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Location: Road 101, Jihe Road, Shilin District, Taipei City
Honor: is one of the most large and well-known night markets in Taipei. It has more than 500 stores and vendors. It is the most famous and popular night market place in Taipei.
Impression: The food temptation that cannot stop, although it looks inconspicuous, it has a world inside, which is worth discovering carefully.
Taiwan is a city suitable for travel. Young people can find freshness here like Xiamen. Older people can find dusty memories here. Depressed office workers can find releases in this neon light. And I, a foodie, can naturally open my stomach and enjoy affordable and delicious Taiwanese snacks here.
The first stop, goes to Taiwan's most famous night market - Shilin Night Market . It is located in Wenlin Road, Dadong Road, Danan Road and Xiaobei Street. There are more than 500 stores in the market. Imagine that when you enter the market, you are attracted by a wide range of snacks with unique characteristics. This restaurant is cooking fragrant oysters with iron plates, and the restaurant is making chicken chops full of ingredients. After a few steps, you will see a variety of freshly squeezed juices and fried flower branches. You can't stop, and you will even get lost and choose obstacles. Speaking of this, a picture full of food should come out of your mind.
In fact, when I first saw Shilin Night Market, what I imagined in my mind was not food, but domestic vegetable markets. It is not a street. In addition to the night market centered on Yangming Theater, it also has several alleys selling jewelry, records, and sportswear.
Night view is shrouded in the sky, lanterns are lit one by one, and there are crowds of people outside the market, and there are also many games of throwing circles, throwing sandbags, and changing prizes. It looks a bit outdated, like the Canton Fair we were having every year when we were young.
Of course, it is hard to imagine that this market has developed since 1909 to today. It was originally the ferry of Keelung Port , and everything from Shilin's agricultural products to Mengjia and Dadaocheng is traded here. In 1913, it was also recognized as a monument. It was only after several reconstructions that I had the current appearance.
Of course, the road to Shilin is really congested. So you can choose to take the MRT to get off at Jiantan Station, and try to avoid weekends and morning and evening rush hour, so that you will be much easier when you are rushing to delicious food.
There is only one purpose for me to come to Shilin Night Market on this trip. Just look for the most authentic snacks in Taiwan. Let me tell you the topic slowly. What are the delicacies in Shilin Night Market that are so popular that they must eat?
First of all, there are three must-eat traditional snacks: oyster omelette , Shilin sausage and stinky tofu , each of has a history of more than 20 years. There are a variety of choices, and the tastes of each store are also different, including salty, sweet, sour and spicy.
Want to find the delicious oyster omelette that runs through the entire play in "Meet Love on the Corner"? There are about twenty stores selling oyster omelets alone, which can be regarded as the night market that loves oyster omelets the most.
What is oyster omelet? This has to start with a song Taiwanese folk song "Green Oyster Sister". Both Qi Qin and Luo Dayou have been covered. In fact, the scientific name of oyster is oyster. It is compared to "deep sea milk" because it is rich in vitamins and minerals.
What kind of oyster omelet is the best? I can't give you a standard answer. However, there is a well-received oyster shop in Taipei's Shilin Night Market, which uses fresh, large Dongshi oysters. Its name is Zhongsheng. The boss, Mr. Zhu Zhongcheng, first sold sesame oil and pork liver soup. As the Shilin Night Market business and crowds increased, the types of food began to increase. For example, this oyster omelette that was fried with native eggs was later become the signature of the store and was recommended by netizens as the most popular snack.
In addition to oyster omelettes, liters of Ji Shilin Big Sausage is also a live signboard of Shilin Night Market. It has a good taste that has not changed for 40 years, and there is only one, no other branch.
I heard from the clerk that the sausages were only two-thirds of the size of today. After decades of improvement, they became a behemoth over 30 cm today.The meat used for its big sausage is not ordinary. I heard that the meat supplier is the same as Din Tai Fung, a famous Taiwanese snack shop.
When the steaming sausage comes out, I will take a bamboo stick and a slice of sausage with garlic and put it into my mouth. I can't describe the taste in words. Spending NT$100 is really worth the money.
In Shilin Night Market, there is also an old store that has been open for more than 20 years: 441 stinky tofu . The store specializes in fried semi-handmade stinky tofu. The outer skin tastes crispy and vigorous, and the tofu inside has soup, which has a very good taste.
I had enough courage before eating this restaurant. Because I have always had no good feelings for "stinky" food, but netizens have always praised it on the guide.
There are many reasons. For example, the store owner Zhu’s mother has been working with fixed manufacturers for many years. Each piece of stinky tofu is very fresh. For example, his stinky tofu is also sold with his own hand-made fruit-flavored kimchi, which tastes refreshing and unpleasant.
With these reasons, I can put aside my "prejudgment" about food and try it bravely.
Apart from these three things, I have not let go of some small roadside shops.
, such as Haodada Chicken Steak, and , this store has opened many chain stores in the country, so I want to try it out. The business at its store is super hot, and there are long queues. In order to eat this piece of chicken steak, I lined up for 45 minutes! Moreover, its chicken chop stall is very interesting. There is a board next to the signboard, which says: Nothing is cut, and the clerk even jokes with me, saying that this chicken chop will be bigger than my face when it is spread out.
After I finished eating this piece of chicken chop, I immediately didn’t even want to eat the staple food.
Finally, we saw this "Thai Sour Noodles" when we didn't want to eat anything. I hesitated again and again, because of my curiosity about Thai cuisine, I finally planned to try it. Its sauce really didn't disappoint me. It was a very authentic Thai sauce, but it also had some unique fragrance. I heard that this is a unique sauce developed by the boss many years ago. In addition to pepper and chili, there are also a variety of vegetables. The most important thing is to add lemon juice, which is sour and sweet, sweet and spicy, and has a particularly layered taste.
There is a store I didn’t drink, but when I saw the sign, I smiled—“ bastard boss juice ”.
Asshole, what exactly is it? In fact, it is to make a raw egg in papaya milk. People who have never drunk it may think that the fishy smell of raw eggs in the juice, but the boss said that as long as you dare to take the first sip, all your doubts will be wiped out. Those with courage will come here to try it. This is your best choice for dessert after meals! The price of a cup is NT$50.
After walking in Jinshilin, I tried my best to relax my stomach so that I could hold the whole Taiwan food. Unfortunately, my ambitions failed to resist the swelling in my stomach. Soon I was still full, and there was still fragrance on my lips. I could only watch others eat the rest.
In fact, when I came to Taipei and came to Shilin to find food, I don’t have to pay too much attention to the so-called food guide. The food restaurants here are always changing, and new fun and delicious restaurants will often come in. Follow the feeling, there will always be surprises waiting for you. I guarantee you with a foodie mentality. Shilin is a gathering paradise for authentic Taiwan snacks.
If you like food, come to Taiwan. This is definitely a late-night persecution post. Please hold back if you are greedy, haha.
TIPS
MRT
Take the Tamsui Line at [Jiantan] Station and get off at exit 1.
Bus
Take bus No. 61, 224, 250, 277, 606, 102, and 109 get off at the [Xiaobei Street] station.
Driving by yourself
1. From the train station, follow Zhongshan North Road and go straight to Jiantan and Wenlin Road.
2. Go down from Chongqing South Road Interchange and turn to Bailing Bridge, go straight to Zhongzheng Road and meet Wenlin Road and turn right.
There are many people here and it is noisy, so remember to manage your finances well.
LINK
was originally a ferry near Keelung River . Its goods from Shilin agricultural products to Mengjia and Dadaocheng are all traded here. The Shilin market was established in 1909 and has been developing to this day.
The past transactions were mainly concentrated in the square in front of the temple in the Mazu Temple "Cizi Palace". However, market vendors gradually occupied the temple land, so Cizi Palace built a wall to retain the only remaining narrow temple land, and the wall could only be used by vendors. Shilin Night Market has become a large night market including Wenlin Road, Dadong Road, Danan Road and Anping Road.
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