Hello Everyone,
Today, we are going to cover the Liao Mayor Black Tea Store and the Sun Moon Lake Boat Ride that we went to when we were at Sun Moon Lake in Taiwan.
Sun Moon Lake is extremely popular for its Black Tea. In fact, if you have family members, relatives, or friends who loves drinking tea, then you must buy Sun Moon Lake‘s Black Tea for them. I was told by our driver that Alishan is famous for its Oolong Tea, Sun Moon Lake for its Black Tea, and Cing Jing for its Green Tea. Well, since my dad is a fan of black tea, Baby and I decided to check out Liao Mayor Black Tea Store in Sun Moon Lake.
The entrance to Liao Mayor Black Tea Store.
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| From Day 2 Taiwan 2012 [Jacqueline’s Perspective] |
With decades of experiences in making the finest black tea, you can be rest assured that the tea you purchase from Liao Mayor is of the finest standard and quality.
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| From Day 2 Taiwan 2012 [Jacqueline’s Perspective] |
Here’s where the tea leaves are being processed.
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| From Day 2 Taiwan 2012 [Jacqueline’s Perspective] |
Parting shot at Liao Mayor Black Tea Store.
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| From Day 2 Taiwan 2012 [Jacqueline’s Perspective] |
Anyways, if you are not sure what kind of tea to purchase, you can take your time and sample the tea leaves they are selling. There are no obligations for you to make any purchase to try their tea and that is a plus point.
This was what we eventually got for my dad.
So after checking out the Liao Mayor Black Tea Store, we journeyed by car for about 20 minutes to Sun Moon Lake.
When we reached the vicinity of Sun Moon Lake, we had lunch at one of the restaurants that our driver recommended.
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| From Day 2 Taiwan 2012 [Jacqueline’s Perspective] |
Baby fooling around while waiting for our dishes to arrive.
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| From Day 2 Taiwan Holiday 2012 [Melvin’s Perspective] |
Here are the dishes that we ordered. In fact, we ordered the smallest portion but its still quite a lot!
Some Vegetable Soup [you see the white thingy and the yellow thingy? they’re a type of edible vegetable and flower respectively that is unique to Sun Moon Lake].
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| From Day 2 Taiwan 2012 [Jacqueline’s Perspective] |
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| From Day 2 Taiwan 2012 [Jacqueline’s Perspective] |
Fried Tofu with Vegetables
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| From Day 2 Taiwan 2012 [Jacqueline’s Perspective] |
Dragon Beard Vegetable [we’ve heard of Dragon Beard Candy but not Dragon Beard Vegetable. Since it was something new to us, we decided to give it a try].
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| From Day 2 Taiwan 2012 [Jacqueline’s Perspective] |
Steamed White Chicken
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| From Day 2 Taiwan 2012 [Jacqueline’s Perspective] |
Fried Rice
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| From Day 2 Taiwan 2012 [Jacqueline’s Perspective] |
After the rather filling meal, we then went to purchase our tickets for the Sun Moon Lake Boat Ride which cost us $300 TWD [approx. $12.75 SGD] per person. If you’re planning to have a meal before the boat ride, it is highly recommended that you don’t eat so much because Baby and I almost “merlioned”/puked.
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| From Day 2 Taiwan Holiday 2012 [Melvin’s Perspective] |
Onboard The Ship!
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| From Day 2 Taiwan Holiday 2012 [Melvin’s Perspective] |
There are many different boat companies that operate the boat ride. So, choose one which has lesser people so that you can take all the pictures that you want with no obstruction.
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| From Day 2 Taiwan 2012 [Jacqueline’s Perspective] |
Baby look like a model hor?!
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| From Day 2 Taiwan Holiday 2012 [Melvin’s Perspective] |
Some photographs taken during the boat ride.
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| From Day 2 Taiwan 2012 [Jacqueline’s Perspective] |
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| From Day 2 Taiwan 2012 [Jacqueline’s Perspective] |
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| From Day 2 Taiwan Holiday 2012 [Melvin’s Perspective] |
That’s Ci En Pagoda from afar! We will be covering Ci En Pagoda in our next blog entry.
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| From Day 2 Taiwan 2012 [Jacqueline’s Perspective] |
And we finally arrived at Ita Zhao.
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| From Day 2 Taiwan Holiday 2012 [Melvin’s Perspective] |
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| From Day 2 Taiwan 2012 [Jacqueline’s Perspective] |
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| From Day 2 Taiwan Holiday 2012 [Melvin’s Perspective] |
While waiting for our driver to fetch us to Ci En Pagoda, we took the liberty to walk around the night market and bought some Muah Chee to satisfy our cravings.
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| From Day 2 Taiwan Holiday 2012 [Melvin’s Perspective] |
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| From Day 2 Taiwan Holiday 2012 [Melvin’s Perspective] |
And guess what, we found out that our accommodation for the night was just around the area. How perfect!
So anyways, because there are just so much things to cover about our trip to Taiwan; in our next blog entry, we will be covering the Ci En Pagoda and also the Ita Zhao night market. Thereafter, we will be blogging about our stay at Skylight BB, a rather chic and contemporary boutique accommodation!
Stay tuned to more updates from us!
God bless!