What Taiwan is known for: Night Markets. Visit to Linjiang Street Night Market 臨江街觀光夜市

If you are in Taiwan, a visit to a night market is a must see. It’s part of the culture. It’s Asian. It’s great bargains and fantastic food.

I finally made it to a night market with a camera and some patience on a not so steamy night. This is my neighborhood night market, Linjiang Street.

In full disclosure, I am a bad night market shopper. I am easily irritated by the crowds, the heat and the noise. I pay the asking price and don’t haggle much. I am also too shy to stick the camera in people’s face! So really the pictures do not do the night market justice. The market is so much more than just food! I hope you will enjoy them as I did – with much love to you!

Grilled stick food. Anything on a stick.

Mysterious stewed food. Looks like chicken feet, gizzards and tripes.

Steamed egg cups. Steamed fish cakes, tofu, seafood.

Stinky tofu. Did not try it though. Still being cautious with my system.

More grilled stick food. They labeled the food for those “Americans” like me: chicken necks, gizzards, hearts, legs, blood sausages, tofu, German sausages, Taiwanese sausages, bacon wrapped sausages, and shiitake mushrooms. Do you notice a theme here?

Cake made using animals-shaped and apparently gun-shaped molds. This is hugely popular with the kids.

Grilled corn, a childhood and adulthood favorite of mine. Yum!!

Sashimi at the night market! It’s fresh and it’s cheap. Didn’t I blog about how cheap sashimi is here in Taiwan? Heaven!

Fresh cut up fruits: wax apples, passion fruits, Taiwanese melons, guavas, cherry tomatoes with plum, sapodilla, white meat dragon fruits, watermelons, and pineapples. I LOVE this. I HEART these fruits.