Night markets and ordering food

The night market is a big part of Taiwanese culture. The are several markets in Taipei alone. We are staying in the centre of Guanghua market which is an absolute treat for the senses. Eventhough we were extremely jetlagged, we still managed to get out to the markets (well we had to because we were starving). We were excited about hitting the market and see what bargains we could get but food was high on the agenda. There was only one problem though and that was hardly anything is in English. So trying to order something was tough. It was important to find a stall that had pictures so that we can just point to the pictures of what we wanted. Sounds easy? Trust us it was not!!

After much search we found a noodle bar, and pointed out what we wanted. The server proceeded to respond in mandarin but we did not know what she said, I mean she could have asked us if we wanted beef or dog (lets hope we got the former). Eventually we managed to get a bowl of something and it was actually really good. Great success!!!