Post#1: Special Joy in Formosa Taiwan

Taiwan is a country which is located in eastern Asia. This little island also had several names such as Formosa. It means beautiful island. In Taiwan, there has an unique Taiwanese culture which is night market, and it attract a great deal of tourists come to Taiwan every single year. Delicious Taiwanese food is famous in the world. Night markets will provide many kinds of Taiwanese food such as Taiwanese style fried chicken, Lou mei and bubble milk tea.

Not only Taiwanese, every time when foreigner come to visit, they enjoy the night market culture too. Night markets are similar to street fair. They usually have above fifty pedlars in a market. People can find popular Taiwanese traditional or new “Xiaochi” -Taiwanese traditional food-in markets.  Most of night markets operate every single day, but some small markets will have different schedule. People can find night markets in urban or suburban area. Every night market has various special products which make them distinctive. For example, guancaiban which is a xaiochi that only provide in night market in Tainan, and Kaohsiung which has famous herbal tea that people will never forget the flavor of it. Those night markets also became illustrious tourist spots.Xiao chi, food and beverage are very cheap in night markets. Those dishes are carry-out food. However, some pedlars will offer small folding table that customers can sit down and eat their food easily and comfortably. If customers were unable to eat any more, they could take those dishes with them, and it would note charge money again. Dishes in night markets usually around thirty to one hundred Taiwanese dollar. It depends on what people eat and buy. For instance bubble tea seldom above forty Taiwanese dollar, and famous food, Lurou fan will cost around fifty dollar. In Taiwan, people can use less than eight Taiwanese dollar and have a Sumptuous meal.

● Famous Herbal tea in Liuhe Night Market.

The most popular night market is Liuhe Night Market in south of Taiwan. This night market is located on Liuhe Road in Kaohsiung. Liuhe Night Market is near to the MRT Formosa Boulevard Station,and it cover a wide range of area. Moreover, Liuhe Night Market attract not only resident live in Kaohsiung but also tourists from other places. This tourism night market also won a lot of awards such as champion of friendly night market and most unique night market in Taiwan. Liuhe Night Market was called Daikongpo Night Market in 1950. It was a little night market in the past. However, in 1620, Kaohsiung City government changed the name of Daikongpo Night Market to Liuhe Night market. Gradually, people and sellers came to this place, and most of famous Taiwanese food were gathering here. Nowadays, there are above seventy thousand of pedlars in the night market. Most of stores have operated over twenty years, and they have the best flavor in Taiwan. The popular dishes include Taiwanese fried chicken, stinky to-fu and rice dumpling.

Furthermore, the biggest night market in Taiwan is Fengjia Night Market also known as Fengjia Shopping Town. It is next to Feng Chia University in Taichung. Fengjia Night market had won the award the most delicious and finest night market in Taiwan. In the past, the area was Military dependents, but after Feng Chia University changed location to Xintu district. It brought above twenty thousand of people move to this area. Therefore, Fengjia night market gradually extending to Fendjia Road and Fushin Road, and now, it became the biggest night market in Taiwan. The transportation to go to Fungjia Night Market is convenient. There are several bus routes can take people to Fungjia Shopping Town. The most famous part of Fung jia Night Market is Price. They offer the most affordable price of every Xiaochi. People can cost a few money and get delicious food. According Tourism Bureau's survey, above million tourists come to visit Fungjia Night Market every single year. It is the most popular tourism spot in Taiwan now.      








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