Day 3 taichung - shopping

*back dated entry*

today we went to try something new = DIY 太阳饼!!! i am quite interested in baking so i really look forward to do some DIY stuff in taiwan... my friend made a booking with 九个太阳 as i think they are one of the store, if not the only store that allow customers to DIY their own 太阳饼....

the famous 九个太阳 store

the store is actually next to some bank.. i think 1-2 stops after the 火车站, is a walkable distance

 for the DIY 太阳饼 class, each person need to pay 150NT but you will get back 8 太阳饼, so indirectly you are buying them.... the good thing about this class is that, is free & easy meaning they will open a class even with just one person but i believed there will be a quota for a specific timing too.... the classroom is situated at basement, just beside the store... i was really excited when i stepped into the kitchen but the actual thing was slightly disappointing... i was expecting to start making from scratch but actually all we did was to roll the dough, put the filling inside & flatten the dough.... that's it... the whole process probably took about 5-10min.... but oh well... at least tried something new

my master piece

after flattening the dough, you will just leave it there and come back about 1-2hr later to collect it...

final product... 2 more 太阳饼 from the chef demonstration so 150NT for 8 太阳饼

while waiting for 太阳饼, we went to tried the 日出ice cream... the last time my bf went to taiwan, i ordered their cakes & some pineapple tart, i think the taste was ok but packaging is amazing!!! super nice!!!

one of their popular outlet

the store interior

nice packaging

different types of chocolate

more chocolates!!!

looks like book shelves right??? NO!!! they are not... those "books" are the different packaging...

really love their packaging... wanted to buy some stuff but as all the food are perishable, we cant buy any since still have another 10days before we fly back to SG.... but... we went to try their ice cream

another outlet, just down the road

all the different ice cream!!!

the different types of toppings

all the flavours

really spoil for choices.... but in the end we chose chocolate & mulberry with cheesecake, pineapple tart & shortbread topping

tada, my ice cream

i think the ice cream tasted just average but i do like the large variety of flavours to choose from...

after we went to the city hall area to see some bear display that my friend wanted to see... again.. we took bus  #88 to mitsukoshi....but first... fill our stomach

lunch

is some dumpling with glass noodle thing we found at mitsukoshi basement... one of the cheapest food there, about 150NT/pot... 2 pots is enough for 3 pax but may not be the super filling kind... after that was the search for the bears...

some of the bears photos that i took... after awhile i lost interest... according to my friend, there are supposed to be 121 bears in 4 locations... my friend really took picture of all the bears she can find... super hardcore ar....

after digging for the bears, we were tired & went to a nearby shopping center for dinner... it was 新时代广场 or something, just behind the train station.... inside there have carrefour & quite a large variety of stores which we were too lazy to explore...

dinner... 99NT

loot for the day

mayuyu coffee!!! yeah!!!

so that ends our day.... more of just roaming around... we went back to hotel early to pack up & rest as tmr we have to wake up early to go 清境！！！