May I remind you where we left off:
That's right folks, delicious and beautiful.
The next morning, I woke up bright and early for some Taiwanese breakfast of soy milk, baozi (pork steam buns), ropoggao (squares of fried...cake?), and daan bing (egg omelet wrapped in a rice pancake). There were of course piles of sauces. I took the next hour to stroll down camera street in a search for a replacement, to no avail. At least the street buns were freaking fantastic!
The day continued with a bus trip to extreme northern Taipei. The city is capped with Mount Qixing and Yangmingshan National Park. Slightly volcanic and hours of hike in diameter, Yangmingshan boasts a large peak, a frog habitat, and sulfur springs. The afternoon was simply gorgeous, though not quite like Toroko.
Dinner was the local Buddhist buffet, which after a day full of hiking and outdoorsiness we promptly devoured. It was thoroughly unique. Half of the things I couldn't recognize, and several of which I thought might actually be meat.
We spent the evening crawling through one of the more famous night markets in Shilin. It was an exciting blend of smells and sounds and smells. The street food was ubiquitous, there was a steady stream of black-haired people, and the "market" was a mixed bag of clothes, pocket knives, pets, and arcade machines. It was particularly cool that Korean music was blasting from every corner. Nice to have some familiar comforts on streets full of strange meats and words I don't understand.
Last day to come tomorrow.
That's right folks, delicious and beautiful.
The next morning, I woke up bright and early for some Taiwanese breakfast of soy milk, baozi (pork steam buns), ropoggao (squares of fried...cake?), and daan bing (egg omelet wrapped in a rice pancake). There were of course piles of sauces. I took the next hour to stroll down camera street in a search for a replacement, to no avail. At least the street buns were freaking fantastic!
The day continued with a bus trip to extreme northern Taipei. The city is capped with Mount Qixing and Yangmingshan National Park. Slightly volcanic and hours of hike in diameter, Yangmingshan boasts a large peak, a frog habitat, and sulfur springs. The afternoon was simply gorgeous, though not quite like Toroko. 
Dinner was the local Buddhist buffet, which after a day full of hiking and outdoorsiness we promptly devoured. It was thoroughly unique. Half of the things I couldn't recognize, and several of which I thought might actually be meat.
We spent the evening crawling through one of the more famous night markets in Shilin. It was an exciting blend of smells and sounds and smells. The street food was ubiquitous, there was a steady stream of black-haired people, and the "market" was a mixed bag of clothes, pocket knives, pets, and arcade machines. It was particularly cool that Korean music was blasting from every corner. Nice to have some familiar comforts on streets full of strange meats and words I don't understand.
Last day to come tomorrow.
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