A visit to
Taipei is not complete without having a bowl of beef noodle soup. Braised beef stewed in a steamy, savoury broth and served with handmade noodles, you cannot think of a better meal.
Yong Kang Beef Noodle
Founded in 1963, this small, family-run, two-level restaurant has a reputation as one of the city's best places for beef noodle soup. Such is Yong Kang's status that it annually sits out the festival competition for Taipei's best beef noodles, preferring to pass the baton to upcoming restaurants or so it claims. Australian beef is used for the main cuts, but the DNA of the spicy red broth can be traced to Sichuan.
Address: Yong Kang Beef Noodles, No.17, Lane 31, Section 2, Jinshan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan
Lao Shan Dong Niu Rou Mian
According to this restaurant’s signage, it is been in business since 1949. Located in the Wan Nian Building in Ximen, this basement joint’s Jia Chang Mian (NT180, approx. SGD$8).
The beef dumpling soup was also tasty, and the dumplings were much larger than others. Take note that ordering is from a chit with only
Chinese characters, no photo menus here.
Address: Lao Shan Dong Niu Rou Mian, No. 70, Xining South Road, Wanhua District Taipei City, 108. B1 Level, Taiwan
Regent Taipei
The Regent
Taipei is a multiple-award winner at the Taipei Beef Noodle Festival and offers a number of acclaimed beef noodle dishes at its Azie Grand Cafe. New Formosa at Azie took the festival's creative prize in 2013. It features beef slices alongside bird's nest fern, a crunchy and slightly bitter green from Taiwan's mountains.
Address: Regent Taipei, No.3, Lane 39, Section 2, Chungshan North Road, Taipei 104 Taiwan
Lin Dong Fang
Another heavyweight in the old school beef noodle stakes, this hole-in-the-wall eatery has been pleasing palates for three decades. Its beef broth contains a secret ingredient the shop claims is used in traditional Chinese medicine.
Address: Lin Dong Fang Niu Rou Mian, No.274, Section 2, Bade Road, Taipei, Taiwan
Mien Mien Chu Tao Tasty Noodle House
Spicy, clear and tomato broths are offered at this beef noodle specialist with two outlets in the city. Unlike many red braised broths served around town, Mien Mien's Sze-chuan beef bone noodle soup is searingly spicy. The soup lives up to its name with a rich flavor of bone stock, chili burn and the mouth-numbing addition of Sichuan peppercorns.
Address: Mien Mien Chu Tao Tasty Noodle House, 1/F, 1-162 Fuhua Road, Section 1, Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan
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