【台湾ひとり旅】8月の台北 食べたことのないものを食べる【低予算旅】
Welcome to my channel. This time, it’s Taipei in August 2023. On the way to Bangkok, Thailand, I made a little detour. The first Vlog-style video I made was too long, so I scrapped it. Nothing much happened on this trip, but I want to look back at it quickly and calmly.
First, the overview of this trip. Why did I go to Taipei? Because the tickets were cheap. My mood just before? Honestly, it was a hassle to go. How did I spend my time there? I didn’t do much. The main destination of this trip was Southeast Asia, Bangkok, Thailand.
When I was searching for flights, I found cheap tickets to Taipei. The reason I stopped by Taiwan, just that. From Ibaraki Airport to Taipei Taoyuan International Airport, a little over $30 on Tigerair. Usually, I’m really excited before a trip, but
This time, I was in one of those moods where I didn’t feel like going at the last minute. Still, I managed to pack my bags and leave. In Taipei, I ate, walked, cycled, and just chilled. August in Taipei is a rainy season. During the rainy hours, from afternoon to evening,
I worked or rested at the accommodation. By the way, the accommodation was Airbnb, about $30 a night. It’s cheap for Taipei. And it’s clean and close to the station. The homeowner rents out a spare room.
Sometimes with Airbnb, you’re told at the beginning, “If other residents ask who you are, say you’re a friend of ○○. A few things that annoyed me. Getting caught at immigration. SIM card not connecting. Missing out on 20,000 yen. For the first time, I got caught at Taiwan’s immigration.
The immigration card is online, so if you apply in advance, it’s usually smooth. But this time, there was a missing part in the Airbnb address I filled in, so I had to rewrite it on the spot.
Even if I only wrote Airbnb for the place of stay on the immigration card, it used to pass normally. I thought they weren’t checking properly, but I have to be careful in the future. Next, the SIM card. I got it in advance from Amazon. It’s valid for 5 days and cost about $10.
For some reason, this SIM card wouldn’t connect. What I found out was that it doesn’t work with my Android device. When I switched it to my iPhone, it connected without a problem. Then, the lottery.
Right now, Taiwan is running a tourism promotion campaign, and you can win 5000 Taiwan dollars at the airport in a lottery. I heard the odds were high, so I had a plan for a big splurge if I won, but in the end, I didn’t.
I’ve never had any luck with lotteries in my life. It was foolish to expect anything. In the end, the causes were lack of attention, lack of confirmation, and lack of luck. Two-thirds of it was my own fault. Next, the meals.
This time in Taipei, my rule for meals was to try something I hadn’t eaten before. I tried these three dishes this time. Snail noodles, goose rice, and medicinal cuisine. In Chinese, snail noodles are called Luosifen.
At this point, I didn’t really know what it was, so I just went in and asked the shop staff. They showed me the actual noodles, but they looked like ordinary rice noodles. After looking it up later, it turns out that it’s a dish characterized by a unique soup with snails in it.
By the way, it’s not Taiwanese cuisine, but a dish originated from the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on the mainland. I ordered the recommended one, with beef, pork, and offal, all included, for 150 Taiwan dollars, about $5.
After trying it, I found it to be quite delicious. I didn’t particularly feel the taste of snails, and I didn’t feel much of a smell or peculiar taste either. Speaking of snails, I remember the snail bun “BunOc” I ate in Vietnam and the loach soup with snails “Uronchuotan” I had in Korea.
Those had a stronger snail taste. Next, goose rice. The character for “bird” with “I” written in it means goose. Goose rice and soup for 130 Taiwan dollars, just over $4. When I tried it, the taste and texture were quite similar to duck meat.
Actually, when I think about it, I realized I didn’t really know what kind of animal a goose is. When I looked it up, it turns out that it’s a domesticated wild swan. Even after being told that, I still don’t quite get it, but anyway, it tasted like duck meat and was delicious.
By the way, at this restaurant, when I tried to order, I was told to write it on paper. In Taiwan, many restaurants take orders on paper slips. On the other hand, there are also places where you can only order verbally, without a slip.
Finally, medicinal cuisine. Medicinal soup and grilled meat rice. A set for 135 Taiwan dollars, about $4. This soup has a distinct herbal medicine-like flavor. It’s delicious and seems to be good for the body. And maybe because of the spices, there’s a hint of curry flavor in the background. That kind of taste.
In summary, everything was delicious. However, there wasn’t much of a fresh surprise. My favorite was the last medicinal rice. It’s the kind of dish I’d want to eat in Japan during the cold season. By the way, breakfast was like this. Radish cake, Danbing, grilled dumplings, etc.
I ate a cheap set for about 60 Taiwan dollars, about $2, at a breakfast shop near the accommodation. Even though it’s cheap, it comes with milk tea. It’s quite thin, but the fact that it’s not sweet is just right.
Having dumplings for breakfast is a first for me. It’s not very common in Japan, but it seems to be quite normal in Taiwan. Then, a few things that caught my attention. Air raid evacuation, Card Tama, Matsuzaka pork.
What I saw everywhere this time was this air raid evacuation poster, which I saw for the first time. I didn’t know at all, but in Taiwan, an air raid evacuation drill is held once a year.
And when I looked it up further, it turns out that this poster is a design that was newly adopted this year.
If you don’t do this air raid evacuation drill properly, you could be fined. In fact, there was a case where a large fine was imposed as a result of going out into the city in a dinosaur costume on the day. Next is this. Something I saw while riding a bicycle.
The first character, which looks like the top and bottom are stuck together, means “card” in Chinese. I was wondering what “Card Tama” could be for a while, but This word, when read in Chinese, is “ka duo mo”. It’s a forced match of the Japanese word “children” with Chinese characters.
By the way, when I looked it up, it was a children’s goods store. Even though Japanese is often seen in Taiwan, I wonder if locals understand such things. Next is Matsuzaka pork. I’ve heard of Matsuzaka beef, but never Matsuzaka pork. I thought they were just casually attaching a Japanese brand-like name, but
When I looked it up, Matsuzaka pork actually existed. That’s all. That’s it, a quick look back at my trip to Taiwan in August. It was a trip where I didn’t do much, and I didn’t spend much money. The local expenses I used, excluding airfare and lodging, were about 1600 Taiwan dollars, about $50.
The leftover cash from my previous trip to Taiwan in February, 2600 Taiwan dollars, was more than enough. The Taiwan receipt lottery, I didn’t win this time either. Thank you for your watching. See you next time.
2023年8月、タイ・バンコク旅に行く前に立ち寄った台湾。
安いチケットで飛んではみたものの、特になにもせずダラダラ過ごした旅。
チケットを買った時と、旅行直前のテンションに落差がありすぎた結果、
いつも以上にぼんやりした旅になってしまった、そんな感じです。
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00:00 Opening / オープニング
00:20 Summary / 旅の概要
01:30 What annoyed me / ちょっとだけ腹立ったこと
02:47 Meals / はじめて食べた料理
05:28 Interesting things / すこし気になったもの
06:46 Conclusion / まとめ
07:14 Ending / エンディング
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