Entree Kibbles: Yizhong Street Night Market @ Taichung City in Taiwan

Sunday, March 15, 2026

Yizhong Street Night Market @ Taichung City in Taiwan

Yizhong Street spans almost a kilometer long, although its famous night market stretched for only about 720 meters before a major road cuts across. You can still forge ahead but it would be mainly brick and mortar shops, with the final segment being a fully pedestrian street.

Strangely, I didn't even visit the Feng Chia Night Market even though I stayed in Taichung City for three nights. Nevertheless, the following photographs were a combination taken over three visits! Yes, three as Alex kept pestering to return for the stinky tofu!

While Yizhong was labelle as a night market, operations started much earlier in the late morning, but the main bulk of the street (the 720-meter one I mentioned previously) would only be closed to vehicles later.

Like a typical night market, you get games like the ring-toss ones. Scale was much smaller though since the night market was along the road, and not at a massive carpark like the Flower / Garden Night Market (花園夜市) @ Tainan City.

Creativity abound though; like this game where you pay NT$5 for a red packet, with the opportunity to win an iPhone 16! To sweeten the deal for higher probability, you can get 12 red packets for NT$50 or 25 red packets for NT$100 (about S$4). That's so tempting!

Alex preferred spending his money on items that required skill. Not that I agree as claw machines could also depend heavily on luck, especially for bigger plushies.

You get makeshift, temporary stalls like the above, that could narrow and sometimes choked up the passageways, yet injecting vibrancy and variety to the retail shop mix.

And brick and mortar shops that gave better assurances of their continuity in staying tied to the area. Not sure about you but I alway feel that a shop would appear to be more reputable when they are fixed to a location, rather than temporary.

Off the main Yizhong street were numerous alleys where you can indulge in more shopping! For all you know, hidden gems abound!

One of them would be the above Tai Shui Market, a two-floor building with mainly clothing shops and an atrium where shops would push out their wares.

More photographs as above. p.s. mainly female clothings.

My main objective was to find a toilet though; which was locked.

So wanted to get the above floor mat!

But skeptical me was worried about its quality.

Random photographs for viewing pleasure.

Not forgetting the food stalls of course, which would be the singular main draw for tourists; at least at a level much higher than shopping in my opinion, despite the limited capacity of stomach space! So what did I have?

Well, one of them would be the 8 Taels Charcoal-Grilled Chicken Cutlet (一中8兩碳烤雞排), which seemed to attract long queues on both nights I was there. Check out my review here.

Others included the Retro Window White Sugar Cake (老窗白糖粿) and also the 胖胖干贝烧 - Torched Scallops, both of which I preonized once.

Of special mention would be the Mini Bite Stinky Tofu (迷你一口臭豆腐); we visited three times even though there was another highly reviewed competitor just a few meters away! I wanted to try but Alex insisted on going back to Mini Bite.

Another visit-more-than-one-time-stall would be 胖子雞丁雞排 - Fatty Chicken Cubes and Cutlet. Many recommended their boneless chicken cubes; for both Alex and I, the chicken cutlet was better!

As we were indulging in the chicken from 胖子雞丁雞排, the black tea bus right opposite caught my attention, and we got their signature black tea for just NT$25! Just for that price (impossible in bubble tea shops in Singapore), I was happy with what I had.

One of the fruits I had on an almost daily basis, to aid in digestion. Cut guava in its most original form, without any additional flavours. Honestly, they didn't differ much from stall to stall, just a matter of ripeness. Above was a bit of on the unripe side, but still edible.

So tempted to get the mian chiang kueh!

But it was 10pm! So not good for the waistline.

Like my mom, Alex is always on the lookout for some massages and decided to go with the above tent, which offered massages by blind masseurs. Aside from the relaxation, you also get respite from the cold as there are heaters in the tent!