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A day in Taichung City with visits to YiZhong Street and Feng Chia Night Market

8 January 2016

We travelled to Taichung City after two nights stay at Sun Moon Lake. The day began with rain at dawn washing away my hope for another sunrise photo-shoot at dawn. So it meant we could sleep late and enjoy a leisurely breakfast at the Mei Jen House minsu before taking the Nantou Bus to the Taichung HSR Station. From there, we took a taxi to the Kun Hotel, our hotel in Taichung. The hotel was chosen because it is located within walking distance to the Feng Chia Night Market.

There is plenty of taxi queuing up for passengers at the HSR station and travel to the hotel via the highway was fast and convenient. Fare was about 260 NT which was reasonable. We were too early for check-in and the hotel staff stowed our luggage away at the hotel so we could go sightseeing without our luggage. We took a taxi to YiZhong Street, known for shopping, cafes and street food.

It was just before noon and the stalls and shops were beginning to open for business. We walked from one end of the street to the other end, junction of JinNan Street, before backtracking along the YiZhong Street to decide on a restaurant for lunch. During this time, students from the nearby Taichung University of Science and Technology began streaming into the cafes and streets for lunch. We sat, amongst mostly students, in a restaurant selling steak, egg and noodles served on a sizzling hotplate.

TaichungView of YiZhong Steet near where we alighted from the taxi.


After lunch, we sampled our first Taiwanese street food and did some shopping while exploring the side roads in the area.


TaichungDog, creatively “painted” with leopard spots.


Once tired of walking, we took a taxi back to Kun Hotel for check-in and took a rest before going to the night market. We got upgraded to a slightly bigger room on the top floor. We were quite satisfied with the room which came with complimentary soft drinks, mineral water, tea and coffee, kettle and even an electronic WC with seat warmers like those commonly found in Korea and Japan.

Feng Chia Night Market is about 10 minutes walk from the Kun Hotel. Along the way, there were shops to browse as we walked along FuXing Road to the edge of the night market. Time for more street food in this famous night market. In my last trip here, I had a bad experience with street food. So, have to be careful what to eat this time.

We took the courage to try the stinky tofu. The deep fried version which is not so stinky and actually was quite good with the crispy deep fried exterior, moist interior with sweet and tangy dipping sauce.


Feng Chia Night MarketStall selling the deep fried stinky tofu.


Feng Chia Night MarketOur first course – stinky tofu.


Feng Chia Night Market“Big Intestine Wrapped Small Intestine” stall.


Next up was the “Big Intestine Wrapped Small Intestine” – basically grilled sweet pork sausage wrapped in a glutinous rice bun. There are two famous competing stalls here – the red stall vs the yellow stall. Both are equally good according to reviews, so we just bought from the yellow stall.

Feng Chia Night Market (and Taiwanese Night Markets) are all about cheap and excellent street food.  So much to eat, so little space in our tummy. So we had to be selective and pick those with good reviews in the internet.


Feng Chia Night MarketGrilled Squid. It takes some skill to not overcook the thick squid. There were a few types of spices to choose for flavouring.

Feng Chia Night MarketYummy grilled squid.

 Fried Oyster Omelete – this was good. Cost 60 NT. Taiwanese oyster omelette comes fried with fresh vegetable, oysters and sweet sauce.


 Fried Chicken with salad as featured in a local TV show – this is not bad.


 Grilled Sweet Corn  as featured in a local TV show. We have to take a number and queue for the corn to be prepared – but the taste was disappointing.


On the way back to hotel, we saw a stall selling oven baked buns filled with braised pork along the main road (FuXing Road). The buns were made by hand, stuck and cooked on the sides of clay oven. Interesting.

 The cylindrical drums are the oven.

Even though we had ate a lot, we had to buy one for 40 NT to try!

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