Thursday, May 26, 2011

The Elevated Expressway from Taichung to Puli Township

On the way from Taichung to Sun Moon Lake, we stop-by Puli Township. I would like to share some photos along the way...
We can't capture a nice photo because it was a cloudy at Taichung that day...

The Expressway is Clean and Nice

Our car went through 3 tunnels (for the whole journey) which are longer than the Perak Tunnel of NSE

Approaching the tunnel

I was attracted by the scenery all the way from Taichung. Especially these type of Protruded Mountains...all of these cause by the Taiwan 921 Earthquake. The stretch of protruded mountains continue almost fews Kilometer along the way...

Protruded mountains cause by the 921 Earthquake



Arca (Betel nut tree 槟榔树) are everywhere along the Expressway

Before we reach the Puli Township, we passed by the Elevated Expressway which was about 20-30 storey high! Amazing!!


Approaching another tunnel

High Elevated Expressway

High Elevated Expressway

Oh! That's Incredible! Isn't it?!
According to our driver, it's because to protect the environment. That was Great! And all these are re-built after the Earthquake.

About an hour on the Expressway, we finally reached Puli Township...

And so were our next destination - Zhong Tai Temple (中台禪寺) at Puli....


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

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Master Of Mushroom (菇神) Restaurant at Taichung, Taiwan

The Master Of Mushroom Restaurant (N24.20089 E120.79925) is located along the XieZhong Street which is about 2km away from the Xinshe Castle. This was the restaurant we had our lunch after the photography session.

Master Of Mushroom Restaurant

The Trademark before we step into the restaurant - 菇神

Once we stepped in, the was a corner selling all types of mushrooms and souvenirs on the left...

Mushroom and some cans food...

I believe the Giant Mushroom was also one of their trademark.

The restaurant had 3 sessions of dining area and divided into 2 storey. The photos below was the lower level of dining area.


The main counter of the lower level

Both dining area of the lower floor have different of setup. As you can see from the tables and chairs...
And we chose the upper level for better scenic view from the restaurant.

One of the Unique table at the upper lever

The dining area at upper level of the restaurant

The scenery was Marvellous! It was a different Dining Experience at the Master Of Mushroom Restaurant! We were busy taking photos of the surrounding before the food serve...

The scenery view from the window

The protruded area of the mountain was due to the Taiwan 921 Earthquake.

There were many mountains in Taiwan have the same scenario and some of them protruded much more than this!

The two small plates of special appetizer for us before the food serve...

The Appetizers

The Manager came to our table to explain the proper way to enjoy our Organic Mushroom lunch, she told us the procedure and the time to cook for various of mushrooms...
That moment, our table was full of fruits and mushrooms...once the soup was boiled, we had to put half of the fruits (the 2 plates below) into it...


Then wait for 3 minutes to continue 30% of each type of mushrooms (below) for 20 seconds...

Types of mushrooms...

I like the colour of this mushroom very much!

The main bowl of soup where everyone waiting for it!

Beside the fruits & mushrooms we put in, there were others ingredients cook together in the big bowl of soup...
Once the bell rang! That was our First taste of the Organic Mushroom soup!

It was YUMMY! This was my first Organic Mushroom meal! Awesome!
The Manager did told us not to take too much rice, but we Can't resist the pork gravy with some minced pork which for mixing with rice. The taste was so nice!

The pork gravy and the rice below...

Then we continued the formula circles and together with the pork below...

The meal was So Delicious! Especially the Special Recipe of the soup. I will strongly recommend to all my friends to try it if you happen to the Xinshe District.

We spend more than 1 hour and slowly enjoyed the foods and with the cooling environment before we proceed to our next destination. We were Overloaded!
The Damage : TWD300.00 for each person included drink. Reasonable!!


Related post :-
My Taiwan Trip on May, 2011

Location map of Master Of Mushroom Restaurant at Taichung, Taiwan


Monday, May 23, 2011

Xinshe Castle (新社古堡) at Taichung - Taiwan (Part 2)

Continue from Part 1.

The park is not very big but it was not small though...in case you are lost, please refer to the signage below...:)

Signage in the park

We came to the restaurant after some walk, and I was attracted by the building architecture! It was really Nice!

六角亭 Restaurant in the park

I guess this is the unique letter box of the building! (Above) I just can't stop snapping around the restaurant!

In the main dining area...

In the main dining area...

And the Unique ceiling design of the 六角亭 Restaurant

There were 2 dining session in the restaurant. The other session at the first floor which was a Alfresco area, but I didn't take any photos because of customers privacy...

Beside the restaurant, it was the public washroom. And we were surprised with the flowers decoration! If I don't really take note the signage, I cannot believe it was a washroom!

Path to the public washroom in the park

We continued our walk at the right of the park...it was the Artificial Waterfall. There was a pathway where we can walk thru the waterfall at the top level...well, this place is remarkable for its picturesque scenery!

The Waterfall in Xinshe Castle Park



The Full view of the Waterfall

Slow shuttle effect of the water...

We spend almost 2 hours in the park for photography. Actually, there were not much attraction in the park beside taking photos. There are many disappointed statements by the locals on the internet, but it was a great session for us! :)

The Unique tower in the park. Basins at the bottom...

Related post :-
My Taiwan Trip on May, 2011

Location map of Xinshe Castle at Taichung, Taiwan