Hualien Dongmen Night Market Cheat Sheet: Sarawak Pork Bento So Good It’ll Make You Fly

Text & Photos /Evan
I spent several nights in a row at Dongmen Night Market while writing this cheat sheet XDD
Besides the online recommendations, we also tried lesser-known stalls so you can enjoy delicious food without the queues. Here, we only share the good stuff—no duds~ (wouldn’t want to offend the vendors~ plus everyone’s tastes differ~). Here’s just the info on the stalls my partner W and I liked.

Hualien Dongmen Night Market is divided into four main sections　

Beyond the four main sections, there’s a small amusement park right across from the Chongqing Road entrance, with plenty of games. The night market offers not only great food and fun but also many street performances. These past few days, we even saw an impressive double-drumming girl.

Indigenous performances

Map below　

Recommended summary table (scroll down for food photos and signs of each shop)

Individual stall introductions　

1. Futing Night Market:
This area continues from Hualien Rainbow International Tourist Night Market and was transformed from it. There are mostly games along this street.
There’s ring toss, basketball shooting, and archery~ We tried archery. At first, it seemed tough, but after the owner’s guidance, we decided to give it a shot.
The owner is super skilled—like, the kind who can hit targets blindfolded. My partner W and I each played one round, 50 NT per game (everything here is super cheap).
We popped six balloons in total, and the owner still gave us a little gift. Later, W insisted on playing basketball, hitting seven out of nine but still no prize~ XD To be honest,
basketball is really tricky because there’s a board in the way, though it’s also super cheap.

Delicious picks:
Futing Original Lemonade

Zhengdang Ice: We didn’t try it—the line was too long.

Stinky Tofu & Pig Blood Soup—both the soup and stinky tofu were delicious~　

Must-do:
Archery

2. Indigenous Food Street

This is the street with the first barbecue stall, and next door is a corn-on-the-cob stand. The corn place is huge, but honestly, it’s not that tasty, and the prices are pretty steep. I personally don’t like it. If you want corn, try the one at Thyme—it has great reviews.
We didn’t wait in line for the first barbecue stall either. I highly recommend Lailei Barbecue—I’ve been eating there since I was a kid, and it’s amazing~ Besides those, this street mainly sells Indigenous food. Try their pork and millet wine cocktails~ experience local Indigenous cuisine.
Delicious picks:
Amis’ Kids—try their Makau sausage—super fragrant~ the whole street advertises makau~ makau is a type of mountain pepper (coral reef)~

Amis Cook 100—super busy

3. Provincial Food Street

I personally find the "One Street per Province" a bit boring, as most of the shops are named after mainland Chinese provinces—though not all, of course, since you can also find guava being sold here~ hehe, quite a quirky touch~
This street is known for its French-style coffin bread. Many recommend Jiang's Coffin Bread (located in the Ziqiang Night Market). If you don’t want to wait in line at Jiang’s forever, try the French-style version—it basically tastes just as good.
List of delicious foods:
French Coffin Bread — go for the satay pork flavor~ it tastes pretty similar to Jiang’s version.

4. Ziqiang Night Market

Most of the tasty stuff seems to be gathered here~ XD
List of delicious foods:
Crab King — try the fried crab~ it’s pretty good~

Jiang’s Coffin Bread — we had the satay pork flavor~ so delicious it felt like flying

Tang Shu Shu (next to Fantastic Juice) — we tried the cheese flavor~ hmm, I thought it was nice, but W thought the original might be better

Fantastic Juice

Lv Ji Fresh Juice — the pumpkin milk and avocado milk are delicious

Qiang’s Egg Pancake

Grilled Scallops

Ji Xiang Bomb Scallion Pancake

Pure Handmade Brown Sugar Tapioca Specialty Shop — the brown sugar fresh milk tea with pearls is yummy

The game area across from Chongqing Street

Dongmenmen Night Market
Address: No. 50, Zhongshan Road, Hualien City, Hualien County 970

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