Take a Day Trip from Taipei and Eat Your Way through Taichung, Taiwan!

The majority of travelers who visit Taiwan never make it past Taipei. It’s a shame because as much fun as Taipei is, there are many cool places to visit around Taiwan’s capital city. Jiufen Mining Town is one, Taichung is another.

If you’ve never heard of Taichung, it’s Taiwan’s second biggest city with a population of around 2.78 million people. It’s located south of Taipei in Central Taiwan and is home to the National Museum of Natural Science and the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts. If you’ve been to Taipei, then you know that Taiwan is all about those awesome night markets. There are plenty of night markets like Raohe and Shilin to satisfy your appetite in Taipei, but Taichung boasts the biggest Taiwanese night market of them all – Fengjia Night Market. That alone makes it worthy of a side trip!

We were a few days away from a two-week trip to Thailand when I received an invitation to attend a one-day blogger event in Taichung. On the day’s…