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Taipei's Night Markets, Ranked by Appetite
Pepper buns, oyster omelettes and the sweetest bubble tea
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Taipei has more than thirty night markets. Here are the four we take travellers to, and the dishes that make each one worth the trip.
Dinner, Taipei style
Taipei eats dinner on its feet. Every evening from about five, the city's night markets fill lanes and squares with stalls, steam and queues, and locals graze from one to the next with a plastic cup of fruit tea in hand.
Raohe Street is our favourite for a first night: a single, manageable lane that begins under the ornate gate of Ciyou Temple, where the queue for hujiao bing, pepper buns baked against the wall of a clay oven, is worth every minute. Shilin is the largest and most famous, with an underground food court and endless games. Ningxia is small, close to the old town and has the best oyster omelettes. Linjiang Street, near Taipei 101, is where office workers eat.
Go hungry and share everything. Portions are small and cheap, and the art is to try a dozen things rather than fill up on two.
Do not leave without trying
- Hujiao bing, peppery pork buns from a clay oven
- Oyster omelette with sweet-and-sour sauce
- Lu rou fan, braised pork over rice
- Stinky tofu, deep-fried, with pickled cabbage
- Bubble tea with fresh taro or brown-sugar pearls
If the queue is long and the line is all locals, join it.Our rule for every night market
Raohe Street Night Market
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Saki SakuraAuthor
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The ryokan and onsen advice was spot on. We felt confident instead of nervous about the customs.
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Helpful and honest. I would love a section on travelling in the rainy season.
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