This will be another photo post, since there is not much to say about this park. We expected the park to be bigger, but probably the rest of the park is still in construction.
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| As our (bad) luck would have it, there was an event at the park on the day we were there, so the place was really crowded. Those people are performing on stage! |
Today we had a workshop, and I ordered an Australian iced chocolate (sponsored by the workshop). Seeing it on the menu, I was wondering what was Australian about it, and was surprised when it came with ice-cream! The barista came out from behind the counter to the ice-cream section, and scooped what looked like three scoops of ice-cream into the cup, then went back behind the counter to continue making the drink.
The chocolate was also quite thick, and with the vanilla ice-cream it tasted great. I actually would have ordered milkshake if they had it, so this was a great substitute for milkshake.
Upon getting home, I did a little research, and guess what, Australian iced drinks do really come with ice cream. This is an article that talks about Australian iced coffee. The simplest version would be to pour cold coffee/chocolate onto ice-cream. Yum!
As mentioned in an earlier post, we went to Taiping. This post will be mainly photos... because what is there to say about the Taman Tasik Taiping?
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| a huge tree, held up with steel structures so that it will not fall further |
I took a few panoramic shots, but they didn't turn out very well. My photos seemed to all be rather greenish; I am not sure whether it was because the AI camera showed a "leaf" icon... maybe it detected greenery and decided to enhance the green colours! This one is the best of the panoramic photos, because there is at least a blue sky! The other shots look rather moldy (all green :P ).
The other day I saw these lovely Hello Kitty slippers in Tesco! (okay, not exactly Tesco, but a shoe shop in the building)
I tried on the slippers anyway. Size 36 would have fit!
When in Taiping, we visited the Antong Coffee Mill. As I mentioned before, there were plenty of photo opportunities.
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the coffee mill, not in use, since it is the weekend |
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some coffee beans |
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huge coffee cup in the yard |
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a painted mural |
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Sun Yat Sen's house (more on that later) |
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three types of coffee beans |
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a golden tree with another mural |
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some old-school items... I am not really sure why they are there! |
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| a huge teapot (or coffee pot?) near the entrance to the showroom |
The showroom is attached to the back of Sun Yat Sen's house. Inside the showroom, there is an entrance to the house. The banner informs us that it was where Sun Yat Sen and Chen Cuifen stayed when they were in Taiping.
I only took a quick walk around the house and snapped these photos. It was empty when I entered, so it was the perfect time to snap photos. But I didn't have time to look at anything properly, because as I was taking this last photo, some people came in (as you can see), and after that, so many people came in that the place became very crowded. I beat a hasty retreat...
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| general view of the showroom Entrance to the house is on the left, coffee-tasting on the right. After sampling the coffee, we can get the packets that we want to buy from the shelves. |
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| coffee-tasting area |
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| The container at the far end is where we get the mini-cups for tasting. There are bins for us to put the used cups after we have tasted all the coffee we want. |
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| more coffee beans at the exit |
The entrance and exit are actually the same... but in the Covid-19 times, there was a rope/string separating the lanes for entry and exit. You might be able to notice it in one of the earlier photos.
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