Taiwan getaway: Shilin Night Market 士林夜市

Parents decided to jet off to Taiwan for short weekend trip which means another foodie adventure for me. Shilin night market is considered to be Taipei's largest and most famous night market and is one of Taipei's top tourist destinations. Apart from food stalls, there are also hundreds of stalls that sell clothes, jewelry, bags - anything your heart desires. There are also many game stalls where you can practice your aim or test your skill in scooping up little shrimpies. My parents and I skipped out on the game and shopping stalls and headed straight to the indoors food court. When we first arrived it was fortunately not too crowded and we had a great time looking at what each stall had to offer. To be honest none of the food was that amazing, perhaps we chose the wrong stalls or the food was just not our cup of tea. But I was not super impressed, it is definitely worth it to visit for the atmosphere because it is a very lively and unique area, but I was a little disappointed with the food. The night market is definitely a feast for the senses and when I return to Taipei again I would love to give the food another try.

Outdoor area 

Interesting...

Huge sausages! 

One of the night market's most popular dishes: oyster pancake

Meat and vegetable bun
The bun was piping hot and the filling was meaty and gingery. The bottom of the bun was also very crispy. Yummy but not something I would rave about. 

Big bun wrapped around small bun 大餅包小餅
Another well known dish at the market, did not try this as it looks too incredibly deep fried and mother is not a big fan of that.

White bitter melon milk shakes were surprisingly refreshing and strangely appetizing. 

A very interesting name for a dish. Translation: Spraying pee chicken cutlet haha!

Stinky tofu
I have always wanted to try stinky tofu! This was my first time and I was not impressed. I have heard that although it is as stinky as the name implies, the taste is actually quite delicious. The tofu was not appealing and we stopped eating this after a few bites.

Oyster pancake 
Little oysters mixed with a batter and fried with an egg was one of the most popular dishes we saw as we walked around the food stall. Unfortunately the stall we picked did not make this dish well at all. It was slimy and tasteless. The pancake was smothered with this ketchup sludge concoction with a few withered bits of lettuce. No thank you.

A little awkward english is always funny 

One of the game stalls where you try to hook little shrimps 

Shilin Night Market 士林夜市

Can either go by cab or closest MRT station is Jiantan Station on the Tamsui (Red) line