IS : Idea Sharing: 10月 2013

2013年10月31日

Plan a Special Shilin Night Market Trip: Taiwanese Local Foods, Museum,Hot Sprint SPA & More

Shilin Night Market is the most famous night market in Taiwan. Here you can try many kinds of Taiwanese foods, and visit some special scenic spots around the night market.

In this article, I will list the special foods and places you can have in Shilin Night Market, and also the places worth of visit together in one or two day trip.

Don't worry about that the addresses listed below are in Chinese, just clip the reference web page and copy the Chinese geo tag of each place to your Evernote, then sync the data to GoLater, you will find those places easily with GoLater in your iPhone. If you are viewing this blog on iPhone/iPad, you can just tap the "gloater://..." links and save them to your GoLater, then all of the saved material will show in your GoLater maps.

Special Taiwanese Local Foods in Shilin Night Market

蚵仔煎 Oyster Omelete

From Wikimedia

This is made from oysters+eggs+one kind of green cabbage+special sauce.

The above picture is luxury version. Generally, it should looks like the reference blog's picture.

Place to eat:
忠誠號 Reference Blog

GoLater Geo Tag Address: g:/台北市士林區大東路15 - 23號

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臭豆腐 Stinky Tofu

From Wikimedia

Stinky Tofu is the tofu fermented with strong odor. The people love it will say it smells yummy, but some people cannot accept its odor. Usually, the dish has Taiwanese style pickled cabbage (not spicy, but more sweety and sour) by the side of tofu.

Place to eat: 忠誠號 Reference Blog

GoLater Geo Tag Address: g:/台北市士林區大東路15 - 23號

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生炒花枝 Stir-fried Cuttlefish

From Comment on iPeen

Place to eat: 忠誠號 Reference Web Page

GoLater Geo Tag Address: g:/台北市士林區大東路15 - 23號
If you don't understand what is the geo tag address of GoLater, welcome to have a look of its video

忠誠號˙生炒花枝、蚵仔煎、天婦羅－iPeen 愛評網 golater://host/e/key/51a6aaf3172fc468d79ce773aabb948b/id/286b698f-6e72-410b-948e-58d58647e52b/sh/s7/ Shared gloater link to tap and save

雪花冰 Snow Ice

From GoLater Fan

Snow Ice is made from a cube of ice of frozen milk in various flavor, and the ice is shaved by machine into snowflakes.

Place to eat: 辛發亭(Hsin Fa Ting) Reference BlogGoLater Geo Tag Address: g:/台北市安平街1號
If you don't understand what is the geo tag address of GoLater, welcome to have a look of its video

貴鬆鬆的冰品，辛發亭。 @ 【爆肝護士】-美食‧旅行‧玩樂記事 :: 痞客邦 PIXNET :: golater://host/e/key/1e4b5c4eb5ced7f09e1ba76c25a04647/id/5382268d-1b9a-4ced-8d4a-019d2b09a326/sh/s7/ Shared gloater link to tap and save

大餅包小餅 Small Bun Wrapped in Large Bun

Place to eat : 長林記 Reference Blog
GoLater Geo Tag Address: g:/台北市士林區基河路101號
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士林夜市美食．士林夜市B1-長林記大餅包小餅【官方網站】 golater://host/e/key/ff188df68ce711cfe490ecee4ab4aaf9/id/f6458fa3-3f66-48bc-bbb0-117ca1fbc526/sh/s7/ Shared gloater link to tap and save

豆花 Douhua , Tofu Pudding

From 食在愛玩

Place to eat: 士林伯豆花店

Reference Blog

GoLater Geo Tag Address: g:/台北市士林區大南路94號

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台北士林夜市-士林伯豆花店-25年老店 | 食在愛玩@台灣 golater://host/e/key/d291212529aac96366084b547807910f/id/b599f819-f1a6-42c0-827e-7f8077942bf2/sh/s7/ Shared gloater link to tap and save

上海生煎包 Shanghai Pan-fried Pork Buns

From 鍾記原上海生煎包

Place to eat 鐘記原上海生煎包 Reference Blog
GoLater Geo Tag Address: g:/台北市士林區大南路7-1號
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台北。士林。鍾記原上海生煎包 @ LOHAS TAIWAN！ :: 痞客邦 PIXNET :: golater://host/e/key/1e9b2c2b8af2ba0d1ade4965e089afe1/id/746ae9e5-2717-4894-9823-d2706889ca49/sh/s7/ Shared gloater link to tap and save

東山鴨頭 Dongshan Duck Heads

From 高雄東山鴨頭

Place to eat: 高雄東山鴨頭 Reference Blog

GoLater Geo Tag Address: g:/台北市士林區基河路3號之1

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不可錯過士林夜市小吃 Part 2 - 高雄東山鴨頭 - 生活超有趣 golater://host/e/key/e6811664d619d7bd7c7a6c065482d6d4/id/e602c1d7-6587-403b-890f-902ef3a1cb60/sh/s7/ Shared gloater link to tap and save

泡泡冰 Pao Pao Ice

From 以利泡泡冰

Place to eat : 以利泡泡冰 Reference Blog
GoLater Geo Tag Address: g:/台北市士林區華榮街4號
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華榮夜市‧老牌濃醇香以利泡泡冰 @ 。熊喵。大口吃垮全世界 :: 痞客邦 PIXNET :: golater://host/e/key/12d8e349d77f5410e52b34f4efe76c53/id/f4499231-94b0-4a2f-8170-82d67f15fb9d/sh/s7/ Shared gloater link to tap and save

Scenic Spots Around Shilin Night Market

故宮博物院 National Palace Museum

Web Site http://www.npm.gov.tw/en/Article.aspx?sNo=03000063

GoLater Geo Tag Address: g:/台北市士林區至善路二段221號

From Wikipedia

National Palace Museum-Visiting > Visit Info > Hours & Ticket Prices golater://host/e/key/560e7c46d7faefb0260077b3925095bf/id/6800c569-b428-463a-b49f-15edfe1236ce/sh/s7/ Shared gloater link to tap and save

陽明山國家公園 Yangminghsan National Park

擎天崗 Chingtiangang Grasslands Scenic Area

GoLater Geo Tag Address: g:/ 台北市士林區菁山路101巷246號

From Yangmingshan National Park

Qingtiangang / Scenic Spots / Exploring Yangmingshan | Yangmingshan National Park golater://host/e/key/db58906c5139a9314a812064cf5ef44b/id/0731b85d-1a81-4386-9057-85923799a32f/sh/s7/ Shared gloater link to tap and save

小油坑 Xiaoyoukeng Scenic Spot

GoLater Geo Tag Address: g:/台北市北投區竹子湖路69號

From Yangmingshan National Park

Xiaoyoukeng / Scenic Spots / Exploring Yangmingshan | Yangmingshan National Park golater://host/e/key/660659eb825067274f9acbe9bd93cdd6/id/26a34e0d-dfb0-4241-bccd-ea8cde2fc19b/sh/s7/ Shared gloater link to tap and save

Hot Sprint SPA

陽明山中國麗緻 LANDIS RESORTS

GoLater Geo Tag Address: g:/台北市陽明山格致路237號

From LANDIS RESORT

陽明山中國麗緻大飯店
golater://host/e/key/d5d3a693bedf3555e6a633d5e20f1e3d/id/87fb5720-3f59-4c86-8f34-b76b1ea143bb/sh/s7/ Shared gloater link to tap and save

松園 Pine Garden

Web Site : http://www.pinegarden.url.tw/pine_scenery.html

GoLater Geo Tag Address: g:/台北市陽明山士林區菁山路101巷160號

From Pine Garden

松園禪林 Pine Zen Garden - 詩情畫意的人間仙境與人文美食饗宴 golater://host/e/key/4ac1932d4983e38d131ed8dcc7167a1e/id/58cb284d-b29d-483c-871f-8b9238879c42/sh/s7/ Shared gloater link to tap and save

Night View : Restaurants near

文化大學 Chinese Culture University(the university located in the highest place in Taiwan)

Zest 35

Freom Zest 35 Facebook

Reference Blog: http://chaorock2.blogspot.tw/2008/11/zest-35.html

Sweet Chaos: [台北] Zest 35 會館觀景餐廳 golater://host/e/key/86aa30079d4e587d4fd883b161cdb774/id/6cd2a0cb-0ea4-427a-9334-b96e9ecad533/sh/s7/ Shared gloater link to tap and save

屋頂上 The Top

Web Site: http://www.compei.com/about.php
g:/台北市凱旋路61巷4弄33號

From The Top

The Top 屋頂上景觀餐廳 golater://host/e/key/d3d42f5ad85615f51c7caf227c472561/id/71d07f2d-1383-42d5-bf74-9b9ccbf589bd/sh/s7/ Shared gloater link to tap and save

2013年10月28日

Read Up More by Sending to Kindle

This is the era that you never worry about too less information, but get headache with too much information flooding to us that we have no time to absorb all of them. The practical way is to pick those really useful and read them later in our fragmented time.

Earlier, I thought using some iOS or Android APP like Read It Later, now called Pocket, or Evernote will be a good idea to save and read later. However, it seemed that collection progresses well, but reading progress was slow. The main reasons are:

Reading on an iOS or Android device hurts eyesight, and it is difficult to read for a long time on them.
There are too much seduction on an iOS or Android device , like Facebook, Twitter, Line....so, you know...

I find Kindle eBook, not Kindle Fire which is a kind of Android device, will be better than the iOS/Android solution. Reading on Kindle eBook for eyes is like reading general paper books and I rarely surfing on line by Kindle. The time I turn on WIFI is only for sync my Kindle from Amazon Cloud. Therefore, it is easy to concentrate on reading and not seduced by social medias.

How? Just download Chrome Send to Kindle , and install it on your Chrome. (Why only say Chrome, because Chrome performance is the best and I found the plugin for Firefox and Safari could not work correctly many times.) After doing "Settings" to let the plugin remember your account and password, we can start material gathering. When you find a web page valuable, just click on the "K" icon on the top. Either select "Send to Kindle" or "Preview & Send" , the web page will be successfully sent to Your Kindle Library on Amazon cloud. When you turn on Kindle's WIFI connection, Kindle will automatically catches those new contents from the cloud library. Amazon offers each account up to 5GB, very generous.

Then you may ask, this is just for HTML, what others?

Amazon offers every account an email that you can send files into your Kindle library and they will be sent to your Kindle when WIFI is on.

The email can be set under Your Account

After saving your email setting, just attached the document you would like to send to Kindle and mail to your set Kindle E-mail address, then the attached file is delivered to your Kindle.

Advanced delivery tool for Kindle:

1. Send to Kindle on Desktop : Convert PDF to Kindle format and send to Kindle
Download: Mac Version Windows Version

You need to do settings in "Options" first, than latter just drag and drop files to the middle area and
click "Send", then PDF files are stayed well in your Kindle in Kindle format in your Kindle library.

The most important setting in "Options" is

Then you will feel PDF is much easier to read on eBook. Please notice, if your PDF includes many
pictures, the MOBI format may let you feel a little disappointed due to picture lost or not well
converted issue.

2. Kindle Previewer : Covert EPUB, HTML, OPF in MOBI format

In fact, Kindle Previewer is majorly for people who would like to publish works on Kindle. However, here we just use it simplely for converting documents in EPUB, HTML, OPF format to MOBI. The converted files will be saved in the assigned directory for general download. Find them there and send them via the above Send to Kindle Desktop APP.

So now you can send documents to Kindle, and enjoy reading. I found I have finished many books and blogs by Sending to Kindle that I would not have done by other ways. I wish you enjoy the same.

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2013年10月24日

日月潭

以前在美國認識的大陸朋友說要來台灣玩, 問我日月潭阿里山如何? 但因為我高中時去日月潭的印象, 沒什麼特別, 所以勸他在有限的時間內與其去日月潭玩, 不如到墾丁花蓮玩, 幫他安排的行程跳過了這有名的地方. 到前幾年外公生日, 家族聚餐安排在日月潭的雲品酒店, 才發現日月潭變好多. 從餐廳眺望日月潭的美景, 以及環湖步道, 都令我印象深刻. 決定要安排個日月潭旅遊.

不過前些日子看到一些相關日月潭水源污染的報導, 附近的居民已經無法使用日月潭的水, 改買礦泉水生活, 著實覺得政府應該限制旅遊人數和船舶次數, 嚴格審查排入日月潭的觀光飯店與小吃店的廢水, 以維持水源區的水質.

也許我們到日月潭旅遊, 儘量減少遊湖的時間和次數, 多爬山騎騎腳踏車, 監督自己住的飯店, 也算對自己去過的地方給與一些幫助.

剛好看到GOMAJI的米洛克湖景房看起來很不錯, 就買了下來. 也在網路上做了些功課, 用GoLater做了日月潭的旅行計畫:

以下就各個景點一一介紹:

向山行政暨遊客中心

這裡的建築設計是我看過遊客中心最棒的, 具有清水模的風格, 原來是日本團紀彥建築設計事務所的傑作. 我尤其喜歡走入透光廊道的感覺, 和水天一色的設計.

水與水草和浮水木, 也非常有意境

這裡有惠蓀林場經營的咖啡廳, 戶外的咖啡雅座就可以享受"水-水-天"連連的美景

玄奘寺

大多數人坐船到阿婆茶葉蛋所在的玄光寺碼頭, 往上走一會兒, 就以為到了玄奘大師舍利子所在的玄光寺, 其實真正的舍利子所在地是還要再往上走30~40分青龍步道才會到的玄奘寺. 走到玄奘寺, 您將會很慶幸還好您有走這一段. 上面的風光跟玄光寺比起來好太多了. 原本還想再上慈恩塔, 但因為之前地震損壞, 已不開放. 不然相信慈恩塔所看到的湖景更讚.

原本以為玄奘寺為政府供養, 因為看來玄奘大師的舍利子幾番曲折終於由日本迎來台灣, 應算是歷史古蹟. 不過據玄奘寺的僧尼告知他們還需要義賣募款才能維持下去. 我們到玄奘寺已經是中午, 就到寺裡唯一的小咖啡館坐坐. 這裡有簡單的泡麵和茶, 也賣日月潭名產與經書. 服務的師姐告訴我們這裡其實也有蠻多外國背包客來訪, 他們可以找到這裡, 真不簡單.

玄裝寺最讓我印象深刻的是日本石山水風格的白碎石地和兩排高聳的杉樹, 還有古意盎然的鐘樓以及龜座牌坊.

雖然中午仍有些熱, 如果您跟我一樣走完青龍步道上到玄奘寺, 可得直接走到可觀賞日月潭全景的涼亭, 坐上一個時辰, 享受天藍的雲水風光和涼風的吹撫.

當然最重要的玄奘大師舍利子是一定要去參拜的. 此在中庭的佛寺, 要脫鞋上去, 這裡莊嚴安靜, 牆上有一些相關佛學的一些字句, 如天龍八部等, 雖非甚解, 但也是難得有機會讓自己靜下來看一些平常沒怎麼接觸的學問. 寺裡還有玄奘大師略傳中英日文版, 有興趣者可以拿回家讀讀.

米洛克飯店與雲品酒店

我將這兩家一起介紹, 原因是我自己住米洛克, 從米洛克走到雲品的米洛克步道是日月潭中我最喜歡的環湖步道.

很有趣的是雖然這個步道叫米洛克, 卻是由雲品酒店養護的. 以下是米洛克清晨起來窗外的風景以及早餐前到步道邊走邊拍的日月潭.

米洛克的清晨

米洛克步道

雲品的價格是我當時支付米洛克的兩到三倍, 沒住這裡, 也要到這裡逛逛, 欣賞一下高級飯店的設計與好地點. 雲品大廳和餐廳都很開闊, 頂樓雲月舫的view應該很棒. 這飯店很用心的建設周遭的自然步道, 不只是我走來的米洛克步道, 飯店的後花園與大路旁,都特別鋪上木製欄杆和走道, 讓房客享受他們的景觀園藝.