Taipei - Part VIII - Ning Xia Road

Been quite busy with work lately . . . haven't really got time to edit and update my blog . . . well . . . craving for more foods!!! . . . at Ning Xia Road . . . opposite to be exact . . . take a cab from Xi Men Ding about 10-15mins . . . taxi fare around NTD130.00 . . . and here we are!!!

Dunno what it says ler . . . :P

But it is selling this!!! . . . one of my favorites!!! . . . guess what is this???

This herbal tea is damn good and cheap . . . a big gulp size for just NTD30.00

Minced Pork Soup . . . delicious!!!

This one with an egg added!!!

Look familiar??? . . . hahaha . . . it is actually 'Chung Yau Peng'(cantonese) . . . did not try this though coz it looks exactly like Roti Canai!!!

Taiwan sausage!!! . . . I had loads of this!!! . . . yummy!!!

The white color one is actually glutinous rice . . . the sausage sits in there!!!

Now!!! . . . this is one of the best dish of Taipei . . . stew pork rice (Lu Rou Fan) . . . just can't stop having this meal . . . I had it for six straight nights!!! . . . damn I missed it!!!

BBQ pork!!! . . .

Steam chicken with stew minced pork rice!!! . . .

Taipei - Part VII - The National Palace Museum

The National Palace Museum is an art museum in Taipei, Taiwan. It is the national museum of the Republic of China, and has a permanent collection of over 677,687 pieces of ancient Chinese artifacts and artworks, making it one of the largest in the world. The collection encompasses over 8,000 years of Chinese history from the Neolithic age to the late Qing Dynasty. Most of the collection are high quality pieces collected by China's ancient emperors. In 2009, it was the 11th most visited art museum in the world.

How to get there . . . take the subway Red Line to the Jiantan Station . . . then take a bus and will stop right infront of the museum . . . can't remember what bus number it was already just ask people around ya . . .hehehe

The building is just beautiful . . . and it is huge!!! . . .

Too bad . . . no photo taking are allowed inside the museum so didn't have any shots inside the building . . . wanted to take a few snaps though but are just too much CCTV hahahaha . . .

The entrance fee to the museum is NTD160.00 . . . worth it? to me yes definitely . . . able to see some great China's invention in there!!! . . . and crazy miniature crafting which they put a magnifier to let you see the details . . . but do prepare to spend some hours in there if you plan to go around the whole museum . . .

by the way . . . The displays are rotated once every three months . . . only 60,000 pieces can be viewed in a year and it would take nearly 12 years to see them all!!! . . .

For more information please click the link below:-

http://www.npm.gov.tw/en/home.htm

Taipei - Part VI - Longshan Temple

More than 100 years of history . . . Longshan Temple is very famous all over Taiwan . . . in total there are 5 Longshan Temple . . . Danshui - WanHua (aka Bangka) - Tainan - Fongshan - Lukang . . .

This one I visited is the Wanhua Longshan Temple . . . its simple to get there! . . . the the subway Blue Line and stop at the Longshan Temple Station!!! . . . so obvious isn't it!!!lol . . . then you walk about 5minutes from the station and here you are . . . Longshan Temple!!!

What amazed me is the temple's sculpture!!! . . . it is simply amazing how the sculpture already being done that way since 100years ago . . . furthermore . . . it had only been renovated 2 - 3 times due to earthquakes and natural disaster . . . I mean over 100years old . . . only 2 - 3 times . . . that is amazing!!! . . . but of coz the painting they have to do it quite often . . . hehehe!!!

Just look at the Dragon . . . isn't it beautiful!!! . . .

The devotees doing their prayers . . .

Everyone is lining up to get into the temple to pray . . .