My shots from the observation deck at the top didn't come out so great because of fog or smog or something, but inside you could look at the tuned mass damper - cool! It's not open to the public in most buildings.
After that we walked over to a memorial building built for Sun Yat-sen, the 'father of the Republic of China'
There are scooters everywhere in Taipei. There must be millions of them. I shot this on the way to the paper museum, which I don't have pics of, but we learned about paper-making and got to make our own! Then we ate the most amazing steamed buns filled with leeks and onion from a lady on the street (about 50 cents for a bun the size of your fist) and I also got a container of extremely ripe papaya (below) mmmmm.
At this point we were going to visit the science museum but it was closing (thanks a lot Lonely Planet). We were right next to the night market so we decided to just walk over a little early. Found all the vendors setting up, and a little temple.
First food of the evening - candied strawberries (and grape tomato)
This is the part of the market that is actually a covered entity - Shilin Market. The streets next to this building were also crammed with stores, food carts, and vendors of clothing & various crap that rolled their carts and displays out onto the sidewalks.
When we got there things were just getting started...
What we saw the most of: fruit juice/fruit stalls, things on skewers, lots of soup and noodle dishes, fried things, sausages, etc etc. Anyone know what this bumpy fruit is?
Things I tried: chicken on a stick, some bites of Evan's sausage, steamed dumplings, milk tea with boba, and (below) half a chicken that was pounded flat, fried, and covered in seasoning. Really really good. Oh and later a big cup of cut mango (for digestion!). Overall the selection of food wasn't that shocking. Delicious, yes.
-K
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