After dropping our luggage at Hsuan Mei Hotel we headed to Shilin Night Market. my cousin Benjie was kind enough to drive us there even though he wasn’t very familiar with the place. Benjie stayed in the car with his daughter who was sleeping so he just told us where to go. 
We were quite disappointed with the small market. We later found out that we didn’t even enter the Taiwan’s biggest night market. We just went to the outer fringes of the market. No wonder! Anyway here are pictures of what we saw and ate in Shilin Night Market.
To my delight the first thing I saw were these grilled Taiwan sausages. They’re a very popular delicacy in Taiwan. These yummy sausages were slightly sweet and garlicky. 8 pieces cost NT$50. 
Taiwan sausages
There were several stalls with games and prizes just like in a fair. The market had a mix of stores selling clothes, underwear, toys and novelty items. And of course there were the numerous food stalls. 
Frog eggs? Wow! I wonder what they taste like?
Indian food anyone?
There were all kinds of sausages and hotdogs available. 
waffle dogs
corn dogs
For dinner I had a takoyaki ball. Not an ordinary takoyaki ball but 1 giant takoyaki ball. 
These were all the ingredients used in the takoyaki ball. 
It was the size of a baseball and costs NT$50 or P72 or US$1.55.
giant takoyaki ball
There was this interesting stall and we just stood and watched and tried to figure out what they were selling. You choose the veggies and fruits you want then they put it in a bowl and added spices and sauces and tossed it. 
This stall was selling fried milk. I wonder what’s in the cubes of milk. 
squid balls
fruit shakes
We were immediately attracted to this stall selling fresh cut-up fruits. The colors were gorgeous. The lady kept giving us samples of fruits to try. They were all so sweet! 
We bought some guava, plums and strawberries. The fruit were placed in a plastic cup. When the lady told us the price we all yelled in unison, “what?!?” Each cup of fruit cost NT$100 or P142 or US$3. A cup of fruit contained 6 strawberries, 1 guava and a few pickled hawthorn. It was highway robbery!!! Let it be a lesson learnt. Ask the price before buying!
guava
pickled hawthorn berries
The mangoes were yucky nothing like the sweet Philippine mangoes. 
mangoes
Shoot First Eat Later 
gosh, i miss this place! been there in 2006…you should have explored more…the area is big…marami pa sa looban…i miss the sight and sound of Shilin and especially the smell (food!)
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quite ignorant to exclaim high way robbery isnt it? fresh fruit is generally more expensive relatively to cooked food with exception of 3rd world countries that rip off farmers and have cheap laborers. there is no lesson for you to learn except basic world economics. meanwhile you can get stick to your 2000USD gpd country for your cheap fruits
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