This blog is on vacation.
À tout à l'heure! (See you Soon!)
just saying.
Galileo is on the second floor of Dulcinea. |
You can arrive hungry, because they will serve you chewy bread and dips. |
We decided to try it for New Year's Day so I wore red for good luck. |
Sofia with Lola Yaya. The place was very quiet we were the only customers. |
Me and Ads, Photo Credit: Sofia |
We ordered Italian Sausage with Peppers. |
This was really good with the chewy bread. The small morsel packs in a lot of flavor! |
Fried Calamari is always a hit with Sofia and Timmy, but in fairness, this was good Calamari. |
Sofia was rationing the Calamari for her Ninong. |
We ordered the four cheese pizza. |
It was good when it came out of the oven, but not really worth the calories when it starts to cool. |
I think we also ordered the Tutta Carne (All Meat). |
Timmy and Ady's favorite is the Risotto con Porcini Mushroom and Truffle Oil, but I find that this dish just smells so much better than its taste. |
Over-all it was a good meal, just a bit lacking on meat, but easily addressed by grabbing a box of 10 Chicken Nuggets, for us to snack on from McDonald's. |
Raclette that's just about ready to be served. |
from the Raclette and Wine Night at Oakwood |
This is my new toy. |
Can you believe it? It's only $16.95! |
My bill from Santis was more expensive than the Grill. Hahaha. |
I asked them to slice more for me because I wasn't sure 1 pack would be enough. |
The only catch with the grill is that its 110v. |
There's a detachable top grill. |
Let the cooking begin! |
This was the first one we tried! Wheeeee! My toy works! |
My parents with Auntie Celita and their cousins. |
This time I joined them. Photo Credit: Sofia |
The heat on the top grill isn't too intense. I had to cut up the sausage so we could eat it before everyone went home. |
Entrance to Shilin Night Market |
We went to Shilin on our first night, so my tired daughter had not yet recovered from our flight that arrived at 1am. She only naps in cabs. |
The street is lined with game booths similar to those in a carnival. |
This one was really funny. Even Sofia woke up to look. Go Angry Birds! Knock out those pigs! |
Before we entered we saw this cart with candied fruit kebabs. |
It looked interesting but we didn't get to try it because we wanted dinner first. Plus the vendor holds them with no gloves! |
For dinner, we headed straight to the Hot Star stall for XL Fried Chicken Chops (NT$55 or Php 80). The line was so long it was snaking. |
This was when we got closer. |
Ooooh, look at that yummy pile of Chicken Chops. |
The Chicken Chop was bigger than my face! |
Beside the Chicken Chops Place, there's a juice stall with a different Bitter Gourd variety (which they juice). Ady just ordered the classic Lemon Plum Juice (lemon juice with kiamoy). |
Then a few more stalls down is the giant sausages. |
NT$100 for a few slices, served with raw garlic. Go figure. My dad thinks we were ripped off, but it was still good. |
Yummy. |
It looked very busy, with the seats provided by specific eateries. |
It also looked more like a wet market than a modern food court. |
Though there was cooked food, we decided it was just too stressful. |
The fruit looked so good but we were all so full. They serve the strawberries with condensed milk. They also had the green round fruit that is common in Vietnam. |
They stuff cherry tomatoes with prunes. |
Everything looks really yummy. They also give you free taste of cut fruit when you pass. |
Giant Balimbing (Starfruit) |
The guavas were so huge. I have never seen ripe huge guavas before because in our house, my dad likes eating it before it gets ripe. |
Beside the row of fruit stalls, there are also game booths for kids. Sofia was dying to play, but I told her she can only play if she was a good girl while we shopped. |
The local kids like catching fish. |
While the adults were catching shrimp. |
It seems like shrimping is quite a fad. |
They have a small grill where you can cook the shrimp that you catch. |
There were a lot of stalls with cutie stuff. This place has bags that are a cross between rootote and Cath Kidston. |
These bags can pass for a Medium Roo. |
Can you spy a bag inspired by the Celine Lugage Tote? |
They managed to make a Gucci 1970 in Blue! I didn't know it even came in that color. |
There were also stalls with adult merchandise. |
and of course, the usual souvenir shirts. I didn't see an "My --- went to Taiwan and all I got was this lousy shirt!" |
There were a lot of spoof shirts. |
We bought a lot of the cute socks and patterned tights. |
Papa and Sofia like it when there are seats beside the stalls we shop in. |
Aside from the Main Shilin Market, there are also a lot of alleys and side streets around with food and shops. |
I wanted to buy this for me and Fi, but it wasn't cheap. Sayang for the Phils were there is no winter. |
There was also a massage place there they massage your shoulders by pounding you with a bundle of what looks like sticks. |
I heard there were also places where they massage you with a Cleaver (as in real Knives!) but this one was at the underground mall of Taipei Main Station (NT$220 or Php330 for 10 minutes). |
Brown Sugar, Ginger, Dried Longan anyone? |
It might go well with the Prawn Crackers that were popped, not fried. |
We were also very intrigued by this stall called "Wow Frog eggs". |
It looked like they had lime and Jelly but I don't really know what Frog Eggs look like. |
The whole street is lined with food stalls. |
They had grilled isaw (pork intestines), just like the ones in UP. |
The Cixian Temple was originally built in 1796. |
A lot of the people used the steps of the temple as their picnic place after buying food from the stalls nearby. |
Me, Ady and Fif in front of the temple. |
Sofia's first game was where you roll the golf balls. |
Happy to play. |
She was very happy when she scored a 10 instead of a 2. |
Anyway, we found a travel game that I don't think I've seen in 168. |
Sofia was happy to play with it, so that makes it worth it. But next time, we'll go straight to buying a toy. No more useless games with no prize. Hahaha. |