After a delightful lunch at Dong Dah Steaks, we went back to the Becon Hotel. We checked in and had arranged a taxi to the Lavender Cottage Xinshe (熏衣草森林). It was 3pm and the Lavender Cottage closed at about 6.30pm, so we thought that we could still go and visit the place before it got dark at around 5.30pm.
At 3.40pm, we asked the hotel staff to book a taxi to the Lavender Cottage. At 3.50pm, we boarded the taxi to the Lavender Cottage. We were quoted NT2000 for to and fro the Lavender Cottage. It was actually NT900 to the place but we requested for the taxi driver to bring us back to the Hotel and was quoted NT2000 for the round trip. It was quite a scary ride as the roads to the Lavender Cottage were very narrow (only one vehicle is able to pass) and the taxi driver was driving very fast.
We reached the place at 4.55pm (about 1 hour journey). We bought the tickets, NT100 per pax but came with NT50 x 2 vouchers which could be redeemed with purchase. We bought 2 ice-creams at NT50 each.
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| Soaps and souvenirs |
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| Can't remember what this shop is selling... |
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| Desserts |
At 6.15pm, it was completely dark. We made our way back to Hotel in the taxi. It was not as scary because at night, you could tell whether there were cars coming by the headlights from the approaching vehicles.
At 7.20pm, we reached our Hotel.
At 8.15pm, we went to Fengjia for dinner and then continued shopping... The Fengjia night market is just right beside our hotel. It is also near to the Fengjia university. As it is near to the university, you can see a lot of young people gathered in this night market. There are many food that you can try and things that you can bargain and buy. But try to be nice when you are bargaining, you will get better discount.
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| Feng Jia Night Market |
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| Papaya Milk drink |
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| Grilled Cuttlefish |
Fried mushroom was our favourite. It was healthy and not so oily. You must try this and you may get addicted to the taste. Try to eat them while they are still hot. When they are cold, the taste is not so great.
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| Fried Mushroom and vegetable |
The lazy people shrimps/prawns were quite popular some times ago. The shrimps were grilled and you didn't have to remove the shells to eat them. I didn't try them as I was quite full from eating other food.
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| Lazy people shrimps |
You can also find pork knuckle here. I was thinking of buying one but again, I was too full.
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| Pork knuckle |
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| Red eye roll beef |
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| Scallop |
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| Grilled Scallop |
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| Shopping at Fengjia Night Market |
This queue was for the 大肠包小肠. There were two stalls that claimed that they are the first original vendor. I just joined the queue that was fast-moving as I didn't want to waste my time queuing up. I guessed both tastes should be almost the same and I bet that I wouldn't be able to tell the difference.
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| Queuing up for 大肠包小肠 |
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| 大肠包小肠 |
This is quite filling and I recommend that you try this last or share with your friends or family members. Unless you are very hungry, you should be able to eat it by yourself.
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| 大肠包小肠 |
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| Grilled snails |
There are many shops that you can find discounted prices. The shoes are quite nice here but I don't think they can last. We bought some shoes but they wouldn't last in our climate.
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| Shopping |
There are many cute helmets here. You can buy one for your children when you are riding a bicycle.
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| Cute helmets |
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| Wall stickers |
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| Cute puppy |
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| Dessert shop |
At midnight, we went back to Hotel. More exciting journey ahead, visit
Day 5.
