Taiwan - Day 10 (Taoyuan)

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We checked out from Chang Gung Hostel at 12pm and left our luggage at Alan's factory. His mum brought us for lunch at this ramen restaurant. I have no idea what ramen flavour that I order because the menu is all in Chinese language. I assumed my partner had the original Tonkotsu ramen while I had Tonkotsu ramen with black garlic as there's a strong garlic aftertaste. Our ramen comes with pork slices, green negi, black fungus, bean sprouts and dried seaweed. Ramen texture is just perfect for me.



豚將拉麵林口長庚店


Restaurant ambience


Original Tonkotsu ramen


Tonkotsu ramen with black garlic


Address:
豚將拉麵林口長庚店
No. 19, Lane 212, Fuxingyi Rd,
Guishan District,
Taoyuan City, Taiwan 333


Alan's mum walked us to Global Mall and along the way she bought us a cup of milk tea with grass jelly from Coco. The milk tea is mild in taste and not too sweet.



Coco - Milk tea with grass jelly

Address:
Coco
No. 62, Fuxing 1st Rd,
Guishan District,
Taoyuan City, Taiwan 333


Global Mall Taoyuan A8 is located in Guishan District and MRT Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Station is just next to the mall. There's an express train from Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Station to Airport Terminal 1 and 2. 



Global Mall Taoyuan A8


24 hours book self service station


Address:
Global Mall Taoyuan A8
No. 8, Fuxing 1st Rd,
Guishan District,
Taoyuan City, Taiwan 333


We had our tea break at Family Mart. My partner bought his favourite sausages and a packet of Ben's favourite milk tea. I'm a huge fan of trying different, interesting ice cream in each country. So I had this wild strawberry ice cream from Shapetime fruit and it's really good! Not too sweet and the ice cream comes with chunky bits of strawberry. It's creamy, rich and flavourful.

Total bill - NT$ 108



Fuxing N Rd


Family Mart


Milk tea - NT$ 10 and Taiwan sausage - NT$ 39


Shapetime fruit wild strawberry - NT$ 59


Shapetime fruit wild strawberry


Address:
Family Mart
No. 43, Fuxing N Rd,
Guishan District,
Taoyuan City, Taiwan 333


We walked back to Alan's factory and he brought us to this shaved ice shop just 1 minute walking distance (50m) from Chang Gung Hostel. Instead of dining in, we decided to take away. There's variety of toppings for you to choose from. We choose five toppings - black pearls, jelly, black sesame, tangyuan with black sesame fillings and pudding. Our shaved ice comes with brown sugar syrup which is not too sweet. We had it with black sesame mochi bought by Alan's mum earlier. It's really good. Mochi is soft and chewy, filled with peanut paste.



Alan's dog named Money


圓香紅豆湯(龜山店)


Restaurant ambience


Toppings


Shaved ice


Shaved ice with brown sugar syrup topped with black pearls, jelly, black sesame, tangyuan with black sesame fillings and pudding


Address:
圓香紅豆湯(龜山店)
No. 116, Wenchang 3rd St,
Guishan District,
Taoyuan City, Taiwan 333



Black sesame mochi


Alan dropped us at MRT Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Station and his mum insisted to accompany us to the airport via the express train. She is very hospitable and we are extremely thankful for their kind hospitality. We took the express train at 5.07pm (MRT fare - NT$ 50 per person) from Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Station (A8) to Airport Terminal 1 (A12). The journey took approximately 13 minutes and after sending us to the airport we bid farewell to Alan's mum.

You can apply for a tax refund at the airport. Proceed to the tax refund kiosk before you go to the tax refund cash counter. Since our flight departs at 8.50pm, we have plenty of time to shop at the airport. We went through a 25 minutes immigration process and by 7.25pm we are walking towards our departure gate.



Express train to Airport Terminal 1


Express train to Airport Terminal 1


Airport Terminal 1


Tax refund kiosk


Tax refund cash counter


X-ray scanner on check in luggage


Hsin Tung Yang snack shop


Taiwan snacks


While walking towards our departure gate, we saw this Homee Kitchen and decided to have our dinner there. The restaurant was packed but luckily we found a place to sit. I had braised beef noodles soup set while my partner had braised pork chop rice set. I kinda like their beef noodle soup. Beef broth is flavourful and noodles texture is just right for me. Beef is tender but comes with tendons as well. My partner loves his rice and cabbages. Our set comes with mango pudding but it's a bit too sour for my liking. He bought a can of Italian oranges sparkling drinks but turned out bitter.

Note: NT$ 1 = RM 0.14



Homee Kitchen


Restaurant ambience


Paging buzzer system and Italian oranges sparkling drinks


Braised beef noodles soup set - NT$ 290


Braised pork chop rice set - NT$ 240


Our flight departs on time at 8.50pm. The journey back to Kota Kinabalu International Airport (KKIA) took approximately 3 hours and 15 minutes. Surprisingly the flight is very empty. In-flight meal is served around 9.20pm and I had fried vermicelli with chicken. Vermicelli is salty and chicken taste is very strong. Overall my food doesn't taste good. Luckily we had our dinner earlier. Basically that wraps up our 10-day Taiwan trip...



Airport Terminal 1 praying rooms


Airport Terminal 1 A2 boarding area


In-flight meal

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