We spent little time finding the coach that would bring us to Sands, but the vehicle was more idle than moving as it had to stop at three terminals before moving onto the road. Upon arrival I was disappointed by the hotel we were checking in as it was too noisy and crowded. The hotel lobby was huge and spacious but it was also full of people walking by. Worse still, hotel check-in only started at three. So we dumped our luggage with the hotel and took a taxi to Geylang for the famous beef kway teow.

After lunch we walked along the fruit stalls and bought some before heading back to the hotel for checking-in. Worse still we were told that they didn’t have a room for us unless we waited for another extra two hours. So I wandered around in the Shoppe next to the hotel while my parents went gambling, and it was only until five something that we finally got our room. Pissed, we complained and got $100 worth of dining credits which we later got exchanged for access to the internet.

The room was fine – the toilet was out of portion and the view was great, with an outlook to the Marinas Bay, but the details could have been more cared to. But the lounge chair beside the window was an amazing spot to just sit or nap on.

Next we went to some hotel facilities we could enjoy, like the infinity pool on the 57th floor and the gym room on the 55th. Both had great views of the bay, and the infinity pool was extraordinary. 

The view was terrific: the pool was designed to appear as if it was infinite. What most people do at the pool is not to swim but to enjoy the view of the Bay from the pool while enjoying a sunbath at the same time. As for people who are there for a serious exercise of the body, the pool is a great spot to swim as it is long and just a single swim from the left to the right is exhausting enough! Another thing I like about the pool is that it is separated into kids’ and adults’ only session, so people who wanted to swim quietly would not be disturbed by all the screams and splashes the kids are always make. The pool on the adults’ side was also less crowded too! We basically went to swim everyday as the view was too good to be missed.

As for the gym room quite a rich variety of machines are available and one could easily spend an hour working out without realising how much calories they have burnt, which was good. And necessary for a trip to Singapore too, as you could so easily overeat as the food were all tooo delicious!

But if you ask if i would stay at the Sands if i were to travel to Singapore again, I would say: negative. The view was great, the facilities are more than fine, but the hotel was just too crowded. The hotel lobby was more crowded than a shopping mall and one felt little privacy here. Everything appeared too busy too, and this was not a place to slow down and relax.

There are better - and cheaper - hotels in Singapore. Would probably opt for those instead of The Sands - if i could convince my parents to stay at a place without a casino, that is.

Geylang is a relatively poorer district, and is commonly known for the stalls selling durians and fruits, numerous cheap food as well as legal prostitution available. Among the cafes is the Lor 9 famous beef kway teow, a favourite among the local people. Years back then when I travelled to Singapore for the first time I had a taste of the kway teow and it marked an impression so deep that I wanted to try it again really bad. Luckily we managed to find the shop by asking a taxi driver during our last visit. The stall was not eye-catching at all. We went at two thirty and the place was empty. A short, cheerful woman greeted us with a menu, and within 30 seconds our order was placed.

The dish of beef kway teow (S) was amazing. It was cooked with a dark and rich gravy. The rice noodles were chopped into shorter pieces and stuck together when stir-fried, but it was still great as they could hold the delicious gravy in. The beef were not extraordinarily juicy but that did not matter, as the kway teow alone was tasty enough.  A drizzle of spicy soy sauce made it even more amazing to eat.

We also ordered a dish of spicy cuttlefish with vegetables(M), as well as a special seafood tofu (S).The latter tasted like tofu with minced fish, and tasted great after dipping in the sweet soy sauce it came with. The meal was a cheap one and the place wasn’t that dirty and crowded at all, and the kway teow was really worth all the travelling.

After a brief rest at our room we went to the Esplanade, right across the Bay, for the seafood dinner we reserved a few days ago on the web: prior reservation was a must as we learnt from our prior experience with No Signboard Seafood. We could just walk straight in this time and there were people queuing up for a table!

No Signboard Seafood just had its debuk in Hong Kong and reviews on its services and food were generally negative, but NSS in Singapore is still as popular as it has always been. And the food is great too. We ordered the Chili Crab (small) with mantou, the Coffee ribs(s), Cornflakes prawns(s),stir-fried vegetables(s) and a Tofu pot(s), and stir-fried noodles (we cancelled our order once we realized we would never be able to finish it).

The option of ordering the dish at a smaller portion was the second thing I love most about NSS – it allows smaller groups like ours to try more without having to waste a lot of food.

The first dish that came was the coffee ribs. The cubes of meat were coated in a dark, sticky sauce and drizzled with sesame. They were piping hot, and smelt of coffee but the meat tasted sweet, juicy and tender. It was great and definitely worth trying!

Then the much anticipated chili crab came in a large pot with the mantou. The sauce looked intimatingly pepper red-hot but it was not as spicy as it appeared to be. There were traces of cooked egg in it which gave the sauce a sweet aftertaste. It was so yummy that you could not help dipping the mantou into the sauce to eat the sauce! As for the crabs they were a little less impression-leaving, but the shell, well-cooked in the sauce, was soft enough to eat too. Still I thought the sauce was so outstanding that you could basically cook anything with it to make a great dish, and that need not to be a crab. It could be prawns and it might taste even better!

As for the veggies, the stir-fried one was quite spicy while the tofu pot was really boring to eat.

The last dish to be ready was the cereal prawns. The portion was generous as there were, like, ten smaller prawns hidden in the impressive heap of crunchy cornflakes!(that was the point when we decided to cancel our noodles). The prawns were terrific as even the shells were cooked until absolutely crispy, and the flesh was really fresh and juicy. Even the cornflakes, being a little sweet, tasted terrifically great. It was an amazingly clever invention of the Singaporeans indeed!

Our meal was slightly cheaper than what we had expected – the crab was pretty small and so cost not very expensive, and it was definitely worth the money. Too bad the Hong Kong branch had not succeeded in recipicating the taste of the dish!

After dinner we walked back to our hotel via the bridge connecting the Esplanade and the place. The view was great and the sea breeze was pretty cool, and a lot of people were shooting photos of the promenade as we strode. It was a nice night indeed.

一邊喝着熱騰騰的豆漿，一邊欣賞着上海的景色，不久就走到舒蔡記了

叫了8個生煎包～店內......全是香港人，大家都是慕名而來的說～

開始時小心翼翼地夾起一個生煎小籠包，因為里面有熱滾滾的湯汁～用瓷羮盛着，先咬破小籠包的皮，試一下湯汁的溫度，合適了就仰頭一飲而盡～湯汁很多，而且也很鮮味～難怪這麼有名呀～哈哈

因為之前吃了很多東西（蛋餅，豆漿也飽肚）所以不能試其他面呀，粉絲湯之類的，但偷聽到其他在場的香港人說，味道也不錯的說

吃飽飽後往回走，要回酒店拿行李去杭州了～然後路過永和大王行人路的花槽， 拍到了很美美的照片～桃花的花瓣散落在草叢上，有沒有一種：夜來風雨聲，花落知多少？的疑問，又或是：高閣客竟去，小園花亂飛～的意境？

然後還在稻香村那里買了包鴨肫～爽口，但偏鹹...

從上海坐火車到杭州～臨行前在上海雲南南路美食街那里的小金陵（南京鹽水鴨名店）買了一份鹽水鴨和鴨肫，和在小紹興買了一盒烤麩，打算在火車上吃～

在上海坐和諧號大約要用1小時30分鐘到杭州，如果坐高鐵的話用45分鐘就行了 

小金陵的鹽水鴨皮脆肉嫰，連不太喜歡吃鴨的朋友都說味道不錯，沒有鴨子那種令她討厭的味道，不過就鹹了一點（送飯或粥就好了），鴨肫也十分爽脆～

小紹興的烤麩，把略帶甜味的汁都吸收在里面，軟軟的質感加上豆香味，好好吃哦～我最喜歡里面一起煮的金針和黑木耳，金針不會很酸，黑木耳是超好吃！！里面有一點花生的～如果對花生過敏的兄弟們就要小心囉～

坐在舒適的和諧號中，看着車窗外呼嘯而過的田野，間中能看到油菜花田哦～，口中啖着美食，1個半小時很快便過去了～耶～

杭州火車站走出來，很多人在賣地圖，我們也買了一份～後來證實這決定真是太精明了～

要小心注意的是不但有人在賣地圖，還有人看到遊客就上來搭話問要不要找酒店呀，或是要不要參加一天遊呀之類的......小心被騙！！

還要注意的是火車出來後是有兩個車站的，一個在左，一個在右，兩個南轅北轍，要是在一邊的車站找不到車，就走到另一邊的吧～

找到車後，坐了幾個站就到湖濱了，然後在剛才買的地圖和自己在網上印的地圖的協助下，順利到達酒店～

對酒店的第一印象是：不愧是杭州的旅店呀～超幽雅，門口一進旋轉門便是一堆綠色植物，紅磚牆，天花是玻璃，採自然光，太有格調了！！價格和位置也很好～實在太超值了！

想住這家旅館的兄弟們要注意，這里房間很少，只有三層，所以在網上訂了房會比較保險，我們早早便已訂了房的，當然很順利地拿到房子，我們在check in 時，前後已經有六七個人來問有沒有房了，但店已滿...... 

清河坊曾是杭州最繁華的地方，所謂前朝後巿中的”巿”指的就是清河坊這里了～雖然現在很商業化，但也有很多百年老字號在此落地生根～

這里有杭州博物館，也有藝術館家的展館，更多的是賣手信的地方～

路過太極茶苑，看到門前的銅像，想起了孔乙己，想起了茴香豆......

忠義亭里的關二哥是用木頭雕成的呢～哈哈

有些弄巷里面是別有洞天，經過了一條放滿了尼泊爾地毯的巷子，很漂亮的說～

王星記也有在這里開店，想買扇子可以去看看，但不便宜呀！一把紙扇能過千呢

悠聞地到處逛逛，買買手信，很快就會打發掉一個下午的時光了～

 

看到接踵摩肩的食街，當然要進去闖一闖

走着走着，居然看到衢州兔頭= =，這個太可怕了吧......鴨頭還可以接受，但也曾聽說過重慶那邊的人，會買一個兔頭在街上一邊走一邊咬，像拿個骷髏在啃似的，不知道是否屬實......

串燒很大串，說有鴕鳥肉串，買了一串來試，應該是雞肉來的，味道普通

那個狀元糕倒是想買來試一下，但是當時吃得太飽了= =，而且不能買一塊，所以算了...... 

在清河坊逛的時候，一個特熟悉的名字出現在眼前”回春堂”，這不就是古代醫館的通用名字麼......

出於好奇便走進去看看了，里面還真的有中醫註診，還有免費的健康茶贈飲，是決明子茶來的～拿了一點來試，太淡了吧= =，沒誠意的贈飲

原本朋友打算買個回春堂龜苓膏來吃的，但五塊錢一個......價格太可疑！

我就買了一小罐鴨梨蜜～蠻不錯的，也不是很貴，幾塊錢的事

後來逛着逛着，就找到胡慶餘堂了～相信很多兄弟們對胡慶餘堂的來歷不堪了解這里是清末的紅頂商人胡雪嚴創辦的，胡雪嚴這名字應該聽說過了吧～他可是大清藥王呢！！

這胡慶餘堂是和北京同仁堂齊名的，而清河坊這里的這家藥房也真的是老店～這里也有贈飲，我試了一小杯，感覺像參茶，味道比回春堂濃，有誠意得多了～

光是走進去，歷史的感覺便撲面而來，任誰也能看出這家藥店是有歷史的！一磚一瓦皆在話滄桑......

因為我們沒有認真地逛胡慶餘堂，但有興趣的兄弟們可以到處逛，這里的後堂還是博物館呢～當然都是胡慶餘堂相關的東西囉～哈哈 

我們六點半到這家外婆家吃飯，嘩！門口已經堆了一堆人了～～拿了票，要等70張票呢，暈......

我們已經走得累了，而且也懶得再找別的地方，而且叫號也算快，就一咬牙決定，等了！！當然沒那麼笨站在門口等啦～

我們走到隔兩個鋪位吃yogurt的店，買了一杯yogurt邊吃邊等～如是者，等了整整兩個小時......

終於外婆喊我們吃飯嘍～～那里喊號碼會開廣播說：ｘｘｘ號外婆喊你吃飯嘍～（聲音是小孩子的～）

 環境很好，但茶水要自己拿，而且杯子洗得不太乾淨，要注意哦～

四喜烤麩：小紹興的比較好吃～

手拍黃瓜：還可以吧，普普通通的......

雜菜沙律：用醋拌的！兄弟們注意啦，內地的沙律很多是用黑醋拌的！！絕對不是外國那類的沙律！我蠻喜歡吃這種的～

蒜泥白肉：沒看錯，這東西叫蒜泥白肉！！和我平時吃的樣子很不同，味道也很不同......

外婆紅燒肉：精華呀！絕對是精華！！甚麼叫入口即化，甚麼是豬皮的膠質，這都能讓你感受到！！比後來我們在樓外樓吃到的東坡肉，這叫天淵之別呀～～（姐，太誇張了），瘦肉的部份很多汁，肥肉的部份入口即化，豬皮充滿彈性及膠質，極之送飯！旁邊的鹹魚乾那很好吃呀～～哈哈後來我說：為甚麼外婆肉比東坡肉好吃呢？因為這是蘇東坡的外婆......（眾：太冷了......

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鍋貼：也是很普通～

外婆餵魚：湯頭很鮮甜～魚和蘿蔔很配合

大湯黃魚：有黃魚，有金菇，還有蛤蜊～也不錯，鮮甜～

蒽油拌麵：朋友想試一下這邊的和香港夏麵館的差多遠，先說價格夏麵館的大約38一份，這里的3元一份，味道嘛當然是夏麵館的好吃很多，這里的拿來時，我們是呆了......蒽，有了；油，也有了；麵，都有了......嗯，我朋白了，因為這不是蒽油，是蒽+油...... 

亞緻大飯店（Hotel ONE）屬五星級的，時尚前衛的建築風格，外圍以玻璃帷幕包覆，大樓外觀呈現圓弧型，從1樓到46樓，樓層越高面積越小，呈錐型向上延伸，從天空鳥瞰形狀像一條悠游自在的魚，從側身觀看又如振帆待發的銀色帆船，目前為中部地區最高的大樓，搶眼外觀已躍登為台中新地標！不是全楝也是酒店，只有最上10多層是酒店及餐廳，其下是寫字樓；酒店和寫字樓的大堂及升降機是分開的，不會過多閒雜人等出入酒店，加上附近都再沒有高樓，所以每個房間都可盡覽台中景色。整間酒店共有202間客房，所以規模也不少。

踏足亞緻，不論大堂、房間、各種設備、以至服務員水準都是質素相當高！而且，是一家簡約，但融合科技巧思，充滿年輕創意的酒店。好像所有住客，每人都會配設一部手機，雖然不是供你打回香港，但可隨時讓你打回酒店查詢，又或與其他房客聯系，如你有四、五個朋友同住，就可成為你們間的walkie talkie，不怕失去聯絡，又不怕擔心漫遊費！而且，浴室又配置了電視，一邊浸浴（雖然有點浪費水源），一邊看電視節目或電影，是多麼寫意的。此外，房間其他設施還包括：Workstation 全功能整合37吋電視、網路、DVD播放機、雷射印表機、5.1立體環繞音響、每日報紙、迎賓水果、個人文具組、衛星電視頻道、付費電影、個人清潔備品、吹風機、熨斗及燙板、保險箱、迷你吧（需付費），真的一應俱全。

確實，Hotel ONE環境讓人感到舒適溫馨，在繁忙的生活中盡享輕鬆愜意的體驗！

台中火車站建於1917年，是日治時代一座仿西方文藝復興時代驛站風格建築，亦是日本政府明治維新運動下的產物。雖然經過近百年歲月洗禮，但在現代看來亦是宏偉無比，建築以棗紅色磚塊作建材，並搭配色彩濃厚白色洗石子鑲間環帶，車站中央屋頂飾有華麗之鐘塔，二樓正面則是連續弧拱窗，拱窗上的拱頂石做成屋簷拖架，兩側則有角塔緩和了單調性，所以，相信它仍是這個城市的地標，且它的建立代表了台中市鎮的發展。雖然只是二級歷史的火車站，但看起來仍甚有味道！

逛百貨公司不一定買東西，有時也有特色東西，好像這棟「中友百貨」，甚有話題性。於1992年開業，建築特色分A、B、C三棟，彼此又互相連接，寬敞明亮的空間，隨處可見的綠化點，還有許多妥貼的顧客休息區、茶吧與咖啡吧錯落於各樓層，漫步其間，不購物也舒暢。

另一特別之處，就是眾所周知的「主題廁所」，曾獲行政院環保署的全國公廁管理「特優獎」，亦為百貨業唯一獲獎者，真有點「巴閉」。中友百貨共有十七座主題廁所，各有特色，主要集中在A、C兩楝大樓，如生活易開罐（A棟10F）、瑪麗公主（A棟7F）、水晶迷情（A棟3F）、海底總動員（C棟7F）、浪漫玫瑰（C棟2F）……等等，咁獨特的公廁文化，不妨親臨體驗一下。

此外，多間主題餐廳，B3層又有國際美食街，即是food court，多達50多間大大小小的不同食店，大可飽餐一頓；百貨內還有JASONS超市，相等於我們的City Super, Taste，可以補充一下零食貨源。還要提一提的是，佔地580坪（大概20,000平方尺）的超大型綜合書店「誠品」也能在此找著，是百貨公司首次提供超大空間給書店經營，各類書種完備，分類井然，承傳久遠的文藝生活氣息。故此，打打書釘，呷呷咖啡，就已是個不錯的節目了。

逛逢甲夜市，真的要餓著肚子來，因為從夜市頭吃到夜市尾，有著很想吃又吃不完的東西。這裡有許多獨特小吃，光是雞扒就有好幾種不同的型式。每到用餐時段，人潮擁擠水洩不通，處處可見店家前大排長龍的景象！當然，我的肚皮也有限，載不了那麼多東西，只最隨心喜好的吃吃便是了。

我的美食名單：
土耳奇雪糕TWD30-有趣的是賣雪糕的老外，總是「搞搞花臣」。
培根刈包TWD20-很有趣的包子，煙肉甚香而不膩。
綠豆沙牛奶TWD35-綠豆打至起沙有質感，味道清新，牛奶又濃香。
雪莓娘TWD20-在一家叫「皇家蛋糕」的店子門外徘徊，因為實在有很多漂亮的蛋糕了，選了覆盆子味雪莓娘，有點像日式的福餅，外皮QQ軟糯，內裡是海綿蛋糕及紅莓慕絲，多層次口感，慕絲香且滑！

環境，衛生，服務：

皇后名粥位置非常顯眼，個招牌又夠大，好容易搵倒。門外全部都係免費車位，真係好方便。雖則係粥店，但地方一Ｄ都唔「up dup」；裝修簡單，唔老土，間隔闊落，樓面高，又夠光猛；坐卡位或者散枱都咁舒服。最特別係粥店入面設有個外賣部，重要好多人出出入入架：好多都係打定電話黎叫埋野食，其他就因為黎到冇位，又唔想等，所以索性買返去食。

星期五既午市，一間喺外國既粥舖都可以由十一點爆到下午茶時間，天氣咁涼條隊重要排到出門口，真係厲害！契公契婆訂定位我地都要等成十分鐘，真係唔敢想像冇訂枱要企喺到等幾耐。

味道：

1)    油條（$1.60）：油條既色澤清而不濁，好似新鮮炸出黎咁，而且油應該唔係翻用既；咬落清脆唔油膩，雖然係食緊炸物，但感覺都好健康。

2)    牛脷酥（$1.60）：真係好巨型呀，好在佢同我地切埋。牛脷酥似乎重少油過油條，味道唔會過甜，非常香口，買黎做早餐一流，正！

3)    香茜牛肉炸兩（$3.99）：喺餐牌倒見倒咁特別既配搭，所以就叫左黎試下。炸兩就食得多，有餡既炸兩都係第一次食倒，可以一次過食兩款腸粉，認真有創意！炸兩夠脆，同香茜牛肉既味道好夾，連豉油都調教得好，簡直係冇得彈呀！

4)    雜菌竹笙六穀粥（$6.99）：據餐牌所寫，六穀為「短糙米、去穀大麥、法國赤米、莓子黑米、紫大麥、日本超短米」，「有助改善肌膚、美白、舒緩神經緊張、低膽固醇」，聽落咁健康，所以就叫左碗細既黎試下。味道比想像中好，起碼唔苦，又唔會淡而無味；只係六穀米好容易黐牙。

5)    燒味雙拼(燒鴨 + 燒腩仔)（$9.75）：燒腩仔皮脆肉嫩，肥瘦均勻，香口又夠肉汁，真係頂呱呱！燒鴨一Ｄ都唔肥，但係肉質都可以咁嫩，而且唔乾，真係非常難得，大家都好欣賞！

6)    皇后大粥（$9.95）：雖然餐牌上有「皇帝大粥」（材料包括蝦球、五丸、墨魚片、柏葉、肉片、雞蛋、牛肉片），不過黎得皇后名粥就更係要試左「皇后大粥」先啦！材料包括櫻花蚌、蝦球、帶子、三文魚、斑球、蟹柳。因為好足料，所以淨食粥都已經好鮮甜；粥料既質感一Ｄ都唔會過熟而老，掂呀！

7)    豉椒排骨河（$7.50）：熱辣辣好夠鑊氣，河粉唔會黐埋一舊舊或炒到一pat pat，河粉同排骨既比例又啱，味道好香，又一推介！

8)    星州炒蘿蔔糕（$5.50）：一款少辣既一味，當中更咸而帶甜，筆墨難以形容。師傅炒功了得，蘿蔔糕每一小件完整無缺，又夠乾身，非常精彩，簡直係一流既傑作呀！

9)    蒜茸白菜苗（$7.95）：蒜味唔會太濃，味道調教得好好，可惜雖然白菜苗夠嫩，整體煮得油膩左少少。

總括黎講，皇后名粥地點方便，環境舒適，服務優等，食物款式新穎，配搭新鮮，味道奇佳，旺得有理！

後記：

1)  光顧既客人乜野種族都有，真係好難得，簡直係中國人之光呀！

2)  「黑牛」（可樂 + 雪糕）真係飲得多，不過睇餐牌時先知道佢有個親戚叫「白雪公主」（雪碧 + 雪糕）。（請看相）

3)   其實當日如果唔係已經食得太飽，真係好想試埋佢兩個比較特別既甜品架：炸香蕉加雪糕、皇后秘制甜品。

到達第一晚經過看見這德國餐廳已覺得外型唔錯，看來乾淨，室外空間感寬，傾計飲啤酒至正。這晚適逢懶惰日，又一向鍾情德國香腸同薯茸，就試試酒店對面，不用30秒即到達的Bei Otto德國餐廳。
晚上10點才到達。餐廳前花園地方非常大，木製檯椅加屋頂，頗傳神的歐洲風情。Sukhumvit是商業區，相信因而餐廳多工幹人員去飲啤酒，碰到的有日本人，韓國人，也有華洋組合同事一齊去飲啤酒，大概這是德國給地球人的印象囉！Country of beer！也有室內座位，有冷氣寬倘舒適，室內裝修有德國餐廳元素，適宜family gathering 或大班人開party。洗手間也乾淨。最特別是它有一小型購買店，像便利店一樣大細。Cold cut，sausage，bread ＆butter，cheese，olive，wine…etc。有得食又有得shopping！合港人心意。侍應們親切有禮，時常主動睇下有咩做。隔離檯叫了3碟食物，送來時有一碟錯了（可能是落錯單），雖然客人說沒問題，但係侍應小姐都堅持要更換，又連聲道歉，是一流的服務態度！
此餐是宵夜，而且得2個人，加上飲啤酒食唔倒好多嘢，只叫一碟腸share。賣相唔錯喎，大大條德國腸，味道都係一般煎腸咁嘅味囉，都幾香嘅。配菜講究，薯茸滑漏好味，西蘭花加小小芝士烤過，好香口啊！仲有炸過嘅洋蔥碎鋪喺腸面，是誠意之作。Bei Otto另有其他德國菜式如豬手，cold cut拼盤，steak，pasta etc，而且價錢唔貴。可惜之後未有機會再來食飯，唯有下次來曼谷再試這裡的其他食物囉！

與幾位年輕的素食朋友坐taxi 到逢甲夜市找宵夜，一開始是一點素吃也找不到，我就看著好吃的葷食吃不到而心裡不停在說可惜可惜。

找了良久，我們最終見到一心素食，我想像到他們找對了的心情是如此的開心。因為就好像在荒島尋到美食，那一刻我也有這個感覺。

一心素食很簡單，只賣三款美食，真的可以吸引大量食客。臭豆腐是乾身的，當然沒有香港的臭，吃下去和聞下去的感覺也如普通豆腐加了菜絲醬汁之類，還可以吧。

麵線做得比我們香港吃的辣很多，甚至比我到台北夜市吃的也要辣。吃一口就已經感覺到很黑椒胡椒味，我把它看作碗仔翅的同類。

第一家素食店的附近，竟然見到第二家。

這就是圓緣素食，把台灣特色的小食如鹽酥雞、蚵仔煎都變了素食，對我來說，我是沒有所謂的，試什麼也可以。素鹽酥雞和鹽酥菇等等也夠香夠入味，即叫即做所以都很熱，當然你的味蓄要tone 一下，萬不能把它與真的比較，當它是香口的小吃還可接受的。

素蚵仔煎就是一大堆汁加薯粉，看上去就已經不吸引，口感帶煙韌，味道十分一般。

上次試過台灣飲料，未如我想像的比香港好很多倍的感覺，可能地區不同而口味不一致吧。今次到 MR WISH，不飲奶茶，點了一點水果茶試試看。

招牌的水果茶會五款當做的生果，所以每一次也未會一樣。而我見到也算好了，是有加真的水果而不只是用粉和糖水加起來的飲料，可惜我點的是凍飲，水果給我的感覺是酸又不好飲，只計這一杯的確是喊面。

之後有人點了同一款的熱飲，試了一口，真的好飲多了。

素食越找越多。

100%全素的鹽酥金針菇，香酥脆結集一身，香口也帶鹹香，對比當日吃的，這一款是最對胃口了。

可以吃的比想像中多，不得不說，遊台灣的幾日中發現台灣人真的較喜歡素食。如果在香港，哪有以全素做名字的小食店呢。

日月潭是國家級風景區，曾得十大奇景的美譽。

我們沒有時間到湖邊行走，就在高處看下去，只有一個位置可以照相，很有到此一遊的感覺，那個位置看不到所說的美，對我來說就是一個呈綠色的湖泊吧，想像到在湖邊踏單車會是不錯的選擇呢。

但我們是遊客，哪有這樣的時間?

在遊客區，當然有為我們而賣的手信和小食。我買了香菇茶葉蛋，而對比較大的鴨蛋有興趣，內裡蛋黃比例十分高呢，用了冬菇去煮的蛋也夠入味的。

九族文化村的花園配合歐洲建築，遠看是井井有條，色彩繽紛，我的相機又一次不想放下了。不過，近看那些花，有些不太完整呢。

這個花園，令我想起http://travel.openrice.com/taiwan/taipei/attraction/reviewdetail.htm?reviewid=892，當然我比較喜歡大溪花海，那邊的花近看也靚的，加上人數少很多。

這兒，早來一點也少人的，不過一時過後，人多得不想行。

分兩篇，是因為評分很不同，也可以多放相片。

很快就到午餐，也在九族文化村內吃。店子可能不知如何煮素食，瓜瓜菜菜等也是平平凡凡的，我也不多說了。最好就是米粉了，有米香也夠彈牙，是新竹米粉用料好吧，還有台灣米也好吃的，珍珠米的肥肥圓圓樣子，米粒就香一點，白飯也可以淨吃。

坐纜車，之後看的九族表演時同行的也差不多睡了，我有相機照照相，才不會覺得太悶。說真，不太明這個表演的意義，只是見到有不同的少數民族作一些不能帶動大家情緒的表演。

未看完表演就走了出來，有朋友玩機動遊戲，不過我不太好玩這些，只是坐了海盜船，是比海洋公園的上得更高，不過因為在室內知道會到頂，所以不算驚。

聽到導遊說，在台灣有九百多家店賣鳳梨酥，早前在台北有一個鳳梨酥比賽，精選了最後十強。之後由萬多位不同組別的人士為那十家鳳梨酥進行試食，最後有七千多票選了維格，評為台灣最好吃的鳳梨酥。

鳳梨酥吃後的感覺是好的，面層夠蛋香和夠鬆身，中間的不太甜，不過是不是最好，見人見智了。

我反而更加喜歡鴛鴦綠豆糕，是甜了點，咬下去是軟身，豆香味很濃，我真的忍不住買了這一盒。另外一款票子燒的沒那麼甜，有烤過的香味，也不錯。

在漢神巨蛋購物商場內有一家十分出色的素食自助餐店，上年店名是「上海歐法素食」，今年在網絡上見到改名成「上海歐法蔬食百匯」，就是這店令我把幾日無啖好食的感覺一一拋開。

此店吃的不只是素食的人才喜歡，平日吃葷的朋友也對此讚好。店內裝修簡單的高尚，有點像到了酒店吃自助餐的感覺。內裡有日式、泰式、台式、港式，要吃什麼有什麼，我想如果在香港做一間一樣的，也一定可以成功。

味道方面，甜品的很靚也不錯吃。刺身當然不能和真的比較，我只有一個想法，就是那一個比較像真的，好像是仿吞拿魚的像一點，吃下有點jelly 的感覺，也真的有點腥味，不知味是如何得來，平日對此十分杭柜，今次還可以接受丫。當然還試了壽司、香濃的蘑菇湯、港式點心、即場做的親子丼、不流心的糖心蛋、炸物等等，只是壽司一般，平均也算不錯，當然最好就是以哈記雪糕作結。

上年twd 680加一，hkd 180元左右，愛素吃的朋友值得試試。