Taipei 2010 Day 2 Part 2-Danshui(淡水)，Fisherman's wharf (渔人码头)

Its off to Dan Shui（淡水） for lunch and we took MRT（捷运） there..Dan Shui is the terminal station for Dan Shui line and its is consider pretty near to Xin Beitou. So it took us about 15min to reach Dan Shui. Seriously, we did not know what to expect from Dan Shui as Mr Love had not been there in his previous trips, plus I didn't do much research. Only knew there is a street here that we can shop n eat.

When we exited the station, we didn'yknow which way to walk, end up, I did what I knew best, find some 1 who look like they are going to Dan Shui old street and follow them all the way. If it didn't turns out to be the place we want to go, at most just ask for directions from there. It beats standing at the station looking like ah goons. But this trick had not failed me yet :0)..

Reached Danshui old street after 5 mins of walking and immediately, we set out to look for food as I am gonna faint from hunger. We were not looking for cafes/coffe shops to settle for lunch. In fact we were looking at the various stalls selling street food and decided to eat these for lunch. This is how we eat during our stay in Taipei and truthfully speaking, I loved all these street food!!!

Spotted a stall at the start of the street selling chickie n porkie chops（炸鸡/猪扒). Those deep fried kind, and they sprinkle cheese n chilli powder on top, making it super yummy. Mr Love n I ordered 1 chickie n porkie to share n try out the flavours.

While waiting for our food to be ready, I heard music, and Mr Love told me that its their garbage truck coming on our way. Real funny to see the  garbage truck playing  music 1..too bad I didn't take a video recording the music.

Spotted the garbage truck while waiting for our food..
My Porkie chop..

There is a slight difference between the vendors in SG n TPE selling chickie chops, that is, in TPE, they would not cut the chops into pieces for you while in SG, they will cut into small pieces. But nevertheless, the chops in TPE taste much better n its way cheaper than their SG counterparts..Porkie chops costs 50NTD and chickie chop is 45NTD at this stall..

It tastes so heavenly with the cheese and since the chops are not cut, Mr Love and I exchange the chops every now n then to eat. Lucky we r hubs n wife, how to do that with friends? We walked along the street while eating the chops and manage to find a place to sit out Starbucks outlet there n enjoy our chops. It was really spicy and the both of us finish the water we brought along. After finishing "lunch" we moved on again, this time to explore Dan Shui old street（淡水老街）.
  Long long ice cream at 10NTD


I once watched a Taiwanese drama and they showed the characters buy this long long ice cream in Dan Shui. So here we are in Danshui and I told Mr Love I also wanna find the ice cream n try. I brought the smaller version at 10NTD while the bigger 1 costs 20NTD. Because of his tummy ache, Mr Love did not wan to eat. There is nothing special on the ice cream, in fact it tastes a bit bland to me but its nice to eat under the hot weather.

Delicious squids!!!

Walking along street, we came across a lot of food, since Mr Love is no in the mood to eat much, it is up to me to decide what to eat. Can't eat much too as I need to finish the food by myself. It is too bad that he is not in a good condition today, else I am sure we will enjoy the good food here. Next, we came in front of a stall selling BBQ squid. Glutton me wanna try it. Mr Love nearly fainted, he was super amazed by my eating ability and I ordered 1 only as he dun wanna share and as expected, it tastes nice.

Along the street, we went into a shop selling souvenirs and I was looking for something to bring back as a memory of this trip. I found a small pen stand with the word "Taiwan" and brought it back. I also brought something for Hwa Hwa here. We continue walking and came across a shop selling almond powder and Mr Love brought can home. He and my fil both love almond drink. Me? I was standing 5m away from the stall. Haha

We saw Naraya bags stall in Dan Shui and curiosity got the better of me. Went in and check the prices and found out that it is as expensive as the SG store. Didn't buy anything but took a pic of the shop. But the the designs they have were quite up to date.


Naraya in Dan Shui, Taipei

After this we continue walking down the street, nothing special along the street as I am too full to try on new food. We side tracked a bit from the main street and accidentally ventured into their wet market..The vendors were all closing for the day already and there are pretty much nothing to see.

We tried searching for the jetty to take ferry to Fisherman's Wharf but to no avail. So I decided to go back to Dan Shui MRT and take a bus to 鱼人码头. I tot it will be a short journey but alas, it took around half an hr to reach Fisherman's Wharf lo. Also, the place there seems quite empty, with only a few small stalls set up there to sell some local food fare.

Bus terminal beside Dan Shui MRT station

2nd dose of Yakult for the day..

Random Photo, saw an uncle got off his bike at a red light to look for things..win oredi..


Was a bit disappointed with there and nevertheless since it took us so long to reach, we walked around a bit. Found 情人桥 and camwhore a bit there..We didn't manage to wait till 5pm for the sunset which was suppose to be pretty, hubs is feeling hungry and wanted to leave. Its only 4pm when we left.

A view of 情人桥
Us on 情人桥

View from the bridge

Went back to take the bus to Dan Shui MRT before making our way to Jian Tan station（剑潭站） where Shi Linh market （士林夜市）is located. Contrary to the naming, you do not exit from Shi Linh MRT station（士林站） to get to Shi linh Night market. Luckily for us, Mr Love have been to Taipei before and therefore he knows the way there.

Hubs thinking of what to eat en route to Shi Linh Night Market