Night Markets in Taipei are exciting. I am sure we have all been to a number of these and this is definitely not my 1st visit to Ningxia Night Market, but for documentary’s sake, I decided to post at least 1 night market on my blog even though we revisited a few, and hope one day my children and grand children might get to read it anyway!
Ningxia Market is all about food…
Some of the stalls here are famous, and so are some of the restaurants which border here. A shop to the side is famous for their Chickens and Pork Livers, and another shop does a local Taiwanese Japanese sushi.
Liu Yu Zi - Sells Fried Taro Balls
This is actually relatively new, as even some local Taipei residents haven’t heard about it until the last few years. Traditionally, I was told Taro is sold as cheap starch in Taiwan, but somehow this Cantonese couple thought of stuffing it with pork floss and salted duck egg - the rest is history…
蛋黃芋餅 – Fried Taro Balls with Salted Egg Yolk and Pork Floss
A signature at NingXia night market though relatively a new addition, this recipe just sounds amazing doesn’t it? Unfortunately the last time I visited here the balls were more fluffier and tastier. This time around it was all a little too dry and dense, though the flavour was still pleasant. ~ 7 to 9/10
Grilled Sausages -
大腸包細腸 – Big Sausage around Smaller Sausage
I heard this is a famous item but it was my first time trying this, as it is going off the beaten track a bit. The Outer sausage is actually made from Sticky rice, wrapped around a local Red sausage and filled with pickled veggies. A little fattening but interesting. 7/10
Fluffy Pancakes with a variety of fillings -
黑輪 Taiwanese version of Japanese ‘oden’ – おでん
Taiwan has some quirky Japanese food as mentioned... 黑輪 here can mean two things, 1 is fried fish rolls and the other version resembles more traditional Japanese oden, although both of these are relatable to one another as they are skewered and dunked in some sort of soup. Also reminds me of Taiwanese word-play on Tempura, 甜不辣, which is fried but then doused in sweet sauce.
Fresh local Taiwanese Strawberries -
Quite cheap and sweet. Night markets are fun to explore!
I have also visited afew other stalls or restaurants surrounding this strip in the past and some of the food can start from good to great. I distinctly remember that back then, this night market was sort of under cover under some steel shed. Nowadays it seems to be open to the sky? Someone correct me if I remembered wrong!
Price: TWD $50 - 100
Food: ♕♕♕♕ to ♕♕♕♕ 1/2
Ease of Access: 3/5 (Take a taxi is easier. But you can walk back to a Subway station to leave within 10 minutes if you ask for directions)
Opening Hours:
Mon to Sun 18:00pm – 00:00am
Address:
Ningxia Rd., Datong District (between Nanjing W. Rd. and Minsheng W. Rd.)
i loved the night markets in tian nan and taipei, want to return soon! those strawberrys look amazing and are so cheap!
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