Wednesday, May 30, 2012

White-chans Go Tour Liaoz comics #3



Click on comics to enlarge. Don't say I didn't say hor.

Monday, May 28, 2012

White-chans Go Tour Liaoz comics #2



Click on comics to enlarge. Don't later come back and complain we make you blind hor.

Saturday, May 26, 2012

White-chans will never say anything bad about Xiaxue



Nope, White-chans know how a famous blogger Xiaxue is, how influential her blog is, how many fans she has, and how nothing escape her eyes on the internet. Especially when you say something bad about her. She'll catch you faster than Wonder Woman changes.

So White-chan knows not to be kisiao and decide to say something bad about her. Mice are not good grave diggers, especially if it is their own graves. But White-chans do know if they write a post about Xiaxue and her revenge now, it will drive traffic to their newspapers. Oops, sorry typo, I mean blog.

Friday, May 25, 2012

White-chans Go Tour Liaoz comics #1


Click on comics to enlarge. Unless you got Superhero eyes can see such fine prints.

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

White-chans Go Tour Liaoz - Akan Datang


Look out for it!

White-chan in Taiwan - Jioufen 九份 is overcrowded with tourists!

九份 is supposed to be romantic. That is why Tony Leung went all the way up the mountain to shoot the movie 悲情城市. But now, 九份 is flooded with too many tourists to be romantic. My Taiwanese friend was suggesting that we should stay a night in 九份 and wake up to see the sunrise. That is the time when 九份 is most romantic and beautiful, and no tourist to try to pose for picture in your view. That can be a plan, cause 九份 shouldn't be remembered as a noisy touristy place.



And we had to be there during a weekend... But still, there are some quiet places in 九份 hidden away from the tourists. You just have to keep walking into the 老街, all the way to where you see the mountains, then walk down the stairs. That is where you see how 九份 is supposed to be like.

Jiufen 九份

Jiufen 九份

Jiufen 九份

Jiufen 九份

Jiufen 九份


Jiufen 九份

Of course 九份 is more than just a romantic town in the mountain. It is also famous for popular local food like 鱼圆, 芋圆, 草仔粿, 红糟肉圆 etc... There are so many stores selling these food but you can definitely tell which is the store to go to by looking at the queue!



White-chan is not a fish ball person, but these fish balls are really good! They are Q but not too hard at the same time, and you can taste the freshness of the fish! The 福州鱼圆 was White-chan's favourite, with generous filling of fresh meat in the chewy fish ball!

Jiufen 九份 鱼圆

The other must-eat here is the 芋圆. They are Q (yes, everything in 九份 is Q...) and tasty! You can taste the green tea in the green tea flavour one, sesame in the sesame flavour one, sweet potato in the sweet potato flavour one... you get what I mean!



When we were at 九份 previously, it was Winter time, so we had the hot 姜母茶芋圆. This time it's summer, so we had the ice syrup version. But we still prefer the hot 姜母茶芋圆!

Jiufen 九份 芋圆

Jiufen 九份

Jiufen 九份

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Monday, May 21, 2012

White-chan in Taiwan - Digging for gold at Jinguashih 金瓜石

To go to 金瓜石 and 九份, you have to take a train to 瑞芳 station, then take a bus. But please note that the bus stop just outside the 瑞芳 train station is for buses coming down from 金瓜石, the actual bus stop to go up is at the police station which is a couple of blocks left of the station, across the road!

瑞芳 train station

金瓜石 used to be a gold mining town, so you can imagine how prosperous it used to be! Now there is no more gold to be mined and the town has been developed into a tourist area. Which means... expect lots of tourists!

Jinguashi 金瓜石

The major attraction at 金瓜石 is the 本山五坑 tunnel. This is a short tunnel that used to be part of the series of tunnels built in the gold mines. It is rebuilt and wax figures are placed inside to explain how gold mining used to be like. With audio explanation at each station, illustrating each process in gold mining, this is quite an educational tour!


















Jinguashi 金瓜石

Jinguashi 金瓜石

Jinguashi 金瓜石

Jinguashi 金瓜石

Jinguashi 金瓜石

Jinguashi 金瓜石

Jinguashi 金瓜石

Besides 本山五坑 and its museum that contains the world's biggest piece of gold, there are a couple of other attractions at 金瓜石, most of them are old buildings left by the Japanese, like the living quarters of the Japanese officers, and even the house for the Crown Prince when he visited! Jinguashi 金瓜石

Jinguashi 金瓜石

And then there is this 黄金神社 which is way up on a hill. After climbing hmm... some... staircases, you will see a few 鸟居 and a few pillars... yes, that is what's left of the once majestic 黄金神社... but hey, at least the view from up there looks good!






















Jinguashi 金瓜石

Jinguashi 金瓜石 黄金神社

Jinguashi 金瓜石 黄金神社

Jinguashi 金瓜石 黄金神社

Jinguashi 金瓜石 黄金神社

Jinguashi 金瓜石

Jinguashi 金瓜石

Thursday, May 17, 2012

White-chan in Taiwan - You have to love these street foods from Wanhua Night Market 華西街 and 廣州街

You know, the best time to go to 龍山寺 is in the evening. Haha... not because the crowd is lesser during that time, because 龍山寺 is always super crowded with local and tourists. It is because if you go in the evening, you can go to the nearby night market for your dinner! And you can find lots of good food there simply because most of these shops are older than you or me!

豐原排骨酥麵






















I heard that this famous 排骨酥麵 is from Tainan and when it first started out in Taipei, the crowd was overwhelming! And I can understand why, because it was really that good lor! Apparently they fried the pork ribs till it is crispy, then steam it in 高汤, then when you order they cook the noodles separately and pour the pork ribs in 高汤 into the noodles! That's why the pork ribs are so fragrant, the radish so sweet and the soup so thick and tasty lah! If you ask me, NT70(SGD3.20) is not expensive at all!

Wanhua Night Market 華西街/廣州街 - 排骨酥面

北港甜湯






















We were so lucky. Really. If the 魯肉飯 store that we wanted to eat at was not closed for the day, we would have lost the last piece of 麻糬 in Ah Mah's pot. The NT35(SGD1.60) 燒麻糬 is supposed to consist of 2 big 麻糬, but when we reached the shop, Ah Mah found only one piece left in the pot, and she had to replace the missing one with lots of little 麻糬. So when the customer immediately after us ordered 燒麻糬, she had to tell him it was sold out for the day! Heng ah! Ah Mah's 麻糬 is so Q you can pull it like 30cm away from your mouth, and together with the crushed peanut, double confirm you'll never go back to those Singapore pasar malam 麻糬! White-chan will literally bite if anyone try to snatch away that last piece of 麻糬 lor!

Besides 麻糬, the other must-have dessert has to be the 芋頭湯. The yam cubes just melt in your mouth and the soup was so super thick and fragrant! Urghhhh... why are there no 芋頭湯 in Singapore?!?

Wanhua Night Market 華西街/廣州街 - 燒麻粟

Wanhua Night Market 華西街/廣州街 - 芋頭湯

蚵仔煎























We saw this 蚵仔煎 at the end of 廣州街 that was super crowded and looking at the generous number of oysters the towkay put into the omelet, we knew we had to have it. It was actually the best 蚵仔煎 we had so far! Even more impressive than the one we had at 鹿港 previously! The omelet was crispy, the oysters big and fat, and the sauce was just nice, not too sweet or overwhelming! Can forget about those fried oyster omelet in Singapore liao lah!

Wanhua Night Market 華西街/廣州街 - 牱仔煎

Wanhua Night Market 華西街/廣州街 - 牱仔煎

寶字號香菇豬腳




























Yes we know we're not doing the 豬腳 justice by tapao'ing back instead of having it hot on the spot. But we were already very full liao leh... But guess what, even when it is cold, this 豬腳 is still nice! The mushroom taste is still strong and fragrant, and the 豬腳 skin and meat is chewy but not too hard. Yes at NT50(SGD2.30) for this small box it doesn't seem cheap, but I'm sure if we had it on the spot with a bowl of rice we would have gone to heaven!

Wanhua Night Market 華西街/廣州街 - 鹵豬腳