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| - Well, it's not like the night markets I've been to in Vietnam but it was pretty amazing. Especially in the GTA and it showed. It was a great turn out and as the hours went on, the place just filled up with more and more people.
I got there fairly early so parking wasn't an issue but when I left (10:30ish pm) I had 2 cars waiting to take my spot as I was leaving. And as the market got more busy, the line ups too would get longer and longer and getting food ended up being just a hassle. If you are there for just the food and not so much the experience like me, I would suggest going early. Anyway, where I parked was 2 blocks away and as soon as I got out of my car, I thought maybe it was my body odor or maybe a stink bug or I don't even know what but then I realized - it's probably the smelly tofu. As we got closer and closer to the market, the stench was intense and everyone who was there, I'm quite sure at least tried it because it was clearly the most popular thing here.
I loved just watching these people making the food right in front of me. It was pretty hot and the cooks were sweating like crazy and I gotta say, I felt bad for them but at the same time.... respect. This was one of the highlights for me here just watching people do there work, screaming at each other like in a night market and it was just like organized chaos. This chaos moved out to the public too and the market is it's own beast. It gets so loud, lines start curving and yet as I said, it's organized so there were never any issues of line cutting. Or at least from what I saw.
There are a lot of different options here: Japanese, Korean inspired dishes, Philippines, Malaysian and of course: Chinese. They had lamb skewers, tornado fries and many classics and many twists on classics. One booth which I wish I had have made it to was just called "Asian Poutine." They had 3 kinds: chicken curry poutine, lobster and shrimp poutine and Korean beef poutine. Why I didn't try it? I don't know and I regret it. One booth I tried were Asian tacos.... major let down. Calamari was the best of the 3 but come on, served on flour tortillas? Lame. Halo halo from the Filipino tent as well as their skewer was great. The star of the festival as you all know was the smelly tofu. I had it from 2 different places just because. If you don't know what it is, it's fermented tofu fried and then served with some kind of sweet sauce, a hot sauce and some pickled cabbage. This stuff stinks bad. The first I had was a bit softer and way more stinky. The second batch I had from Mama Bear Tofu was a bit more crisp, not as smelly but still just as good. Some might like that better. I tried many different foods and I must say, everything sadly is over priced. That being said, I guess they can do that here and people will buy. I didn't think twice until I realized I was down about $35 dollars. I had been there for 3 hours by then and was full anyway but still, 2 pieces of small taiyaki for $5? Gross.
The atmosphere was crazy, my only suggestion is that you keep this place open later so it's like a real night market. Odd coming from me since I didn't even stay until it closed but whatever, it should be later! Also, prices and some stalls. I guess if people are willing to pay though.......
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