If you travel to pretty much any place in Asia, you will be introduced to the inevitable night market. Night markets are so much more than just a convenient place to get a quick bite to eat. In the communities where they are located, they serve a much greater purpose for locals.
Food is certainly the foundation of any good night market and the great majority of night markets throughout Asia will not disappoint in this regard. Delectable consumables range from simple drinks and snacks to full-on feasts and are as customizable as you want them to be.
Not every night market is created equal.
In my experience the location with the best overall night market experience is Taiwan. Night markets are everywhere, and they range from small and easily navigable to massive sprawling mazes winding through a myriad of streets and alleyways spiraling outward from a central point. Some night markets, Huaxi Street (Snake Alley) and neighboring markets all blend together leaving one unsure where one ends and the next begins.
Night markets serve as cultural, social and experimental center pieces for locals and entrepreneurs. It is common on any given evening or weekend to head to the market with friends, colleagues or family for an evening of food, fun, games, shopping and meeting people. You will also find aspiring businesspeople, designers, chefs and artists testing markets with all their various creations.
The single best night market I have been to is in Bangkok, Thailand the Jodd Fairs Market in the heart of the city. This market is just simply amazing!
From the moment you first enter the market you are inundated with introductory drink stands followed by a range of clothing vendors. Making your way through the initial walkway you come upon a large public area with tables and seating for visitors to enjoy food, drinks and company graced by a stage set up nearby with a live band providing legendary English music loved the world over.
Adjacent to the public seating space is a selection of off-shoots into the market selling pretty much anything you could ever want. Some of the more interesting items for first-time Asian night market visitors include such things as fried insects, mountainous stacks of mutton meat, durian a plenty, all the traditional staples of Thai cuisine and my personal favorite the best mango sticky rice in Bangkok.
Sure, many sell mango sticky rice throughout the market, but the best is in the back half of the market in an area slightly less frequented by masses of people. You can spot it easily by the colorful rice and the friendly staff offering it to all passersby.
There are carnival style games scattered throughout the market. Want to try your hand at axe throwing? I’ve tried it many times and I strongly suggest you go elsewhere once I grasp the haft of one of those bladed beauties.
It is noteworthy that when visiting the market, most of the restrooms are deep in the back of the market and will require 10 baht to access the turnstile gates, so be sure to have some coins with you.
What are you waiting for? Get your ticket, and get your butt to the Bangkok Jodd Fairs.
如果你去亞洲的任何地方旅行，你都會被介紹到不可避免地夜市。夜市不僅僅是一個方便吃點東西的地方。在它們所在的社區中，它們為當地人提供很重要的目的。
並非每一個夜市都是平等的。
以我本人的經歷，整體夜市體驗最好的地方是台灣。夜市無處不在，它們的範圍從小易導航到從一個中心點向外盤旋巨大的迷宮，蜿蜒穿過無數的街道和小巷。有一些夜市像華西街(蛇巷)和附近的市場都融合在一起，讓人不確定一個終點在哪裏，另一個起點在哪裏。
夜市是當地人和企業家的文化，社交和實驗中心。在任何一個晚上或周末，與朋友，同事或家人一起前往夜市，度過一個充滿美食，娛樂，游戲，購物和見新朋友的夜晚是很常見的。你也還可以找到有抱負的商人，設計師，厨師和藝術家，用他們各種作品試探市場。
我去過的最好的夜市之一是在泰國曼谷。 位於市中心的Jodd Fairs市場,這個夜市簡直太棒了！
從你第一次進入市場的那一刻起，兩邊好多賣一大堆的不同的飲料，然後就有一系列買服裝的供應商。穿過進入的人行道，會看到一個大型公共區域，裏面有桌子和座位，供客戶享用食物，飲料和陪伴。附近設有一個舞臺，現場樂隊演奏全世界人熟悉的傳奇英文音樂。
與公共座位空間相鄰的是進入市場的小人行通道，出售幾乎所有你能要的的東西。對於第一次來亞洲夜市的游客來説，一些有趣的物品包括炸昆蟲，堆積如山的羊肉，多種榴蓮，所有傳統泰國菜，還有我個人最喜歡的曼谷最好的瞞過糯米飯。
當然，許多人在整個市場上出售芒果糯米飯，但最好的在市場人群較少的後半部區域。你可以因爲五顔六色的米飯和友好推廣產品的工作人員清楚知道是哪一家。
市場上散佈著許多嘉年華風格的游戲。想試試投擲斧頭嗎？我已試了許多次了，也强烈建議你一旦我抓住斧頭時去別的地方。
值得注意的是，在參觀市場時，大多數洗手間都位於市場的後半區域，需要10元泰銖才能進入旋轉門，所以一定要隨身帶一些硬幣。
你還在等什麽呢？儘快購買機票然後去曼谷Jodd Fairs.