Sunday, June 15, 2008
Taiwan Trip - Day 1
View from the seat in JetStar.
Seat Companion for the whole trip.
Cloud Squishies! At every level of ascend we make, different form of clouds appear reminding me of what i learnt in Primary 4 - Columbus Clouds etc.. (But still does not aid in life i guess.)
I once dreamt the plane wing caught fire and fell off.
His mind: Sports sports soccer soccer.
The lady basically was shouting, "HOTELS HOTELS. COME QUICK BUS IS LEAVING NOW. Rather impatiently, she gestured us over and answered our questions adequately but service was not there. (Not a complain queen, but hey i'm Singaporean AND a hospitality graduate. Hee.)
I found it cute that they issued baggage tags for us. Like a mini plane service!
So, began our one hour ride to the hotel. Which to our lack of knowledge, was split into two. Upon stopping, the bus attendant was sort of asking us to get down, but as it was in front of the Freego counter and in the middle of nowhere only a number followed him. Later on he kept on coming back and spoke exasperatedly, "Why is no one getting down? You understand Mandarin right? Go down!!" I felt sorry for the Japanese tourists who were mistaken for Chinese.
I realised that i did not take a photo of the hotel we were staying at - Rainbow Hotel. =/ Upon checking in, we stopped by one of the many eateries along the hotel at Xi Men Ding. Cute Fried Rice shaped in a bowl.
Famous Oyster Omelette, chewy to no end with the sauce not overly sweet or tangy.
Some noodle dish that we ordered randomly on the food list. Just soup and noodles.
Hordes of these in Taiwan! We tried playing in one shop on one of the days, and though about 95% of the time the metal hook managed to grab onto something, the upward jerk motion always caused the object to drop back down. =( And the items were pretty cool too.
Donuts from Dunkin' Donuts! About SGD1.35.
Chewy, nice, no oil taste, =).
More more more!
Another famous street stall turned clean outlet. Ah Zhong Mian Xian. Delicious! The mian xian was so cooked that you could not really feel the definition of it, which contributed to the smooth texture. They added dried Bonito flakes which enhanced the flavour. Do nod your head when they ask if you want vinegar and chilli, YUM.
Pig's organs. Chewy to even more no end ha.
He's eating up everything. =( Anyway we went to try some in Singapore and we always could taste the various mian xian strands.
Everyone standing around slurping. If this happened in Singapore, i bet someone or another would be complaining something.
Doggy looking on! There were quite a number of large dogs in Taiwan, rather than cats. All were really tame.
Here ya go. End of the first day. We reached the hotel at about 8pm? There were about 120+ TV channels in the hotel. WHOO.
10:57 PM
