Rahoe Street Market
Rahoe Street Market was quite a journey away from our hotel, and we took the train to get there, and subway to get back. This is one very long street which is filled mainly with food vendors, and very little shopping. The market was vert busy and getting through most of it was a shuffle.
We decided we could eat at the market as it seemed a fun thing to do. First off we started with squid which was barbequed on a small grill behind their store. Turnover of food at most of the little vendors was high so we weren’t too concerned about any food poisoning. We were correct about the food safety, no ill effects.
Then onto Mochi, a squishy Japanese desert, which was being made right on the stand by very dexterous hand, quickly turning the dough into a ball filled with something sweet and coated in a peanut exterior. Although Wendy has a loving for Mochi, what really drew us was that this store has Michelin Stars. Wow, a small Mochi stall to the east of Taipei which we had to get a train to has a Michelin Starred Mochi stand where they were being made fresh. What could be better than that.
Well it could have been an almost identical Mochi store on the other side of the market, with the same Michelin Star signs. Anyway, the Mochi was delicious and didn’t last very long at all.
Shilin Night Market
Shiiln Night Market was more spread out than Rahoe Street Night Market, but was as popular as that market and had most of the same stores that Rahoe Street had. It was a busy market also and targeted at the tourists; we didn’t see many locals at this market as we hadn’t at Rahoe Market either.
The delights of tonight were Oyster Mushrooms cooked over a Barbeque. The common theme along many of these small eateries if that most are cooked on an electric, in most cases, barbeque. Other the than chicken skewers which we picked up which were cooked on a hot plate.
Ningxia and Ximending Night Markets
Well, we thought we’d try all the night markets in Taipei, and these were the last two that we visited. I think there are probably more we could have found and visited, but after four the draw of visiting night markets drifts off. The Ximending Market was spread over many streets which weren’t so manic, and a lot of the street food stalls had bee replaced by restaurants. As we’d had a good walk this night we decided to visit a restaurant on the periphery which was good, but far more expensive than the stalls. However, we did get to sit in a nice air conditioned restaurant rather than trying to walk around with food which isn’t ever so easy.
