Bus in Taiwan do not necessary stop right in front of your intended destination as there are usually quite a few streets surrounding your destination especially in a night market.
When we 1st alight at the bus stop, we had no idea where to go as we were dropped in front of a row of shops and the night market is no where in sight.
I randomly choose someone who looked like a local and asked for directions. Turns out, we just need to walk straight to the junction and cross the road. The entrance of the night market is there.
Keelung Miaokou Night Market is famous for the large selection of food and boy, it did not disappoint us. The crowd is manageable on a weekday night and we move around in ease.
 |
| Entrance of Keelung Night Market |
Mr Love brought a spring onion pancake (葱油饼） from 1 of the vendors near where we enter and start munching away as we walked. Its tastes like our version of roti prata with lots, I mean really ALOT of spring onions added to it. Not too bad, but too much spring onions.
 |
| Haw candy |
We walked with the crowd and came to the main food street where many yellow lanterns hang overhead. It was bustling with activity, vendors standing outside their stall trying to outdo each other with their shouting to attract customers.
The thing to note about Taiwanese night market is that the dining area is pretty squeezy. You will be sitting hand touching hand with each other in their table. Not very comfortable if you have a big bag but we survived. I just swing my backpack in front for the whole meal.
 |
| Yummy fried chicken |
There is also a temple here, I guess the is where the name Miaokou (庙口） which means in front the temple came from. We didn't go in though, I just clasped my hand together and pray from afar.
 |
| Temple in the middle of Keelung night market |
We found a stall selling hotplate noddles with either chicken/pork chops or steak and decided to take our dinner here. The vendor serves us free refillable cold tea.
The chicken chop served was generous. Dun even need to eat the pasta and I am already full. It was served with mushroom sauce and I broke the yolk and mixed it around the pasta. Had a satisfied dinner here which sets us back by NT100 bucks (SGD 5++) each only.
 |
| Hoplate Chicken chop pasta |
We walked around the night market aimlessly for awhile more and decided to call it a day. Notes had stated that we can walked back to Keelung train station from the night market and it is pretty near but we had no idea which direction to go.
Asked some random people who pointed to the same direction and we decided to ask as we walked. We exited from the night market where the main food street is and started walked straight and stop along the way to check out the stalls and shops. It was not a short walk like what was told to me. Again, I presumed it is due to the different definitions of "Near" and "Far" for Taiwanese and Singaporeans.
 |
| Asking you to treasure your life while providing a bin for the butts |
Upon walking past the row of shops, you will come across a underpass, used it and cross to the other side of the road and you come face to a row of shop again. Walked straight again and take the overhead bridge. It will link to the train station but we turned left and walked down to Keelung Harbour.
 |
| Route from Keelung station to night market |
There is a stretch of benches along the harbor with many couples sitting there, dating. Tried taking pictures but my stupid camera cannot take any decent night scene pictures.
 |
| Keelung harbour at night |
Keelung bus station is on the same side of the harbor but need to walk past the row of shops to get there. We did not check it out as we going to take the train back to Taipei instead of bus. To get to the train station, we took the overhead bridge again.
 |
| Keelung bus station |
 |
| Keelung station |
Keelung station is the terminal station for trains. Thus there is no worry of not getting on the wrong train to Taipei. Trains here departure pretty frequent so it is pretty convenient to get back to Taipei.
 |
| Train schedules |
 |
| Automated ticketing machines |
As usual I couldn't figure out how to use the automated machines and used the conventional way to buy tickets via the ticketing counter. Tickets for express train back to Taipei costs NT64 (SGD 3). Journey is around 45mins.
 |
| Platform |
 |
| Inside the express train |
 |
| Snacks brought from 1 of the shops in Keelung |
 |
| As we pull out of the station |
 |
| Train tickets |
We were pretty impressed with Keelung Miao Kou Night Market though it might be a bit out of the way from Taipei. But if you are going to a day trip to Jiufen, it might be a good idea to come here from there via bus.
It's worth making a trip here where you will find a lot of good food to try.
No comments:
Post a Comment