Night Market Raid

This weekend my cousin took me out on another Taipei night market run, this time to Shipai and Shilin. I've been to these markets plenty of times this summer, but it's a different experience when you have some veterans in your company.


We arrive at Shipai with one goal in mind and nothing else.


The premier MEAT BUNS in Taipei, if not the WORLD! We hurriedly make the necessary payment. No time can be wasted.


These Bao Tz mean business. No inessential dough, amazingly crunchy cabbage for being inside a cooked bun, flavorful meat, and an extra thick fried dough at the bottom, just the way I dig it.


Fresh-squeezed watermelon juice to wash it all down.


With the primary objective accomplished, we hit up Shilin for some more goods. First, some cold noodles. Great stuff.


Fried tempura.


MORE fermented tofu.


"What Jordan? You STILL want to eat more!?!! Are you maaad...?"


"No..I just have an enviable superhuman appetite now get out of my way while I consume this delicious oyster omelete."


Some half sweetened green tea to finish what the watermelon juice started.


After shopping around the market for a bit we found our last destination for some ICE desserts to chill things out. Check out this peanut shaved ice. A peanut buttery liquid is frozen into cubes. The cube then goes through some intense shaving to somehow end up in this awesome formation. Tastes like cold peanut butter, that is really really gooood.


Sigh....I tried my best to fight it, but after some immoral cajoling by my cousin, I broke. Good news is that my skills still remain and I managed to keep things under control. Picked up this cutey with one coin. Respek.