Where Taipei shops, snacks and lunches: the markets worth your morning.
Food markets, farmers markets and covered halls: where Taipei shops, snacks and lunches.
Shilin Night Market is Taiwan's largest, 500-plus stalls. Hot Star fried chicken, stinky tofu, ai yu jelly and the reopened underground food court.
Go for: Fried chicken cutlet, Oyster omelette, Bubble tea
Tip: Open 16:00 to 24:00 daily. Take MRT Tamsui-Xinyi to Jiantan Station, walk 5 minutes.
Raohe Night Market in Taipei is the 600-metre Songshan strip running between Songshan Ciyou Temple and Bade Road, anchored by Fuzhou Shihzu Baked Pepper Buns.
Go for: Pepper buns, Pork rib soup, Stinky tofu
Tip: Open 17:00 to 24:00 daily. MRT Songshan, Exit 1 or 5.
Ningxia Night Market in Taipei is the city's most compact night market, a single one-block strip in Datong with five Michelin Bib Gourmand stalls.
Go for: Lu rou fan, Oyster omelette, Taro balls
Tip: Open 17:00 to 01:00 daily. MRT Shuanglian, Exit 1; 5-minute walk.
Tonghua-Linjiang Night Market is the locals' Da'an strip with about 200 stalls in a residential zone, Bib Gourmand listings for stinky tofu and tangyuan.
Go for: Local Taiwanese eats, Stinky tofu, Tangyuan
Tip: Open 18:00 to 01:00 daily. MRT Xinyi Anhe, Exit 1; 5-minute walk.
Yongle Market and Dihua Street in Datong is Taipei's oldest dried-goods district, Qing dynasty roots, with mushrooms, herbs and Lunar New Year goods.
Go for: Dried goods, Chinese new year shopping, Traditional ingredients
Tip: Yongle Market closed Mondays. Lunar New Year fortnight is the most atmospheric window.
Nanmen Market in Zhongzheng opposite CKS Memorial Hall, established 1907 under Japanese rule. Three floors of Shanghai, Sichuan and Zhejiang dried goods.
Go for: Shanghai dried goods, Lunar New Year, Cured meat
Tip: Closed Mondays. The building reopened 2023 after a four-year rebuild; fully air-conditioned.
Shida Night Market in Da'an is the night market beside National Taiwan Normal University. Student-priced eats, hand-pulled noodles, bubble tea cluster.
Go for: Student eats, Bubble tea, Hand-pulled noodles
Tip: Open 17:00 to 24:00 daily. MRT Taipower Building, Exit 3.
Gongguan Night Market in Taipei surrounds National Taiwan University, anchored by Lan Jia Gua Bao and a cluster of late-night hot-pot bowls.
Go for: Lan Jia gua bao, Snowflake ice, Hot-pot bowls
Tip: Open 17:00 to 24:00 daily. MRT Gongguan, Exit 1.
Addiction Aquatic Development is Taipei's fish-market food complex, one building with a standing sushi bar, oyster bar, deli, hot-pot and retail counter.
Go for: Fish market, Standing sushi bar, Live oysters
Tip: Open 06:00 to 24:00 daily; Fri to Sat closes 02:00. Sushi bar 11:00 to 22:00.
Huaxi Street in Wanhua near Longshan Temple is Taipei's oldest tourist night market, historically known as Snake Alley. Pork blood soup, herb teas, snake.
Go for: Snake soup, Temple-side eats, Pork blood soup
Tip: Open 16:00 to 24:00 daily. MRT Longshan Temple, Exit 1.