[TW; 2023] Day 5 - Yangmingshan, Beitou, Tamsui
Day 4
Route: Yangmingshan National Park 陽明山國家公園 > Beitou 北投 > Tamsui 淡水 > 隱城•小城外Hidden City
Started the morning right with danbing for breakfast - it was an ultimate danbing: floss + ham + cheese!
1. Yangmingshan National Park 陽明山國家公園
Took the metro and changed to the bus for Bamboo Lake 竹子湖!
We came in spring time so it is the season for white calla lilies!
The sky is so blue and pretty!
We followed the signboards for the calla lilies path.
Fields and fields of flowers :)
Was hungry and we passed by this restaurant...
Stonehouse63 常青廬
It is probably the best choice we made, it is quite a popular place, better to reserve and not walk in!
Say hello to the restaurant dog!
We got an outside sitting which was great:
We ordered 2 dishes and they were sooooo good and filling - bitter gourd chicken soup and stir-fry brinjal:
The soup is really a must order - it was so nice that we takeaway the soup to drink. If you are coming as a group, it will be perfect to order a whole table of good food!
After feeling satisfied with food, we continued walking around the calla lilies path. 
We wanted to go and experience plucking of the flowers, but they have a minimum. Hence what we did was to purchase the flowers from a random stall:
I cannot remember how much was it - probably NT50 for 3 stalks or something. Not the cheapest we heard, some passbyer told us they bought it for NT10/stalk.
But was happy that I could carry them out for the whole day!
2. Beitou 北投
Took a bus down to Beitou and stopped by the Taipei Public Library Beitou Branch 臺北市立圖書館 北投分館.
Taipei Public Library Beitou Branch 臺北市立圖書館 北投分館
It was a great place to chill, enjoy and take photos!
What I love about Beitou... even the drainage looks so pretty.
We ended up walking to the Thermal Valley 地熱谷:
Thermal Valley 地熱谷
This place is popular and well known for its steaming, green-tinted sulfur hot springs.
Really impressive! And they have some "samples" where you can test out the water and temperature:
Exited the thermal valley and walked further up to the temple - it is rather Japanese style that you need to wash your hand before entering:
Puji Temple 北投普濟寺
I visited this temple many years back and everything still looks the same - simple yet traditional.
And last stop at Beitou was an impromptu decision... to go for a leg hot spring dip:
Longnice hotspring 瀧乃湯浴室
We had the whole place to dip our legs!
We are given a timer, so once it starts beeping you should get out of the place:
And the price come with drinks!
3. Tamsui 淡水
Tamsui is all about food!You cannot miss out the red bean cake at the entrance of the old street:
晴光紅豆餅
Super yummy with creamy fillings - red bean & custard always my must buy!
I don't know why, but tamsui means a cup of Sour Plum drink 酸梅湯!
And the famous fishball soup & a-gei:
Old Shop Tamsui Fish Ball 老店淡水魚丸阿給
I seriously don't recall this stall to be that popular - it shows how long I haven't been to tamsui! I had to queue for 15-20 minutes for a takeaway (it was a weekend).
It was just average? I was hungry and ordered a pau too, it was also average
The evening river view:
4. 隱城•小城外Hidden City
隱城•小城外Hidden City
The sides were delicious and the drinks were good too! Recommended if you just want to wind down the day with a friend or two.
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