Yilan Day 4
It was still drizzling in the morning... :(
We packed our bags and check out of 湖漾.
Today our plan is to go 松茂果园 to pluck fruits. 11 am we are going to this DIY pizza cafe. If we are done with the fruit farm very early, we will go to 梅花湖. We stayed at 湖漾 because it is very near 梅花湖, one of the signature places in Yilan. But we didnt go there because it was always drizzling. And then, after lunch at the DIY pizza cafe, we will head to Luodong to check in to HIVE Hotel, that is near Luodong Night Market.
This is the entrance to the fruit farm. It was manned by an ah ma. Ah Ma welcomed us, and then cut an orange for us to try. Not bad, sweet and juicy. And then she explained to us how it works. Each adult pay NT150. Yuan Ze no need to pay. Then she gave us two baskets and two cutters. Then the fruits that we pluck, we can bring all home. Actuallywe know that we definitely will not bring all the fruits home so we just took one basket.
Orange tree well protected under plastic bag.
Ah Ma removing the plastic bag for us so we can pluck the oranges.
Yuan Ze very happy to see so many oranges.
The scenery at the fruit farm was so good that darling wants to take photo.
We are done within half an hour. Then out of the whole basket of oranges that we plucked, we only brought 3 oranges back. HAHAHAHAHAHA. Ah Ma felt so paiseh and told us to bring back all the oranges but she eventually gave in to our insistence.
So we went to 梅花湖 next. It was still drizzling. So we decided to rent this e-scooter thingy in the form of a poli car.
Yuan Ze was so thrilled to sit on this. Out of so many cartoon characters to choose from, he chose this poli car immediately. NT300 to rent this, for one hour. If you drive and park your car, your NT70 parking fee will be reimbursed. Smart marketing gimmick. Best decision ever to rent this, because it protected us from the rain, and it was very refreshing to ride on this along the entire lake. The circumference of the lake was about 3 km I think? Cannot imagine if we chose to walk.
The beautiful 梅花湖. Yuan Ze was so happy to see the ducks. Which means he got the chance to feed the ducks again. LOL.
Anyway there is a very nice pastry shop here called 橙靖手工烘培坊. The cakes and biscuits here are not bad! We bought quite a few back as souvenirs for our family.
Next, the place that we are having lunch, and also letting Yuan Ze make pizza: 屋顶庭园咖啡.
Such an instagrammable backdrop.
Playing on this rocking horse while waiting for the boss to prepare the pizza ingredients.
And let's get started!
All ready to be placed in the oven!
The finished product!
Looks legit, tastes legit as well! Well Done Yuan Ze!
