Shilin Night Market, Taipei, Taiwan

Taipei’s Shilin Night Market is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Taiwan, famous for its abundance of Taiwanese street food. The place was the first stop for my Taiwan trip in late April 2008…

Shilin Night Market in Taipei, Taiwan

The night market was not as crowded as expected, and I was a bit disappointed with the food.

I’m not suggesting that the food was bad. It’s a matter of personal preference, and it didn’t suit my taste unfortunately; and perhaps I was a bit over-anticipating.

It’s still a fun experience though. It’s always fun to visit new places and trying new things… that’s what travel is about.

Small sausage wrapped in big sausage

Famous street food; Taiwanese hotdog with glutinous rice replacing the normal bun as the wrapper. Special, and tasted ok.

Small sausage wrapped in big sausage at Shilin Night Market, Taipei, Taiwan

Typical Taiwanese street food

The oyster omelet, stinky tofu and Taiwanese tempura; just ok…

Street food in Shilin Night Market, Taipei, Taiwan

Hao-Da fried chicken steak

Perhaps the iconic street food in the market; famous for its enormous size. Too salty for my liking, but juicy…

Fried chicken steak in Shilin Night Market, Taipei, Taiwan

BBQ chicken butt

Best food of the night lol…

BBQ chicken butt in Shilin Night Market, Taipei, Taiwan

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Comments

  1. bb says:

    all this food makes me hungry.
    i wish nightlife in canada is like asian countries’ nightlife.

  2. kyon says:

    the food looks yummy!!!

  3. yellowpaint94 says:

    their are lots of steet foods there… no wonder people who always shop can easily spend all their money…they look delicious…..

  4. Yein Jee says:

    Honestly, the food doesn’t taste as good as it looks lol.

  5. kuanchong says:

    Nice shots bro! The A350 perform much much better than your Casio. :)

  6. Yein Jee says:

    Obviously :)

  7. Pak Guan says:

    the food are not nice at all…, so crowded some more…
    bad tourist destination…

  8. Yein Jee says:

    Ya, the food was a bit disappointing there. It’s probably not right to say that the food is bad… it’s just that it doesn’t match our taste.

  9. Professor says:

    I found the food at Shilin Night Market excellent. I ate there several times recently.

    I especially like the pork belly soup.

  10. Jason says:

    I actually dislike Shilin Night Market. After all the hu-ha and being regarded as Taiwan’s best night market, I was utterly disappointed when I paid them a visit.

    I took no more than 10 pictures in the night market (food section) and most of the stuffs sold there didn’t seem to look appetizing to us. I was there for the food, and I only had like 3 items there. We ended up having cup noodles at our hotel later on.

    Shilin Night Market is definitely over rated and doesn’t deserve the best night market in Taiwan title.

    I personally feel Kaohsiung’s Liu He Night Market beats Shilin Night Market hands down.

  11. Oski says:

    Food looks good but I still prefer a Louisiana Hot Link with sauerkraut, spicy mustard, and onions for a late night snack. I also like thin sliced beef tendon in hot oil and simmered pig’s feet, but the Louisiana Hot Links is definitely the best.

  12. Asian Girl says:

    Delicious !

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  14. China fanatic says:

    those glutonous rice buns looked pretty darn good! :)

  15. DJ Duggy Day says:

    Hi there, its so nice to see the photos of Shilin night Market in your website.

    Many’s the time I’d head over to the night market for the great grub, including my favourite boiled white rice with a hot meat sauce spread over for only nt$10…….ooooh the memories come flooding back!

    Many thanx for reminding me!

  16. Jake says:

    Shilin was better before it was renovated.

  17. Ximoon says:

    Hi, Yein Jee. I’m a student and study in Taiwan. Due to my graduate paper is regarding of Taiwan Shilin Night Market, may i have your view on Shilin Night Market? This may be take your some time to fill in the questionaire? Your opinion and help are important to me. Thank you very much ^^, and wish you have nice day.

  18. Yein Jee says:

    Ximoon… I’ve completed/submitted the questionnaire; hope it helps.

    Link removed as it’s no longer relevant.

  19. ximoon says:

    Thank you very much. ^^

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