Taiwan Trip - Day 1 (21 April 2011)

We are now at Singapore Changi International Airport waiting to board our flight to Taiwan - Taipei. We are travelling with Cathay Pacific and will transit in Hong Kong. 

SIN -> HKG -> TPE. It's a long 屁屁 torturing flight journey ahead. (- _ - ;;)

We finally reached Taipei Taoyuan International Airport @ 1740hrs. We will be heading to YOMI Hotel (优美饭店). It is 5 - 8 minutes walking distance from Shuang Lian Station (雙連捷运站) . We were given very clear directions from YOMI Hotel to take Da You Bus (大有巴士 which cost NT90) from the Airport Bus Terminal and alight at Ambassador Hotel Bus-stop (台北國賓大飯店车站). We then walk for 5 - 10 mins to the hotel and remember, it's the direction towards 7-Eleven.

YOMI Hotel is easy to find. When we arrived at the hotel, we were welcomed by their friendly staff and clean hotel rooms. We booked a Twin and Triple room. The triple room is cosy enough for 3 adults. 

Triple Sharing Room

Double Sharing Room

Drink Bar

Bathroom

Bathroom

After checking in, as it was already dinner time, we decided to just check out the nearby surrounding. From the internet, we read that there is a night market nearby and asked the hotel staff for directions. It was Ning Xia Night Market (宁夏夜市).


Ning Xia Night Market is a small night market that is mainly selling food. We walked around to check out the stalls before deciding on what to eat. About half of the stalls have sitting area for eating while the other half do not have. If you settle on one, it is usually ok for you to order "some" food from another stall and eat there. We had 鲁肉饭, 炒青菜， 豆干 and 葱炒蛋. 

Ning Xia Night Market (宁夏夜市)

宁夏夜市应有尽有

鲁肉饭

炒青菜

豆干

Just a very simple meal and then we bought some other snacks back to the hotel to continue eating - 煎水饺，牛肉卷, 鸡肉卷, 大肠包小肠 and 地瓜球. 

煎水饺 

牛肉卷 and 鸡肉卷

大肠包小肠

地瓜球

We were all bloated after finishing all the food and yes, we went to bed with a very very big stomach.


YOMI Hotel (优美饭店) website link : http://www.yomihotel.com.tw/