Here our Taiwan itinerary for 17 Oct …

Our Itinerary:

17-Oct [Sat]

0800 – Breakfast at You Chun Regency (友春大飯店)

0900 – Check out from hotel with Bass & yang come fetch us

1100 – Approaching 北角吊橋, stop by 小吃 stalls nearby to try 炸杏鮑菇 (my fav),炸野薑花,七里香 (kena con by Bass & Cody to buy, it’s actually fried 雞屁股, no wonder Bass keep 偷笑 when we eat)

Below is picture of the white 野薑花, around the field while we crossing the 北角吊橋

1130 – Taking some photos while we crossing 北角吊橋

   
1200 – reach Lavender Cottage (新竹薰衣草森林)

entrance fee NT$100 per person, the entrance ticket in sweet pastel purple colour

Place quite big & beautiful :p  

1215 – The restaurant at Lavender Cottage is very nice & classy but food not cheap, one roasted chicken cost NT$390 is quite small & need to quene for at least 45 mins.

1230 – We buy some drinks & snack from a counter outside the restaurant & sit on benches near the field  to eat, the entrance ticket can used to offset some of the fees used when buying food from them.

We go in 香草鋪子 (a souvenir shop that sells perfumes, soap, lotion etc ) to take look, selling many cute stuffs

An ice-cream store near the wishing tree 

1350 – having lunch at 老街看戲, it’s a eating place which 播放老電影 while serving 客家傳統風味餐

We have order

1) 豬油飯

2) 客家小炒

3) 山雞

4) 貴竹筍

5) 四個混蛋

1430 – After lunch we walk around 老街, passby this "非吃不可"的粉圓豆花shop

we order one bowl each to share

1) 綜合粉圓冰(NT$45)

2) 粉圓豆花 (NT$45)

Both not bad but we feel 綜合粉圓冰 nicer, too big bowl for two of us, we can’t finish all…

1430 – Driving take awhile before reach Nan Zhuang (南庄), check in at 中華電信會館 & put our luggage first .

1700 – Walk around Nan Zhuang (南庄), passby 桂花巷

see one  香草鋪子 branch at 桂花巷

got shops selling 花茶湯圓

 
1730 – walk back 會館 to have a short rest.

1930 – Walk to streets, wah all shops have closed, maybe people at 鄉下 tends to sleep early , have dinner at 南庄媳婦的老店

香酥溪蝦, 炒山豬肉 ~ the prawn is small fried prawn more for eaing with beer, abit salty, pork so so

He & Cody order 客家板條 (dry one) each ~ taste alright but eat more abit salty

Me order 客家板條 (soup one) ~ abit 淡 compare with the dry one

Bass order 婆婆手工鹹湯圓 ~ got meat inside the 湯圓, taste not bad but definitely not enough as dinner

Total bill NT$530

2000 – After dinner, we go buy drink & snacks at 7-eleven before walk back to 會館 to rest as most shops have closed nonething to shop around …

Below is our VIP room, quite spacious, thanks Cody for helping us to book :p

----------------To be continued on next blog---------------------