Fong Chia Night Market (逢甲夜市) at Taichung - Taiwan

Our driver dropped us at the junction of FuXing Rd & FongChia Rd (N24.178803 E120.645136), and we started to hunt for our dinner....

Dedicated lane for motorcycle at Fuxing Rd, Taichung.

Fong Chia Road, Taichung

We noticed the the Lane 20 of Fong Chia Rd (N24.178985 E120.645696) has many food stalls around, which is part if the Fong Chia Night Market (逢甲夜市), so decided to have our dinner here...

Lane 20 Fongchia road, Taichung - Taiwan

Wah! There were many food stalls in the lane, and we were confused what to try....as you can see from the photo below...all kind of foods available! Certain stall really interested! Like this one at the bottom right of the photo below...:)

Food stalls along the Lane 20 - Fong Chia Road, Taichung

Colourful Sports Shoes!

All of us agree to had the Oyster Vermicelli for the first hit...and I ordered mine with extra intestine...

Oyster Vermicelli + Intestine = YUMMY!

I don't know whether because we were so hungry or the vermicelli was so Delicious?! I finished mine within 3 minutes! YUMMY! We were NOT done yet! It was just the first meal of the night market...

Noticed many stalls selling Deep Fried Chicken Chop along the street, our temptation told us...Don't reject it! And we found one of the stall with long queue...and grab one of it!

The Chicken Chop stall with some write up...

We chose this stall because of the queue...

The friendly boss of the stall, he was A Good salesman! Haha!

Waited about 10 minutes...we got our chicken chop!  
It was served in pieces in a small paper bag.

I like the sauce, but the chicken was average...(TWD50)

After we finished the chicken chop, we walked to the main road - Fuxing Road. There are more shops and food stalls along the road too!

Fuxing road (福星路), Taichung.

Some interesting food stalls...'Wolf Sausage'??!! Wah! I doubt....

The Wolf Sausage stall @ Fuxing road, Taichung

We didn't try on it, well...we bought the Big Sausage & Small Sausage opposite of the Wolf Sausage stall. :)

The Big Sausage and Small Sausage stall

Surprised! It was delicious too! I like the mixture of some cucumber, onion and others...

The Taiwan Sausage - TWD40

About few hundred meters away from Fongchia road, we came to another junction and saw this...

Welcome to Fong Chia Night Market (逢甲夜市)

I believe this was another part of the night market in Wenhua road. We tried not to miss any lane here and so...just simply explore the street!

Fong Chia Night Market (逢甲夜市)

Colourful slippers!

The interesting helmet stall. Which is your favorite? :)

As I look on top of me, there are cables Flying everywhere! Haha!

The cables on top of my head...

We discovered another Flagship Night Market within the night market! Interesting! Night market within night market.

Privilege parking

We explored the night market until midnight and I bought a few cans of Taiwan beer back to hotel.
We called it the night!

Full Of Angry Birds!

Related post :-
*  My Taiwan Trip on May, 2011

Location map of Fong Chia Night Market at Taichung, Taiwan

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Evergreen Laurel Hotel (長榮桂冠酒店) at Taichung, Taiwan

The Evergreen Laurel Hotel (長榮桂冠酒店) (N24.15930 E120.65698) is located along Section 2 - Tai Zhong Gang Road, Situn District of Taichung, Taiwan.

We had been arrange to this hotel for a night before Sun Moon Lake by the Travel Agent. Once the driver (Mr Yew) picked us at the airport, he drove us all the way from Taoyuan International Airport to Evergreen Laurel Hotel. The journey took about 2 hours...

Evergreen Laurel Hotel at Taichung, Taiwan

We reached the hotel around 10.30pm. And all of us were starved! So we did the check in as fast as we can and had our dinner at Fong Chia Night Market that I'm going to blog about it in my next post.

The night view of the Evergreen Laurel Hotel

The umbrellas for customers by the hotel management...

So let me show you the Hotel Lobby...

On my right...

The check in counter with the friendly ladies...

I noticed this special fan just right after we stepped in from the main entrance...maybe it's for winter?! Have you seen this type of fan before?

Unique fan for blowing hot air during winter?

Once we had done with the counter, we proceed to the room...

Nice and clean pathway before our room...

Our room...

Two single beds

Complimentary fruits...

Complimentary water and coffee...

The bathroom...

Clean bathtub provided. Too bad I don't really have time to enjoy it! We checked out on the next day early morning...

In the next morning, we woke up around 7am and had our buffet breakfast (included in the package) in the restaurant of the hotel...

The restaurant of the hotel

The restaurant is spacious and variety of foods provided...we were Really Full! :)

The Breakfast by the Hotel

We took our time to enjoy the breakfast because we still had plenty of time before the driver arrive...

My breakfast for the first morning in Taiwan

I'm not really explore around the hotel because of the limited time. But the hotel gave us a Very Clean & Neat impression! And also the Polite and Friendly staffs! I like it!

Before we leave, I notice this Cute 'Lucky Tiger' statue beside the main entrance of the hotel.

"Don't Touch Me!" the small signage stated...

We were on the journey to Sun Moon Lake after checked out, well it was a long journey for us...

If you like to get more information of the Evergreen Laurel Hotel, please visit their official website below...

Evergreen Laurel Hotel - Taichung, Taiwan

No. 6, Section 2, TáiZhōngGǎng Rd, Situn District
Taichung City, Taiwan 407
Tel : 04-2313-9988

Official Website

Related post :-
*  My Taiwan Trip on May, 2011

The Location Map of Evergreen Laurel Hotel at Taichung, Taiwan

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My Taiwan Trip on May, 2011

Visited Taiwan (Taichung & Taipei) for 6 days 5 nights trip on May 2011. My flight (CI 754) was from Singapore to Taoyuan, Taipei. And this was my first experience with China Airlines, anyway...not much different from others Airlines.

Checked in at Changi International Airport - Terminal 1, Singapore.

On China Airline CI 754

Everyone is provide with a LCD monitor, I watched 2 movies on the flight...

The flight took 4 hours and 20 minutes from Singapore. Once we reached Taoyuan International Airport at Taipei, and after the custom clearance...it was already dark...(sunset at Taipei 1835hrs)

Our transport brought us directly to Taichung from the Airport. Our Taiwan itinerary as below...

Day 1
*  Check in to Evergreen Laurel Hotel - Taichung
*  Dinner and hang out at Fong Chia Night Market (逢甲夜市).

Day 2
*  Check out Evergreen Laurel Hotel after breakfast
*  Heading to Xinshe Castle (新社古堡) for photography session.
*  Lunch at Master of Mushroom Restaurant (菇神), XieZhong St - Taichung
*  Scenery along the way from Taichung to Puli Township.
*  Zhong Tai Chan Monastery (中台禪寺), Puli Township (埔里鎮)
*  Che Cheng Train Station (車埕火車站)
*  Heading to Sun Moon Lake (日月潭)
*  Check in to Miracolo Hotel (米洛克飯店), Sun Moon Lake (日月潭)
*  Dinner at Ah Yong Restaurant, Sun Moon Lake (日月潭).
*  The night of Shuishe town(水社).

Day 3
*  Sun Moon Lake photography session after breakfast at Hotel.
*  Shuishe Jetty (日月潭水社碼頭).
*  Syuan Guang Temple (玄光寺-日月潭).
*  Ita Thao (伊達邵) Village.
*  Millet Wine (小米酒) Museum.
*  Wenwu Temple (文武廟), Nantou County.
*  Lunch at Xin Tian Yuan Restaurant (新田园).
*  Puli Brewery (埔里酒廠) then heading to Taipei
*  Check in to Grand Victoria Hotel (維多麗亞酒店), Taipei.
*  Shilin Night Market (士林夜市)

Day 4
*  Gugong National Palace Museum (國立故宮博物院)
*  The Martyr's Shrine (忠烈祠)
*  Lunch at Yehliu (野柳)
*  Yehliu Geopark (野柳地質公園)
*  Jiufen (九份) Village
*  Dinner at Taipei

Day 5
*  Guang Hua Digital Plaza (光華商場), free and easy
*  Xi Men Ding (西門町) free and easy

Day 6
*  Back to Singapore.

Actually it seems like a photography trip to us...and we were satisfied and enjoyed this trip to Taiwan very much! Especially with a group of friends who were in same Hobby. I will blog about all the places I visited in the following blog post...

The LCD screen display Live from the plane's front camera.

Another visit to Bar Banyan, Johor Bahru.

Visited the Bar Banyan (N1.46569 E103.74381) after sometime...you can refer my previous visit here. The Bar is located along Jalan Abdul Samad of Johor Bahru.

This time the Bar surprised us with the Totally new Look! It expended and renovated with Nice Decoration! At first, the dining area became much more comfort and spacious. But I'm yet to taste the food, will do it soon. :)

Bar Banyan dining area.

You can have your dinner here and some beer after the meal in the Beautiful Bar.

Once we stepped in to the Bar area, the attractive decoration appeared just in front of us! The area is Cool and Relax...

Soft music was playing to provide relax environment...it's one of the enjoyment with beer after a hectic day...

The Pool table area is wide and comfort enough. Wanna have a game? :)

At the second session (which is extended area), it's a low sitting area. Where you can rest yourself on the comfortable sofa with low lighting.

The second session of the Bar

I like the 'Bird Cage' lighting very much!

Beside the 'Bird Cage', there were also some other special & unique lighting in the Bar...

The Unique lighting in the Bar

We appreciated the Owner - Mr Fann who put in his effort to create such a Beautiful & Relax area within Johor Bahru. Another good reason for us to visit this Bar is...the area won't be over crowded and noisy! Well, at least after many times in our visit. And I called Bar Banyan is One of the Beautiful Bar in JB.

After the drinking area, let me share some photos of the Bar Counter...

The Decorative Bar Counter of Bar Banyan

The Friendly Bartender...

The beer and hard liquor

The Bar serve beer, liquor and wine. They have a special wine room for customers who want to keep their wine in the Bar. Beside the nice environment, the staffs are friendly too!
Visit it and have a mug or two if you happen in the area. :)

This is one of the Cool hangout place in Johor Bahru area and also one of my Favorite Bar!

The Location Map of Bar Banyan at Johor Bahru.

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