Okinawa and Taipei - Day 7: Eating Every Hour

Goal: Eat something once every hour…

First stop: National Taiwan Museum

Thought it would be about the history of Taiwan - but apparently it turned out to be a lesson on Darwinism and evolution of plants, and animals.  Pretty cool exhibit but not what we were expecting.  For 20 NTD though, can't really complain.

Also left myself a little note in the booklet there…. If you ever see the line below, that's from me!

"Present me leaving a note for the future me.. But the present me is actually in the future!  Woah!..."

Second Stop: Shilin Night Market

After quite a few more snacking, we proceeded to go to the night market in Shilin

This was pretty fun - since we got to eat a bunch of stuff here.  The best was the first thing I got, which was the whole squid!.. Mmmmm.. See below for a summary of what we ate.

We also ended up buying some tea.  Some Ginger Tea (NTD 170) and Normal Tea (NTD 280).

To round off the night, we had one final meal at one of the Ding Tai Fungs (the one by MRT: Zhongxiao Fuxing).  I mean, what is a Taipei trip without trying one of them!  For kicks, ordered more or the less the same thing we would have here, so that I could compare.

Summary of What was Eaten Today:

Lunch @ Noodle place next to hot pot:

Total Spent: NTD 960

What we had:

  麻油雞麵線 x2

  香菇雞湯

  An intestine medley

For snacks (so we meet the food every hour goal):

Total Spent: NTD 140

What we had:

    Coffees near National Taiwan Museum (NTD 65)

    Snack near National Taiwan Museum - 豆漲 x2, 油條, 曉餅 (NTD 45)

    Snack near the Subway Station - 胡淑餅 (NTD 30)

For Dinner @ Shilin Night Market

Total Spent: NTD 570

What we had:

  Grilled Squid (NT 100) - This was delicious.  One of my favorite items I ate in Taiwan!

  Duck Wing (NTD 30)

  Bubble Waffle (NTD 20) - Which is < $1 USD!!!... In North America it is at least $3!

  Oolong tea with tapioca (NTD 40)

  Crab (NTD 150)

  Taiwanese Beer (NTD 50)

  Sausage (NTD 60)

  Aloe drink (NTD 35 )

  小籠包 (NTD 70) - Wasn't that good.  I am beginning to think that there are only a few places with decent XLBs…

  Marinated tofu and egg (NT 35)

  Winter melon bubble tea (NT 30)

For Dinner #2 @ Ding Tail Fung

Total Spent: NTD 898

What we had:

   The picture says it all :)

Total for the Day: 960 + 140 + 570 = NTD 1,670 = ~$56 USD

… To think that first night hot pot was NTD 1661… AND this was the amount we spent on food for two people for a WHOLE day!... Mmmmmm….