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[Virtual Travel] Taipei + Taichung Day 8


9am: Golden Flower Grilled Toast 金花碳烤吐司专卖/金花碳烤吐司專賣

Golden Flower is an amazing sandwich shop, chanced upon this place on Instagram, the overflowing cheese sandwich just looks so good!


11:30am: Shifen Old Street 十分老街

From Ximen Station, take bus 965 to Ruifang Station, then a train to Shifen Station, total journey of 1.5hrs. The Shifen Old Street is a collection of lanes and alleys around the Shifen Station. This area was originally built to transport coal during the Japanese ruling. It is an iconic place for releasing sky lanterns.


There are many food stalls lined along the street and one of which that always garner long queues is Liou Ge BBQ Stuffed Wings (溜哥烧烤鸡翅包饭/溜哥燒烤雞翅包飯)! Take a walk to the beautiful Shifen Waterfall (十分瀑布)! It’s almost 1km from the Shifen Station and be sure to be in comfortable shoes!



3pm: Qi Jia Steamed Dumplings 亓家蒸饺/亓家蒸餃

Walk back to Shifen Station, take a train to Ruifang Station, then bus 1062 to Qi Jia Steamed Dumplings. Qi Jia may look like a humble little stall, but business has always been good for more than 10yrs! You can find some special dumplings here like the Korean-style (kimchi) dumplings and corn dumplings. Other than dumplings, they do noodles, soup and side dishes as well.



[free time]


7pm: Raohe Night Market 饶河街观光夜市/饒河街觀光夜市

You can’t say you have been to Taipei if you hadn’t visit at least one of the night markets. Raohe Night Market is one of the oldest night markets in Taipei. Here are some of the recommended items to try:



Fuzhou Pepper Buns 福州世祖胡椒饼/福州世祖胡椒餅


Jin Dan Tamagoyaki 金蛋爆浆玉子烧/金蛋爆漿玉子燒


Kasho Handmade Dorayaki 果匠日式手工铜锣烧/菓匠日式手工銅鑼燒


Zhi Ren Handmade QQ Balls 职人手作本位QQ球/職人手作本位QQ球


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