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Taiwan -- Day 5 > Puli -> Yehliu -> Keelung 19-Nov-2013

Day 5, and we decide to pamper ourselves by sleeping in a little bit more, as we have a long drive today. By 10am we had check-out from the guesthouse and to spend some time exploring Puli Town before moving up to Taipei. 

 We had wanted to try this restaurant named, 喷水餐厅, last night for dinner, but it was already closed for the day when we found it. But they have a must-try dish for me so today we decide to drop by again, for lunch! 
Lucky day for us! It was open and we were the 1st customer, thus there's no long waiting time for us. We find this shop very humble, there wasn't any pictures of newspaper clippings displayed in their shop. There were only certificates of their chefs who received recognition as top renowned chefs in Taiwan. Only upon chatting with the friendly staffs do we know that they have a few TV stations coming to film their shops during the next few days. And if we were to drop by a few days later, we might not be able to taste their food, as they will be closing the shop for washing to prepare for filming. LUCKY LUCKY US!
Address-Puli Township, Chung Cheng Road, (439 ZhongZhen Road, Puli Town) 439
This Salted Egg Duck Meat (咸蛋鸭) is a MUST-TRY. 
Its actually served cold, so I guess its more like a cold dish/appetizer. 
Looking at this pic again makes me yearn for it!

Stir-fry Bamboo Shoots. (竹笋)


Wine Chicken (醉鸡)


Deep Fried Pig Trotters (绍兴炸猪蹄)


Seeing that the time was still early, we decide to roam about the town to find more tasty snacks. We arrive at the area where 85 degree cafe is, and saw that there are many other cutesy shops around it. We parked and did a bit of exploring, mainly on the snacks sold there. 

Milk Pudding Desserts. (Original, Caramel & Lotus Seeds)



Ice Cream!






These little teddy bears custard buns are very tasty.
Many different fillings for you to choose from too!


Cute Teddy pinwheel above their signboard.

After all the satisfying snacking, we are on our way up to Yehliu. We plan to drive to Yehliu then up to Keelung, and end with Taipei where we can check in to our hotel for the next 4 nights. 
Driving to Yehliu took us about 3 hours. Luckily we managed to make it before the closing time at 5pm. Yehliu is famous for its sea-erosion landscape and you can have a great view of the East China Sea. 
Although Jh and me had been here numerous times, we wanted to share the magnificent scenery with Veron and Ben.
Yehliu Geopark - http://www.ylgeopark.org.tw/ENG/info/YlIntroduction_en.aspx


Queen's Head



The gorilla.



Can you spot the Fairy's Shoe behind us?








After touring the Yehliu Geopark, sky is beginning to get dark, as we made our way to the final stop of the day - Keelung MiaoKou Night Market (基隆庙口夜市)
It was only a 30mins drive to the night market. MiouKou Night Market has always been one of my favourite night market in Taiwan. Therefore, I want to share this food paradise with Veron and Ben too! As usual, the place is bustling with both tourists and locals. But we truly enjoy the hustling and jostling as we taste all the delicious food from each stalls.
Crab Chowder & Fragrance Glutinous Rice 

Very crowded street!

This is a must try! Have a icy cold flavored shaved ice 
while strolling down the streets of MiaoKou Night Market. 



BBQ Squids! How can anyone resist this! 
The seafood is so fresh and juicy.

See how much Veron is enjoying her food!

This taste like Kway Chap, but i forgot its name.

Pig's Blood Soup.

Stew Radish.

Oyster Omelette.

Fresh Oysters for the Omelette.



Healthy "Coffin" Sandwich. 
This is also a MUST-TRY.

Jh couldn't resist getting another shaved-ice when we 
once again passed by the stall.

Desserts Time!

Caramelized Tapioca. 
We totally agree this is the best desserts we had in Taiwan so far!
(except for Ben, as he doesn't like sweet treats) 

Seafood Time!
Steamed Clams (la la)

Butter Crabs.

Clams Soup.

Fried Vermicelli. 
(This is very yummy that we ordered a 2nd plate! 1 is definitely not enough!) 

After stuffing ourselves with all the delicious food, we finally arrived at our hotel for check-in at around 11pm. Hotel for the next 4 nights is at ECFA Chengdu. We booked ECFA as many other hotels at the same price range was already fully booked. As ECFA has many branches in Taipei itself, we went to the wrong branch (ECFA Wannian) for check-in and had an unpleasant encounter with the staff. They were very unfriendly and were annoyed when they can't find our booking and told us : There's isn't any booking under your name. FULLSTOP." We showed them our booking and then they tell us our hotel is not this branch. Luckily there was at least 1 friendly staff whom tell us the direction to our hotel. 

Our hotel, ECFA Chengdu Road, was 5mins away from the Wannian branch and the staffs here were more friendly. If you ever want to book ECFA, I greatly recommend the Chengdu Road branch. ECFA Chengdu is located in the Ximending district therefore it is quite convenient with MRT, food and convenience store available within its surrounding. 
ECFA Chengdu - http://www.ecfa-hotel.com/Chengdu/home.php

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I actually got a "Hello Kitty" theme room and heard
from the recep that this is a free upgrade. 
But sadly, hello kitty is not really my fav cartoon. 

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