Shida Night Market vs. Shihlin Night Market

Those who have been to Taipei would come back and rave about Shihlin night market. How come no one told me about Shida?

If you ask me, I highly recommend Shida over Shihlin. Here's why:

 {Shida Night Market Photo source: Flickr}

Shida:

• Better tasting food but lesser variety
• No/not many illegal hawkers
• Trendier choice of fashion apparels
• Good quality of goods (mostly from Korea/Japan)
• Prettier & younger sales assistants!! As they usually students from the University nearby
• My loot: Calf leather work bag from Korea that I use for work now as it fits all my cables, wallet, cardholder, sunglasses & netbook all-in-one - NT3980 (~S$180), Nude work jacket with lace trimmings from Korea - gift from Aunt (think was about S$80), thermal stockings - NT90 (~S$8), Paul Smith (authentic) shirt for bro - NT410 (~S$19) and my mom & aunt also bought a whole lot of other stuff

  {Shihlin Night Market Photo source: Flickr}

Shihlin:

• Huge variety of sweet fruits, nicely chopped up too ;)
• Wide range of local food like Stinky tofu, beef steak, bubble tea, oyster vermicelli, oyster omelet, etc
• Too many illegal hawkers running at the sight of the policemen (block my shopping flow)
• Not too fantastic range of fashion wear to choose from
• Too damn crowded especially on SATs!
• My loot: Red stockings - NT180 (~S$8), Nude with pink sole heels - NT600 (~S$27), nude ballet flats - NT200 (~S$9) and thats all!

As you can tell, I am into nude apparels nowadays, just pray I don't head out nude one day. Haha. Btw, those ballet flats are the best buy from the whole trip. It also took me around the 7 days without any discomfort! Its so amazing, I believe it is the rubbery soles that keep it so light and comfortable. I ended up buying 2 more pairs of them. :D

Shida Night Market
Address: Longquan Road, Da-an district
How to get there: Cab or stop at Guting MRT station and take a long 15mins walk
Operating Hours: 6pm (I believe) till 12 midnight

Shihlin Night Market
Address: Shihlin district
How to get there: Stop at Jian Tan MRT station and its just across the street
Operating Hours: 4pm till 1am