Fried Buns

生煎包(sheng jian bao)  NT$~10

These delicacies come with either a vegetable filling of cabbage and mushrooms or a meat filling of pork and scallions. As the patiently waiting customers like to note, “You haven’t been to Shi Lin Night Market if you haven’t had Shanghai buns.” But be careful when biting a freshly-cooked bun, lest you get burned by the hot juice inside.

Sausage Wrappened in Glutinous Rice

大腸包小腸(Dacha-po-Xiaocha) NT$~40

A segment of Taiwanese pork sausage is wrapped in a (slightly bigger and fatter) glutinous rice to make this delicacy, usually served chargrilled. It may be compared to a hot dog. Deluxe versions are available in night markets in Taiwan, with condiments such as pickled bokchoi, garlic, and thick soy sauce paste to complement the taste.

Bun in a Bun

大餅包小餅(Da Bing Bao Xiao Bing) NT$~50

This snack is recommended by many foreign tourists. Wrapped under handmade flour crust is a crispy, smaller fried cake that comes with optional fillings including bean paste, taro, sesame, curry, and chilly. It tastes totally different from western style desserts, and is one of the most famous key signature snacks. You may find Bun in a Bun stall in the Shilin Night Market.

Snow Flakes Crushed Ice

雪花冰(Xue Hua Bin) NT$~80

Snow Flake Crushed Ice looks like layers and layers of snow flakes. It is a unique ice block with mixtures of flavors of milk, peanuts, coffee, and others, machine-chopped to beautiful layers of snow flakes; stacked up to more than 3 inches on a plate.