【Traveler’s Journal】Breathtaking Scenery and Delicious Flavors

By TRAVELER Luxe Traveler’s Journal Hong Zhenlu & Xie Yuanzhen
 

Vast blue seas and skies, lush green rolling mountains, exquisitely designed beautiful gardens—ever-expanding vistas open the mind’s eye. Watching sunsets and moonrises, with starlight above and city lights below reflecting each other, offers yet another kind of charm. How many beautiful sights in Taiwan have you seen? At beautifully scenic restaurants, you can enjoy the view while indulging in delicious food.

● Cultural Creative Old House with Endless Sea Views

Passing through the passage between two old single-story houses arranged in a T-shape, you’ll find a private oasis where natural sea views blend perfectly with cultural and artistic creations. The endless ocean, decorated with repurposed materials in a creative corner, combines both nature and culture, bringing smiles to every traveler. And the commitment to using local agricultural products holds yet another dream.

A Heidun mango tree stands close behind a former coastal machine gun bunker, offering very comfortable shaded seating beneath it. On the left and right sides of the bunker are respectively a white tent seating area and a large thatched pavilion seating area, while the front features open-air seating with no shade, greeting the endless sea view. Nearby, there are also steps leading down to the beach, allowing you to embrace the sea view even more closely.

Here, the position of the sunset shifts with the seasons, moving northward in summer and returning to directly ahead in winter. The ever-changing light and clouds are worth visiting in all four seasons. Not only are the buildings old here, but everything—from the wooden deck platforms and tables and chairs to every decorative item in the corners—is made from repurposed materials. Especially in the old house behind the machine gun bunker, the most extreme examples can be seen, such as ceilings hung with driftwood twigs, circular pendant lamps pieced together from driftwood, large windows assembled from various old window panes, and birds made from round stones—all of which are mesmerizing.
 
【Info】
Haole Cup Ice
Address: No. 29, Section 3, Zhongshan Road, Fangshan Village, Fangshan Township, Pingtung County (approximately at the 455.5 km mark on Provincial Highway 1)
Phone: 08-876-1082

Business Hours: 10:00–22:00, irregular holidays.

● Cupping a Sky Full of Stars

Viewing the city night view from the mountain often feels like admiring dots of starlight reflected in a lake—somewhat hazy and distant. But what you see at Zest 35 is like gazing up at a sky full of stars in the fresh air of the deep mountains, so close it seems within reach.