Jiufen - 老街

Jiufen is the place to drop by when you going to Shifen to put up sky lantern. We took a bus (965) from 中山北路站 and it takes about an hour and it reaches directly at Jiufen old street. Jiufen Old Street is a narrow alleyway which have plenty of small food stalls, souvenir shops, and taro dessert and tea houses. You can just explore follow the alleyway to enjoy the upslope walk. Enjoy a lunch such as Lu Rou Fan, visiting a tea house and enjoy the tea for awhile, and eat the pork sausage while waking around. After which, can stop over at 赖阿婆to have some taro ball soup which is famous in Jiufen. They are made on the spot and they are made in a chewy texture that is likeable by all age. You can choose to have it hot or cold (serve with red and green beans together). It’s a definite must try! If you are like us that runs out of money in our bus card you can find 7-11 right outside the street. If you would like to further explore you can continue to take 965 to 金瓜石 or return to Taipei directly via bus 1062 or Ruifang to further explore Shifen. If you want, there’s also a few guest house that you can stay at to slowly explore the area. #jiufen