Our Indulgences in Taiwan - Part 4 Shida Night Market

We visited Shida night market after some sight seeing at Sun Yat Sen memorial hall, so the convenient station for us was to drop at Guting so we only needed to change line once. However, from Guting it will take about 15-20 minutes walk to reach the night market. For a shorter walking distance, we will advice to change to the green line and alight at Taipower Building station instead, from there take exit 3 and it's about 10 minutes walk.

Shida night market (師大夜市) is actually located just beside the National Taiwan Normal University so you would expect to see a lot of students hanging out and some shops selling hostel necessities. Do take note that due to some resident complaints, the shops abide to a curfew so they will start closing by 11pm which was a bit disappointing cos we would have appreciated more time to shop and eat. Besides having found some good food here, there are also many boutiques selling clothes and accessories which you can bargain and get some good buys. Best night market so far for shopping!

Back to food, we found our favourite smelly beancurd and pig intestine mee sua here from the same stall. This stall is situated near the back gate of the university hostel. As Chillin Boy doesn't fancy oysters, we stayed clear from oyster mee sua so this is a good find as a substitute - pig intestine mee sua. The pig intestines were chewy and had no overwhelming piggy smell, the best part is the thick soup was a perfect combination of savoury and sweetness.

From the same stall, we ordered the smelly tofu and we must say this is the best we've had so far. It is fried till crisp but not dry, the inside is still moist and the sauce that came with it was a good mixture which is tasty with a slight tinge of spiciness.

After the meal, we walked down the street and bought the pig blood glutinous rice cake (豬血糕). Interesting how they make this snack, coated with peanut powder. The glutinous rice really filled us up to the brim, was too full to eat anything else.

But on our way back to the mrt station, we passed by a bakery and cannot resist buying some mochi back as dessert. Purple rice mochi, something new and seems like a healthy option. Tasted great as well, very Q-chewy and the rice exudes a strong fragrant smell. 

Shida night market is a great place to hang out, both for food and shopping. Even after the shops close, you can still buy a drink and sit at some nearby garden benches to chill out amongst many of the university students. A great way to kinda relive our university days =)