Shilin Night Market
Location | Shilin, Taipei, Taiwan |
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Coordinates | 25°05′12″N 121°31′31″E / 25.0866°N 121.5254°E |
Opening date | 1913 (original location) 2011 (current location) |
Closing date | October 2002 (original location) |
Environment | Night market |
Number of tenants | 539 stalls |
Parking | 400 cars |
Shilin Night Market (Chinese: 士林夜市; pinyin: Shìlín Yèshì) is a night market in Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan, often considered to be the largest and most famous night market in Taiwan.
Overview
The night market encompasses two distinct sections sharing a symbiotic relationship: a section formerly housed in the old Shilin Market building, containing mostly food vendors and small restaurants; and the surrounding businesses and shops selling other nonfood items. The food court holds 539 stalls, and the second floor serves as a parking lot for 400 cars.[1]
In addition to the food court, side streets and alleys are lined with storefronts and roadside stands. Cinemas, video arcades, and karaoke bars are also prevalent in the area. Like most night markets in Taiwan, the local businesses and vendors begin opening around 16:00. As students begin returning home from school, crowds reach their peak between 20:00 and 23:00. Businesses continue operating well past midnight, closing around 01:00 or 02:00.
Tourist traffic has increased since the 1997 opening of two nearby stops on the
Historical development
The night market is located near the former location of a
Shilin Night Market has since become the largest and most well-known night market in Taiwan, especially with regards to food, and is a favorite focal point for Taipei's
Due to safety, sanitation and fire hazard concerns, the old Shilin Market structure was demolished in October 2002 by the Taipei City Government; the food vendors formerly based within the old structure were relocated to a newer temporary structure a few hundred meters away, next to the
Transportation
Shilin Night Market is accessible via the Tamsui–Xinyi line (Taipei Metro) at Jiantan Station. A number of bus routes also serve the area with stops at Jiantan Station, nearby Ming Chuan University, and Xiao Bei (Hsiao Pei) Street.
Famous foods
- Bubble tea (珍珠奶茶)
- Chicken katsu (炸雞排)
- Cold noodles (涼麵)
- Fried buns (生煎包)
- Grilled king oyster mushrooms (燒烤杏鮑菇)
- Lemon aiyu jelly (檸檬愛玉)
- Oyster omelet(蚵仔煎)
- Oyster vermicelli (蚵仔麵線)
- Papaya milk (木瓜牛奶)[4]
- Peanut candy (花生糖)
- Peanut butter and jelly sandwich (花生果醬三明治)
- Small Sausage in Large Sausage (大腸包小腸)
- Stinky tofu (臭豆腐)
- Taiwanese tempura (天婦羅)
See also
References
- ^ "Shihlin vendors smell something fishy". Taipei Times. 14 October 2002. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
- ^ a b "Shilin Night Market to reopen at renovated site Christmas Day". Central News Agency. 7 December 2011. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ^ "'Temporary' Shilin Market a Permanent Hit". Oh My News. 27 November 2006. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
- ^ "The 7 Best Shilin Night Market Food | We Fun Taiwan 一起玩台灣". 21 July 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2022.