Taiwan: GaoMei Wetland, Miyahara Ophthalmology Department

After months of blog-free break. Now, I am sitting in front of the computer and type out this outdated blog post on My First Day in Taiwan.
I didn’t bring camera along during the trip, so all the pictures were taken using my Samsung Note 2, which also means that I didn’t have much nice pictures to share. But, I try to put the nicest one in the blog posts, ok?
My flight reached Tao Yuan International Airport 20 minutes earlier from the scheduled time. Our taxi driver was already waiting for us at the arrival hall.
My plan was to head to Tai Chung right after arrival, but our taxi driver recommended us to watch sunset at Gao Mei Wetland（高美湿地）.Anyway, he told us that, we need a little bit of luck to be able to watch the sunset. Guess what, we are the unlucky one as the sky was overcast, we unable to witness the beautiful sunset.

Picture from Google Image
See, how pretty the sunset is.

 

See, ours sunset=nothing. Gloomy~

A lots of family were spending their family time together here. Those adults and kids were searching for small crabs. I will say, this place is worth a visit only if we able to see the beautiful sunset. So, why not try your luck at Gao Mei Wetland during your Taiwan trip?

We left Gao Mei Wetland with disappointment and headed to Miyahara Ophthalmology Department aka Gong Yuan Yan Ke （宫原眼科）for eyes check up. Ngiaks ngiaks, I am joking, we went there to try the infamous ice cream, but trust me, the shop is really named as Miyahara Ophthalmology Department. Located near the Taichung Train Station, this building used to be an eye clinic that was constructed by a Japanese optometrist called Miyahara in 1927. After World War 2 ended, the Taichung government department of health occupied the building for some time before abandoning it. It was only in 2011 that a food company took over and renovated the building.
Now, this historical building becomes the location of Dawncake which is a famous store in Taichung, different kinds of pastries(ranged from pineapple tarts to chocolate and ice cream) can be found here.

It was once a Department of Health.

The interior design of the shop.
Very Harry Potter noh~

Love the packaging of their products.

Their ice cream, not cheap but worth a try.
Checked out their flavours. and toppings.

We then headed to the homestay we booked in FengJia Night Market. After we dropped our luggage, we had our dinner there. All my friends that visited Fengjia Night Market claimed that, it is the best night market in Taiwan. Hmm, perhaps I was too tired to shop after a whole day journey, so I not really so into the market. However, this is a happening area.

Do try out this Yam Dessert in Feng Jia Night Market:

So, I ends my first blog post on Taiwan trip here.