Day 8, our last full day in Taiwan before we head for home tomorrow. Our itinerary today includes - Monga, Taipei 101 and Gongguan. Early morning we woke up and made our way to Long Shan Temple. This temple hosts a mixture of Buddhist, Taoist and folk deities such as Mazu, Goddess of Sea, and Guanyin, Buddhist Goddess of Mercy.
Take the MRT and alight at Longshan Temple Station, Exit 1. Upon coming out from Exit 1, you can see the temple across the street.
We went to Gongguan by taking the MRT to Gongguan Station. Gongguan is a busy business district next to Taiwan's No.1 University - National Taiwan University. Over here you can find plenty of restaurants and cafes. We tried the Tai Yi shop that sells traditional shaved ice desserts and also went to a salon, La Villa to get our hair cut.
Tai Yi : No.82, Section 3, XinSheng South Road, Tel: 886-2-2363-4341
La Villa Address : No.18, Section 3, LuoShengFu Road Street 286 (Look for Stylist Kate)
Take the MRT and alight at Longshan Temple Station, Exit 1. Upon coming out from Exit 1, you can see the temple across the street.
Having Coffee at out hotel lobby while waiting for Veron and Ben.
Couldn't resist getting this cute Chopper pouch.
View of temple upon exiting from the MRT station.
Very beautiful man-made waterfall in the temple premises.
After our temple visiting, we were all feeling very hungry and finally decide to settle our brunch at a shop selling rice and veggie. It actually like our Mixed Veggie rice, where rice or noodles is accompanied by side dishes which you get to choose from a wide variety. Then you can opt to add on soup. Drinks is provided complimentary by the shop. Apologies as I forgot where is the shop located as we were to hungry and just pop in to satisfy our hunger. Portion were huge and price is low. And of course the taste is superb!
After hunger is satisfied, we went on to explore the street where the movie "Monga" was filmed.
Before taking the MRT to proceed to Taipei 101, we bought some cakes from 85 Cafe.
Strawberry ShortCake
Creme Brule
Alighted at Taipei City Hall MRT, but to walk over to Taipei 101 is quite a distance, so we took a short bus ride over. :)
Taipei 101
Decides to rest our feets at the Agnes B Cafe.
Their tea set is so reasonable priced and the cakes and beverages are so yummy!
Earl Grey Cake
Quiche
X'mas Decorations are the Grand Hyatt Taipei.
Shopping spree at Porter.
We went to Gongguan by taking the MRT to Gongguan Station. Gongguan is a busy business district next to Taiwan's No.1 University - National Taiwan University. Over here you can find plenty of restaurants and cafes. We tried the Tai Yi shop that sells traditional shaved ice desserts and also went to a salon, La Villa to get our hair cut.
Tai Yi : No.82, Section 3, XinSheng South Road, Tel: 886-2-2363-4341
La Villa Address : No.18, Section 3, LuoShengFu Road Street 286 (Look for Stylist Kate)
The ever famous Strawberry Milk Ice
Custard Pudding Milk Ice
It was almost 10pm by the time we finished cutting our hair and most of the shops are already closed. But I wanted the group to try Hao Ji's Noodles (Dan Zai Mian). This shop is not close to any MRT station and would highly recommend you to take a cab over. Just tell the driver "Hao Ji Dan Zai Mian" and they will drive you over. Its quite popular with the locals.
Address: No. 79, JiLin Road
This Dan Zai Mian is a MUST TRY.
We were really depressed that its our last night in Taiwan. But glad that the whole trip was fun and delicious. I shall not post on the last day as it was all rushing for last minute shopping plus grabbing all the delicious food for us to munch and gobble at the airport. But we are definitely coming back to Taiwan for more fun and food and shopping! Perhaps this time round we shall tour the East of Taiwan. Stay tuned!
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