Exploring Taiwan's Prettiest Lake (& MYSTERY FOOD FEAST!)

[@charlesdenman9052]

Sun Moon Lake has the best looking Starbucks I have ever seen. It overlooks the lake. The area has the great great hiking, walking, jogging and bike trails. If I had to do it over again, I would get lodging at the few hotels next to Starbucks. The opposite side of the lake (opposite the main pier) is less polished. Walking around a the lake you will completely decompress as one with nature. The sights, smells and sounds are very pleasing. Enjoy TAIWAN!!!!

[@justintemple7765]

millet is grainy. Once it is grounded into millet flour, mix it with water (and sugar for sweet taste) to form a batter. Then steam the batter to get Millet Mochi. Ordinary mochi were made from rice.

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

Ahhhh, thank you!!

[@clmsnchz]

We did the boat tour because we only have the whole day, but yes the Sun Moon Lake needs to be explored more than a day! Nice video!

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

The boat tour would be fun, too! Thanks!

[@cheng-enwang1299]

Sun Moon Lake is picturesque. In addition to tourism, there is another function for Sun Moon Lake- reservoir. In Summer, Sun Moon Lake Swimming Carnival has been held for 40 years. There are quite a few foreign swimmers to attend this swimming festival.

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

I've seen pictures of that festival! It would be fun to join, but I think I'd be afraid to swim with so many people. 😂😂

[@peterbenjamin5372]

That rice purse thing you had, by looking at the sign (背包雞握飯), it literally translates to "Backpack Chicken Nigiri Rice". Like you said, the fried outside, is probably fried chicken skin and the inside is likely some chicken sticky rice. Definitely not a typical oft seen night market dish, something more on the creative side which is how a lot of popular night market food got started and came to be....

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

Thank you for translating that for us!! It definitely looks like a backpack. That's a great name. 😊

[@TheStone110]

Wow,,,,It's amazing, I can see myself fishing there.Even I didn't get anything. Well , nice to meet you, even didn't really see you both.Have a nice trip in Taiwan.

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

Were you the person fishing?! No way! That's amazing! Sorry you did not catch anything. 😂

[@廖嘉豐-f9m]

Hope you all have fun and safety here in Taiwan

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

Thank you!

[@bobjones4901]

you guys really lucked out. The millet mochi (小米麻糬) is one of the specialties found mostly in Taiwanese mountain area. Last I had it was years ago on Alishan (阿里山). Taiwan actually has a mochi museum where they give out free mochi samples until you are full.

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

Until you're full?! That's a lot of millet mochi. 😂 It was so good and unique!

[@Walts-Travel]

This should be very interesting. Lets Go!!

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

🎉🎉🎉

[@HardQoo]

文武廟（道教）確實非常壯觀，雕刻的細節也非常精緻。恭喜你們找到了寶藏 😂 如果喜歡廟宇建築，高雄的佛光山也非常推薦你們去參觀，絕對驚艷（佛教）

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

太美了！ 我們本可以在那里呆更長的時間。 感謝推薦！😁😁

[@CurryHuang-OA]

刈包❤️ 是非常有名的台灣漢堡 還有台灣的廟宇大都建立在風景視野最好的半山腰上或制高點或面湖或山上 日月潭有幾間廟寺也是如此 但台灣還有更多更美更有歷史或更多不一樣的古寺 風景同樣另驚嘆

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

謝謝三明治的名字！ 很難想像其他寺廟更漂亮。😊😍

[@CurryHuang-OA]

如果你們對美麗的廟宇有興趣提供一些有特色的給你們參考 高雄旗山孔廟可俯瞰旗山市區 高雄美濃獅形頂朝天五穀宮可欣賞美濃平原之美 西子灣靈光殿18王宮廟面大海在舊英國領事館旁可欣賞台灣最美西灣落日 阿里山彌陀禪寺櫻花季時去訪最美 高雄六龜諦願寺非常非常雄偉壯麗面對老蕽溪谷 六龜清涼山護國妙崇寺是藏傳佛教寺廟 六龜神威天台山金碧輝煌 高雄大崗山超峰寺有美麗的夜景可欣賞 台南關子嶺火山碧雲寺歷史悠久 台南葛瑪葛居寺很美的藏傳佛寺 台南關廟區千佛山菩提寺磁場很棒 台南楠西玄空法寺非常非常精緻 台南鹿耳門聖母廟像個大形宮殿 台南南化五峰山龍湖寺這邊可看台灣獼猴 南化雲山寺可欣賞南化水庫 台南玉山寶光聖堂南洋櫻花花旗木盛開時最美 台南麻豆代天府在麻豆市區 嘉義半天岩紫雲寺 屏東青龍山不動寺是美麗的日式寺廟 當然高雄佛光山也是必訪的雄偉佛寺還有高雄蓮池潭環潭有滿滿的寺廟😁

[@VENDWORLD-TW]

Thank you for visiting my hometown ~ Nantou County. 🙏 Nantou County is located in the middle of Taiwan, there are many high mountains in the whole county. It is the only county not facing the ocean, It is called "Switzerland of Taiwan". 👍 Xitou, Sun Moon Lake, and Cingjing Farm are all beautiful and distinctive places.✌

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

Next time we need to visit xitou and Cingjing!! 😊 The area you're from is beautiful. ❤️

[@KoralTea]

Woah, that's quite a pretty place. Keep the videos coming!

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

Thanks, Koral! ❤️

[@向翃駒]

每一集節目都拍的好美喔！

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

非常感謝！！

[@FongYuLiu]

拍的真好，音樂和剪輯都很輕鬆愉快。喜歡妳的語氣和表情。我也想立刻去sun moon lake! 謝謝！！

[@samwei1950]

Great vid indeed,thank you guys!

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

Thank you!! 😊 😊

[@謝惠美-v2o]

傍晚的日月潭遊湖很美，燈火明亮的景色

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

白天也很美！😊😊

[@louisliou408]

Hi friends, amazing video, we will go sun moon lake next month, thanks for your intro.

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

Thank you! Enjoy Sun Moon Lake!

[@FongYuLiu]

謝謝！

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

Thank you so much!! 🙏😊

[@詹勳淦-w4m]

謝謝分享；平安喜樂，順心如意。

[@paiwanhan]

Bill absolutely has to order his own millet mochi. There's no sharing authentic millet mochi. The indigenous Ita Thao people are the original inhabitants of the lake. They lived on an island in the middle of the lake called Lalu island, and around the lake. They are famous for their musical performances using wooden pestles (taturtur) and mortars (runu).

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

We were bummed there wasn't a performance while we were there! A reason to return someday. 😊

[@wei-c1s]

FYI. The Sun Moon Lake reservoir is almost full now 😊

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

That's fantastic to hear!! 😊

[@destiny6938]

Thank you for choosing Taiwan, please enjoy it😇

[@mylahbarreto5265]

We’re going to Taiwan end of September. I’m going to try as many dishes that you had! A couple of weeks won’t be enough! Ha

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

Oh gosh, the food is amazing. Wait until you try it! Such variety!

[@fred800101]

13:41 cuttlefish. i think.

[@jusjdus]

Thanks!

[@jusjdus]

Wish you enjoy in Taiwan 🎉

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

Oh my gosh, thank you very much!! ♥️

[@黃溫泉]

有機會走一趟南橫真的漂亮緻極，野生動物特別多直的探索。

[@DavidJih]

*麻糬（Mochi） is made by pounding rice.❤*

[@tinadhanzadventurevlog]

enjoy

[@美樺黃-z8k]

So good 👍👍👍

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

Thank you! 😊🎉

[@jenniferyang444]

Great video!! Thank you very much !

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

Thank you for watching! 😊😊

[@江明德-x9e]

祝福 平安健康 旅遊愉悅 事事順心順利.

[@李冠姿]

12：47 That's a Taiwanese burger, containing coriander, peanut powder, meat control, and the burger is steamed

[@王志宏-d5s]

👍👍👍讚好吃

[@Forgotten_Moon]

0:46 this meow~ like call is from Black bulbul if you were wondering lol 1:04 yeah.... in the old days, ppl were trying to use these ways to get fish to eat or sell. And there is actually a plant for poisoning the fish, it is called 魚藤(Millettia pachycarpa), the direct translation of this name would be "fish vine" lol It is a natural poison ;3 And as I know, there are ppl using electricity to remove invasive species of fish in the US. 15:10 Not sure if you are aware of a very old game called Ultima Online(UO), the tradition of the Tawain server is there would be a night market on Tuesday and Friday lol And players from other servers (Japan, USA...etc) would visit Taiwan server just to take a look despite they can't take anything back to their own servers ;p 16:00 omg ... it looks delicious! I think TKK Fried Chicken also has a similar product, they call it 呱呱包(Kwa Kwa Bao) lol ah~ what a nice trip

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

Oh!! They would poison fish with a plant! Thank you! I can understand why that would not be allowed. 😊😊

[@chengroger6884]

It's called Taiwanese hamburger (台灣漢堡 or 刈包 or Gua Bao).

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

Thank you!!

[@elvinaliu4538]

It’s a kind of steam bread, that’s why it tastes so soft with a little bit moist

[@李冠姿]

I was just wondering about the dedicated bicycle lane around Sun Moon Lake. Why do you have to compete with cars for the lane?

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

There were parts of the lake that didn't have the dedicated bike path, or sections that were closed during our visit. 😊

[@tuesdaysan]

What time does the night market around ita chao close?

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

We were there slightly off season and it closed on the early side. I want to say between 7 and 8. It def closed earlier than the other markets we went to!

[@fionlee9675]

建議你們去花蓮、台東一趟，台灣東部是台灣的後花園。

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

Thank you!

[@LongLIN-ol6es]

台灣最美麗的湖泊，我覺得應該是嘉明湖，但它位於3310m高山上，不是那麼容易抵達

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

哇！ 那個湖看起來很棒！ 留著下次用。

[@wojanzen5812]

There was continuous heavy rain in the lake, and the nine frogs disappeared, and the water was full.

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

I'm glad there was more rain! The lake looked like it would be fun to play in. 😊

[@Gordaventure]

I thought bikes are supposed to be “ridden” not “walked” 😅😅 Last time my parents and I made a mistake in booking the hotel, ending up sleeping in one bed 🤣🤣🤣

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

We thought the same about the bikes! Hahaha

[@user-hp8vw3bo888]

❤️🇹🇼❤️

[@Gordaventure]

Should have let you ordered dinner without telling you what they were while you were in Kaohsiung. Sorry I ruined your surprise back then 😁😁😁

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

Nooooo! We were so relieved to know what we were eating for once. So grateful! 😂😂

[@devilpen6565]

In the Pacific War between the United States and Japan in the later period of World War II, more than 50,000 American soldiers died in the Pacific War. Taiwan is the headquarters of the Japanese Kamikaze in Hsinchu. The Chinese Kuomintang does not allow Taiwanese to commemorate these dead. Let the Taiwanese forget these things. After the war, the United States did not allow the Taiwanese to establish an independent country, and used the Chinese in exile to rule the Taiwanese. The United States left a tail, which is very dangerous. Today, the Taiwan issue makes the US military anxious, and may even cause a third time. World war, the island of Taiwan has too much magic power, the soul of this island seems to be accusing the world

[@minayang7857]

台灣景色絕美，但的交通規劃真的要好好改善

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

Yes! 😁 😊

[@0bluewind0]

台灣最美麗的湖泊不是日月潭，是嘉明湖。 嘉明湖，海拔altitude（3310m），位於台東縣。從台東縣向陽登山口來回約2-3日。

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

2到3天？！ 有沒有山里的人可以睡，或者露營需要帶帳篷嗎？

[@Ezrollercool]

黃色是 pumpkin flavor bread / not fishball is squirt ball / it is chicken skin

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

It WAS chicken skin?! 😲 It tasted really good. 😁 I will need to look up what a squirt ball is. Thanks!

[@Ezrollercool]

typo squid or cuttlefish

[@鍾駿凱]

刈包裡面夾那種不容易咬斷的肉，感覺不是個好的idea.

[@TalesFromOurPocket]

😧😧😧

[@VincentWuen]

那個是山豬肉 boar pork

[@stevenlin3383]

請勿直接用手接觸食物看起來很噁心骯髒！一點都不尊重食物