Taiwan is a treasure island of little eats

One of the must-dos on every mainland visitor's list is the Shi Lin Night Market in Taipei, usually on the last day of a hectic 10-day round-Island tour. Here, many of Taiwan's iconic "little eats", or street snacks, wait to tempt tourists.

The evening we visited, the first thing we noticed was an extremely long queue in front of one stall - which was dishing out huge fillets of salt-and-pepper breaded chicken steaks. Each dinner-plate sized chicken fillet cost just $1.90 (TWD$55), which translates to about 13 yuan for a pure protein feast.

Inside the Shi Lin market, you can also sample yet another Taiwan classic, the oyster omelet which has its origins in the coastal province of Fujian, where most of the early Taiwanese came from.