要买，要快哦！ (day 4)

Breakfast at one of the shops in Hua Shan Market near YMCA Taipei. Took an MRT and alighted at Shandao Temple Station. It took more than one hour to buy the well known soybean drink, baked/fried biscuits and all. Very terribly long was the queue. Next stop: Ximending - shoppers' paradise. Shoes at extremely reasonable prices! You should also see the queue in front of a cinema. Shops at Ximending open quite late at around 11-11.30a.m.

The picture with an orange building on the right is where we went after Ximending. Wufenpu caters normally for clothing suppliers. Most of the shops selling clothes do not allow trying, so it was quite hard to buy any clothes unless you're certain about your size.

The blue plastic coin is a one-way MRT ticket! Efficient system. All you need is to touch it on a scanner (something like Touch n' Go) and you're off. When you arrive, just slot in the coin to pass through. No worries over having folded your stored value ticket! haha.

Next stop: Shilin Night Market, where the food comes into action. Very crowded streets. Good thing the weather wasn't hot enough to make you crabby. Pearl milk tea is indeed authentic! Chocolate, Passion fruit-nata de coco mix, they're all very nice! And cheap! less than RM4 for a big cup. There wasn't too much ice also!

Stinky Toufu stinks. Fried ones are more bearable compared to those that came with soup together with shitake mushrooms, beef and veggies. augh!!

Do try the humongous deep fried chicken chop! The 'lap-cheong' was fine also. No we did not try pig's blood cake.

One lesson learnt: be thankful of the cheap fruits in Malaysia! We paid RM50 for a few packets of fruits at the stall below.

Okay, back to hotel.