Linjiang Night Market

At four blocks in length from east to west, Lingjiang isn't the biggest night market, but it is above average, as vendors overflow at the intersections towards both the north and south. This market is half food and half fashion, for the younger crowd. The fashion is trendy and predominantly for women. Having been to most of the night markets in Taipei, this one has a wide diversity of foods and there are a few unique items, which I have not encountered elsewhere. Located about 800 meters from the MRT station, Lingjiang is a little more remote than Ximending or Raohe, but there are enough foreign tourists to ensure the food selection is top notch and comparable with not only Raohe, but Ningxia as well. I counted at least, five unique items here. There are small bathrooms along the south side of the street towards the east. Three signs hang above the street. Depending on how many days you spend in Taipei and if you're visiting 101, this is worth a stop.

Probably our favourite night market in Taipei. Linjiang Night Market has a more local, laid-back vibe compared to the bigger ones. It’s compact but full of delicious eat like juicy shengjian buns, stinky tofu, and braised snacks. Great for a chill stroll, tasty bites, and soaking in a more authentic Taipei night market experience.

Linjiang Night Market street was more spacious and had less people than others. There were less options but we still found all the stuff we wanted to eat. Fried chicken, baos, spring onion pancakes, and other desserts I wasn't sure of the name (sesame balls in syrup soup, in ice and those fried ones). Great for a quick night market dinner with friends. For more food options and things to do, would recommend the bigger and more popular ones.

Right at the entrance of the market, we ended up buying from a cold food stall selling mixed organs and chicken feet — honestly, it was quite unpleasant. The taste and texture were really not for us, and it left such a bad impression that we didn’t feel confident trying more dishes afterward. I’d recommend avoiding that particular stall — definitely not a great start to the night market experience.

The other night markets I've been to in taiwan are better but this one did have a lot of food. The bad part was tons of people serving stinky tofu. Free public bathroom

The sausage with glutinous rice here is my absolute favourite! It’s a stall run by a young man in front of a restaurant towards the end of the night market. There’s another fried sweet potatoes stall which I like too! There’s not much choices around but the few ones that we got is the bomb! 🤤

My introduction to the Night Market was heading to a massage parlor just at the entrance. The nighttime and daytime views are dramatically different but both phenomenally amazing. The food options are immense, and even with language prayers, being vegetarian was not a hindrance. I can’t wait to go back 😎

Wonderful night market somewhat close to the Taipei 101. There was a good blend of food, games, and shopping. Worth checking out!

臨江街觀光夜市 (Linjiang Night Market) is definitely on the smaller side in terms of night markets since the food stalls are much less spread apart and the street was pretty short. The huge plus is that it's not crowded and the lines are short or nonexistent! My friends and I stopped by last Thursday night for dinner and we enjoyed the following stalls: * 上海生煎包 - 生煎包 (pan-fried pork buns) * 蕃滾地瓜球 - A small bag of 地瓜球 (fried sweet potato balls, maybe 7 or 8 per bag) were NT$50 which was a steal. Out of all the sweet potato balls we tried during our trip, this stall made the freshest sweet potato balls (and trust me, we had ate them at every night market we went to) with the perfect crispy top layer and the chewiest interior. The purple ones were our favorite. * 北京羊肉串 - Beef and chicken gizzard skewers were well seasoned, tender and super delicious with the strong cumin seasoning. Each skewer was small-to-mid size and NT$40 per. -1 star because it's pretty small with a few food stalls (not the neck to neck you might be thinking) so there isn't a crazy amount of variety. However, we enjoyed most of the foods we tried here, so I'd definitely recommend coming here if you're looking for a night market that won't have a lot of tourists but still have solid food items.

Having been to the night market scenes every time I visited Taiwan, this was actually my first time ever to Linjiang Street Night Market (a.k.a. Tonghua Night Market). One reason has been that there are other closer and more well known night markets (Raohe, Ningxia, and Shilin to name a few) that pre-empted this one. But it must be something extraordinary to have the "Tourism badge" added to its name sake. So I have to pay it a visit. It's a long walk from the bus stop; however, one thing that this night market stands out is that its surrounding streets have many interesting restaurants. As a matter of fact, the highlights of this evening's outing had been all about the surrounding brick and mortar establishments rather than the stalls in the night market proper. The ones I would highly recommend: 豬大郎豬血糕 (pig blood cakes), 愛玉之夢遊仙草 (grass jelly desserts), and 台灣塩酥雞 (popcorn chicken). The night market itself is one long strip of stalls. There was no standout stalls with long lines like other night markets have. Actually there was one stall that I would absolutely avoid: Grandma Tseng's Pig Blood Cake - the worst pig blood cake I've ever had. There were two popular ones but again they are brick and mortar. One of them (紅花麻辣鹽水雞) served brined chicken, the other, (雅口麻辣豆腐) stinky tofu and steak - weird combination I know. Both of the are supposed to have been mentioned by Michelin per their signages but I didn't do the fact check. I waited in line for the former for 10-15 minutes, then was told it would take 1 hour to get my order. Of course I bailed. One more tip: the bus stops can be found at the other end of the linear night market, so no need to make a round trip and then realize you need to make a third round just for the bus.

Yay night markets! The linjiang street is day food/produce market by day, then in the evening becomes a bustling night market. Plenty of food options to go around, highly recommend stopping for the braised food (tofu skins (豆包), chicken innards (heart, liver), the skewers and the Taiwanese ice cream! With little kids with early bed times, the market nevertheless is open by 500 so plenty of time for you to pick up food. For those who have more time, come a bit later and you can enjoy the lively night scene!

Not as big as some of the other night markets but still has some good food especially if you just landed in the country. Prices were cheap. Not much waiting time for the food. Food quality was delish. We tried some stinky tofu, sweet potato balls, and grilled pork sausage

Really like this nightmarket, convenient to get to, not super crowded, some long lines in some places, like steamed buns, marinated meat, salted chicken, sweet potato balls. All good food though, worth the wait. Also really enjoyed 九份芋圓, taro balls are huge.

[臺灣紀遊]通化夜市第十五 我是一個夜市動物，衹要有夜市，我就會去。洛杉磯有一個626夜市，衹在夏天的時候，在亞凱迪亞市開三天，還要買票才能入場，我就早早地等着，等着去玩。我有個朋友在洛杉磯做龍鬚糖，用麥芽糖裹上玉米澱粉拉成絲，再包上花生碎，成為一大特色。每當有夜市，他就會去擺攤，我就會去探班，他就會給我一個喫着玩，有時是一盒。他是早我十年二十年的移民，靠着趕潮般地參加各種活動，售賣龍鬚糖，也活得風生水起。 洛杉磯還有一個大型的華人集會，叫做「華人工商大展」，那是個日以繼夜的集市，售賣各種各樣中國特色的東西，比如中國生產的樂事薯片，樂事（Lay's）不是美國品牌麼？是的，是美國品牌，但是美國並沒有黃瓜味的，在美國與黃瓜味包裝同色的是青檸味的，到了中國，為了不讓青檸味和黃瓜味撞色，青檸味就變成了藍色的。除了薯片，還有椰樹牌椰汁，你絕對想象不到他們把代表形象改成了平胸小妹子，除了喫的，還有用的，各種的按摩椅，對了對了，華人工商大展，怎麼能忘了電動麻將桌呢？當然，也有喫的，烤羊肉串、烤麵筋、奶茶、烤魷魚，甚至連螺螄粉都有賣，那可真是「香飄十里」啊！好在這個大展，衹有華人參加，你但凡看到個把洋人，一定是牵着黑髮妹子的手，要不抱着黑髮的娃，那些家伙，別說螺螄粉了，沒準臭冬瓜、莧菜梗都會喫。 美國的夜市，和遊樂場，大多數是象馬戲團似的，打一槍換一個地方，我過去住的格蘭朵拉市，每年夏天會有一個遊園會，就在我女兒高中對面教堂後的空地上，一年一度。到時候，就會變戲法似的在一夜之間，架起摩天輪（比上海大多數六層樓新工房矮），竪起跳樓機（比上海大多數六層樓新工房矮），以及各種海盜船、過山車之類的大型器械，草坪上會架起舞臺。届時會有樂隊演奏唱歌，那可是要另外買票的。 還有各種各樣的遊戲，套圈、飛鏢，拿硬幣扔餐具，我家還有三個碗是我扔硬幣贏來的。那是一大堆的餐具，盆杯碗盞，一美元換一百個一美分，衹要扔到餐具沒被彈開，扔中啥就能拿啥，我家至今還保留着一個盆子兩個碗，是我當時贏來的。 這種遊園會，你會碰到很多熟人，鄰居、女兒同學的家長、路口超市的收銀員，大家打招呼，或者一起喝啤酒，很開心的。 我是個夜市動物，我喜歡玩夜市，但我不喜歡喫夜市，我有過慘痛的經歷。 夜市，以前是沒有的，那是投機倒把的事。當時衹有遊園會，有兩樣喫食賣----炸得很大的麵飴餅和龍蝦片，那是我最喜歡喫的東西，可是家長衹給我兩角錢，那兩樣東西也恰好都是兩角，為什麼要讓這麼小的孩子做選擇啊？ 後來，有了夜市，東西也多了起來，从最早的麵飴餅龍蝦片，漸漸有了炸鵪鶉和排骨年糕，那時我還小，前者喫着麻煩，後者喫不下，我也就興趣缺缺了。 再後來，我去了北京，領教了北京的夜市，燈火通明，恍如白晝，一百個攤位賣十種東西，感受一下，甚至是兩三百個攤位賣十種東西，炸灌腸、炸蠍子、肉片串，沒了，至少我記不起還有什麼了，那時，1987年吧？連炸臭豆腐都沒有傳到北京，一整個夜市，衹要逛頭上的一段，就看盡所有的喫食了，从北京回來，很長一段時間，我對夜市有種PTSD。 再說一次，我很喜歡玩夜市，但我不喜歡喫夜市，夜市太好玩了，冷眼旁觀，看盡人間百態。但是通常來說，夜市都不好喫，特別是那次炸灌腸蘸蒜水，硬而無味，「那叫個什麼玩意啊？」。大家都在吵方言與普通話的衝突什麼的，我沒有感受，但我可以說1987年時，我絕對不知道還有句「那叫個什麼玩意啊？」的話，但在2022年我已經可以準確使用這段詞語了，這就是方言或者普通話的發展和行徑路線。 說回夜市，通化夜市，那是個年輕人的夜市，从逛夜市的，到在夜市擺攤的，都是年輕人。我不禁暗暗讚嘆臺灣的年輕人，能甘於寂寞地守護着一碗鵝焿，一份大腸包小腸。這就是婆婆姨姨姐姐傳下來的一個檔位，每天出攤，才僅可以維持臺北的租金，雖然把某種小喫賣到了市場第一，但是完全停不下來，還要努力地工作，他或許有個女朋友，但完全沒有和女朋友去一次情侶賓館的時間，更大的可能是女朋友來幫着收錢張羅，从少男少女青春攤，開成夫妻老婆攤，再開成大伯大媽攤。運氣上好的，會从攤開成店，連鎖店一直開到大陸去；運氣中上的，會擁有一個「衹此一家，別無分號」的鋪面；運氣好的話，會在夜市一直擺攤擺下去。通化夜市有一家鄭家四神湯，就是個攤，一輛小推車的那種攤，就从1967年擺到了現在。 夜市的東西啊，你們是最好看的喫食，但往往又是最不好好做的喫食，夜市一如江南各個小鎮的點心、小喫，衹講好看，不講好喫，廉價的醬料，在夜市的燈下熠熠發光。夜市中很許多東西，是白天看不到的，因為光源的關係，它們衹有在燈下才顯得好看，其中的學問，可不簡單，就象國內現在許多肉攤都用紅燈炮一樣。 通化夜市還是很不錯的，因為它有很大的一部分，並非流動的攤檔，而是固定的店面。 當然，通化夜市也很許多「貓膩」的東西，比如我看到的這種「火焰骰子牛」，那是個烤架，烤架一邊沒有加熱的地方擺着二十多塊豬排大小的牛肉，厚約兩公分左右，攤主則在烤架的另一邊烤肉，時不時地用噴火槍燒炙一下......攤前掛着一張紙，大意是「東森新聞質疑骰子牛肉是否組合牛肉，我們這裡用的絕對不是組合牛肉」。拜託，你那一大塊牛肉，任誰來看都是小肉塊組成的大片啊，真還好意思說不是組合肉？合着非要添加羊肉豬肉才算組合牛肉？小的拼成大的就不叫「組合」了？真是有點自欺欺人的感覺。 出於好奇，我還買了一份來喫，一百元新臺幣一大塊，一烤就散開成了十三四塊「骰子」了，才一百元啊，鼎泰豐一瓶啤酒都要一百五十元外加服務費，這麼一大盒牛肉衹要一百元，還是美國進口安格斯黑牛，真是碰到活雷鋒了，噢，不過，臺灣沒有雷鋒。 你還別說，這種牛肉還是很嫩的，是牛肉不該有的入口即化，糾正一下，是一百塊的牛肉不該有的入口即化，若是一百塊一粒還是有可能的。从味道來說呢，還可以，嫩嘛，就咬得動，就不至於太難喫，噴火槍製造出的美拉德反應，產生的焦甜味，怎麼都不會難喫的。 還有一樣挺好玩的東西，叫做涼圓，生的時候，滿滿的一盤雪白雪的小球，象是小墨魚一樣，待蒸熟之後，變成了透明的小球，小球裡面是五顏六色的餡心，分別有紅豆、綠豆、花生、綠茶、芋頭和酸梅等。據說是餡心先做成球，然後裹上樹薯漿，然後蒸出來的，涼圓用到一個特殊的工具，象是一個鋼絲夾，挾起餡心後，浸到粉漿中，然後轉呀轉，最後轉成一個球，舉到一塊鋁板上，然後放開夾子，圓球就留在鋁板上了。我懂了，就是個甜的素霸丸（肉圓）。那玩意在夏天一定很好喫。 我很喜歡逛夜市，夜市好玩呀，但我不怎麼喜歡喫夜市，說是不喜歡，但也總會喫上一樣二樣，越是稀奇古怪的，越是會試試，越是可能「又上當」了。 這把年紀，依然有着強烈的好奇心，我很開心。

A couple of Michelin recommended stalls in this venue. Very local crowd but the vendors are generally patient. The street is full of people milling around, and vendors churning out orders. Great vibe, friendly people. Great food! This is where using your nose and following the crowd favorites pays off.

Tong Hua night market is still one of the best night markets around, especially when we're talking about this immediate area. There's a pretty nice balance food and shopping at Tong Hua, and you can be buying food in own hand, while buying merchandise in the other. Today we got an assortment of things; sugar coated tomatoes/strawberries, pigs blood popsicle, sweet potato puffs, beef skewers, fried chicken, and a few other fun things to do at a might market. What is nice about Tong Hua Night Market is that it's probably one of the less packed night markets, but is still of great quality. There are some night markets out there nowadays that have either lost some of its muster, or just so small and poorly organized that it can hardly be called a night market anymore. Tong Hua Night Market is a great as I remembered it to be in the past, and after visiting again today, I can tell you with certainty that it's still one of the best night markets around, in all categories of food, shopping, and entertainment. Everything you'd hope for in a great night market.

I love street foods and Taiwan has a lot of night markets that you can visit... Linjiang is not one of the major joints, but they do offer their own share of interesting food offerings. I had walked around few times and settled on Fried Chicken and dumpling joint that were next to each other. Fried Chicken - recommended by Michelin Guide. To be honest, the chicken was decent, I definitely had better fried chicken, but it was different then what I had before. The wings are fried Asian style - wet coating, then once it's done, they sprinkle their "hot" powder sauce, which isn't spicy at all. I also got their tempura, would not recommend it. To next door, dumplings - they have handmade, cooked to order dumplings - comes in two - pork and cabbage and pork and leeks. I got the pork and leeks, 10 pcs for under $2USD. Make your own dipping sauce, the most expensive was the soup, but it was too warm for me to try a hot soup, next time.

Always open, rain or shine at the Tonghua Night Market - Meat Buns / Banh Bao - NT$ 60 ~ $1.93USD - Sugarcane Drink / Nuoc Mia - NT$ 30 ~ $0.96USD - Facial Supplies - NT$ 60 ~ $1.93USD - Potstickers - NT$ 60 ~ $1.93USD - Jiao Tang Feng Skewers - NT$ 197 ~ $6.33USD - Lemon Tea - NT$ 45 ~ $1.45USD - Salty Lemon 7UP - NT$ 60 ~ $1.93USD Tina's Travel and Tabloid - Located in intersection of Tonghua and Linjiang Street - Grilled Skewers! This cart serves variations Of chicken heart, neck, skin, gizzard, wing, tofu, mushroom, squid, beef, tempura, veggies, and the list goes on. Each skewer stick cost approximately from $20nt to 50nt ~ $0.65 to 1.61 USD. - Eat everything while it's hot! - All is good with food and love. ;)

When I came to Taiwan 2 years ago, I had visited 7+ night markets and they all felt so...foreign. Yes- they were loud, bustling and full of life, but this time my SO brought me to a neighborhood night market without all the television crew running through the streets and it felt so much more comfortable. The street is technically called 臨江街 (Lin Jiang Street), but it's coined 通化街 because it's actually situated between Lin Jiang Street and 基隆路 (Ji Long Road). Taiwan isn't too big on Yelp, but a lot of people do blog. If you don't know where to go/what to eat, definitely hit up blogs (but it's all in Mandarin). I had to read a few blogs to see which carts/stalls were worth it. NOTE: if all else fails, just look for the longest line, or try to find a place with a lot of signatures (aka celebrity/tv show visits). My recommendations of items that you MUST try at this Night Market (not ranked in any order): 1. 一口酥 // stinky tofu but bite size! This guy is famous- he chops up the tofu into four pieces and gives you a big cupful. By default, it comes with garlic (YAS) and pickled vegetables. Spiciness is optional. 2. 猪血糕 // "pig blood cake", aka glutinous rice mixed with pig blood, then steamed. Sounds gross? DELICIOUS. If you didn't know what it's made of, you'd be hooked. The guy selling it stands next to the bite-size-stinky-tofu. He's been around for 20+ years and his is the most famous is town. You can choose to have it spicy or not, and then it'll be dipped in grounded peanuts. SO GOOD. 3. 羊肉串, 猪肉串 // Lamb/pork skewers! I forget the guy's name, but you sure won't miss him when you see it! He's wearing bright red, with delicious looking skewers laid atop a mat of bamboo steamers. He's super friendly and kind, and treats you with the utmost respect by handing your food over with two hands. TRY IT! His spices are amazing. 4. 烤玉米 // Grilled corn! You might be thinking "WHAT? WHY?" Well, let me tell ya, Asia has a lot more different types of corn than the US, and they sure take pride in it! You can find any guy to grill it for you (just be wary of price). Definitely give 珍珠玉米 ("pearl corn") a chance! It tastes different! 5. 手抓饼 // Hand-held pancakes! This guy sells a lot more than just that- his tiny menu will make you want everything, but he is most popular for his multitude of flavors of this delicious pancake. I would prefer this over green-onion, since its super flaky, tearable by hand and just a lot softer. You can add an egg to it (10 NT more), add some sauce and VOILA. Him and his wife are so humble and nice...you can't pass them up. 6. 生煎包 // Pan-fried pork soup buns/dumplings! THIS was AMAZING. The guy cooking these things are on fiyah! They sell minimum 10 pieces in a box but it's SO WORTH IT. You see the people working at lightning speed in the back, and he's up front steaming them and pan-frying them with two big grills. GET THEM. YOU WON'T REGRET. 7. 魷魚串 // Right next to the pancakes, it's a subtle stall that looks unappetizing but is actually famous and have gone on multiple TV shows. Selection is limited, but everything is super fresh. They're famous for their Italian (or Dutch?) sausage with bone, but their grilled squid skewer is just as good. The spice that they cook it with is THE BOMB. You can definitely taste the difference! 8. 滷味 // An abundance of organs/meats broiled in a special soy sauce. To be eaten cold or hot, this stand has been here for 30+ years! It's the place with the longest line in this little alley so you sure can't miss it. A lot of people buy it to-go to bring home and eat with other dishes, since it is pretty salty. 9. 冰湯​​圓 // "Frozen" (technically cold) glutinous sweet-filed rice balls! It's like breaking the sound barrier..UNHEARD OF! This is an absolutely amazing dessert anytime of the year, and especially here, since they handmake their rice balls. You can either have it cold or hot. If it's cold, 6 rice balls are laid upon a huge bed of shaved ice, drizzled with their homemade longan honey syrup (THE BOMB). They have variations of adding eggs, different filling, etc. You can even buy it home frozen to cook! WORTH. EVERY BITE. And super cheap! (Around 70-80 NT) 10. 九份芋圓 // I REGRET SO MUCH for not going back here one more time before I left! It's THAT good, no lies. Taro is hard to prepare, and this place is not only fresh in ingredients but the perfect amount for what it's worth. Each bowl comes with 4 toppings, and you can choose to your heart's content. Base can be ice, silken tofu, grass jelly...UGH. I can't even. If you're in 六張犁 (Liu Zhang Li), stop by! If you are looking for night markets besides the ones near 101..come here! You won't regret.

This night market is small compared to others such as Shilin. However, they make up for the size with the quality of their food. I actually enjoyed this place more than Shilin since it wasn't too crowded and we didn't really have to line of for many things. We tried the sugarcane juice, grilled skewers, stinky tofu and many more.

Linjiang is the night market for food. Snacks and more food. it's not the biggest night market-that honor belongs to Shilin with over 500 stores and vendors. Personally I found Shilin night market to be overwhelming and all the massive amount of people just stressed me out. I much prefer the smaller night markets where it's less crowded and you get a chance to enjoy yourself instead of always trying not to bump into people and or watching out for pickpockets.... Here in Linjing it's where the locals like to come and grab some cheap eats. There are about 200 stalls and most of it is food so you can basically go down the line until your tummy tells you to stop...Most items are pretty cheap from 75 cents to about $3 dollars or so. As far as cleaningness is concerned I've never gotten sick eating street food ever and I've never hear of any of my friends either. I think the key is to eat things that have been cooked. Don't eat raw stuff if you're here vacationing. No salad. Nothing. Always use bottled water for everything...even brushing your teeth....and one more thing: bring cash...no credit cards here....

Shiling night market used to be one of my favorite night markets to visit while in town but over the recent years, it has become less appealing and the vendors tend to price gouge. My aunt brought my husband and I to this place on our last visit since our hotel was a few blocks down. As many folks have already mentioned, it is a smaller night market but I found them to ample food and merchandise vendors to make it worth while. The prices were also reasonable and didn't feel like we were getting ripped off. Another plus was better organization of vendor spots and cleanliness. I will be back on my next visit :)

My favorite night market in Taipei! Having lived in Taiwan as a local many years ago in the area, I'm definitely biased towards linjiang street night market as it is my "home ground". This night market is as local as it gets although there are way more tourists these days due to the new subway station close by. The night market is located in the Da-an residential neighborhood, and is walking distance to 101. It is pretty small compared to Shilin (which imo is way too touristy I hate going there), and is a great place for awesome local food. Here's my personal favorites just to list a few: - Pan fried dumplings (鍋貼/生煎包) - 滷味 (braised meat/ innards) - 鹹水雞 (umm, not sure what this is called in english but its from the carts where you pick out a bunch of innards/ meat and comes marinated) - lamb skewers - 麻辣鴨血 (ma la numbing spice duck blood) - 鹽酥雞 (fried chicken) - 米粉湯 (vermicelli noodle soup) ... you name it! I lived around the area for 4 months and ate here almost every single day/ night!

A smaller night market but has a great selection of food. You know you are there when you get the food smell walking closer. Since I was staying at the Grand Hyatt, I decided to go on a long walk. I took about 15-20 mins from the Grand Hyatt at a slow pace. Non food items selection was okay; the food selection was great. Worth a stop if you are in the area but no need to go out of your way for it.

Awesome night market. There were soo many stores that offered different food options. I had trouble making up my mind...

If you come to Taiwan and don't come to night market?? YOU ARE TOTALLY MISSING OUT!!!! There are many different night markets in Taipei. Tonghua Night Market is my favorite. Lots of food, shops and did I mention FOOD? Please please please come hungry!! Don't even think of eating dinner before you come to night market because you will regret when you can't fit in more food in your tummy!! Don't get too excited when you see the first street food vendor!! Pace yourself...... If you come with friends, SHARE the food!! So that you can eat more varieties of food the rest of the evening. I always like to pick the food that I have NEVER seen in USA. Yes, let's be adventurous!! Don't worry, if all these Taiwanese people are eating those food, they are safe!!! The most daring experience of my trip... eating Chicken butts!!! Not just one... the whole skew of chicken butts!!! On my~ so crispy!! Yes, they did clean them thoroughly before they BBQ them! Overall, FUN FUN FUN time at night market! Lots of eating & walking... burn those calories while eating, perfect!!!

Tonghua/Linjiang a smaller version of one of the famous Taipei night market. It's location is pretty much in the center of Taipei. Filled more with locals than foreigners than the other big ones. However there is some solid street food offerings. Many people go to Raohe or Shilin but the food I found at Tonghua was on par. Just a bit smaller selection. There is a smaller selection vendors selling some interesting items and goods. I did stop off to get an oyster omelette from one street vendor and it was gluey- oyster delish. The street comes alive at night and you have many sights sounds and smells of the street market. This one was pretty close to my hotel and an interesting discovery.

Fun night market. Seems to have more a local crowd than others. Not as many food/shopping options, and also not as much foot traffic.

Tonghua Night Market, also called Linjiang Night Market because it's located on Linjiang Street (臨江夜市), is a smaller night market that is a 15 minute walk away from Taipei 101. They have a lot of different food choices here too: stinky tofu, fresh fruit, ice cream wrapss, sweet grilled Taiwanese sausages, and more. Steph and I also did a little shopping (for clothes) here! With over a hundred night markets in Taiwan, I can see why they're known to be the modern centers of popular culture. Night markets are the best places to enjoy xiaochi (小吃) or small eats. For foreigners, you can spend less than $10 and be full while trying a bunch of different things! Most night markets also have small restaurants, so if you don't feel like wandering around, you can eat a full meal there.

Tonghua Night Market was my final Taiwanese night market before departing, and I wish I'd had the appetite to eat more. What actually happened was the first grilled squid stand I passed fed me enough grilled squid for $50 to fill me all the way up for the whole night. He was kind enough to do a half-and-half thing on the flavors, giving me half blackened with a sort of BBQ dry rub and half sweet garlic. It came with a stack of cold cucumbers, a very nice touch for a vegetable-deprived night-market eater. Most of the other stands I saw were variations on stands that you see at all the night markets. Fried chicken. Grilled beef cubes. Fruit juice. This market wasn't heavy on seafood. However, right next to the squid dude, there was a lady with absolutely massive egg custard tarts - five or six different flavors of them! Mango, brown sugar, chocolate, cheese (?), I think pineapple... even though I was full of squid, I did pick up a brown sugar custard. It was heavy on the crust, and the 'brown sugar' was less of a spread out flavor than it was a lump of jelly-like substance in the middle, but it was still way better than 90% of the egg custards in the States.

Actually, I preferred this one over the Roache, but both are still worth going to, just to compare. Lin is less busy but still plenty of people. Ice cream wrap was my favourite, liked how they directed you to pay by dropping the money in their cashier float box by the side; now that's hygienic! Thought the rice wrap with crunchy asian donut overrated considering the long lineups, but hey, to each it's own. Surprisingly, the public washroom was quite clean, in the first underground parkade.

We decided to give Tonghua a try as it was in walking distance from the hotel, and the fact that it was not so touristy and quite small sounded good. Some know the market as Linjiang, as it covers Linjiang street from Keelang Rd to Anhe Road. Some side lanes are frequented by food stalls, too. We found the market to be very orderly and pretty clean, with the ratio food vs other stuff (clothing, shoes, electronics, smartphone accessories etc) around 30/70. As our sole objective was food, we found it very challenging as my husband does not eat meat, and the market surely is a meat lovers paradise, for all kinds of meat - including what I would call "mystery meat", and that does not include chicken feet, as they were easily recognisable ;-) Left with little choice we ended up getting some deep fried mushrooms and roasted tofu, and looked in vain for any seafood (we were told to look for shrimp with puffed rice ;-)) and the famous oyster vermicelli soup. Fortunately we decided to turn at the corner of Tonghua street to walk back up toward Xinyi Road, and found a small place selling the soup. The people were lovely and we were able to have the soup without pork and buy some beers from the shop around the corner to have with the soup. Great experience all in all, as the market is very "local", (English is not really spoken, so it's pointing and sign language :-)) but if you're looking for more food choices and excitement Tonghua is not what you're looking for.

This has always been my favorite night market because: 1. It's a manageable size 2. Not too touristy 3. Lots of garbage cans everywhere 4. It's close o my family's place My favorite things are: 1. Mini 生煎包 (sheng jian bao): on the Kee Lung street side 2. 烤玉米 (grilled corn): go for the guy on the other side of Lin Jiang Street (off the main area) 3. 大腸麵線 (da chang mian xian): stewed rice noodles 4. 鐵板燒 (tie ban shao - teppankyaki): any of the teppanyaki places are cheap and good 5. 麻辣臭豆腐 (ma la chou dou fu): regular stinky tofu is whatever to me, but the spicy stewed one is much better 6. 泡泡冰 (pao pao bing): my peanut ice guy in the middle of the market 7. 潤餅 (run bing): I haven't seen the lady selling the warm version recently (think mushu but better) This is always my go-to place.

This is my go to night market, mainly because it's nearby. Although it's smaller than some of the other night markets, it's less touristy and less overwhelming. There is a decent mix of food and shopping stalls, with some of my favorite food options being the traditional Taiwanese oyster omelette 蚵仔煎, hot black sesame soup balls, teppenyaki/skewers cooked fresh (don't buy pre cooked, wait the extra few minutes and go to places that cook after you order), pan fried pork buns, bubble tea, and fried foods including chicken.

Love this night market. I've been twice now when visiting Taipei and I think it might be my favorite one. This market is on the smaller side and is great to walk through if you don't enjoy the crowds such as with Raohe Night Market. I like how the non food merchandise seems more unique though they definitely have the typical "fake market" merchandise if that is what you are looking for. I've found cute shirts, jewelry, cell phone covers and other things in my visits. For the more unique items vendors are less willing to bargain on price but when paying with the NT and USD conversion in mind the prices are still quite low. Food is great here too.

This market is smaller than some of the other night markets, and doesn't quite boast anything particularly unique. I would say that it's still worth a visit, especially if you're looking for a place that's slightly, only slightly, less crowded. At the entrance to the market there's usually a vendor selling egg waffles (鷄蛋仔). They also have battered, deep fried mushrooms and saikoro steak charred right in front of you. If you're in the Xinyi area, walk down a few blocks and check this market out.

Tonghua Nightmarket has always been one of my favourite Taipei nightmarkets. I think it is great for those who live in the city, and I often take visitors there too (although Raohe Street nightmarket is my personal list topper for tourists). There are plenty of shoe shops, some pretty cool clothing shops, lots of household items on sale and a lot of choice for food (search under my user name for individual stand and restaurant reviews). There's also a panchinko arcade where you can play traditional Taiwanese pinball. To find this look on the left hand side of the market - going from the Tonghua street end- just past Oak Steak House and you'll see a lane with toys on display. It can get very busy at the weekends in which case you shuffle along at ambling speed. If you want a less crowded experience try visiting on a Tuesday or Wednesday evening.

The Best place for food and some causal shopping! Everything you need is there and everything is cheap!

Small night market but is conveniently located within walking distance of Taipei 101. Don't try the Guabao here if you're used to eating the one in the Shida night market. You'll be sorely disappointed.

This is a good small night market with most of the necessary food vendors. Now if you're not overwhelmed with this small night market then you're ready for the big boys, Shilin and Roahe st. We ate pig ears and dumplings in the rain then we bought rain coats as an after thought. Ha ha ha next time I'll bring an umbrella like ell the locals do.

Each night market in Taipei has its specialty. Tonghua Night market is my personal favorite for clothes shopping. There are great places for both men's and women's clothes. Prices range from the ridiculously cheap to the upper end of "affordable." Wherever you shop, you're likely to get what you pay for, but there are a few fly-by-night places that offer nice clothes for extremely cheap. (My fiancee who wears haute couture at times can find nice, stylish clothes for 100NT at this night market. Sometimes.) The food here is very m'eh. It's pretty much the same as any other night market, nothing really standing out to me. This is the place for shopping for clothes, however. Even my mom wound up picking a few items up when she was visiting this fall. She's a little lady, and she loved that she could find her shoe size in so many places around Taipei. Highly recommended for clothes.

One of the closet night market near downtown Taipei. It is about 20 mins walk from Taipei 101 district. Comparing to the shilin night market, Tonhua night market is not that so tourist that a lot of the food stall are tended to sell the same thing nowadays.Here you still can find a lot of interesting food with variety of choices. From Taiwanese street food to western fusion, it give you a plenty of choice. Generally food is cooked on site so you know what you are getting. It is less crowded here and things are cheaper! I encourage you to explore this area if you figure out nothing to do around xinyi district. This place goes up around 19:00 till late night around 2, most people are friendly and English speaking.

Another night market to visit! Different night markets = similar food and drinks, but just go for the sake of enjoying the Taiwanese night life especially with your friends. Don't settle for one stall, buy small portions of different small bites and then share with your friends and if you can, buy beer to enjoy your dinner! That's what I love doing in Taipei, no need to spend $$ at restaurants sometimes when you can enjoy the low cost but good quality food at these night markets. I like this one, it isn't too big but there are a couple of good stalls that sells really good food such as stinky Tofu, egg omelette and "Mee Sua" soup, you got to try them! For ladies, you might be please to know that are some clothing and shoes shop that might catch your eyes! I checked the price too and its pretty cheap at least when converted to my home's currency (SIN). When I return to Taipei soon, I might drop by here to pick up a couple of shoes. I bought one from here before, about 4 years ago, its still in good condition up till today, so don't worry about the quality.

For my first night market experience, it was the right size! The other markets are bigger and this was a nice way to get acquainted with the night market life in Taipei!