We first went to the local night market in Taichung. Here there were sold such delicacies as squid on a stick, duck bills, chicken butts, livers, congealed blood cakes, pig feet, and suspiciously fatty sausages. I stuck to fried sweet potato puffs and fruit smoothie-type things. Those were both amazingdeliciouswonderfulscrumptious. You could also buy assorted small pets, play games, and, oh yeah, buy almost anything else imaginable. There were a lot of “dollar store” stands, with everything costing 30 NTD (which is $1 US). Oh, by the way, warning, some of my pictures from the market aren’t for the faint of heart or animal rights activists.
squid on a stick, anyone?
various munchies
trotters done trotting
I loved the night market, the only downsides were the locals who would stop dead in their tracks to turn around and stare open-mouthed, “Mei guo ren!“ (American), and my mom’s talking to people in Chinese.
some fruit
the land of giant veggies
We also explored the daytime market. It mostly sold clothes, produce, and meat. All the vegetables and fruits dwarf the produce over here.
OH MY GOODNESS! so much food! do you have a favorite cultural food? yum yum yum =]
Oh..
I could never decide.
I loved everything I tried (though I didn’t try anything really weird besides squid).