Taiwan Trip Dec 6-14 Day 6 - 九份 老街 Jiufen Lao Jie Old Street

After Shifen, we were ferried to Jiufen. 老街 below - we were looking for 魚丸伯仔


Finally found it

Shop Interior

Order the fishball set. Each set consisted of 1 bowl of fish ball, 2 toufu and 1 bowl of tanghoon. Ordered 4 sets.


Fishball - not crunchy so did not really like.

Tofu - hubby liked it.

Continue into laojie







Stopped at 阿蘭草仔粿. Sampled the red bean and yam - tasted ok but not fantastic



Further down


Next stop- 賴阿婆芋園

You can take the deserts here

Bought the mixed ice shave - tasted ok

Street scene


Took this from the viewing platform at the end of the lao jie



Tea house but stomach very full so did not go into any of the teahouse

The famous staircase




The old cinema




Shot taken from the platform outside the street



Entrance of old street


You might be interested in the Summary/Itinerary:

Day 1 - Lunch at Airport,Flight to Taipei, Check in Dandy Hotel(Review), Dinner in Taipei at 肥前屋

Day 2 – Breakfast at Dandy, Martyrs' Shrine 忠烈祠, Shinlin Residence 士林官邸
Yangminshan,Beitou Sulphur Valley, 烏來内洞囯家森林 Wulai Old Street

Day 3 – Journey to Hualian, Review of Quality Inn Hualian, Hualian Town - Food Sampling, Dinner at Hualian

Day 4 - Breakfast at Quality Inn, 清水斷崖,池上便當,Lunch outside Tourist Centre, Taroko Gorge,七星譚, Hualian Town/蔥油餅/Dinner, Review of Hotel Bayview Qixingtan

Day 5 - Breakfast at Hotel Bayview, Qixingtan area around hotel, Journey Back to Taipei, Lunch at囯賓大腸煎, Check in Dandy Hotel(Review), XiMenTing, Dinner at Shilin Night Market

Day 6 - Breakfast at Dandy, 野柳 Yeliu GeoPark, Shifen 十分放天燈, 九分老街, 金瓜石 Gold Ecological Park , 陰陽海, 黃金瀑布, 鼻头角, 南雅rock formation, 基隆廟口夜市

Day 7 - Breakfast at Dandy, National Palace Museum, 天母, Lunch at Beitou, Danshui, Fisherman’s Wharf, Dinner at 梅江韓溝囯淡水店

Day 8 - Breakfast at Dandy, Experience HSR to Taichung, Shopping at 新光三越 Taipei Station,
Taipei Underground Front Station, Pass by CKS, Lunch at 高記, Taipei 101, Dinner at foodcourt

Day 9 - Breakfast at Dandy, Daiso, Lunch at Taipei Breeze Centre, Taipei Milk King, Home Sweet Home


Review of Dandy Hotel – Dec 6-7
Review of Quality Inn Hualian Dec 8
Review of Hotel Bayview Hualian Dec 9
Review of Dandy Hotel – Dec 10-13