Cijin Island (旗津) is an island off of Taiwan (which, as many of you know, is also an island). The last time I came to Cijin Island was about 3 years ago. I rode on a ferry from Kaohsiung’s port and then arrived where the market was (similar to night markets) and we spent most of the time …
So I had no idea that ferris wheels were so popular here in Taiwan until yesterday when we went to see two separate giant ferris wheels. One was at E-DA Mall (義大 遊樂世界), and the other was at Dream Mall (夢時代購物中心).
The Dream Mall (夢時代購物中心) in Kaohsiung is not only the largest shopping mall in Taiwan, but also the largest in East Asia. Unfortunately we didn’t stroll very long, as we came here after a whole day of sightseeing around Kaohsiung, and we were ready for some food in our tummies.
As you probably already know, Taiwan is an island. So it is not at all surprising that seafood is as common as any other food here. For example, here’s what I had for lunch at the food court of a mall called New Century (大統新世紀) yesterday:
As some of you might already know, I’m a fan of the Paleo diet. It basically consists of everything I like – meat and veggies, and it cuts out all the BS (I count processed foods as BS). Well, as part of this whole meat thing, I’m also a huge fan of some free-range organic …
First day of Taiwan and we start out with one of my favorite breakfast here. I had some Bacon Dan Bing (蛋餅), which is basically Eggs and bacon cooked in a crepe type deal. You can also put some sweet soy-sauce like sauce on it and it makes it this mouth-watering breakfast: