Tainan Flower Night Market
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The Tainan Flower Night Market is a tourism night market
in the North District of Tainan
, Taiwan
. It is often considered to be the largest and most famous night market in the city. It is said "South is Flower, Middle is Fengjia, North is Shihlin
".
Night market
Night markets or night bazaars are street markets which operate at night and are generally dedicated to more leisurely strolling, shopping, and eating than more businesslike day markets.-Geographical spread:...
in the North District of Tainan
Tainan
Tainan City is a city in southern Taiwan. It is the fifth largest after New Taipei, Kaohsiung, Taichung, and Taipei. It was formerly a provincial city, and in 2010, the provincial city merged with the adjacent Tainan County to form a single special municipality. Tainan faces the Taiwan Strait in...
, Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
. It is often considered to be the largest and most famous night market in the city. It is said "South is Flower, Middle is Fengjia, North is Shihlin
Shilin Night Market
The Shilin Night Market is a night market in the Shilin District of Taipei, Taiwan, and is often considered to be the largest and most famous night market in the city.-Overview:...
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History
The night market was formally established in 1999. It is one of the youngest night markets in the city.Overview
Unlike Shihlin Night Market, which is open for business seven days a week, Flower Night Market opens only three days a week - on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.Most famous foods
- Bubble teaBubble teaBubble tea is the name for pearl milk tea and other similar tea and juice beverages that originated in tea shops in Taichung, Taiwan during the 1980s. Drink recipes may vary, but most bubble teas contain a tea base mixed with fruit and/or milk...
(珍珠奶茶) - Candied guava (醃芭樂)
- Grilled chicken steak (烤雞排)
- Oyster omelet (蚵仔煎)
- Spicy duck blood (麻辣鴨血)
- Spring roll ice cream (春捲冰淇淋)
- Stinky tofuStinky tofuStinky tofu or chòu dòufu is a form of fermented tofu that has a strong odor. It is a popular snack in East and Southeast Asia, particularly mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong and in East Asian enclaves elsewhere where it is usually found homemade, at night markets or roadside stands, or as a...
(臭豆腐) - Winter melon Drink (冬瓜茶)
