Before arriving in Taipei, the boys were bragging about how most of the girls in Taipei are gorgeous and the percentage of finding a bad looking girl is almost impossible! well obviously i couldn't believe such exaggeration -.-'
So this is me scouting for some pretty Taiwanese babes in the morning by our mini balcony! ok..I lied, it's just me posing by the balcony :p
Back to the topic of Taiwanese girls, I've gotta agree that a large number of Taiwanese girls here in Taipei are slim, has legs for days, owns dark colored hair (yes it's rare for you to see girls there with very bright colored hair, which really surprised me as fashion is everything over to them!) and lastly the most obvious trait would be their way of speaking Mandarin, super cute with a sing-song tone which can come across as either adorable or annoying to some people. I personally thought it was fine because it sounded pleasant to the ears, better than speaking in a rude and loud manner.. no? The boys of course were in much fascination, some kind of "eargasm" to them, tsktsk :p
banana milk was YUMMY!
We decided to travel out of the city area to Jhuzihu, Yangmingshan! The taxi driver got lost for quite sometime on our way to our destination and to make things worse, the driver drove a bit recklessly and to top it off.. the roads in that area didn't have any bumps! HAHA it was quite a hell of a ride. With the help of strangers and the internet we managed to finally find the place! No complains though, the view on the way up was breathtaking and thankfully for the perfect weather, everything went well :)
Kuan Chen Restaurant is a 11 year old Chinese restaurant famous for its mountain chicken and everything else mountain grown, vegetables and etc!
Being this close to nature is something we Kuala Lumpurians don't experience often at all, felt amazing to be surrounded bygreen green mountains.
Just like the scene from 22 Jump Street! HAHAHA!
cute windmill house by a pond with ducks, geese and chicken¯\▁(◔◡◔)▁/¯
The amount of hungry people waiting for their turn to be seated was overwhelming!
Sweet boy Jone had to wait for our table number and pre-order the food while we bad people went off taking pictures with the mountains :3 thank you muack muack!
Boiled Chicken
Fresh and tender! We climbed up the mountain mainly for this and well it was worth the crazy ride ;)
Crispy Deep Fried Intestine
You'll love this if you enjoy innards, the boys were practically fighting over the last piece!
Steamed Yam bits with Minced Meat
THIS WAS THE BOMB! i couldn't stop eating it :3 lucky for me not everyone liked yam so LESS MEN MORE SHARE HAHA! :p
ps: the names of the food might not be accurate because everything's in mandarin so i made them up accordingly :)
More pictures with the almighty mountains :)
handsome boy Jone :D
Love this candid shot
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So there were no taxis around AT ALL, we had no choice but to walk down till we found a bus stop along the way. The sweat didn't matter when you're with great company, AWWW :3
The bus driver was a chatterbox, he couldn't stop rattling off to Jone about what we could do in Taipei and just basically about everything under the sun. Poor jone felt so obliged to listen and respond when he was dead tired from the heat, he ended up falling asleep (his only escape from anymore grandfather stories!!). lol!
We got dropped off safe and sound around the town area and started walking once more!
Our legs brought us to the
Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall located in
Zhongzheng District.
Yang took this shot which i kinda hate...LOL I can't deny i was a bit impressed though.
spot the similarity :)
Such weather calls for some famous Taiwanese dessert! Ice Monster here we come!
We couldn't stop perspiring, especially me who can't stand the slightest heat.. damn the queue was hella long!
After so much sweat, we've made it to the front ma beetches!
SOOOOOO FRIGGING WORTH THE SWEAT NO JOKE!
During the lineup, boys asked me what flavor i wanted and being that typical girl i said "Strawberry" and all of them disagreed! wtf right? Ask me for what?? Then they even said there isn't anymore BUT TADAAAAH STRAWBERRY FOR THIS BERRYBITCH! sweet boys :3
So we got Mango, Strawberry and Peanut! A bit regretful that we didn't order their special flavors (partially my fault because i kept insisting on strawberry and mango hehehe) like Milk Tea, Red Bean and etc. They do have hot desserts too and other delish treats! Our favorite was Peanut, that bowl of peanut puree thing is sticky and gooey, goes really well with the fine peanut ice! The prices are a bit on the high side but who cares SO GOOD and underneath all that ice is a generous amount of fresh strawberries and mango! Average of $200 per bowl :)
The REAL Ice Monster!
HAHAHAHA, please don't kill me..
Tired faces and an extra hand digging in.. -.-'
We stopped by 711 to get some food, drinks and snacks!
How delicious can instant food be anyway? :p
cleaned up to chill on the bed for a bit before we decided to go out again for some drinks and food!
was lazy to bring out the DSLR so here are some iPhone pictures :D
Ended up at a cute Yakitori Restaurant called
Tomodachi by the alley in
Da'an District which is just a 10 minute walk away from where we were staying. It's ambiance makes you feel like you're in Japan, small and cozy!
Cheers to good food and friendship!
Mushroom, yumm yummm!
Pregnant fish! I can finally appreciate this :3 eggs popping in my mouth!
FAVORITE! Potato slices topped with roe!
Grilled Onion, ONIONSSSS!
Grilled Fish :3
There were probably a few more plates of yakitori but we monsters gobbled it down :D camera eats first? I think not :p
to be continued...
