🏞️ How to Get to Spring Ground B&B in Cingjing, Taiwan (2025 Travel Guide)

🌄 Why Cingjing Was Our Favorite Stop in Taiwan

When we traveled to Taiwan in 2016, we skipped the usual first-day Taipei tour and went straight to Cingjing in Nantou County. It was a long ride, but completely worth it. For us, it was the most scenic and peaceful part of our trip.

We stayed at the charming Spring Ground B&B, a hidden gem just beside the Old English Manor. While they don’t have a website, we booked through Agoda and messaged the hosts directly to confirm. They were incredibly kind—even offering to drive us to Cingjing Farm!

🍗 Exploring Ximending Night Market: Hot-Star Large Fried Chicken Experience

As we wandered through the vibrant streets of Ximending, the heart of Taipei’s youth culture, we were surrounded by bright neon lights, trendy shops, and the mouth-watering aroma of Taiwanese street food. Every corner buzzed with energy — from locals chatting over bubble tea to tourists hunting for the best bites in town.

Our first stop? The legendary Hot-Star Large Fried Chicken (豪大大雞排) — one of the most famous street foods in Taipei and an absolute must-try in Ximending! 🍗

🧋 CoCo Fresh Tea & Juice – A Taiwanese Classic

🧋 Of Course — Milk Tea!

Another spot we absolutely couldn’t miss was CoCo Fresh Tea & Juice, one of Taiwan’s most famous milk tea brands that helped start the bubble tea craze across Asia. Long before milk tea shops flooded Manila’s streets, CoCo was already serving perfectly balanced blends of tea, milk, and chewy pearls in Taipei.

We dropped by the CoCo Ximending Branch after exploring the lively Hanzhong Street area, and the queue was already forming outside. The aroma of freshly brewed tea was irresistible — the kind of scent that instantly makes you crave that first sip!

🥔 Corn & Cheese Baked Potato – A Curious Ximending Street Snack

When planning our trip to Ximending, we stumbled upon the famous Corn & Cheese Baked Potato — a quirky street snack many travelers list as a must-try when exploring Taipei’s most vibrant shopping district.

At first, we had no idea where to find it. So we wandered through the neon-lit streets of Ximending, surrounded by the aroma of sizzling street food and the buzz of evening crowds. And as fate would have it, we eventually spotted a small stall selling this cheesy creation!

🔥 Blow-Torched Beef Cubes – Ximending’s Fiery Street Food

As we walked deeper into the Ximending Night Market, the food choices just kept getting better and more tempting. We had already tried the famous Hot-Star Large Fried Chicken and the Corn & Cheese Baked Potato, but one stall immediately caught our attention — the one where vendors were searing beef cubes with a blow torch!

The smoky aroma and sizzling sound were enough to draw a crowd. I was intrigued — they were cooking the meat using nothing but a blow torch! My curiosity got the best of me, so we decided to give it a try.

🍓 Candied Fruits – Taiwan’s Sweet & Shiny Street Snack

Wait — if you still have a little space left after all that savory street food, make sure to try Taiwan’s famous Candied Strawberry (糖葫蘆, táng hú lu). These shiny, sugar-coated strawberries are hard to miss in Ximending Night Market — glistening under the neon lights like tiny edible jewels on a stick! 🍭

They looked so irresistible that we just had to buy one — even though we were already completely stuffed from fried chicken, beef cubes, and milk tea. We picked the candied strawberry skewer, thinking it would be the perfect sweet ending to our night. Since we were too full to eat right away, we decided to take it to go and save it for later. Spoiler alert: that didn’t go as planned. 😅