{"id":6942,"date":"2015-01-20T23:01:50","date_gmt":"2015-01-20T15:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/2015\/01\/20\/taiwan-2014-day-3-ii-hualien-%e8%8a%b1%e8%93%ae-zhiqiang-night-market-%e8%87%aa%e5%bc%b7%e5%a4%9c%e5%b8%82\/"},"modified":"2015-01-20T23:01:50","modified_gmt":"2015-01-20T15:01:50","slug":"taiwan-2014-day-3-ii-hualien-%e8%8a%b1%e8%93%ae-zhiqiang-night-market-%e8%87%aa%e5%bc%b7%e5%a4%9c%e5%b8%82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/2015\/01\/20\/taiwan-2014-day-3-ii-hualien-%e8%8a%b1%e8%93%ae-zhiqiang-night-market-%e8%87%aa%e5%bc%b7%e5%a4%9c%e5%b8%82\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan 2014 Day 3 (II) &#8211; Hualien \u00e8\u0160\u00b1\u00e8\u201c\u00ae &#038; Zhiqiang Night Market \u00e8\u2021\u00aa\u00e5\u00bc\u00b7\u00e5\u00a4\u0153\u00e5\u00b8\u201a"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> 17 January 2014 Friday<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>17:10 PM Sunrise BnB @ Hualien \u00e8\u0160\u00b1\u00e8\u201c\u00ae<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2014\/Travel\/201401_Taiwan\/Day3\/02\/M1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A. Nanfang\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ao Observation Deck \u00e5\u008d\u2014\u00e6\u2013\u00b9\u00e6\u00be\u00b3\u00e8\u00a7\u20ac\u00e6\u2122\u00af\u00e5\u008f\u00b0<br \/>\nB. Sunrise BnB @ Hualien \u00e8\u0160\u00b1\u00e8\u201c\u00ae<br \/>\nTotal Distance | Driving Time: 103.0 KM | 2 hr 33 mins<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2014\/Travel\/201401_Taiwan\/Day3\/02\/IMG_5224.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We finally arrived in Hualien \u00e8\u0160\u00b1\u00e8\u201c\u00ae in the evening and checked into Sunrise BnB. It is highly recommended online and we went ahead to book the rooms directly since I had no time to do further research. The BnB is managed by a friendly couple, who also has a young daughter. The rooms are clean and tidy but there is no radiator! It would be better if the rooms were warmer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2014\/Travel\/201401_Taiwan\/Day3\/02\/IMG_9849.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The lobby<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2014\/Travel\/201401_Taiwan\/Day3\/02\/IMG_9853.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Our room<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2014\/Travel\/201401_Taiwan\/Day3\/02\/IMG_9855.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2014\/Travel\/201401_Taiwan\/Day3\/02\/IMG_9857.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Simple toilet&#8230; Only remembered it was extremely cold inside.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2014\/Travel\/201401_Taiwan\/Day3\/02\/IMG_9862.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Leaving to explore Hualien \u00e8\u0160\u00b1\u00e8\u201c\u00ae. R was the driver for the night.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2014\/Travel\/201401_Taiwan\/Day3\/02\/IMG_5222.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">She was downgraded to the back seat&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>18:15 PM \u00e5\u2018\u00a8\u00e5\u00ae\u00b6\u00e8\u2019\u00b8\u00e9\u00a4\u0192\u00e5\u00b0\u008f\u00e7\u00b1\u00a0\u00e5\u0152\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2014\/Travel\/201401_Taiwan\/Day3\/02\/M2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A. Sunrise BnB @ Hualien \u00e8\u0160\u00b1\u00e8\u201c\u00ae<br \/>\nB. \u00e5\u2018\u00a8\u00e5\u00ae\u00b6\u00e8\u2019\u00b8\u00e9\u00a4\u0192\u00e5\u00b0\u008f\u00e7\u00b1\u00a0\u00e5\u0152\u2026<br \/>\nTotal Distance | Driving Time: 3.4 KM | 8 mins<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2014\/Travel\/201401_Taiwan\/Day3\/02\/IMG_9865.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">First destination was the famous \u00e5\u2018\u00a8\u00e5\u00ae\u00b6\u00e8\u2019\u00b8\u00e9\u00a4\u0192\u00e5\u00b0\u008f\u00e7\u00b1\u00a0\u00e5\u0152\u2026 in Hualien \u00e8\u0160\u00b1\u00e8\u201c\u00ae.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2014\/Travel\/201401_Taiwan\/Day3\/02\/IMG_9866.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2014\/Travel\/201401_Taiwan\/Day3\/02\/IMG_9867.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We were seated at the back of the cramped and crowded restaurant.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2014\/Travel\/201401_Taiwan\/Day3\/02\/IMG_9869.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00e5\u00b0\u008f\u00e7\u00b1\u00a0\u00e5\u0152\u2026 &#8211; which look different from the usual \u00e5\u00b0\u008f\u00e7\u00b1\u00a0\u00e5\u0152\u2026.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2014\/Travel\/201401_Taiwan\/Day3\/02\/IMG_9870.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Balls<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2014\/Travel\/201401_Taiwan\/Day3\/02\/IMG_9872.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Think this was sweet &amp; sour soup. Couldn&#8217;t remember.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2014\/Travel\/201401_Taiwan\/Day3\/02\/IMG_9874.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00e8\u2019\u00b8\u00e9\u00a4\u0192<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2014\/Travel\/201401_Taiwan\/Day3\/02\/IMG_9876.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Not bad, but not fantastic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>19:20 PM Zhiqiang Night Market \u00e8\u2021\u00aa\u00e5\u00bc\u00b7\u00e5\u00a4\u0153\u00e5\u00b8\u201a<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2014\/Travel\/201401_Taiwan\/Day3\/02\/M3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A. \u00e5\u2018\u00a8\u00e5\u00ae\u00b6\u00e8\u2019\u00b8\u00e9\u00a4\u0192\u00e5\u00b0\u008f\u00e7\u00b1\u00a0\u00e5\u0152\u2026<br \/>\nB. Zhiqiang Night Market \u00e8\u2021\u00aa\u00e5\u00bc\u00b7\u00e5\u00a4\u0153\u00e5\u00b8\u201a<br \/>\nTotal Distance | Driving Time: 2.5 KM | 7 mins<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">At Zhiqiang Night Market \u00e8\u2021\u00aa\u00e5\u00bc\u00b7\u00e5\u00a4\u0153\u00e5\u00b8\u201a for our 2nd round of feasting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2014\/Travel\/201401_Taiwan\/Day3\/02\/IMG_9885.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2014\/Travel\/201401_Taiwan\/Day3\/02\/IMG_9889.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Long queue at the corn stall. It must be good.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2014\/Travel\/201401_Taiwan\/Day3\/02\/IMG_9893.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Black Pepper Steak with Spaghetti<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2014\/Travel\/201401_Taiwan\/Day3\/02\/IMG_9902.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Back to the corn stall&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2014\/Travel\/201401_Taiwan\/Day3\/02\/IMG_9904.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00e5\u008f\u2018\u00ef\u00bc\u0081Each customer is given an order number printed on the back of the mahjong tile.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-content\/photos\/2014\/Travel\/201401_Taiwan\/Day3\/02\/IMG_9906.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Verdict &#8211; we didn&#8217;t like the soggy and soft corn.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/travel\/\">View my entire TRAVEL list<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date: 17 January 2014 Friday 17:10 PM Sunrise BnB @ Hualien \u00e8\u0160\u00b1\u00e8\u201c\u00ae A. Nanfang\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ao Observation Deck \u00e5\u008d\u2014\u00e6\u2013\u00b9\u00e6\u00be\u00b3\u00e8\u00a7\u20ac\u00e6\u2122\u00af\u00e5\u008f\u00b0 B. Sunrise BnB&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6942"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6947,"href":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6942\/revisions\/6947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}