Today we head to Beitou(北投) for the hot spring. We chose the hot spring based the review online as well as the stars of the hotel offering the hot spring. The result is the Grand View Resort Beitou (北投丽喜温泉酒店). They offer a free shutter service from Beitou(北投) station to the hotel, it is just a 5-8mins ride.
The hotel does have a very atas (aka grand) feel on top of a mountain overlooking the greeneries. We head to the reception to check in to the room for our hot spring. They only have 8 rooms catered for non-hotel guest so do book in advance if you intend to head there especially on weekends. We chose the biggest room to pamper ourselves.
This is the Li Chi (麗池), costing NT$3,200. The time given for the choice of the Li Chi is 120minutes. There is a living area, a small pantry behind the tv partition, a huge cupboard beside the pantry and of course the hot spring tub with bathroom and toilet.
Remember not to fill the whole tub with spring water as it is scorching hot.
I was very disappointed with the hot spring, with such a atas place and high price tag I am expecting a hot spring tub overlooking the nature from the top of the mountain. However all the 6 rooms are actually facing a road outside the lobby of the hotel and you are often disrupted by the buses and cars passing by; a total turn off.
10mins before the time is up we got a call from the reception that we have only 10 mins left. We left the hotel on their free shuttle bus to 新北投 station.
It time for lunch, we headed to a shop recommended by shi shang wan jia (食尚玩家) for their famous beef noodles.
We ordered a bowl of beef noodles and a bowl of sesame oil chicken noodles. The chicken noodles taste very good, the portion of chicken is pretty generous, the broth is very rich in taste and noodles with the right texture not too soggy nor tough. My partner said that the beef noodles is quite good but not the best she had tasted. After filling our stomach we head to shop at dan shui(淡水), not many photos taken here.
We bought the usual dan shui tie dan as well as the famous yu shu(鱼酥) recommended by the locals. How can we not visit yu ren ma tou(渔人码头) when we are at dan shui so we took a boat there. There is a family in front of us who bargain for TWD100 per person for a return trip so we got the same deal.
It is a good location to take pictures of the sunset but the last boat is at 7:30pm hence we left after a short stroll and some pictures taking. Come earlier if you intend to shop around the area and have a drink while watching the sun set.
After taking the boat back to dan shui we decided to head back to Zhong Shan station We had made a booking at bu lao guo(无老锅) for dinner and there is still some time hence we shop around at Xin Guang San Yue(新光三越).
We came across this interesting café called Aranzi Café with some interesting looking cakes.
We ordered 2 cakes to share (坏东西双色浓巧克蛋糕 and 熊猫哥巧克力蛋糕), both at TWD180 each. They taste normal but the design and how they put it on matching plates is pretty interesting.
The other design of cakes they serve.
Finally heading to the highly recommended steamboat place(无老锅) by the local.
We had a choice of 2 types of soup base and yuan yang. We chose the non-spicy soup base. The soup base is very good and with lots of ingredients in it.
They are also very thoughtful to provide 4 bottles of soup base on the table so we can add as and when we require without waiting for the waiter/waitress.
Egg Dumplings (蛋饺) － TWD280
Boneless Chicken (鸡肉) - TWD 188
You Tiao (油条) - TWD 60
Signature Pork (无老肉)－TWD328
Escalope of shoulder butt (小麦梅花香猪肉) － TWD 280
Squid(墨鱼片) - TWD 188
The meat are all very fresh and good. However I find the squid a bit tough. Overall a very satisfying dinner, highly recommended, do remember to make a booking way in advance as chances are low for walk-in unless very late into the night.
We took a cab back to hotel and call it a day.
Location:
Grand View Beitou Resort
北投麗禧溫泉酒店
112台北市北投區幽雅路30號
Tel: 02-2898-8888
栗家牛肉麵
北投區永興路一段二號
Tel: 02-2893-7803
淡水阿婆铁蛋
台北市淡水镇中正路135号之一
Tel: 02-2625-1625
许義鱼酥
台北縣淡水鎮中正路184號
Tel: 02-2621-1414
Aranzi Cafe阿朗基咖啡 (新光三越百貨南西店二館)
台北市中山區南京西路14號4樓
Tel：02-25224608
無老鍋
北市市民大道三段143號
Tel: 02-2731-7927
Taipei (Other Parts):
Part 1: Taipei, Taiwan: Taoyuan Airport, Wu Fen Pu and Raohe Night Market (Part 1)
Part 2: Taipei, Taiwan: Ding Tai Feng, Ximending, Barbie Cafe, Shilin (Part 2)
Part 4: Taipei, Taiwan: Hello Kitty Cafe, Dian Shui Lou (Part 4)
Part 5: Taipei, Taiwan: Hello Kitty Gate, Silver Kris Lounge (Finale)
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