take 30mins or so. My cousin and I were eyeing for it but our mums were the kind who hated to queue so no 爆漿玉子燒 for us. :'( It looked damn good lah!! We were saying, had we travelled alone, we'd have queued for it and headed back to the hotel late hahaha.

Raohe St. Night Market (饒河街觀光夜市)

台北市松山區饒河街

Nearest Station: 松山, Songshan Station, Line 3 (Green Line)

Ending this entry w my humble amount of loots for the day!