Taiwan2011 Day 9 - 221211

Day 9 - Taipei > Taipei 101 > Wufenpu > RaoHe NM

0930Hrs - We set off for Taipei 101 early so that we could get into Ding Tai Fung without any queue for lunch!

1000Hrs - Reached City Hall MRT Station and walked for around 15min to Taipei 101.  You can reach there earlier but on that day it was raining quite heavily so we took some time to reach there.

It was raining so the view on top was not as good.

After that we went to look at the stabilizer of the tall tower.  I dunno what it is called but it is damn cool.

1130Hrs - We wasted no time and went to the basement Ding Tai Fung with the help of the security guard giving us the direction to the restaurant.
In the end, we were ushered in the restaurant without queuing!  Their service is top-notch!  Everyone there smiles at you and makes you feel happy eating there!

 The dish on the left is the Red Braised Beef Noodles.  Only the noodles were btr than that of the Taoyuan St but the beef and soup were not as good as them.
The one on the right is the famous Din Tai Fung XiaoLongBao!  We ordered the meat XiaoLongBao twice because it was too nice!  The skin is top-notch!

 This is the chicken broth which I think is not bad.

 This is the best dish in Din Tai Fung.  It is the red bean paste XiaoLongBao.  You must try this!

When we left Din Tai Fung, there were many people waiting outside queuing to enter!  Lucky we entered it earlier!

After a hearty lunch at Din Tai Fung, we left for the MRT to HouShanPi MRT Station and walked to WuFenPu.  I bet this is a shopping heaven for girls but not for me!  Did not find much shirts or shoes there but we still walked almost street in WuFenPu using this map.

1500Hrs - We were damn tired and we gave up walking around that area and left for SongShan Train Station as it was raining so we went there for shelter and it was nearer to the RaoHe night market which we will be going later.

We settled down at Mr.Brown Cafe for some hot coffee to spend some time before leaving for RaoHe night market.

1800Hrs - We left SongShan Train Station for RaoHe night market.

 This is one of the specialties of RaoHe NM.  Chen Dong sells lamb soup and pork ribs soup.  Both are equally best-selling.

 This is my favourite food in Taiwan.  Their lamb soup is very well-prepared and it costs NT$80 only.  You cannot find any lamb soup like this in Singapore!

 Rmb I mentioned about the pepper buns in RaoHe NM in my earlier post?  This is the stall.  They have around 4 charcoal pots to prepare their pepper buns and more than 10 people helping out in the stall!

 This is the pepper bun.  I think is best among the NM in Taiwan!

 This stall sells fried butter crabs.  I have heard that Taiwan NM sells nice fried butter crabs but I dunno which one sells the nicest so I tried this.  I would say that it is good.  Anyone knows where does it sell nice butter crabs?









2000Hrs - We took the train from SongShan Train Station to Taipei Station and walked around the Taipei Underground malls.