Monday, November 9, 2009

Jiufen 九份 台灣

Jiufen near Taipei, a village located on the northeast coast of Taiwan. Jioufen is a mountain town, the roads that lead there are mostly steep, curving, narrow lane.  It was a gold mining town that reached its peak under the time of Japanese rule in Taiwan during Japanese colonization. We are planning to re- visit Jiufen by next week, if the weather is good. Jiufen is a quaint town with lots of specialty foods set in a beautiful mountain overlooking the ocean.
Also Jiufen is side-by-side shops, snacks, souvenirs, tea shops, restaurants and is a food paradise. Then we found this Chinese restaurant (Ximung Ren Shen 戲夢人生)  its easy to see when you just enter from the narrow crowded street. And we take a break and wander around to look the old paintings "City of Sadness."or you can sit on the back terace over looking mountains & ocean scenery.  With just a couple of snacks & drinks on your table. But they offer only a full chinese meal. No cakes, cookies or sandwich to enjoy the tea time. It is strange for us to order a fried egg with radish omelette and steamed chicken with beverage. Since we want to eat the steamed chicken we don't care at all if its fit for afternoon tea.
*Foods*
Steamed chicken
Fried egg omellete with dried chinese radish
Cranberry juice
Guatemala coffee

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