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During my week-long trip to Taipei last week, I decided to take a two-day trip down to Tainan (Southern Taiwan). Two friends and I headed down without much planning, so it was very much a go-with-the-flow type of trip – we even followed a local friend to visit a chiropractor…how very random to have my first ever chiropractic session in Tainan. Anyway, I’ve selected 25 photos from my Instagram to show you some lovely bits of this city, all addresses are at the end of this post for your information.

這次在台北一周時間，雖然有點趕，但還硬是去了台南兩天一夜。和朋友訂了住宿車票說走就走，完全是無計劃的閒逛行程，還莫名奇妙跟當地朋友去整了骨。人生第一次整骨就這樣在台南發生了，也是挺妙的。總之，從我的 Instagram 裡挑選了25張照片分享在這裏，希望給以後要去台灣玩的你一些美好的期待。

1. From Taipei to Tainan via high speed train is just under 2 hours for a price of around 1380TWD, very convenient. It does take another 20-30 minutes to get to the city center via a free transport shuttle, but it’s pretty easy breezy.

從台北搭高鐵到台南不到兩個小時的時間，車票大約1380台幣（280人民幣左右），非常方便。一下高鐵就是這個畫面，你看天氣好（熱）成這樣。趕緊跳上冷氣充足的免費接駁巴士，2~30分鍾後抵達市區。

2. We had booked 謝宅 Old House Inn as our lodging, and as one of my travel mates is a regular customer, the owner personally came to pick us up and took us to lunch. His vintage Mercedes is super stylish despite the half broken door and air-conditioning…

在台南訂的住宿是 “謝宅”。因爲同行的朋友是常客，所以老板親自開車來接我們去吃飯。這台古董 mercedes 雖然冷氣和門好像都有點快不行了，卻還是很帥啊。（老板聲明：所有客人都會得到很棒的服務，不過接送吃飯這件事情不是大家都有的…）

3. We went to a noodle shop called “吃麵吧” (Jai Mi Ba), owned by a young chef who previously worked at Robuchon Taipei. His dishes are an interesting fusion of Chinese noodles with western cooking techniques – we tried “檳榔花烤雞醋拌麵” (dry noodle with betel palm flowers, roasted chicken, and vinegar), “海藻透抽乾拌麵” (dry noodle with seaweed and squid)，“蛤蜊豆漿湯麵” (soup noodle with clams and soy milk), all excellent. We were also treated to a serving of “黑橄欖甜餡餅”, a black olive dessert which delicious as well…must order.

老板怕我們被台南中午的高溫熱死，所以選擇帶我們去有冷氣，環境舒適的 “吃面吧” 用午餐。吃面吧的年輕老板／主廚曾在台北Robuchon工作過，他做的看似是中式面食，不過融合了西式料理的手法，非常有趣。我們嚐了 “槟榔花與烤雞醋拌面”、“海藻透抽乾拌面”、和 “蛤蜊豆漿湯面”，每一碗都美味。面被我拍醜了，所以放一張最後老板招待的黑橄榄甜餡餅（好吃，要點）。

4. After lunch, we dropped by “清吉” for some fresh fruit juices. The lady in charge was very friendly and gave me some tips as I was hesitating between different choices…eventually I went for coconut juice + pear, perfecting refreshing on this hot hot Tainan summer day.

飯後，謝宅老板帶我們到附近的 “清吉” 水果店喝果汁。老板娘很親切，看我猶豫不決很久，還給了一些水果搭配的建議。最後我點了杯清爽的椰子＋水梨＋一點點甘草粉提味。