Alright down to my last 2 days of the Taiwan journey. Warning: This post contains pictures of hot, wet topless guys and it is advisable to prepare some tissues for the inevitable flow of your sex juices or a bucket to catch your vomit..
Had been hearing rave reviews about Addiction Aquatic Development leading up to the trip, a supermarket style restaurant that sells quality seafood at reasonable prices. Since it was coined Taiwan's version of Tsukiji market, we couldn't miss it.
A 10 mins walk away from the nearest mrt Xingtian temple, it was jam packed with tourists, mostly from Japan.
At the entrance, there's a guy dressed like some hitman, wearing an earpiece and looking badass.. just to sanitise our hands. He doesn't know who you are... but he will find you and he will kill your germs.
The first section is a huge selection of fishes and crustaceans on display "wet market" style.
It's pretty crabby in there.
King crabs!! The only other species with long legs that arouses me.
What's more impressive is the absence of fishy smells and how clean the market feels.
Boxes and boxes of uni, which is actually the gonads (testis or ovary) of a sea urchin.. fuck we've been eating sea urchin sperm.
We proceed on to the exciting part, the ready to eat items where you have to battle it out with other customers for the best buys.
There are chefs stationed around to prepare your choice of seafood, but at extra costs than just picking up the prepared food items.
Over $200 for 1kg? Sorry i poor 吃不起.
Shamefully crawled back to the area offering more affordable options.
Besides seafood, they also have tempting alternatives for meat lovers
Some of which were very tough to resist. That whole grilled unagi was cockteasing me so badly...
Chawanmushi with half a crab submerged inside. Talk about extravagant.
A fish with skin like roasted duck. What sorcery is this?
It's.. so.. beautiful... i just want to lie down on all of them and make them my personal salmon mattress. And this is where i spent the next 10 mins comparing which box has the thickest and fattest slices like a true blue Singaporean.
Observe all the competitors trying and failing to snatch my salmon away from me. Hands off my babies you monsters.
Almost seduced by the thick chunks of meaty king crab legs to snap up a box of them for around $90, but then i remembered i'm poor and can only afford ntuc crabmeat.
Attractive desserts for those with a sweet tooth
Not so attractive desserts... Those baby alien fetuses wrapped in a seaweed are some of the most unappetising shit i've seen in awhile.
And here is where you checkout your stuff... ok let's not kid ourselves here i was just sniping the girl in white.
Jh and Kl opted to dine at the in-house sushi bar where the chefs hand prepared each one in front of them. Chio presentation but from their feedback, it was only average. Lacked the hand warmth from sushi chefs in Japan.
Jh's salmon aburi sushi topped with onions that his mom used to force feed him for lying when he was young. A true love-hate relationship in one sushi.
Kl attempted to hype up the miso soup to make themselves feel better about their wrong life decisions. Good try, but not convinced.
For the rest of us, we proceeded to the standing dining area after paying for our loots. There were no shortage of tables and we found one easily even amidst the crowd.
Our hand picked delicacies after much deliberation. That's a beautiful spread if i do say so myself.
What we thought was cod, was actually a european flatfish. The flaky, tender meat was delightful.
Thick slices of salmon belly sashimi, sweet giant scallops and some assorted sushi to fill up the tummy. The quality and freshness of the seafood is top notch, this place is definitely worth a visit.
With our testicles emptied over that outstanding lunch, we went to visit Xingtian temple to pray for our potency back.
Felt as if we warped back in time to 还珠格格 era.
Very lost on how to 拜拜 just like when we went on a date to loyang dua pek gong.. So we just stood aside watching people commune with gods.. Totally not creepy at all.
Stumbled upon a roadside muah chee stall with a long queue and we had to find out what's the hype. Little did we know we were going to find the best mochis of my life from this unassuming alley.
These giant sticky balls were generously stuffed with fillings, with 6 flavours to choose from. They were very substantial though, eating 3 of them will make you feel as if you ate through a buffet. P.S Don't try to eat them in one bite. I almost died to a mochi ball that day because i was too confident of my deepthroat skills.
Next up, Xin Beitou for our virgin hot spring soak after missing out on it in Japan.
Totally assumed it was a baby inside the carriage until i took a closer look. Cyn that's you in 30 years.
Located near the foot of Yangmingshan, the Xin Beitou area is much more tranquil and peaceful compared to downtown Taipei.
Dark clouds foreshadowing another day of drizzling, but it will take much more to stop our hike. Like a typhoon blowing signboards off and decapitating our heads. That would stop us.
With plenty of hot spring resorts around the area to choose from, we decided to have a wander around before committing to one (commitment issues).
Pictured above: Beitou hot spring museum and Kl's face perfectly expressing how much interest we have in the history of bathhouses.
The only public bathhouse we encountered but it was a memorable sight. Intrigued that it costs less than $1 SGD, we walked in, saw old people piled like zombies in the pools and u-turned out. One of the cases where cheaper does not necessarily mean better.
Suaku never see before steaming hot water trickling down the longkang. Fog of war IRL
Rocks turned green from the sulfur in the water.
The beautiful thermal valley, with eerie sulphuric fumes enticing you to go near, yet emanate warnings that falling in will be absolutely fatal.
The undertaker is going to appear and tombstone piledriver us any moment now.
Spent time wondering how long a person would survive inside and if we would have enough time to make it out before the burns and pain shuts down our bodies. Welp, only 1 way to find out...
Yc taking his new instagram display picture while thinking about his little bagel back home ;)
Kl if you use this disturbing picture as dp i will report everyone of your social media accounts.
Bears a resemblance to a couple of porn directors filming us at the right angle
Ultimately, we decided on Beitou hot spring resort. After the eyerape we suffered at the hands of the public bathhouse, we wanted to make sure we were going to get a luxurious, private one.
Rates were about $20 for a 2 hour soak. Reasonable or kenna tok we also don't know, just glad that we don't have to be fully nude and see each other's privates.
Since none of us wanted to have threesome with Reagan and Jl, the 4 of us took one bath while the couple did their unholy stuff in the other.
The private bath is split up into hot and cold baths, and you're supposed to keep switching between them to balance your body temperature and achieve zen or some shit, i don't know. The lack of scenery is also sorely disappointing so we were just checking each other out the whole time.
Kua simi lan jiao? Wu ji lai 一根烟时间 play tug of war sparring using nipples.
Kl summing up the hot spring experience. The hot spring water bath was boiling hot and we felt like pork being stewed into a tonkotsu broth. And then we have the cold bath on the opposite side of the spectrum, which instantly made my nippuro harduro.
Obviously nobody wanted to stay in the freezing cold tub, so eventually all of us snuggled into the hot tub which was pretty fucking gay. But it doesn't count as long as our balls doesn't touch right? The soak got boring quickly, as there literally wasn't anything to do except submerge yourself in water and talk cock with each other. We ended slightly earlier to stop our skin becoming wrinkly like our scrotums.
Using a hairdryer to blow dry washed potatoes, folding and buttoning up a shirt neatly before washing, using air conditioner to dry his underwear. How can someone be so resourceful, but yet so retarded at the same time?
Relaxing over the complimentary cakes and drinks, which was way more enjoyable than the previous 2 hours. Maybe the minerals did have an effect but we didn't feel any difference. Hmm.. come to think of it, my foreskin did feel smoother while masturbating over the next few days...
Giggle more la. Kenna snipe also 不知道 tsk tsk. It's time to head over to our final night market of this trip, and the most famed one yet.
Didn't know your mom was performing ping pong show that night. She needs to work on her aim.
Wet night market but unwet girls who are all covered up. Devastating.
The perfect night market food: Deep fried mushrooms. Yummy, not too filling and difficult to go wrong.. unless Jh orders it.
Crispy batter chewy mushrooms. Great snack to start of a wonderful night market tour!!
Or so we thought. A heavy rain poured down on us and we had no choice but to continue with umbrellas, which is extremely inefficient as it only leaves you with 1 hand to makan.
The geniuses in us told us to seek refuge at a nearby sheltered section with lots of specialty stores. Penis cakes would make good souvenirs for the folks back in office since they love eating dicks.
Then our great intellect empowered us to conjure an even more brilliant plan. Why not dine on some steaks while waiting for the rain to stop? Wtf why are we so smart how is it even fair to everyone else?
Had to apologise profusely to everyone, because i lost control of my reproductive organs again when these beauties were served to our table. That sizzle makes me want to jizzle. Really good value for money, with steak, pasta and egg all for SGD $7.
Their next door neighbour is the well known Hot Star chicken cutlet which started the 炸鸡扒 hype.
Loses out to their 恶魔 counterparts on tenderness and juiciness, but still way tastier than the SG branches.
The Shilin variation of Le Castella cakes that is currently so hyped at Tampines 1. There are plain and cheese versions, and our divided opinions over which is better almost destroyed our friendship.
The precision and concentration while slicing the wobbly cake, that steam when he penetrates into it.. It's not just a cake cutting ceremony, it's a performance.
These freshly baked sponge cakes were extremely fluffy and fragrant. At half the price of the Castella cakes here, it's an absolute steal.
Reagan taking on a memory game using mahjong tiles. Our MJ king Ck would have been proud.
Long queue for some barbecued corn on a stick. Aptly named carbon barbecue, every corn is roasted over a hot bed of charcoal.
Thumbs up lan. Chao ta and salty salty one. Not nice.
Favourite papaya milk in Taiwan. A cup a day and your cup will never be A.
After 6 days of being frustrated by the claw machines, it's our turn to watch people being cheated by these money sucking machines.
Yc vs Kl round 2, betting their 终生幸福 over a game of shooting hoops.
Sick of getting drenched and with more than half of Shilin covered, we decided to dabao supper and head home.
Yes i would like some peaceful like harsh soup. Next level translations that make zero sense.
Never could resist the Taiwanese version of cold soba. Sesame sauce and noodles just go so well together.
Ensured that the yakitoris were really sold by 原住民 before purchasing. I have a few tanned friends hor don't think you skin black black can scam me.
Some soft desserts for Jl, as she already gets plenty of hard desserts from Reagan ;)
And some avocado milk to wash it all down. Thought the final supper hunt would be more epic than this, but on a cold rainy night, this will have to do.
Supper buddies assemble for one last time! Feasting beside someone's dirty socks yet again.
The $3 fried rice from the shop with bad english translations was disappointingly average. Officially blacklisted as the "cannot spell, cannot cook" shop.
Nom nom 7 eleven marinated soft boiled eggs goes well with the refreshing cold noodles.
Also some leftover re-microwaved sponge cakes for dessert. It's so dangerously addictive that you instinctively want to nibble on more no matter how stuffed you are.
Spending the last night watching tv (and porn channel) together, chit chatting away, reluctant to go to bed. But all good things must come to an end, and this Taiwan blog series is ending very very soon.
- End of Day 7 -
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