Okinawa and Taipei - Day 9: Mao Kong and Snake Combo

Last day in Taipei, the plan was to go south to Mao Kong for some tea experience.  Before that though, we would go for some lil dragon dumplings at this place the whale shark Taiwanese girls recommended us to go to.  This place was good.  It was really stuffy though as they didn't have A/C, so I was basically sweating as I was eating the dumplings.  Turns out there were two places next to each other - and we went to the original :)

After a yummy lunch, we proceeded to go to Mao Kong.  Upon arriving, it didn't look like a tea place, but a Hello Kitty advertisement.  Everywhere there were giant pictures of Hello Kitty.  It was cute, but if I didn't know better, I thought we were at Sanrio.  Now that I think about it, there was not Hello Kitty souvenirs to buy though.

Nanjing ding

The night market where the famous snake combo was located was a bit shady, but worth it. 

One each of snake blood (capsule), snake bile, and snake venom (smallest)- and a bowl of snake soup. ......

Summary of What was Eaten Today:

Lunch @ 明月

Total Spent: NTD 890

What we had:

  2 orders of lil dragon dumplings

  Pot stickers

  peanut black sesame mochi

  drunken chicken

  通菜

  onion oil fried pancake

Dinner @ ???

Total Spent: NTD 165

What we had:

  Tea egg (NTD 10)

  Rice, egg, tofu (NTD 90)

  Yodule green tea n green tea bbtea (NTD 65)

Night Market

Total Spent: NTD 350

What we (I) had:

    That famous snake combo!!! (Blood, gall, sperm, soup)

Total for the Day: 890 + 165 + 350 = NTD 1,405 = ~$47 USD