Taipei ShiLin Night Market


Shilin Night Market is Taipei’s largest and best-known night market in Taiwan with utmost in convenience having MRT Jiantan Station nearby. 

Shilin Night Market is not only the most popular Taipei night market for the locals, but also a must-visit Taipei attraction for foreign travelers. Shilin Night Market have a wide array of authentic Taiwan food and fashionable clothing. Most of the shops are housed in the indoor enclosure; other shops and stalls can be seen along the streets.


In Shilin Night Market you can find a lot of food vendors and small restaurants; and the surrounding businesses and shops selling other nonfood items.  In addition to the food court, side streets and alleys are lined with storefronts and roadside stands.

Some of famous food you can find here are
Bubble tea (珍珠奶茶)
Fried buns (生煎包)
Fried chicken fillet (炸雞排)
Lemon aiyu jelly (檸檬愛玉)
Oyster omelet (蚵仔煎)
Oyster vermicelli (蚵仔麵線)
Peanut candy (花生糖)
Peanut butter and jelly sandwich (花生奶油和果凍三明治)
Small Sausage in Large Sausage (大腸包小腸)
Stinky tofu (臭豆腐)
Taiwanese "tempura" (甜不辣)


from mrt station

By Taipei MRT:
Take Taipei MRT-Danshui Line (捷運淡水線) to MRT Jiantan Station(捷運劍潭線).

By Bus:
1. Take minibus no. 15 (小15), 16(小16), 17(小17), 18(小18), 19(小19) to Yangming Theatre stop (陽明戲院站).
2. Take bus no. 109, 203, 216, 220, 260, 267, 279, 280, 285, 310, 606, 612, 646, 685, 902 or Zhongshan Line (中山幹線) to Ming Chuan University stop (銘傳大學站).
3. Take bus no. 203, 216, 218, 224, 266, 280, 304 Chengde Line (304 承德線), 308, 310, 606, 616, 618, 665, or minibus no. 18 (小18) to Xiaobei Street stop (小北街).
4. Take bus no. 41, 529, 620, or 30 Red (紅30) to Shilin Market (士林市場).
5. Take bus no. 109, 220, 203, 260, 267, 277, 279, 285, 612, 646, 685, 902, or Zhongshan Line (中山幹線) to MRT Jiantan Station (捷運劍潭站).

Drive on your own:
No. 1 National Highway (國道一號) -> Taipei Interchange (台北交流道) -> Chonqing N. Rd. (重慶北路) -> Minzu W. Road (民族西路) -> Zhongshan N. Road (中山北路) -> Zhongshan Bridge (中山便橋) -> MRT Jiantan Station (捷運劍潭站) -> make a left turn at Wenlin Road (文林路) -> Shilin Night Market (士林觀光夜市)



If you are already full, you can visit stalls like this, where you can play. Pop balloons with pellet gun, or dart balloon, mahjong, shoot ball, hit number boards with ball, fishing and more. The more you hit the target, the bigger the prize you get.  It is fun to play here, let's pop the balloon and win prizes.



A short video that will tour you around Shilin Night Market

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