Tainan Garden Night Market

　　Tainan Garden Night Market was established in 1999 as a mobile night market in North District, Tainan City, Taiwan, operating every Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday. Though it doesn’t have as long a history as some other night markets in Taiwan, it has rapidly grown to its current massive scale of nearly 400 stalls in a short period. Following media coverage and television features, the Garden Night Market has now earned a reputation comparable to that of Taipei’s Shilin Night Market, gaining the nickname “Garden in the South, Shilin in the North.”

　　The Tainan Garden Night Market spans 3,000 pyeong (approximately 10,000 square meters), hosting close to 400 stalls—the largest in Tainan City—and is divided into four main zones: food and snacks, fashion apparel, specialty goods, and leisure and entertainment. To attract more attention, many vendors erect tall, colorful advertising banners above their stalls, making them visible from afar. This sea of fluttering flags has become one of the market’s distinctive features.

　　Popular food stalls at Tainan Garden Night Market include Ah Mei’s Pickled Guava, Tongda Charcoal-Grilled Chicken Cutlet, Uncle Chen’s Hong Kong-Style Fish Balls, Traditional Winter Melon Tea, Spring Roll Ice Cream, Sicao Oyster Omelet, Wooden Cabinet Marinated Snacks, Exploding Sauce Chicken Cutlet, Ah Yao’s Salted Chicken, Brother San’s Oyster Omelet, Wu’s Crispy Ribs, Hero’s Fish Cake Skewers, Tsai Family’s Stinky Tofu, Yuming Exploding Sauce Pork Chop, Red Bridge Sausage and Intestines, French Crepes, Snowy Black Tea Ice, and Boneless Duck Noodles Singapore-style Laksa Noodles.