Liuhe Night Market (六合夜市) @ Kaohsiung [Taiwan]

Liuhe Night Market (六合夜市), also known as Liouhe Night Market, is said to be one of the oldest night markets at Kaohsiung City, and correspondingly the most touristy too, especially given its location next to the Formosa Boulevard MRT Station! 

It was mentioned in quite a few website that there were 138 stalls at the night market which originated in the 1940s under a different name; Dagangpu Night Market. Point is, how could the number of stalls be so precise?! 

Whatever the case, our tummies were famished and it's important for us to placate our tummies before we were to venture any further! So, we started with the above prawn bee hoon and stinky tofu! Click here for my review! 

What shall follow after food? Fruits of course to aid digestion! With such a wide variety to choose from, and me being concerned over too high a sugar intake, I had to choose carefully.

NT$50 sliced guava.

Without plum powder! 

Mouth was still itchy and the aromatic allure from the freshly grilled squid (夜鱿现烤鱿鱼) was just too hard to resist. So, a pack to make my mouth comfortable. NT$150; so good! 

Omg, a beer truck offering draft beer! Now, beer is a versatile beverage; when weather is too hot, it cools the body, and when weather is too cold, the effect reverses to warm the body.

So one cup of draft beer for NT$70 (about S$3)! Franky, I didn't expect the serving size to be so small! Thankfully, it was way better than the canned Taiwan beer I always buy from the convenience stalls.

Perfect drink for the freshly grilled squid! 

Non-alcoholic Alex got the White Peach Jin Xuan Black Tea from Lu Shui Gu Tang Taiwan Tea instead. Priced at NT$60, it was pretty good, and not as sweet as expected.

Oh, and we also can't resist the Wild Boar Sausage from 阿猪嫲. First time having Taiwanese sausage with raw garlic and it turned out to be unforgettable delicious! So fascinated we were; we had seconds! 

The words "关东煮" caught my attention; known as oden in Japanese, it was a lifesaver for both of us when we first arrived at Alishan on day two of our 11-day trip to Taiwan! 

Ordered just a few sticks. 

Importantly, I must have the radish! 

A few sauces to choose from; sweet and spicy sauce, plump soya sauce, and plum tomato sauce! All the while, the oden ingredients I had were all in soup. Didn't know there were sauces to go with them.

Meatballs were porky, fishcake sausage was okay, soup was "healthy" since it wasn't as sweet. Personally, I prefer the oden from 7-11 convenience stores, with only one exception. The radish was amazingly soft and juicy! 

My last meal for the night. 

Guaranteed, plus chop. 

Now for the rest of the night market! 

Such night market games are part and parcel of night markets in Taiwan. The same was attempted for the night markets in Singapore but except for the last one, the standalone ones didn't seem to get much attention.

Non-food stalls, including brick and mortar stores.

So tempted to buy these tee-shirts! But for sure cannot wear back in Singapore, as I would likely be confronted by Chinese! And definitely a no go in China! 

Quite a few stalls selling clothes for dogs! They were so cute that I would have purchased a few should Rubee were still alive. p.s. even if I know Rubee hates to wear clothes, given how hot and humid Singapore is. 

Other food stalls! 

Was I not tempted to try more food? I would love to, especially the stinky tofu stall above since the stinky tofu I had earlier wasn't as fantastic.

And I would love to get my hands on these beautiful custard apples! Unfortunately, I am dead aware that the sugar level for custard apples was known to be super high! Do you know that custard apples are also known as sugar apples?! 

Despite the very touristy label for Liuhe Night Market, I actually have a pretty good experience, and wondered if the word "touristy" was overused since it paled in comparison with other "touristy" places outside of Taiwan!

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Address

Liuhe 2nd Rd, Sinsing District, 

Kaohsiung City, Taiwan 800

Map

As above.

Click HERE for 11 Days, 10 Nights Taiwan Trip: Summarised Itinerary for Chiayi Alishan (嘉义阿里山) - Kaohsiung (高雄) - Tainan (台南) - Taichung (臺中)