Sunday, May 24, 2009

Taipei : Dansui & Fishermen's Wharf 淡水漁人碼頭

Dansui Fishermen's Wharf 淡水漁人碼頭 :

Fishermen's Wharf walking area is a boarding point on the Northern Coast Blue Highway, as well as a new Dansui tourist attraction. Convenient communications, green lawn, trails, the white lover bridge and the coffee shop.

To go to the Fishermen's Wharf, one has to board the boat at the Boat dock. The boat will depart every 20 mins to Fishermen's Wharf.


Pic above : Dansui Lover Bridge 淡水情人桥.


To find fresh seafood is not a problem as most of the people's income are base on the catch from the sea. There are also the local fishermen sell their catch - anchovies ( ikan bilis) near to the pier. Look at the picture below, those anchovies are having "sun bath" on the walking street.


Dansui Old Street 淡水老街:

Everyone must have also seen the “Old Street” once walked out the Danshui MRT station to the riverbank. What brings thousands of visitors daily to this tiny town is not just the food but also the gorgeous view of Dansui River. Now the sidewalk becomes a popular spot for a romantic dating or great weekend afternoon family time.There are so much to see along the walking street, from hawker food stalls, souvenir shops and so on. What we really interested are the local food, ie, taiwan sausages, stinky taufu and so on.


We stopped by at this souvenir shop named " Ti Hu Master". They offer a few famous local titbits i.e. Sampan Seaweed pancake and Tu Hu Tiedan. I bought some to try.

You can see the "black iron eggs" (extra hard boiled eggs) everywhere in Dansui.
There are so many things to eat here. So we don't even need a proper lunch. Along the way, we had tried the Taiwan sausage, pink guava juice, girlled sotong, sotong balls and so on, until i have no hands to hold anymore things, not to mention to hold the shopping stuffs.


Thumbs up to Taiwan Sausage!
On the way to the jetty, we were attracted by their shop signage which is selling famous fish balls. So we walked in to try. There are stuffs inside the fish ball, served with soup.


Taiwaneses are very creative!!. This fellow can make a person's face exactly with our face with his hands. Besides that, there are a few of artiests who offer potrait drawings. I'm interested, but too many young lovers are waiting so i give up and continue my "find food" journey.


Pic below: another stall which is selling Taiwan sauage. But, this stall offers 3 combinations of different favourite sausages. Thumbs up!!


Skewed deep fried sotong, with wasabi powder.


Combination of ice-cream at NT$10. Look nice, but its not tasty at all. Sorry, i thrown away after a few licks.

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