Saturday 21 May 2011

Thamsui Old Street 淡水老街

When the night has come~ When the land is dark~
Just as long, as you stand, in Taipei~
You'll be fed.

Just kidding. What I meant is when you're in Taipei, the night is forever young. Unlike the western countries, though the sun is down, people still work! Our friendly hardworking Taiwanese aunties and uncles line up along the streets with their tuckshops and store outlets selling Taiwan delicacies like Guan Dong Zhu 关东煮 and vacum sealed Tie Dan 铁蛋. These are just some must-tries when you go to Taiwan.

We spent most our time there buying prepaid cards for our mobiles since it was our very first night so we didn't get to try much of the food but the experience was great. It's different from how people squeeze pass one another during the day while trying to rush to work, different from how people gather at a place to celebrate an event (i.e. Chinatown during the Chinese New Year) but it feels like people coming together to feel the atmosphere of hospitality potential from humanity. Maybe it's a Chinese thing, we like to get together and get "heated up". It's a kind of 热血精神 to be enthusiastic and warm-blooded when it comes to bonding together.



There, we had our first bubble tea from a simple shop and it turned out to be better than anything I've ever tried in Singapore! The Q-ness of the pearls were just right and the texture of the milk tea was excellent! Even the pudding was so smooth it "swims" down your throat! Love it!

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