Having earned a reputation as being the biggest and most renowned night markets in Taipei, Shilin Night Market which is located in the Shilin District is immensely popular among both locals and foreign travellers.

For many years, Shilin Night Market has been a distinctive feature and a greatly visited attraction in Taiwan. It has been admired by locals of all ages for its unmatched entertainment opportunities from shopping, tasting local food to even enjoying lively carnivals. The market is enormous in size and therefore absolutely any product imaginable is available here. Top of the list is its large number of food outlets selling local specialties such as stinky tofu, oyster silk noodles, teppanyaki, spicy bean curd, dumplings, bubble tea and much more.

At the vibrant Shilin Night Market visitors are bound to get their money’s worth since most products on sale here are of superior quality and comes with not so alarming price tags. Such deals have made this outstanding night market even more popular among its visitors. Meanwhile food, shopping and fun are the three main crowd pullers at Shilin Night Market.

Whether it’s salty, spicy, sweet, hot or cold, Shilin Night Market has an endless array of food to suit the taste of even the most discerning traveller. Some of the best places to enjoy mouth watering food at the market include the Hao Da Chicken Steak, Hai You Si Quan Ribs, Shanghai Fried Buns and much more.

Since Shilin Night Market is located in close proximity to many schools, it has become hugely popular among students. There is an immeasurable amount of shops selling, clothes, shoes, CD’s, books, bags, accessories and toys.  Apart from the street side stands, the market also boasts of many well known brand-name stores such as the Esprit store, Mo Man Dun, Baleno and Bossini. An Ping Street area is ideal for purchasing fine Japanese fashion accessories. Aside from food and shopping, this fascinating Night Market offers its visitors a bowling alley, movie theatres and video centres providing maximum entertainment.

So much is available in every corner of Shilin Night Market which is known to offer the best of Shopping in Taipei. If shopping is the purpose of visit to Taipei, staying at a top class hotel such as Shangri-La's Far Eastern Plaza Hotel, Taipei will certainly make the shopping expedition much more convenient and pleasurable.