Author Kai
Editor Tzu Hsuan Chan
When enjoying Taichung’s cuisine at night, visiting the night markets is a must! This time, we’ve carefully selected seven must-try delicacies at Feng Chia Night Market to recommend to everyone. Feng Chia Night Market is vast, with numerous stalls, but stomach space is limited. Therefore, deciding which stalls to try is crucial! Just follow this Feng Chia Night Market food guide, and you’ll avoid any disappointments. Plus, you won’t have to worry about wasting any stomach space!
Gekiuma Yakitori 激旨燒鳥
“Gekiuma Yakitori” is an open-air skewer shop in Fengjia Night Market, offers a wide variety of skewers. These skewers feature pork or beef belly wrapped around various vegetables, tomatoes, mochi, and more. Highly recommended are the chewy pork mochi skewers and the surf and turf pork and fresh shrimp skewers. The beef and tomato skewers are also very refreshing.
While waiting for your skewers, start with a bowl of rich and sweet hot chicken soup, made by simmering chicken bones and fruit, and it’s all you can enjoy. Another signature offering at Jizhi Grilled Chicken is their Shawa cocktails, which have a moderate alcohol content but absolutely no alcoholic taste, making them perfect for girls who aren’t big on drinking. Pairing a mouthful of skewer with a sip of draft beer is simply delightful, and there’s no time limit on dining, so it always gets busier as the night goes on.
Gekiuma Yakitori – Main Store
Address: No. 18, Lane 150, Wen Hua Road, Xitun District, Taichung City, Taiwan
Hours: 17:00-00:00 / Friday & Saturday until 01:00
Gekiuma Yakitori – Fengjia Branch 2
Address: 2nd Floor, No. 71, Wen Hua Road, Xitun District, Taichung City, Taiwan
Hours: 17:00-00:30 / Friday & Saturday until 01:00
Ming-Lun Chinese omelets 明倫蛋餅
There are two branches of Ming-Lun Chinese omelets in Fengjia Night Market, not far from each other. Although this helps to disperse the crowd, there is always a queue at either shop every time you go. Ming-Lun Chinese omelet specializes in low-oil, low-salt crust. They crack an egg onto the batter, sprinkle it with fresh spring onions, and offer four sauce options: signature sweet and spicy sauce, black pepper, chili powder, and soy sauce. The texture of the crust is soft with a slight chewiness, and the crust itself has a subtle sweetness reminiscent of crepes. The fusion of spring onions creates a unique flavor. If you enjoy fluffy Chinese omelets, you must give it a try!
Ming-Lun Chinese omelet – Fengjia Store
Address: No. 546, Fuxing Road, Xitun District, Taichung City, Taiwan
Hours: Monday to Friday 15:00-01:00, Saturday and Sunday 12:00-00:30
Ming-Lun Chinese omelet – Wen Hua Store
Address: No. 1-1, Wen Hua Road, Xitun District, Taichung City, Taiwan
Hours: Monday to Friday 15:00-01:00, Saturday and Sunday 15:00-00:00
Local Drinks Fengwei 草根豐味綠豆沙牛乳
Local Drinks Fengwei is a mung bean smoothie specialty shop that rose from the Donghai Commercial District. Starting from a small cart, it now has several branches, including one inside Fengjia Night Market. Their signature milk series uses imported milk powder from New Zealand, while the fresh milk series is made with 100% pure milk from Liouying, Tainan. The cups are filled solidly with Mung Bean paste, complemented by rich milk fragrance and smooth, residue-free green bean paste with a hint of crushed ice, making it smooth and refreshing without being greasy, especially enjoyable with handcrafted pearls for added chewiness. Additionally, their Lemon Black Tea is another popular choice, blending ice with Jiuru lemons from Pingtung and adding red tea, creating a refreshing and cooling beverage well worth a try!
Local Drinks Fengwei 草根豐味綠豆沙牛乳
Address: No. 22, Fengjia Road, Xitun District, Taichung City, Taiwan
Hours: 16:00–23:00 (Friday, Sunday until 23:30; Saturday until 00:00)
Golden Right Leg, Golden Left Leg, Pig Treasure Box 黃金右腿，黃金左腿，豬寶盒
The “Golden Right Leg” and “Golden Left Leg” are located next to each other, although they are two stalls, they are run by the same owner. The “Golden Right Leg” adopts a method of first frying and then baking, where tender and juicy chicken leg meat is drizzled with the shop’s homemade Italian herb sauce and paired with stretchy cheese. Though sinful, it’s incredibly satisfying!
As for the “Golden Left Leg,” it is prepared through a crispy frying method. It comes with a selection of five different sauces—refreshing, spicy, rich, and more— for customers to choose from. Additionally, there’s the option to add Mexican spicy salsa sauce freely. With the addition of vegetables, it’s both refreshing and appetizing, perfect for warding off palate fatigue.
As the name suggests, the “Pig Treasure Box” features pork chop as its main ingredient. It specializes in thick-cut pork chops and offers a choice of four different flavored sauces. The golden-brown pork chop is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, placed on a bed of shredded cabbage. The rich toppings are eye-catching, and finally, the sauce is drizzled over it, providing a satisfyingly hearty portion.
Golden Right Leg, Golden Left Leg
Address: No. 12-3, Wen Hua Road, Xitun District, Taichung City, Taiwan
Hours: 16:00–23:30 (Saturday 16:00–01:00)
Pig Treasure Box
Address: No. 12-7, Wen Hua Road, Xitun District, Taichung City, Taiwan
Hours: 17:00–23:30 (Closed on Tuesdays)
Seaside Cottage 海邊小屋
“Dry-fried clams” and “Peel-and-Eat Shrimp” are must-try signature dishes at Seaside Hut, as evidenced by the long queues where everyone seems to order these two items. The clams are raised by the owner and delivered fresh daily from Changhua; however, if you go too late, they might be sold out. Each clam is plump, tender, and full of flavorful broth. The “Peel-and-Eat Shrimp” are already shelled, leaving only the head and tail, making them incredibly easy to eat with just a gentle pull. The shrimp are not small in size, with a firm and sweet texture. It’s recommended to choose the original flavor to fully appreciate the freshness of the ingredients!
Seaside Cottage
Address: No. 121-12, Wen Hua Road, Xitun District, Taichung City, Taiwan
Hours: 18:30-21:30
Yixin Vegetarian Stinky Tofu 一心素食臭豆腐
The square-shaped stinky tofu is freshly fried to order. Once it’s out of the fryer, it’s pierced in the middle and topped with a slightly sweet and slightly spicy sauce. Apart from kimchi, it also comes with shredded cucumber. It’s highly recommended to stuff the kimchi and shredded cucumber into the holes and taste them together. Since it’s vegetarian, there’s no garlic flavor in the seasoning. Overall, it’s crispy and refreshing to eat. Although stinky tofu is a common Taiwanese snack found in every night market, it’s worth trying the Yixin Vegetarian Stinky Tofu at Fengjia Night Market!
Yixin Vegetarian Stinky Tofu
Address: Lane No. 461, Fuxing Road, Xitun District, Taichung City, Taiwan
Hours: Tuesday to Friday 16:00–23:00 (Saturday until 24:00)
Cia Cia FU Sweet and Sour Sweet Potato Fries 甘梅薯條
“Cia Cia FU Sweet and Sour Sweet Potato Fries” is also a common sweet potato fries specialty shop found in many night markets, with its main store located in Fengjia Night Market. You can see the staff in the back cutting raw sweet potatoes into thick strips and then frying them, resulting in varying sizes for each fry. Their sweet potatoes are always very sweet, and they have a soft and dense texture. Despite the thin outer coating, it’s incredibly crispy, and even when it cools down, it doesn’t feel greasy. It’s no wonder they’ve been selling the same item for over ten years; it’s so delicious that you can’t stop eating it.
Cia Cia FU Sweet and Sour Sweet Potato Fries
Address: No. 15, Lane 127, Wen Hua Road, Xitun District, Taichung City, Taiwan
Hours: 12:00–22:30
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