Shilin Night Market - WOW! I was feeling lazy and was trying to find reasons to laze around in the hostel. I am glad I took Hannah's advise and went to the Shilin Night Market. It is HUGE... a gathering of all sorts of food from finger food (eg, sausages) costing NT10 to a full meal such as tonic soup costing NT150. I have no exact idea how big is the market, but it spans across an area between two MRT stations. Besides food, there are also shopping, ranging from accessories (eg, hat, cell phone cases) to dress, and even guns! The night market is huge and packed with people. I spend 5 hours there and did not manage to walk the whole market. I am more interested in the local delicacies...
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| Shilin Night Market |
First stop - Soup dumplings. It is a small store by the road-side. I ordered the dumplings, sat on make-shift tables by the road, and enjoy myself 7 tasty dumplings! It is not the best dumpling but definitely better than any I have eaten in NZ and it costs NT55 (~NZD2.50).
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| Dumpling store |
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| Dumplings for NT55 |
Next, the world famous, one and only Taiwanese Smelly Tofu! The smell of durain is NOWHERE compared to this. You can smell the tofu down the street, and it smells like rotten food! And this is exactly how it is prepared - tofu are left to ferment in water and then fried to crispy. It is crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. It taste salty and sour at the same time, and the sweet, spicy sauce enhanced the taste, and you can literally taste sweet, spicy and sour all in one mouth. Cost of the smelly tofu is NT50 (~NZD2).
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| Smelly Tofu for NT50 |
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| Smelly tofu store |
I wanted to try more food but I was really full. However, one last stop at the Yellow beancurb store. What can I say?... you need to try this. At NT40 (~NZD1.50), you get a bowl of beancurb with a choice of 3 topping (I chose peanuts, yam and jelly), you can't ask for anything better!
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| Yellow beancurb at NT40 |
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| Beancurb store |
All in all, I spend less than NZD10 and I was really full... Taiwan really lived up to the rumor of having cheap and delicious food.
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