Taipei Zoo + Market Cafe

1 week ago i was planning to visit Taipei Zoo because of Panda 'Yuan Zai'! Guess what, we were there yesterday! =D

 Arrived Taipei Zoo Station.

Stir fry in Taiwan

Stir fry is a rapid way of cooking dishes in food culture. It usually appear in night market and the supper area. There are plenty types of cooking method such as stir fry, sweet and sour, san bei sauce (三杯), braised, steam and etc. The price normally start from 60 to 120 taiwan dollars, and it attract guest easily. 

Half Way Trekking

I started my training yesterday since my friends were asking me to join their jungle trekking team once I back to Malaysia. Toucheng Leisure Farm have a very good environment and hills for training. 

 The entrance of Toucheng Leisure Farm

Rice Paper Butterfly

When I was looking for some idea to put in the interns blog, and I found something interesting in butterfly farm. I am so scared of worm but this is so cute! 

How cute the caterpillar with colorful body!

Wu-Lao-Keng Mountain Stream

Time flies like an arrow and i am leaving in 5 weeks time.

Kumquat Jam Making Day!

Yesterday i was allocated to help making kumquat jam in DIY section. My colleagues told me that kumquat can manufacturing into plenty types of product such as kumquat vinegar, kumquat juice and kumquat jam, and we were making kumquat jam. The way of making kumquat jam is very simple, what we need is just kumquats, malt sugars, and a blender.

Keelung City Trip

Yesterday i was followed my colleagues to Keelung. Keelung is famous for the MiaoKou Night Market. Keelung is the biggest city on the northern coast. The night market offers various types of dishes and most of the foods are my favorite too!

Sky Lantern and Pizza

Just in case the next intern student have to participate in teaching Sky Lantern and translator, here is some of my sharing with you to make your work easier.

Sheng Yang Aquatic Plants Farm + Yilan night market

3 days ago I was accompany my colleague to Sheng Yang Aquatic Plants Farm to attend a talk. This was the second time i come to Sheng Yang.

 They are making some experiments to test the water plants living in different conditions. 

 My favorite water plant! Marimo a.k.a moss ball

Look at the aquarium, how green and lush it is!  

 Wonder what plant it is? It have a pearl on top of the grass.

 It look like a uninhabited island under the water.

 Water plant cuisine, black tea jelly serve with water plants sauce. 

On the way back to Yilan train station, we went for dinner in the night market. The night market is just opposite the train station.   

16 oz of steak! it really big! The staff recommended medium cook and it taste good! 

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My friends took me to Luo Dong yesterday to extend my Visa. Since we were in Luo Dong, my friends suggested that we should to try the famous meat soup in Luo Dong, Lin Chang meat soup (Rou Geng 肉羹). Rou Geng is a Taiwanese common snack dish consisting mainly of boiled pork and fish paste which is shaped by hand, Chinese white cabbage and bamboo sprouts. Geng (羹) refers to a range of thick soup, usually containing starch which makes the soup translucent and smooth.

                                                

 Taiwanese Lin Chang meat soup (林場肉羹), it is so delicious! If u are greedy like me, one bowl is definitely not enough for us! One more please boss!

We went to The Cottage Village (山寨村) to visit one of our ex-colleague after get my extended Visa. The Cottage Village is a monster legend theme restaurant (Red Giant [赤魁]). with bakery inside. 

Garlic and Herb Potato Wedges

Sunshin spring onion pizza

 Tiramisu from R.Den Bakery, it just located next to The cottage Village.

Dinner time! Single portion of steamboat! It just cost NT100!