Day 30 || Tainan – The Old City trip

On 19th to 20th December, I went to Tainan with Kiki. The weather was freaking cold those 2 days, lucky to escape Hsin Chu for those 2 days. I could not imagine how I could survive the low temperature and the strong wind if I had stayed. The temperature drop to 12-13 degree celcius, the lowest I had encounter since my first day in Taiwan.

As I get accustomed to Taiwan’s way of travel, some of things that I noticed :

• Free coffee and tea inside the bus (which is offered often). I was surprised that the kettle could maintain the temperature for quite some time. The way they service the coffee and tea is the most eye-catching. The tour guide would hold a kettle on one hand and another hand with paper or plastic cups…and how they smoothly pour out the drinks to the cup. One thing I have to learn >< … I can’t even pour out properly on table let alone standing with hands full of things

• Karaoeking and dancing (sometime) throughout the bus trip. I can handle non-stop musics but non-stop karaoke? XD that’s ..
  

• Hotel room is given in advance before our arrival (wonder how the hell they get the room key from when they ask what room you want on the same day)

• Knocking on the hotel door before coming in (which I thought only apply to Thailand)

Back to the trip, we alighted at a duck’s farm. The place was really old and at first I thought we were tricked in going there somehow. It is not fit to be a tourist place…but never did I realized that the place was really famous, especially their cuisines, three-color egg and the traditional cooking of food. We spent the whole day there…

my comment? B O R I N G

Everyone was sleeping when the tour is on, I somehow pity the owner as he could see falling heads when he was talking >.<. For dinner, we had to do the traditional way to get our food cooked. Before Process After Comment: The chicken is not cooked very well. Wasted too much time just waiting for the food. The DIY activities could have been improved better…really feel like wasting a day of nothing.

BUT BUT BUT.. finally a night market to see on the way back to hotel (yesh!!!) And straight after hotel check in, we went straight to the nearest night market in Tainan. And up in my food list right now – Brown Sugar Fresh Milk Teas. Oh my god.. I had never tasted one so good in my life.

Maybe I could replicate how they did it

1. Melt Brown sugar to liquid form
2. Put pearls in a cup
3. Take a spoonful of liquid brown sugar
4. Open up a bottle of fresh milk and pour it inside
5. Mix them well first
6. Pour in hot water and cover it

7. Drink it

Have not actually try it… but will soon!!

The second day, we visited “Lao Jie” / Old Street. Was it really old? Mm not really…but their snacks ..ohh so good. Especially the “Tounge Cake” (not sure if this is the correct name though)