Today was our trip to Tamsui, one of the major ports in Taiwan! This is my third time visiting Tamsui, but it is the only time I have seen Tamsui without a typhoon present! Thus, I finally got to enjoy the beautiful scenery!
At Tamsui, we met up with Lisa, her friend, and some of the Taiwan girls who had previously visited USC!!!! When we first arrived, Patty and I decided to buy some iron eggs to share with the group. Iron eggs are dehydrated eggs that had been marinated in soy sauce. The end result is a small, hard, chewy black egg with a gummy like consistency. Iron eggs have always been one of my favorite snacks so it was fun sharing it with other people!
In Tamsui, we went to La Cuisine (香料廚房) for a very delicious lunch! I ordered the set meal which came with amuse bouche (sparkling fruit wine), corn soup, salad, entree (braised pork knuckle), dessert, and milk tea! The portions were pretty generous and the food was great!
Later on, we walked around Tamsui and ate some super tall ice cream! I had this last time I came to Tamsui, but I didn't expect the ice cream to be as tall as it was!
The ice cream melted very fast and was very mild- more like an ice slush!!
To my dismay, we then boarded a small boat in order to cross to the pier! Personally, I get extremely seasick, especially on small motor boats.... and this one was no exception!! The entire ride was bumpy and miserable, but I guess it was a memorable experience!
At least I was able to force a smile before the boat rapidly took off!!!
I must say though, the pier was very beautiful and may have even been worth the awful boat ride there!!
After some epic picture taking on the pier, we took the bus back to the other side! Before we left, we decided to try the Tamsui specialty food- Ah-gei!!! I've had this dish before and remembered it to be both delicious and filling!!! The ah-gei that we tried this time did not disappoint!! The outer tofu skin was nice and chewy, but not overly rough! The vermicelli inside was pretty flavorful and the fish cake holding the ball of goodness all together was very mild and soft. Overall, this was a pretty good ah-gei! I would have expected no less since the place we went to seemed to be the most popular ah-gei shop around!!
Before we left Tamsui, we turned to see the sunset- the perfect end to a beautiful day!
As we hopped back on the MRT, heading back to Taipei, I took one last look at the setting sunset and felt all the stress and tiredness from the past few days slowly lift off my shoulders! What a nice way to end the work week!
After we went home, I met up with Michelle, one of my friends from USC! While everyone decided to get some Momo paradise for dinner, I wandered around the Zhongxiao Fuxing area and shopped a little bit. I even got to try some of the original Ten Ren tea!! (Though it was quite disappointing...)
We ended our night by trying out some Taiwan nightlife!! Woot woot! Details will not be posted... but it was definitely quite the experience!
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