Dongdamen Night Market | hualien night market
WhenspeltinEnglish,‘Dongdamen’soundsalmostsimilartoSeoul’s‘Dongdaemun’,butthesetwoplaceshouseentirelydifferentthings.WhileSeoul’sDongdaemunisapopularshoppingspot,Taiwan’sDongdamen(東大門)isthelargeststreetfoodnightmarketinHualien.ThisnightmarketissituatedattheEasternedgeofthecityatthecoast,andoccupiesthegroundsoftheoldtrainstation.Thereusedtobemanysmall-scalednightmarketsinHualien,buttheyhaveallcometogetheratDongdamen.DongdamenNightMarketisseparatedintomanydivisions–fromFutingNightMarkettoSt...
When spelt in English, ‘Dongdamen’ sounds almost similar to Seoul’s ‘Dongdaemun’, but these two places house entirely different things. While Seoul’s Dongdaemun is a popular shopping spot, Taiwan’s Dongdamen (東大門) is the largest street food night market in Hualien. This night market is situated at the Eastern edge of the city at the coast, and occupies the grounds of the old train station. There used to be many small-scaled night markets in Hualien, but they have all come together at Dongdamen.
Dongdamen Night Market is separated into many divisions – from Futing Night Market to Streets of China Cuisines to Streets of Aboriginal Cuisines to Ziqing Night Market. Each area offers visitors a delicious insight into Taiwan’s local street food.
Futing Night Market is famous for traditional Taiwanese sn...