Taipei - Shopping at Wufenpu and eat street food at Raohe night market
If you are looking for some crazy bargain shopping, head to Wufenpu.
Wufenpu Commercial Area is a huge garment wholesale area.
Shops after shops line the streets and the numerous small side streets here. They do mainly wholesale, but would be happy to do retail as well.
There is an incredibly large selection of clothes, shoes, accessories for women, men and kids. Plenty of Korean and Japanese style clothes and accessories, sportswear and sports shoes, and undergarments too.
If you love shopping, you can easily spend half the day here.
Most shops are open from 2-3pm till late.
For real bargains, spend time looking through the bargain racks and rummaging through the bags on the floors. Most items there were NT$100 (less than SG$5!)
The clothes they put up on the walls and those without price tags are their newer collection and are not cheap.
Some shops allow a little bargaining but probably around 10-20% only.
When I was there, most of the shops were still selling winter clothes so there were not many to buy. But I managed to get a light jacket, some lovely scarves for NT$100 each and lots and lots of underwear.
The whole area is massive with lots of side streets. It can get quite confusing to find your way around. So if you see something you like you should buy it immediately as it is nearly impossible to come back and find the shop again! :P
How to get there:
- Take the blue line to Houshanpi Station Exit #4. Follow the signs to Wufenpu Commercial Area (about 5 minutes walk).
Being so close to Raohe Street Night Market, it is a good idea to come here after shopping.
You can't go to Taiwan without visiting their night markets! Taipei has the best night market scene I've ever seen and some of the most exciting street food in Asia.
Look out for these bright lights as you exit Wufenpu. It is about 5 minutes away.
The entrance to Raohe night market is to the left of this temple.
You will find great bargains and some of Taipei’s best street food at this open air night market.
The first stall you see as you enter Raohe street is the famous Pepper Pork Buns (Hu Jiao Bing), with the perpetual snaking queue!
You should not miss this!
The meat filling was generous, succulent and juicy, while the outer crust was crispy and flaky.
SO GOOD!
What makes them so unique is that they are baked in a KILN. The buns get stuck to the wall of the kilns as they bake.
Each bun is made fresh on the spot and comes to you piping hot!
Incredibly delicious.
There are some other food worth trying out too. Like the herbal pork bone soup and braised minced pork rice. So satisfyingly warm in the cold weather!
Grilled squids - unique and chewy, with a nice smoky flavour.
Onion pancake with sweet chilli sauce.
The stinky tofu is one food that I was curious to try as I've heard so much about it. But when I was there, the smell was shockingly foul and unbearably strong that I couldn't bring myself to try it.
There are many others as well, like Xiao Long Bao (dumplings), fried chicken, potato cheese, flame grilled beef cubes, quail eggs, beef noodle soup, mee sua and many more. There was simply just too much food to choose from and we couldn't try them all.
For the sweet tooth, their shaved ice and jelly dessert looked appetizing but the horribly wet and cold weather killed my appetite for it.
How to get there:
- Take the green line to Songshan Station Exit #5 if you are taking the MRT.
- Or walk from Wufenpu Commercial Area, as you exit Wufenpu, look out for the bright lights and temple, and walk towards it (about 5 minutes away).
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