Everyone who visits Taipei wants to go to the Shilin Night Market 士林夜市.
It's one of Taipei's most famous hot spots or to say it in simple terms: You have to visit it. Some people would die to spend one evening there. I heard stories of Chinese Malaysian or Singaporean men breaking up families just to visit this famous night market. Shilin Night Market is the dream land for Chinese all over the world: It's close to what English call heaven. Every Chinese man wants to eat that famous chicken cutlet, gulp down the sweet bubble tea and observe hot Taiwanese girls (me included)
The market is centered on Yangming Theater and Cicheng Temple. The night market is formed by many prosperous shops on Wenlin Road, Dadong Road and Danan Road, etc. Among them, Shilin Market was built as early as in 1899 and the market is famous for various snacks and eatery. Many visitors have come to Shilin Night Market to enjoy the delicious foods, such as large pancake enfolding small pancake, hot pot on stone or Shilin sausage. Shilin Night Market has become a renowned place for great foods.
Because the night market is close to many schools, students are the main customer group. Goods are sold at less expensive prices as compared to regular stores. There are special areas for furniture, clothing, photo shops or pet shops. The finery shops and cold dessert shops in "lover's lane" attract most student customers.
WHAT KIND OF FOOD IS COMMON: This part is full of traditional and popular snacks, such as the oyster omelette 蚵仔煎 (é zǐ jiēn), stinky tofu 臭豆腐 (chòu dòu fu), green onion cake蔥油餅 (cōng yóu bǐng), salty chicken 鹽水雞 (yén shueǐ jī), big sausage 大香腸 (dà xiāng cháng), thick cuttle fish soup 花枝羹 (huā zhī gēng),Taiwanese tempura 天婦羅 (tiēn fù luō), deep fried chicken cutlet 炸雞排 (zhá jī pái) and fried baozi 生煎包 (shēng jiēn bāo). There are also some non-traditional foods available, such as steak 牛排 (nioú pái), potato chips 馬鈴薯片 (mǎ líng shǔ piēn) and a meat roll 大餅包小餅 (dà bǐng bāo xiǎo bǐng).
MUST-TRY FOOD AT SHILIN NIGHT MARKET: Some of the most famous stalls are: Big Headed Dragon stall 大頭龍 selling oyster omelette 雞蛋蚵仔煎, Shilin's Perfect Spare Ribs stall 士林十全排骨 selling spare ribs in a soup, Big Uncle stall 豪大大 selling deep fried chicken cutlets 雞排 and Shilin's Traditional Shop 士林老字號 selling small roll in a large roll 大餅包小餅.
The famous deep fried chicken cutlet 豪大大雞排
The most popular snack : Stinky Tofu 臭豆腐
HOW TO GO TO SHILIN NIGHT MARKET? If you want to go to Shilin Night Market, you need to take the MRT train to Jiantan MRT station (part of red line). If you go from Taipei's main station, you'll arrive in Shilin pretty quickly, maybe in 20 minutes. Don't make the mistake and go to the Shilin MRT station, which is right after Jiantan. That station is too far from the main night market area and you'll need to walk longer. The Shilin Night Market is divided in two parts. The roofed part is smaller, more crowded and is meant for tourists. It's located right next to Jiantan MRT. You just have to cross the road and you're there. The other part is located further north and it's meant for locals. That part is bigger and doesn't only sell food, there are shops, stores, bars and restaurants and mostly young people go there. I recommend you to go to both parts, although I prefer the second one more.
i think bubble tea is the best drink among all
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