Raohe Street Night Market

The quick read

Why go

If you only have one night in Taipei, this is the market we send people to. Raohe is a single straight street, so you walk in one end by the Ciyou Temple gate, eat your way to the other end, and never once wonder if you missed the good section. That sounds like a small thing. After you have been lost inside Shilin for forty minutes, it is not.

The food holds up to the reputation. The black pepper buns near the temple entrance come out of a clay oven charred and dripping, and the herbal pork rib soup is the thing to order when the night turns cool. Come hungry, plan on eating standing up, and treat the temple next door as part of the visit, not scenery.

What to eat

• Fuzhou black pepper bun
• Pork ribs stewed in medicinal herbs
• Oyster vermicelli
• Stinky tofu

Stalls to research before you go

These are leads, not guaranteed recommendations. Confirm the stall still operates and check its current hours.

• Fuzhou Black Pepper Bun
• Chen Tung Pork Ribs Medicinal Herbs Soup
• A Kuo Lu Wei

Getting there

Address area: Raohe Street between Section 4 Bade Road and Fuyuan Street, Songshan District, Taipei

Strengths

• Immediate MRT and railway access
• Strong food concentration
• Traditional entrance beside Songshan Ciyou Temple
• Easy linear layout

Know before you go

• Very crowded during prime dinner hours
• Limited seating
• Best visited near opening time or later in the evening