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Shilin Night Market

The Shilin Night market is the largest and most famous of Taipei’s night markets. I was expecting a traditional market, but Shilin is more like an after-hours food court; I found the Hsin-Chu market more interesting.

  • Shilin Night Market in Taipei, Taiwan

  • Cooks in the Shilin Night Market in Taipei, Taiwan
  • Cooks in the Shilin Night Market in Taipei, Taiwan
  • Restaurant in the Shilin Night Market in Taipei, Taiwan
  • Meat for sale in the Shilin Night Market in Taipei, Taiwan
  • Live crayfish being grilled in the Shilin Night Market in Taipei, Taiwan

    The crayfish were sold live three feet away, then skewered and grilled alive.

  • Filipe Fortes in the Shilin Night Market in Taipei, Taiwan

    Mmm… dumpling

This entry was written by fil and posted on Mar 18, 2005 at 8:00am and filed under Life, Photo, Travel. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

4 Comments

  1. tlianza

    I assume with that first picture you were either on top of something or holding the camera over your head. At first glance though, it seemed like you were much taller than everyone else. (insert stereotype here)

    Posted Mar 22, 2005 at 4:47am | Permalink
  2. fil

    Actually, that was a waist-level shot.

    Posted Mar 22, 2005 at 5:38pm | Permalink
  3. Chris

    Mmmm u make me want to eat mz monitor.

    Posted Mar 28, 2005 at 7:44pm | Permalink
  4. Fireball

    Taiwan rocks!! have U ever been there?? I mean actually live there?? I have, and it’s awsome…

    Posted Apr 5, 2005 at 7:25pm | Permalink