Pollo Bun (Pineapple Bun) (Shida Night Market's Branch)@President Department Store (Wufu Store), Kaohsiung

After the delectable Angel Chicken Chop (天使雞排), a short walk away to the President Department Store would be just nice for a light snack of Pineapple Bun (菠蘿包). This piping hot bun smells amazing even from afar and the queue waiting patiently for the fragrant morsels attest to their quality. It boasts that it comes from the famous stall in Shida Night Market but regardless, I would have queued just because of the smell alone. Haha!

They rarely have anything on their shelves because the crowd clear everything before they even have the chance to line up the buns there. As everything is made fresh, patience is definitely a virtue here.

I did not understand the menu but from what I gathered, the cold butter one is the most popular although you can opt for the cheese or even add a ham or two.

I was so excited when mine finally arrived but I regretted choosing the cheese version. I think the thick cold butter between the hot bun would be a better choice. The top is crusty like what a good 菠蘿包 should be and the inside is warm and soft. Delicious!

For a better gauge on the location, please refer to the Google Map below. I added the Angel Chicken Chop location too!

Angel Chicken Chop (天使雞排), Kaohsiung

Located in SinSing district in Kaohsiung, it is at the start of the Shinkuchan (New Juejiang Shopping District). It might be a much smaller scale night market as compared to the other famous ones in Kaohsiung, but this street is already open during early afternoon, so I guess it's an option for "early dinner" or even afternoon snack. A little distance away is the Central Park (中央公園) and the President Mall where they have amazing Pineapple Bun (菠蘿包).

This is one of the best chicken chop in Kaohsiung in my honest opinion. The queue is always long and they even have people directing the queue. If you like their page in Facebook, you get a NTD5 off your chicken chop.

The batter is thin and crisp, with a little sweet undertone. The chicken breast is completely devoid of fat but still tender and succulent. Despite the rather large chicken chop, I managed to wolf down more than 3/4 of it.

Check out the fat-free chicken!

Trip: Taipei Day 4 and Kaoshiung Day 1

The view at the breakfast area at my hotel:

I was planning to go to Kaoshiung that day so decided to finish up areas around my hotel and the Taipei National Museum before setting off. Hence, a visit to Longshan Temple. The temple is very pretty with lotsa lanscaping done. There's a pond with superhuge kois and a really beautiful man-made waterfall. When I was there, there's a lot of people doing their incantations for prayers and stuff, so the place is kinda packed.

As for the National Palace Museum, it was one of my favourite spot...the arts, the beautiful antiques, the sculptures, everything! OMG I could have spent hours there if not for my train to Kaoshiung that very afternoon..sigh! I just managed to spend about 4 hours there, which is not enough IMO cos I rushed through everything >< and there's the Aborigines Centre and stuffs nearby which I didn't manage to visit *sob* I didn't take any photos of the displays except for the view of the place from outside cos I dun think any pictures of the display will ever do them justice...:)

After that off I rushed for my very 1st high speed train to Kaoshiung! It was pretty good I guess with the spacious seats and all, though I get a lil dizzy after trying to look at the grass passing by..LOL, I know, stupid right? But it was pretty boring along the journey with nothing much to see :P with the countryside and all..

Anyway, once I'm there, I checked in my hotel and quickly went off to grab some bites...since the bento I got myself at the train station was not very nyum nyum~

A not so nyummy bento but it was quite cheap ;P

Kaoshiung here I come!

The ceiling at the station, I know, this seemed very 38 but I couldn't resist...:S

Ok, these are all stalls leading to the Night Market and I kinda tried them out along the way, making me kinda stuffed by the time I actually reached there. :((((

There egg buns thingie is not so nice I guess but they look so cuteeee...PS: I tried most of the available flavours cos Taiwanese shops got a thing about buying stuff in a large number and not just one by one :S

 

The Papaya Shake or Papaya Milk that Taiwan is famous for? :P

 Since a lot of stalls are selling the same thing, I chose the one with the longest queue and the most reviews and/or newspaper clippings :D

The longest sausage I've ever seen @@