Dongdamen Night Market

Hualien


This extensive array of children's entertainments, live music and food stalls fills the pedestrianised lower ends of Bo'ai and Fuding roads south of Chongqing Rd, and is liveliest in the cross-street with its indigenous music stage area.

Food choices are very wide, from super-popular corncobs (E1) to giant oysters (D10) to tomato-wrapped plum skewers (A48). Stalls F33 and F52 are good places to compare very different styles of coffin cake (棺材板; guāncái bǎn), partly hollowed-out bread, stuffed with savoury fillings then fried.

From the train station, catch bus 301 or use the 301區 electric tour bus which runs four times a night (6.05pm, 6.45pm, 7.45pm and 8.35pm).