Located just outside the MRT JianTan Station.
A triangular section of wide pedestrian lanes makes this an easy market to maneuver. Shilin Night Market is the most popular night market in town. The story is that items get cheaper the farther away you get from the entrance, so take time to look before you buy.
The don’t-miss item here is fermented stinky tofu, which you will recognize easily when you smell it. I think it looks as bad as it smells. The one person in our group brave enough to put it in her mouth did not like it, and the rest of us stayed far away from her. More fragrant and inexpensive Taiwanese snacks include oyster omelets, fried rice noodles, tempura, spring rolls, rice tube pudding, and Tainan Danzai noodles.
The big souvenir hit with
my group was cute cat socks from Korea. A new Market Building has a basement food hall.
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| entrance to Shilin Night Market in Taipei, Taiwan |
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| fruit stand at Shilin Night Market in Taipei, Taiwan |
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| drink stand at Shilin Night Market in Taipei, Taiwan |
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| food stall at Shilin Night Market in Taipei, Taiwan |
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| fishing for shrimp at Shilin Night Market in Taipei, Taiwan |
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| stinky tofu at Shilin Night Market in Taipei, Taiwan |
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throngs at Shilin Night Market in Taipei, Taiwan
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| cute cat socks from Korea at Shilin Night Market in Taipei, Taiwan |
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| balloon arcade game at Shilin Night Market in Taipei, Taiwan |
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images ©2016 Carole Terwilliger Meyers
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