Taiwanese Street Food in Taipei, Taiwan at Shilin Night Market (士林夜市)
When it comes to street food around the world few places can compete with what is on offer in Taipei, Taiwan at the various night markets around the city. With this in mind, we headed to the most famous night market in Taipei called the Shilin Night Market (士林夜市) where we sampled numerous Taiwanese street food snacks. Come join us as we show you some of the different kinds of street food you can find at a typical night market in Taiwan locally known as Xiaochi (小吃). Taiwanese Street Food List: Stuffed Pork Roll Taiwanese style (黑胡椒豬肉卷) Stinky tofu (臭豆腐 - chhàu-tāu-hū - chòu dòufu) Candied fruit (糖葫蘆 - tánghúlu) on a stick Taiwanese Fried chicken (鹹酥雞) Taiwanese Bubble tea (珍珠奶茶) Taiwanese Egg Crepe /Dan Bing (蛋餅) GEAR WE USE Olympus OM-D E-M5 II: amzn.to/1OchS7t Canon G7X: amzn.to/1YdjsYX Olympus 14-150mm II Lens: amzn.to/1Y79zeM Rode Video Mic GO: amzn.to/1WDKtVM Joby Gorilla Pod: amzn.to/1PgoY5F SanDisk 16GB Extreme Pro: amzn.to/25KEErs SOCIAL MEDIA & TRAVEL BLOGS AUDREY: blog: thatbackpacker.com/ instagram: www.instagram.com/thatbackpacker/ facebook: www.facebook.com/thatbackpacker twitter: twitter.com/ThatBackpacker SAMUEL: blog: nomadicsamuel.com/ facebook: www.facebook.com/nomadicsamuel twitter: twitter.com/NomadicSamuel instragram: www.instagram.com/nomadicsamuel/ Taiwanese Street Food in Taipei, Taiwan at Shilin Night Market (士林夜市) taste test challenge video transcript: Alright, so it has been a few hours since we last ate and tonight we're going out for Taiwanese street food (台灣街頭食品). So we're heading to the Shilin Night Market (士林夜市) and we're going to take the MRT to get there. Let's go eat. Sam may be feeling a little bit hangry right now. So to get to the Shilin Night Market (士林夜市) you want to take the red line to Jiantan Station (劍潭站) and then take exit 1. So we have just arrived at the Shilin Night Market (士林夜市) and it is still quite early. It is 4:30 PM. Most of the stalls start opening closer to five o'clock and things will only continue to get busier as the night goes on. So we are having some kind of Barbecue roll with green onion (黑胡椒豬肉卷) in it. So there is one drink I've been wanting to try ever since we got to Taipei (臺北市). I love bubble tea (珍珠奶茶) and apparently it originated here so voila. Look at that. Look at that. I got one with brown sugar so you can see me mixing it. You can see the brown sugar. So good. On the sides and then you can see the like the pearl tapioca jellies at the bottom. So for our next Taiwanese street snack we are having Taiwan fried chicken (鹹酥雞) and this was quite the process. Like first he took the chicken breaded it, deep-fried it and then he took a pan and added the sauce. We got sweet chili and then pan-fried the chicken even further in the glaze. So Sam is leading the way with this one. What are we having next? Alright moment of truth. We've been playing it kind of tame. Playing it kind of safe so far. We're going right in to the classic Taiwanese street food (台湾街头食品) here. We are having Stinky Tofu (臭豆腐). Oh my. So if you've never tried this before I was reading on wikipedia earlier this afternoon that it smells something like stinky feet or garbage. Rotting garbage. And you should try it if you're in Taipei (臺北市). Why not right? Yep. Okay. So after stinky tofu (臭豆腐) comes the reward. Although that being said I don't deserve a reward because I didn't try the tofu. But we decided to get something sweet instead. This is for you Sam. I'm going to sample it for you to make sure it is okay. So we got a crepe (蛋餅) with oreo ice cream, Nutella, banana, whipped cream, chocolate powder. Yeah, it was the whole process of making it was pretty fancy. So we've already had dessert but we thought 'hey' there is always room for one more. Dessert just keeps rolling. And this is definitely the most colorful thing we've seen out here at the Shilin Night Market (士林夜市) so far. So apparently if you can see here. These are pieces of strawberry that have been put on a skewer and these are candied (糖葫蘆) or called a toffee kind of fruit. Yeah. Hahaha. Whoopsies. Oh my gosh. So what do you think? I'm making a mess on someone's storefront. Do you like it? Yeah, it is good. But we better run off now. So that is a wrap from Shilin Night Market (士林夜市). We really enjoyed eating all of the different Taiwanese street food (臺灣菜) and we're going to be eating up at a lot more night markets here in Taipei (臺北市) so stay tuned for that. This is part of our Travel in Taiwan video series showcasing Taiwanese food, Taiwanese culture and Taiwanese cuisine. Music in this video courtesy of Audio Network
