Taipei, Taiwan

Taipei hosts over 200 night markets, with Shilin Night Market alone containing 500+ stalls serving stinky tofu, scallion pancakes, oyster vermicelli, and the iconic fried chicken cutlet. Taipei popularised bubble milk tea in the 1980s, now a global industry worth $3.7 billion—a category it dominates more fully than #1 Bangkok does pad thai. Though it cannot match Bangkok's 30,000 vendors, Taipei's density of stalls per square kilometer is 20% higher, offering faster access to variety.