Name: JIUFEN, TAIPEI - Eat at the CUTEST Street in Taiwan!
Uploaded: 2018-04-07T17:05:51.000Z
Duration: 14 min 32 s
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Good afternoon everybody! ...Oh black coffee...Today we are going to explore the northeast

coast of Taiwan. Is this the Northeast?
Is this the Northeast? A map will pop up...

There...there's the Northeast. One
particular destination that I'm super

stoked about and I know you will too is called Jiufen Village. If you

translate that into Chinese it means
nine pieces. Village is lined with beautiful

teahouses between the mountains. it's gonna be fantastic. If you guys know the

movie spirited away yeah it's been said
spirited away was influenced by this

particular village. So cool! Today's tour is
in collaboration with get your guide

which is basically a platform for you to
get your guide...Get your guide makes it

easy for you because instead of having
to find individual operators you can

just go on that platform type in the
country you're visiting and it'll show

you an awesome list of attractions and
sightseeing tours that you can book. Also

most of the prices are discounted prices
so you can save a little moolah as well.

Not used to these bangs yet. Tour bus
is here to pick us up so pack up your

stuff, pack a little snack you know and
let's head out!

Right now we are at our first pit
stop which is this cool rock formation

Oh it's over there it looks like a bamboo
shoot! That's why it's famous.

Look at the slippery surface and the
layers and layers of residue there.

The reason the rock formations are that
color is because there's copper iron and

gold residue so you're going to see like
layers of red a little bit of orange

here there. I feel like a weather
reporter in a storm trying to report

something before I fly away! Back on the bus...gotta fix my hair...By the way one of the best thing

about tours like these is staring out
the window and checking out the scenery

because you're gonna see the coast of
Taiwan the beautiful rock formation the

lush greenery, it really is a fantastic
fantastic sight.

The weather is pretty pooped today but supposedly on a really sunny day you can see that the water is

actually green and yellow so it's two
different colors.

We are here at the Jiufen entrance you're
gonna see there's a lot of tour buses

taxis and cars but I mean it's a very
popular tourist attraction I hope when

you guys come you guys come maybe during summertime when the weather's a little

bit better because then you can go hiking, you can stay the night, you can see more of the view.

But for now, we're here! So let's enjoy it!

As you walk down the street you're going to notice a lot of snack stalls. And teashops!

You can buy things like pork jerky...buy I don't even know what this is...you can buy

Tang yuan which are these dessert balls that are sticky and delicious. You buy fish balls, there's

a ton a ton of different snacks that you
try and that's really what you should be

doing. We have an hour so I'm gonna try
to be as much as I can but for now enjoy

Finally found a quiet corner. So fun facts about

this place so as I said it's called
Juifen which means nine pieces. Or I

think the more literal translation is
like nine portions because back then

nine families lived in this village so
anytime they went to the city to shop

for supplies they have to bring back nine pieces or nine portions for the nine

families. Most of these shops and stores
that are selling snacks and desserts and

little knickknacks, they're actually run
by maybe second or third generation of

these families that lived here before. The reason why this place

became super popular is because they
discovered gold here so they turn this

area into a gold-mining area. Now it's
become such a popular tourist attraction

it is cute, it is photogenic...okay well my
umbrella is about to blow away as it

has been this entire video and we're
gonna go try some delicious things as we

always do on this channel. Pft Pft hair in my mouth...let's go!

I'm trying our first thing it's this little pastry. Inside is red bean and mochi

but there's a ton of different flavors like taro pineapple it's all over

there. It looks so good. Look at that gooey middle with the crusty outer layer.

I would I really love the sweetness of
the red meat nice gooey texture from the

mochi also the outer layer that's quite
a mouthful but it's flaky it's delicious

I'm a fan
you guys we'll see you when you come

another really popular snack here is the
peanut bowl ice cream basically eight

dole with ice cream and peanut on it
it's really good we're not gonna try it

because you can actually find that in a
lot of different night markets but if

you're coming here - I'll try if you
have more time there's mushroom there's

spam boo I'm not exactly sure what gives
it this red color it's actually a meat

version as well or try the vegetarian
one because you guys are always like a

vegetable imperative this is 45 empty
about a dollar fifty Emily

in Chinese is actually called pas 1 and
the outer layer is a rice dole this

outer gelatinous kind of feeling dough
is actually quite delicious but actually

just melts in your mouth
the sauce that he dripped on this brown

sauce is sweet so it's got a sweet and
savory taste to it like tofu skin layers

and layers of troubles in the fan of
this gelatinous go all right to explore

place is sold festive it's just lined
with shops everywhere a white place to

be one smell that you're gonna smell
here is that smells stinky tofu it

literally fills up the entire street so
if you guys are not familiar with that

smell you're gonna come here you're
gonna need to know what it is I'm pretty

used to a I grew up with it so what does
the morning you guys I know a lot of

travelers are very afraid of Expo one of
the last things you have to do here is

to visit a teahouse and try their teeth
and chances are beautiful hopefully you

can find one that kind of overlooks the
village and kind of gives you a nice

view everything here are handmade all
the key

one of the last things I wanted to try
it okay so basically what these are

these little tar balls in here is ice
and then there's red bean there's green

bean there's a long pin with your small
feet

okay from these and it's a really
delicious dessert they have to eat you

can get it hot or cold personally I like
it cold I like that it's kind of like a

refreshing drink but some people like it
hot especially in a rainy weather like

this we're gonna take a big bite of
everything

oh yeah
so this soup you're drinking is actually

a sweet suit it's mixed in with some
Serapis these in Chinese called Tom Ewan

love these little dessert snacks right
here so this is taro and a bleep this is

a potato ball it got a nice glossy
surface when you chew into it cooing

soft so good just on there definitely
try one of these dessert

they're waiting down at the parking lot
this about ends our tour let me tell you

who this tourists for this tourists for
people who are visiting Taipei for a few

days maybe like three or four and they
really want to get to this village they

want a fast way to do it you just want
to see it experience it for a little bit

and head out this is a tour for you
there's a van that we're taking here

with a tour guide so gave you some free
time to explore and eat this is enough

time to give you a taste of what it's
like here I hope you guys enjoyed it the