Friday, August 19, 2005
Taipei - Part 1
Hmm... How should I start...
When you are at Taipei, I guess you will do the same as you would if you are at Hong Kong. That'll be going shopping at the MANY night markets available. The most famous night market of Taipei is probably the Shilin Night Market. But it is famous more for the food (i.e. the chicken chop, tian bu la etc). I thought all the night markets would be the same and never gave much thought about finding anything special elsewhere. Until, I visited other night markets, of course...
Ok, enough of no head no tail, mindless and meaningless mumblings... :) To cut story short, I went to another night market, one that is near to the hotel that I was putting up at, the Huasi (HuaXi) Street Night Market. When you first make your way in, you might felt that it is no different from the other night marts, but then you will realise that there are some stuff that is only available at this night market. Foodwise, they have the grilled squid, cuttlefish and hujiao bing (pepper cake - stuffed full with moist meat but... no taste of pepper leh). As I walked on, I also realised this night market has a lot of porn on sale!! Haha... In the mid-section, almost every store you see sells porn/sex toys etc... Quite funnie... Actually, to them, its nothing... Once you are used to seeing them, it is nothing special...
Then as I walked on, I found this stall... Selling fish! The auntie also operates a fishing game and children are paying to catch fish. Very cute to watch them as they struggle to catch the fish they like. The fish available are the usual fare, goldfish, mollies, platies etc... Auntie is so busy, packing the fish that they caught, doing normal sales... Fish on sale include bettas too. Oh, they have pretty nice looking black mollies... :) Terrapins and hermit crabs are also common...
I cannot imagine auntie carrying all these stuff to and from home and the night market! Think we are too comfortable seeing them inside a shop and not being mobile. But then again, there is not much variety at such stalls... Cannot compare to shops lah. After seeing that stall, I became always on the lookout for aquatic scenes throughout the rest of the trip! Keke...
Ok, enough talking, pictures of the stall at Huasi Street Night Market:
When you are at Taipei, I guess you will do the same as you would if you are at Hong Kong. That'll be going shopping at the MANY night markets available. The most famous night market of Taipei is probably the Shilin Night Market. But it is famous more for the food (i.e. the chicken chop, tian bu la etc). I thought all the night markets would be the same and never gave much thought about finding anything special elsewhere. Until, I visited other night markets, of course...
Ok, enough of no head no tail, mindless and meaningless mumblings... :) To cut story short, I went to another night market, one that is near to the hotel that I was putting up at, the Huasi (HuaXi) Street Night Market. When you first make your way in, you might felt that it is no different from the other night marts, but then you will realise that there are some stuff that is only available at this night market. Foodwise, they have the grilled squid, cuttlefish and hujiao bing (pepper cake - stuffed full with moist meat but... no taste of pepper leh). As I walked on, I also realised this night market has a lot of porn on sale!! Haha... In the mid-section, almost every store you see sells porn/sex toys etc... Quite funnie... Actually, to them, its nothing... Once you are used to seeing them, it is nothing special...
Then as I walked on, I found this stall... Selling fish! The auntie also operates a fishing game and children are paying to catch fish. Very cute to watch them as they struggle to catch the fish they like. The fish available are the usual fare, goldfish, mollies, platies etc... Auntie is so busy, packing the fish that they caught, doing normal sales... Fish on sale include bettas too. Oh, they have pretty nice looking black mollies... :) Terrapins and hermit crabs are also common...
I cannot imagine auntie carrying all these stuff to and from home and the night market! Think we are too comfortable seeing them inside a shop and not being mobile. But then again, there is not much variety at such stalls... Cannot compare to shops lah. After seeing that stall, I became always on the lookout for aquatic scenes throughout the rest of the trip! Keke...
Ok, enough talking, pictures of the stall at Huasi Street Night Market:
# posted by Justikanz @ 3:49 PM 
