Ordered a few items. But the taste was quite ordinary.
After breakfast, took MRT to Shipai MRT Station (捷運石牌站). Then searched the location of the bus stop outside the MRT station, looked for the signboard with "小8" bus. I chose the wrong day to visit Zhuzihu, it was the last day of holidays in Taiwan. There was countless of tourists (either local or foreigner) chose to visit on this day too. Waited under sun exposure, nearly fainted. There are different number of buses accessing to Zhuzihu too. You may need to get your companion to ask the bus driver (do not leave the queue yet).
There was incident that a middle-age couple queued then followed the crowd by trying to get on another bus. Unfortunately the bus was not going to route Zhuzihu area. They tried 2 attempts to get on the bus, in the end they queued in front of us after failed attempt because our bus was approaching soon. Of course we as the queue liners got provoked with their act. The family before us asked them to queue up behind, I also voiced out loud. 小8 bus is actually a mini bus with limited seats.
Finally we are here at Zhuzihu. But looking at the first scene, I was quite disappointed because the calla lily plants look so scarce. It was not the same as shown in pictures on Google. Each field has its owner, entering the farm you need to pay for the entrance fee they specified. You can pluck stalks of calla lily too, different quantity different pricing.
I intended to visit Hydrangea farm at here too. Too bad it was not ready to open for public to view yet. Based on the statement on notice board, estimate it will be ready for viewing on the first of May until middle of July. I guess they were still waiting for full bloom.
We passed by a field with most beautiful calla lilies, decided to queue and enter. The entrance fee is much more expensive than others, the ticket can be redeemed for meal too. Since it was about time for lunch. We proceeded with it. If you do not want to have meal here, you can opt to pay the entrance fee for viewing only.
It was a long wait for our two dishes to be served. Luckily the taste worth the wait (or we were too hungry?). The cabbage was crunchy and sweet.
My mum loved the steamed fish. It was quite expensive for me. NT$550? Can't recall the price but the size of the fish was huge.
After lunch, we wandered in the farm and spent time to take pictures.
The moment we wanted to take bus on returning shocked us the most. I took the picture from where our queue was. The queue line was very ridiculously long. Took us another long hours to wait for our turn. So please avoid to visit this place during weekends if you are foreigner. Visiting on weekend during blooming season is notoriously packed and peak days at Zhuzihu.
Map to Zhuzihu:
Next stop, Shilin Night Market 士林夜市. Time to hunt for dinner.
Bought drinks from Chingshin 清心福全, my favourite brand of beverage in Taiwan.
I missed this steamed bun (sheng jian bao) a lot. This is a must-have at Shilin Night Market.
The vegetable flavour.
The pork meat flavour. Both are equally tasty.
This BBQ grilled abalone mushroom was quite a hype at Shilin Night Market. The queue was quite long, I was hesitated at first. At last still decided to get my mum to wait at side and I went on to queue for it.
NT$100 per bowl, can select two flavours to mix.
Not too bad. Slurp.. worth to give it a try.
This vendor was calling passerby to buy his chicken wings. I love chicken wings. Patronised him by getting one piece. He said it's quite a weird day because his business was very good normally. Hehe.. His chicken wings stuffed with rice, it was really tasty.
Walked pass this shop selling pepper bun 胡椒餅. Bought a piece to try too, in hoping its taste can compete with the famous pepper bun at Raohe Night Market.
My verdict, it's still can't beat the one at Raohe Night Market. The fillings was rather dry and not fragrant enough.
Map to Shilin Night Market:
Finally I'm done with this post. Time to go home for dinner. What's next... Tamsui and Raohe Night Market. Stay tuned!
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