{"id":16390,"date":"2013-02-24T06:05:42","date_gmt":"2013-02-23T22:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rubbisheatrubbishgrow.com\/?p=16390"},"modified":"2013-02-24T06:06:01","modified_gmt":"2013-02-23T22:06:01","slug":"round-island-taiwan-itinerary-taipei-danshui-keelung","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rubbisheatrubbishgrow.com\/zh\/2013\/02\/24\/round-island-taiwan-itinerary-taipei-danshui-keelung\/","title":{"rendered":"Round-Island Taiwan Itinerary Part IV: North: Taipei, Danshui, Keelung, Jiufen"},"content":{"rendered":"

See:
\nRound-Island Taiwan Itinerary Part 1a on Travel Info and East Coast, Hualien, and Taroko Gorge<\/a>
\nPart 1b on East Coast: Dulan and Taitung<\/a>
\nPart II on South Taiwan: Kenting, Kaohsiung, Tainan<\/a>
\nPart III on West Coast and Central Taiwan: Alishan, Sun Moon Lake & Taichung<\/a><\/p>\n

Also see:
\nChiobu and Yandao’s 4D3N Taipei Suggested Itinerary\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nTaiwanese fruit: looks like soursop, tastes like pear and grainy texture <\/em><\/p>\n

Mr NGFL and my itinerary is very different from Chiobu and Yandao’s itinerary<\/a>: we focus more on cultural aspect while they, shopping.<\/p>\n

Note:\u00a0Roosevelt Road is \u7f57\u65af\u798f (luo-si-fu).<\/p>\n

Suggested Itinerary Day 14: Zhong Zheng District \u4e2d\u6b63\u533a & Wan Hua District \u4e07\u534e\u533a, Taipei<\/h1>\n

From Taichung, take a HSR back to Taipei. After putting your luggage at the hotel, take MRT and stop at Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall Station<\/strong>. Lunch first at\u00a0Jin Feng Lu Rou Fan<\/strong> (\u91d1\u5cf0\u6ef7\u8089\u98ef, 10 Roosevelt Road, Section 1, +886 2 2396 080) for a delicious bowl of braised pork. Then go to the CKS Memorial Hall<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0Japanese rule Taiwan from 1897 and it was Chiang’s Kuomintang (KMT) who defeated the Japanese in 1945. After the Memorial Hall, walk 300m north to 2-28 Peace Park and Memorial Museum<\/strong>, which offers a history of the 28 Feb 1947 massacre. Then for a good sense of how the modern and tradition exist side-by-side, walk east 500m to Ximending \u897f\u95e8\u8ba2<\/strong>, Taiwan’s version of Harajuku<\/a>, where you can shop for the edgiest Taiwanese fashion<\/strong>. At Ximending, watch for the Red Pavillion Theatre \u7ea2\u697c<\/strong>, one of the oldest building in Taipei. Originally used for Chinese opera, it is now a visual arts center and houses many gay and lesbian bars. On weekends, it hosts a market for local designers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Shopping around Zhong Zheng and Wan Hua<\/strong>:
\n-Wannien Shopping Complex, 70 Xining S Rd (Wanhua district)
\n-Shinjuku Plaza, 72-1 Xining S Rd (Wanhua district)<\/p>\n

Eating around Zhong Zheng and Wan Hua:
\n<\/strong>–Snow King<\/a><\/strong> (65 Wuchang St, section 1): Established in 1947, it has 73 flavors of ice cream, including dang gui ice cream,<\/strong> chilli ice cream<\/strong> and sesame chicken ice cream.<\/strong>
\n–Jin Feng Lu Rou Fan<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(\u91d1\u5cf0\u6ef7\u8089\u98ef, braised pork rice, 10 Roosevelt Road, Section 1, +886 2 2396 080)
\n–Yong Kang Beef Noodle<\/a><\/strong> (17 Jinshan south rd ln 31, sect 2,\u00a0+886-2-2351-1051)
\n–Niu Dian<\/strong> (91 Kunming St): beef noodles.
\n–Simon Tian Bu La<\/a><\/strong> (\u8cfd\u9580\u751c\u4e0d\u8fa3, 95 Xining South Road +886 2 2331 2481) is similar to Singapore’s niang tofu<\/em> stalls.
\n–Tainan Tan-tsu-mien Restaurant <\/strong><\/a>(31 Huaxi St, Old Town Centre) started out as roadside peddler to this swanky seafood restaurant
\n–Koroke<\/strong> (\u8089\u4e38\u9905, 49-10 Emei St.) is famed for its croquette.
\n–Ah Chung<\/strong> (\u963f\u5b97, 8-1 Emei St., +886 2 2620 9989) sells oyster vermicelli (\u86b5\u4ed4\u7c73\u7dda).<\/p>\n

Suggested Itinerary\u00a0Day 15: Zhong Shan District \u4e2d\u5c71\u533a and Datong District \u5927\u540c\u533a<\/h1>\n

Nothing much to see in these district except may be for Confucius Temple<\/strong><\/a> (275 Dalong St) and Dihua Market<\/strong><\/a> (MRT: Zhong Shan). Confucius is arguably China’s greatest school. The 1879 temple was damaged in a rebellion against the Japanese and rebuilt in 1928. No inscriptions are found on columns and doors because who dare to think their writing is better than Confucius’? Dihua market<\/strong> is the best place for Chinese medicines and herbs and is festive and fun during Chinese New Year<\/strong>. Two museums, Fine Arts Museum<\/a><\/strong> and Museum of Contemporary Art<\/a><\/strong>, are around the area but not compulsory viewing. At night, travel to the nearby Shilin night market<\/a><\/strong>, said to be the King of Taipei’s night market.<\/p>\n

Shopping around Zhong Shan and Datong<\/strong>:
\n–MBmore<\/a><\/strong> sells art pieces (close on Mon)
\n–Booday<\/a><\/strong>, one of Taipei’s most famous lifestyle brands
\n–Si’enna<\/a><\/strong>: Artisan, handcrafted leather bags and shoes. Very exquisite.
\n–0416×1024<\/a><\/strong>, quirky tee-shirts and fashion
\n–Galoop<\/a><\/strong>: clothing and lifestyle brand<\/p>\n

Eating around Zhong Shan and Da Tong:
\n<\/strong>–Jiaxing Fish Ball<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(\u4f73\u8208\u9b5a\u4e38), No. 21, Lane 210, Section 2, Yanping North Road, +886 2 2553 6470
\n–Lao Abo<\/strong> (same as above, across from each other)
\n–Da Qiao Tou\u00a0Bamboo Rice<\/a><\/strong> (\u5927\u6a4b\u982d\u8001\u724c\u7b52\u4ed4\u7c73\u7cd5), 41 Yanping North Road, Section 3, +886 2 2594 4685.
\n–Hou Yi Goose<\/strong> (\u5f8c\u9a5b\u9d5d\u8089), No. 29, Lane 220, Changan West Road; +886 2 2555 0498
\n–Yen’s Noodle Shop<\/strong> (106 Anxi St)
\n–Lin Dong Fang Beef Noodles<\/a><\/strong> (\u6797\u6771\u82b3), 274 Bade Road, Section 2, +886 2 2752 2556.
\n–Fuda Shandong Zhengjiao Dawang<\/a><\/strong> \u798f\u5927\u5c71\u4e1c\u84b8\u997a\u5927\u738b No.11,140 Alley,Yi Section, Zhongshan North Road\uff1aDumplings
\n–My Zao<\/strong>, No. 9-1, ln 100, Songjiang Rd +886-2-2522-2697, serves Taiwanese homecooked food such as braised pork with rice, preserved radish braised with pork, bamboo shoots braised with shrimps.
\n–Shin Yeh<\/a><\/strong>, 34-1 Shuangcheng St, +886-2-2596-3255, upscale restaurant serving Taiwanese food<\/p>\n

Suggested Itinerary\u00a0Day 16: Da’an District \u5927\u5b89, Xinyi District \u4fe1\u4e49 and East Taipei<\/h1>\n

Today is Shopping<\/strong> and Hipster day<\/strong>! Visit Taipei101<\/strong><\/a> (MRT station: Taipei City Hall) and the nearby shopping malls. (We heard Taipei101 basement food court<\/strong> serves decent food or you can eat at Jay Chou’s restaurant as Chiobu did<\/a>.) And then continue to shop at Wu Fen Pu<\/a>, as recommended by Chiobu. For hipsters, head down to Da’an where live performances of\u00a0indie music<\/strong> thrive at\u00a0The Wall<\/a><\/strong>, Underground \u5730\u4e0b\u793e\u4f1a<\/a><\/strong>, and White Wabbit \u5c0f\u767d\u5154<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0an indie record shop and music label, with many hipster cafes and artisan crafts like leather bags. There is a large vintage item market (Treasure Hunt Flea Market \u5c0b\u5bf6\u8df3\u86a4\u5c4b<\/a><\/strong>, \u00a0<\/strong>38, Roosevelt Rd Sec 2, Taipei City, 11am-10.30pm) a farmer’s market (248 Farmers’ Market<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Ln 248, Zhongxiao E Rd Sec 4, open Fridays 2-8pm and Saturdays 10am-5pm), selling produce without pesticides using sustainable farming techniques. Organic food and second-hand jewelry: how hipster is that? After all that shopping and hipstering, you can go for dinner at either\u00a0Shida night market<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0at\u00a0Hsu Ji (\u8a31\u8a18) or\u00a0Lantern Lu Wei (\u71c8\u7c60\u6ef7\u5473)or Rao He night market<\/a><\/strong>, the oldest night market in Taipei,\u00a0for the stinky tofu \u81ed\u8c46\u8150 and pepper cakes \u80e1\u6912\u997c. If you do go to Rao He Night, don’t forget to grab 10 boxes of the very famous pineapple tarts at\u00a0Sunny Hills<\/strong><\/a> (\u5fae\u71b1\u5c71\u4e18, 1\/F, No. 1, Alley 4, Lane 36, Section 5, Minsheng East Rd +886 49 229 2767) or from its rival, equally good tarts, at\u00a0Chia Te Bakery<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(No. 88, Section 5, Nanjing East Rd).<\/p>\n

Shopping around Da’an<\/strong>:
\n–Mooi Trove<\/a><\/strong>: Vintage furniture
\n–Chang Yi Fang<\/a><\/strong>: traditional wooden puppets, bags and accessories.
\n–Eslite<\/strong><\/a>: 24-hour bookshop. MRT Nan-kang line, Zhong-xiao Tun-hua station.
\n–GinGin’s<\/strong> (1\/F No. 8, Alley 8, Lane 210, Roosevelt Rd, Section 3, MRT: Taipower Subway Station): Touted to be the<\/b>\u00a0first gay and lesbian bookshop in Taiwan but honestly aren’t all bookshops gay?<\/p>\n

Eating around Da’an:
\n<\/strong>–Tonghua Meatball<\/a><\/strong> (\u901a\u5316\u8089\u5713), No. 7, Alley 39, Tonghua Street, +886 2 2707 8562
\n–Yong Kang beef noodle<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a017 Jinshan south rd ln 31, sect 2,\u00a0+886-2-2351-1051
\n–Yongkang 15<\/strong>\u00a0Shaved Ice (formerly Ice Monster),\u00a0No.297, Section 4, Zhongxiao East Road
\n–Din Tai Fung Dumpling House<\/strong><\/a>, 192 Xinyi Road, Section 2, +886 2 2321 8929: famous soup dumpings
\n–Tai He Gong \u592a\u548c\u5bab<\/a><\/strong>: Spicy hotpot
\n–Lan Jia Gua Bao<\/a><\/strong> (\u85cd\u5bb6\u5272\u5305), No. 3, Alley 8, Lane 316, Section 3, Roosevelt Road; +886 2 2368 2060: what we in Singapore call kong bah bao<\/em>.
\n–Xiao Li<\/strong> (\u5c0f\u674e), No. 1-3, Lane 136, Section 4, Roosevelt Road, ; +886 2 2368 3417 At Gong Guan night market: pig\u2019s blood rice pudding.
\n–Rong Shu Xia<\/strong> \u6995\u6811\u4e0b,\u00a0no. 2 ln 382 Jiaxing St: Taiwanese cze-char food.
\n–Chen San Ding Bubble Tea<\/strong><\/a> \u9648\u4e09\u9f0e, no. 8, ln 316,\u00a0Roosevelt Road Sect 3.
\n–Wisteria Tea House<\/a><\/strong>: an important place for Taipei’s intellectuals and political dissidents during marital law era.
\n–Kafka By the Shore<\/a><\/strong>: Hipster cafe
\n–Chiachia Hakka Restaurant<\/a><\/strong> \u5bb6\u5bb6\u5ba2\u5bb6\u83dc,\u00a010, Ln 2, Yongkang St
\n–Ah Cai’s Shop<\/a><\/strong> \u963f\u624d\u7684\u5e97,\u00a017, Ln 41, Renai Rd Sec 2,\u00a0+886 2 2356 9109: Taiwanese cze-char.<\/p>\n

Eating around Xinyi:
\n<\/strong>–Hogan Bakery<\/a><\/strong>, B2 Eslite Xinyi, 11 Songao Rd
\n–Good Cho’s Bakery<\/a><\/strong> \u597d\u4e18, 54 Songqin St
\n–San Yuan Dumplings<\/a><\/strong> \u4e09\u6e90\u5c0f\u7b3c\u5305,\u00a0Bellavita mall, B2, 28 Songren Rd: hilarious interpretation of soup dumpings including chocolate dumplings.<\/p>\n

Suggested Itinerary\u00a0Day 17: Day Trip to Shilin \u58eb\u6797, Beitou \u5317\u6295 and Danshui \u6de1\u6c34 OR\u00a0\u00a0Jiufen\u00a0\u4e5d\u4efd and Keelung \u57fa\u9686<\/h1>\n

There are two options for day trip:
\na. From Taipei, either take Keelung Bus Company<\/a> (NT$95) or train to Jiufen, made famous by Hou Hsiao-hsien’s City of Sadness<\/em> (1989), and walk on the old streets and teahouses and visit Fushan Temple<\/strong>. On the way back to Taipei, stop by Keelung for the famous Keelung night market<\/strong> which is also at the miaokou<\/em> (temple entrance) of Dianji Temple<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

b. We didn’t pick option (a) because we wanted to see the National Palace Museum<\/a><\/strong>, which is a must-visit, and Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines<\/a><\/strong>. They are side by side. Take MRT to Shilin, exit Zhongzheng Rd (north exit) and catch bus #304, #255, red #30, minibus #18 or #19, or culture bus #101. After the tour of museums, return to the MRT and take it further north to Beitou<\/strong> station to soak in one of the hot-springs<\/strong>. After soaking, go even further north to Danshui<\/strong> because of that song<\/a>.\u00a0 \u00a0In Danshui, visit Fort San Domingo<\/strong>, built when the Spaniards occupied north Taiwan from 1626-1641 but it was destroyed when the Dutch attacked in 1641. The Chinese gained control of the fort until 1868 when the British came. After the fort, walk along Gongming St<\/strong>, where the night market<\/strong> is.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

See: Round-Island Taiwan Itinerary Part 1a on Travel Info and East Coast, Hualien, and Taroko Gorge Part 1b on East Coast: Dulan and Taitung Part II on South Taiwan: Kenting, Kaohsiung, Tainan Part III on West Coast and Central Taiwan: Alishan, Sun Moon Lake & Taichung Also see: Chiobu and Yandao’s 4D3N Taipei Suggested Itinerary\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263488,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[49003,1495],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-taipei","category-taiwan"],"modified_by":"Rubbish Eat Rubbish Grow","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"trp-custom-language-flag":false,"newspack-article-block-landscape-large":false,"newspack-article-block-portrait-large":false,"newspack-article-block-square-large":false,"newspack-article-block-landscape-medium":false,"newspack-article-block-portrait-medium":false,"newspack-article-block-square-medium":false,"newspack-article-block-landscape-intermediate":false,"newspack-article-block-portrait-intermediate":false,"newspack-article-block-square-intermediate":false,"newspack-article-block-landscape-small":false,"newspack-article-block-portrait-small":false,"newspack-article-block-square-small":false,"newspack-article-block-landscape-tiny":false,"newspack-article-block-portrait-tiny":false,"newspack-article-block-square-tiny":false,"newspack-article-block-uncropped":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Rubbish Eat Rubbish Grow","author_link":"https:\/\/rubbisheatrubbishgrow.com\/zh\/author\/rubbisheatrubbishgrow\/"},"uagb_comment_info":13,"uagb_excerpt":"See: Round-Island Taiwan Itinerary Part 1a on Travel Info and East Coast, Hualien, and Taroko Gorge Part 1b on East Coast: Dulan and Taitung Part II on South Taiwan: Kenting, Kaohsiung, Tainan Part III on West Coast and Central Taiwan: Alishan, Sun Moon Lake & Taichung Also see: Chiobu and Yandao’s 4D3N Taipei Suggested Itinerary\u00a0…","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1DEqF-4gm","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rubbisheatrubbishgrow.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rubbisheatrubbishgrow.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rubbisheatrubbishgrow.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rubbisheatrubbishgrow.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/263488"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rubbisheatrubbishgrow.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16390"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/rubbisheatrubbishgrow.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18328,"href":"https:\/\/rubbisheatrubbishgrow.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16390\/revisions\/18328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rubbisheatrubbishgrow.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rubbisheatrubbishgrow.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rubbisheatrubbishgrow.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}