Taipei – Night Market

Taipei – Night Market

艋舺夜市
Guangzhou Street Night Market

Some intense looking sausages.

Some intense looking sausages.

Not too crowded on the day we went, but still lots of people.

Not too crowded on the day we went, but still lots of people.

Many of the shops also setup seating area outside.

Many of the shops also setup seating area outside.

Lots of drink flavors.

Lots of drink flavors.

It looks like he was looking at me, but I believe he was looking at something else since I was shooting from pretty far way.

It looks like he was looking at me, but I believe he was looking at something else since I was shooting from pretty far way.

華西街觀光夜市
Huaxi Street Night Market aka. Snake Alley

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This area intersects with Guangzhou Street Night Market and I believe this is actually the original night market in the area.

Scooters are still a common sight even in crowded narrow night market alleys.

Scooters are still a common sight even in crowded narrow night market alleys.

I think it’s safe to assume this is a juice shop.

I think it’s safe to assume this is a juice shop.

臨江街/通化夜市
Linjiang Street (Tonghua) Night Market

We didn’t make it all the way to the end, but views like this spread over multiple blocks.

We didn’t make it all the way to the end, but views like this spread over multiple blocks.

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Realized afterwards that they both have the same stance

Hot mochi balls with sesame filling on top of shaved ice. It was good except you end up with abundance of shaved ice in the end. Maybe we didn’t ration properly.

Hot mochi balls with sesame filling on top of shaved ice. It was good except you end up with abundance of shaved ice in the end. Maybe we didn’t ration properly.

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It seems impossible to win in these crane games, but after you spend a certain amount, you can choose your own prize.

Once again, I don’t think they were actually looking at me as I was using a zoom lens from afar.

Once again, I don’t think they were actually looking at me as I was using a zoom lens from afar.

All pictures taken with Fujifilm X-H1 with XF16-55mm, XF50-140mm and XF100-400mm