iron eggs x 1, barbecued stinky tofu x 2, tall ice cream x 1, chocolate-covered bananas x 0
 The weather in Taiwan has been extremely variable and has gone from SE Asian-style humidity to bone-chilling sweater weather in a matter of a day. So I thought it would be nice to spend the day in Dan Shui and Ba Li given the weather, but it was just cold and grey the whole day. Nevertheless, I tried to get all my favourite Dan Shui foods while in Dan Shui. Only partially successful:

1. Iron eggs.   No problem. They're on every corner. I bought "spicy" flavour; NT$90 and delicious, although I probably ate too many because right now I feel a little iron-egged out.
2. Barbecued stinky tofu. I feel it's better in Ba Li, but the weather was poor. I got one serving and ten minutes later went back and got another. Both awesome. NT$25 each. 
3. Tall ice cream.  I don't actually like this one that much; it's more the novelty of the flavourlessness, the square cones, and the platic cone-protector. But it was pretty good still. NT$10.
4. Chocolate frozen banana with nuts. I love this one! I used to eat a lot of them along the beaches and boardwalks of sunny San Diego when I was but a child. But now I am a man and I search for them along the back streets of northern Taipei County. No luck- I couldn't find the banana cart. 1,000 curses!
5. Milk tea. Didn't get either because my Chinese is not to be heard and the girl at the milk tea stand didn't understand me when I asked for milk tea (despite the fact that the sign above her head read 'Milk Tea' in English). Oh well.

Total: Three out of five. Three cheers for Dan Shui!

The other great things at Dan Shui are the Turkish man who runs an ice cream stand (he looked very bored and angry today) and the fact that they have a stall called "Ladu Indian Food". The Indian food is: "Beef Roll" and "Choclete Roll" (?!). They also now have a stand which claims to sell Mexican food (including horchata) and the kid behind the counter was wearing a Mexican flag as a bandana round his head.