Today we are going to hit all the Anping stops.
First off we went to Anping Fort, but before that we stopped for lunch at one of the restaurants outside. They had streetside tables and I got danzai noodles which were vermicelli, bean spirits, one prawn, some vege, and a fish ball.
The smell of stinky tofu kept wafting down and I asked the shop lady if they sold stinky tofu? No but they're just up the street so you can bring 外食 here to eat if you want.
After everyone ordered I went up and bought a serving of tofu for $70 and boy was it stinky good. Hit the spot.
L had oyster omelette with oyster rolls? and M had a regular omelette. Pigs ear for side dish as well as some 海帶芽.
After lunch I got some 冬瓜茶 and we headed to Fort Zeelandia. I found the stamps and finished my tea first before going for a walk around. The pits are cool but someone has been down in the pit and moved all the bricks. Later when we left I let the staff know and the groundsman said it's likely to be kids that went in there to play.
The wall has been covered up for maintenance so you can't really see it, which is a real shame.
I got a good nui photo with some blooms and then eventually made it to the shop at the top of the fort. I found that they were selling portable soap, with a roll on type container (like a glue stick) and got one for the office days.
Later I went to the toilet and tested it, and then went back to buy the other stick for $50.
After we were done at the fort, we headed out towards the Tree house, but stopped at the outer wall remnant and also discovered a new historical house open for viewing. Yang house. They had some art painting exhibits inside, available for sale, and a DIY area for kids (but no classes today). They also had a back courtyard.
Then we kept going and wandered out to a Yang Shin Trading House which is open with heaps of different DIY experience projects. I found an embossed and embossed a page in my stamp book with it.
Finally we made it to the Tree house lol.
I opted to skip to buy prawn crackers and then got myself a egg popsicle (plum flavour) to lick while waiting for L and M. The shop lady at the store was so patient with me.
Soon after they were done, and it was about 3:44pm at this stage. We called a taxi to go to Eternal Golden Castle and I entered so I can sit in the grounds for a rest. I did have a look around, carrying my 10 bags of prawn crackers around with me haha.
The little shop was moved to a different location and the building has changed as well. They sold out of the t-shirt that I bought in 2023.
I bought a Kongzhi noodle snack and munched it and L and M joined me shortly. We had a rest and decided to go back to the Old Street for dinner. We ended up Youbiking there and looked up and down the street with temples.
We settled I'm on a beef noodle soup place with seating on the street. I got a hot plate braised tofu with plain rice. It was so good?! It was sweet, but the sweetness was just slightly caramelised and not too much. The tofu was full of flavour and the plate sizzling. It was great! M had 魯肉飯 and L and a sausage fried rice with prawn rolls. And fresh prawns.
Yummy. This was really good.
Then a taxi home - the driver who accepted our request was driving a Benz 9 seater today and forgot. So he called to ask and make sure it was OK.
Fare was about $230. The driver was trying to hint I should download another app for taxis as 55688 is hard to get taxis with. But I find it's ok? And then he kinda left it there. But did give me his card for future tours or trips.
Once home it was laundry time. The dryer isn't very hot and took ages, even 2 hrs later it was not completely dry. This was now 10pm. I did postcards in the meantime, and before that one of the reception ladies were curious about NZ so I told her a lot about what she wanted to know. We had a long chat.
I ended up sleeping st 11pm cause I couldn't shower until the laundry was done, as it was on the ground floor. Their laundry area was outside at the back of the building though.
I just hung out my laundry as best as I could and sort it out tomorrow.
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