Delicious food and claw machines

Our first day in Taipei was a bit cold but we went out and about and saw a few different things. Our first stop in the train was to a big memorial. There was a huge room with a big statue of an important man. He looked like a kind man though and probably did something very good for the people. Mum said he was an old Prime Minister that helped Taiwan not be ruled by China. I also watched a hip hop group practicing at the National Theatre.
We walked through a food market called Donsanshuai, and boy was there some strange stuff. We did try a few little things but I had to hold my nose sometimes too. I can't believe some of the crazy food- like who wants to eat chicken feet!
We walked further to a big shopping area- Grinchy wasn't too happy about that. Still lots of new food for us to try and I bought my first Taiwan bubble tea. And I must say it was delicious! We walked around the shops and there were lots of things I wanted to buy one of the most favourite things to do with brother is to play the claw machine games- they are everywhere! You put $10 in (but not Australian dollars, it's about 50c) and it's hard to win anything! Mum and dad go crazy watching us. Daddy says they are all rigged but we saw some boys win and we want to keep playing . Every place we go has them.
I tried some mochi strawberries with red bean in Dihua, which is an old area of town. The red bean paste was not for me. I am trying lots of new food here in Taiwan though.
We visited a night market for dinner - with even more yummy stuff and of course more claw machines! My favourite food was a little cheese filled waffle. And I liked the dumplings too. We are eating lots of dumplings in Taipei, but I am ok with that!Read more