From BBT To Stinky Tofu, Get A Taste Of Taiwan At S’pore’s Very Own Shilin Night Market This April

No visit to Taiwan is complete without visiting the one of the largest and iconic night markets in town. Located in Taipei’s Shilin District, Shilin Night Market is a maze of alleyways filled with a variety of local and traditional Taiwanese fare and international merchandise that attract local and foreigners alike.

Many of Taiwan’s traditional food can be found and bought for reasonable prices from the friendly locals such as Giant Fried Chicken SteakTempuraBubble TeaOyster Vermicelli, Oyster OmeletFried Buns and of course, the most notorious Taiwanese goodie, Stinky Tofu.

Now here’s the good news. You can save on that flight ticket to Taiwan as Shilin Night Market is coming to Singapore for the very first time this April!

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Most Popular Night Market In Taiwan

Taking place over two weekends in April (19-21 April and 26-28 April) at TheGrounds @ Kranji, Invade is introducing Shilin Night Market for the very first time in Singapore. Invade also previously hosted Artbox Singapore and Artbox Malaysia which brought the best of markets to the region with each city’s installation infused with the local flavour.

Get a taste of Taiwan as they will be bringing in a wide variety of Taiwanese and Singaporean street delicacies, creative eats, pop up artisan stores, arcade games and even movie screenings.

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Not much information has been released regarding the stalls that will be there but we’re pretty sure this will be the most anticipated pop-up market of the year. If you’re interested in opening a stall at the upcoming Shilin Night Market, more information on stall rental can be found here.

For updates on the event, visit https://www.facebook.com/events/2281067658779536/ or check out their Instagram page here.

Till then, we’ll be dreaming of bubble tea and stinky tofu!

Shilin Night Market 
Address: The Grounds @ Kranji (Singapore Turf Club Carpark B)
Dates: 19 – 21 April and 26 – 28 April
Opening Hours: 3pm – 11pm
Instagram | Event Page

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Taiwan’s Famous ‘Tiger Sugar’ Bubble Tea Is Coming To The Lion City This November

As though we don’t already have enough bubble tea stores in Singapore, Taiwan’s famous bubble tea brand, Tiger Sugar, is coming to Singapore this November.

Those who have had a sip of this drink have claimed that the hype is very real, dubbing it as the most popular milk tea in Taipei.

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Bubble Tea Craze

Taiwan is known to be a milk-tea crazed nation with stalls and shops lining the streets with some of their brands crossing over to our shores.

Since its opening late last year, Tiger Sugar has been getting all the hype from hard core milk tea lovers in Taipei. They got their name from the ‘tiger stripes’ it forms when the caramalised syrup mixes with the thick milk tea mixture.

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Tiger Sugar will be opening their first flagship store in Singapore this November at City Hall. The exact date and location has not been revealed.

If you’re wondering whether you should hop on the bubble tea craze train, we can vouch for Tiger Sugar as people are willing to queue for up to an hour for the Tiger Sugar Boba Fresh Milk (NTD50/S$2.20~) in Taipei. The queues are always snaking long despite the abundance of bubble tea shops nearby.

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Many have praised their Brown Sugar Fresh Milk for its undiluted taste, a mistake often made by most bubble tea stores who scrimp on flavour affecting the overall taste and experience of milk tea addicts.

Skip the flight to Taiwan because you can finally get Tiger Sugar’s famous Brown Sugar Fresh Milk right here in Singapore!

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If You Love The Beef Cubes At The Geylang Bazaar – They’re Opening A Store In Tampines Soon!

Tampines residents sure are spoilt for choice, with so many new eateries opening in Century Square.

First there was Seoul in a Sandwich, then Two Hana, and now Beef Bro will also be opening an outlet there on 5 August 2018!

If you were at the Geylang Serai Bazaar this year, you’ll probably recognise Beef Bro.

They were the newcomers at the annual Geylang Serai bazaar this year and generated long queues.

Beef, Bro

Opened by Mediacorp actor Danial Ashriq, Beef Bro made their debut at the Geylang Serai Bazaar this year and drew crowds with up to an hour and a half of waiting time.

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What they’re known for is, of course, beef. Specifically, flame-grilled beef cubes, like the ones you find in Taiwan.

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Each order of beef cubes is seared and cooked with a blow torch upon order and comes with a selection of toppings such as Mentaiko, Cheese, Garlic Chilli, Barbecue Sauce, and even their signature Sambal Belacan!

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Using a blow torch to cook beef cubes is not a new concept to Singaporeans. There’s Huoyanshaiziniu that opened in 313 Somerset earlier in January this year, who brought the concept of blow-torched beef cubes from Taiwan to Singapore.

The difference here is that Beef Bro is Muslim-owned and they use 100% halal ingredients. They’re currently working towards the MUIS Halal certification so our Muslim friends can rest assured that what they’re eating is Halal.

Their first outlet at Century Square will serve up their signature blow torch beef cubes as well as an expanded menu with bento sets.

For those of you who don’t eat beef, they also have flame-grilled seafood options too!

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The popular Mentaiko Beef Cubes will go for $14.90, while the Chicken Cubes and Mentaiko Scallops go for $5.90 and $11.90 respectively.

Bento sets go for $8 to $13, with an option to add mozzarella cheese for an extra $2.

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You’ll be able to choose your preferred doneness for the beef cubes. Though if you order it well done, then maybe you shouldn’t go for the beef. Just saying.

Beef Bro opens at Century Square on 5 August 2018 and the first 200 customers will get FREE beef cubes. Good things must share so don’t say we neh say.

Beef Bro
Address: Century Square, 2 Tampines Central 5 #B1-38, Singapore 529509
Contact no.: 8484 4359
Website

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