Do you think Taiwan 7-11 and Family Mart are the only place you can grab your food when there are no restaurants remain open during midnight? You are so wrong! Taipei is still vivid when most people having their sweet dream. Here are several restaurants which can satisfy night owls by providing “late night supper”. Hop on our Taiwan Food Tour, let’s start!
Ah Cai Shi Mu Yu Du
One of my favorite late night supper in Taipei! “Shi Mu Yu Du” means “Milkfish’s belly” in Mandarin. Milkfish is distributed Asia and has been widely eaten in Taiwan. Milkfish is an extremely “bony” fish. Its white meat has a mild flavor that makes the fish good for a variety of cooking preparations.
Braised, pan fried and souped Milkfish’s belly are served here in Ah Cai Shi Mu Yu Du. Besides Milkfish, clam soup is highly recommended to order as well. Be aware that there often will be a long queue before the restaurant opened at 10 (and sometimes it doesn’t open on time…)
- Address: No. 53, Neijiang Street, Wanhua District, Taipei City
- Nearest MRT: Ximen Station Exit 1
- Opening Hour: Sunday to Friday 22:00-05:00
Taiwan Beef Noodles · Chicken Soup
This restaurant doesn’t have fancy name, they put their proudly made products as their store name. Except for beef noodle and chicken soup, they also offer a variety of noodle dishes and other “Military Kindred Village” style foods.
- Address 1: No. 85, Section 4, Civic Blvd, Songshan District, Taipei City
- Nearest MRT: Zhongxiao Dunhua Station Exit 9
- Opening Hour: Monday to Saturday 18:00-04:00
- Address 2: No. 26, Aly. 20, Songshou Road Songshan District, Taipei City (inside the Neo19 building)
- Nearest MRT: Xiangshan Station Exit 1
- Opening Hour: 11:00-04:00 everyday
Ichiran Taipei
Ichiran is popular Ramen chains in Japan especially for foreigners, you always need to wait for a long queue all the time. Ichiran Ramen Taipei main store was opened in 2017 in Xingyi District and the branch in 2018.
To be famous for Tonkotsu (pork-based broth), Ichiran’s ramen tastes milky and sweet, mixed with smooth-thin noodles and topped with sliced pork and their original spicy red sauce. The special made red sauce is highly recommended to the people who likes spicy.
The queue was insane since its grand opening back in 2017, even Ichiran provides 24-hour service, but there are still chances to wait more than hours when you arrived. Then, the brand opened in 2018, the queue eased a bit. The branch sits in B1 of Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Department Store Place A11, just within 5 minutes’ walk. Nowadays, you won’t be waiting more than 30 minutes if avoiding meal time.
- Main Store Address: No. 97, Songren Road, Xinyi District, Taipei City
- Nearest MRT: Xiangshan Station Exit 1
- Opening Hour: 24 hours everyday
- Branch Store Address: B1F., No. 11, Songshou Road, Xinyi District, Taipei City (inside Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Department Store Place A11)
- Nearest MRT: Xiangshan Station Exit 1
- Opening Hour: 24 hours everyday
Longmen Tavern Dumpling Restaurant
Hide in a bungalow mostly made of wooden, Longmen Tavern offes “Military Dependents’ Village” style cuisine for 60 years. A military dependents’ village is a community in Taiwan built in the late 1940s and the 1950s who served as provisional housing for soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines of the Republic of China Armed Forces, along with their dependents from mainland China after the Government of the Republic of China (ROC) and the Kuomintang (KMT) retreated to Taiwan in 1949.
Being offspring of this community, Mr. Jiang, the chef of Longmen Tavern Dumpling Restaurant, has deliver their culture and the history to Taiwanese. Though it is a dumpling restaurant, the favorite dish for the customers is braised food! Don’t forget to order braised food when you visit this historical restaurant.
- Address: No. 19, Lane 61, Linsen South Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City
- Nearest MRT: Shandao Temple Station Exit 5
- Opening Hour: Tuesday to Sunday 17:00-23:00
12 Hot Pot – Fresh
12 Hot Pot is a chain restaurant offering affordable stone pot. What makes stone pot different from the original ones, is that some ingredients (like onion and sesame oil) fried in the stone pot before pouring broth inside. The soup is unbelievably in my personal opinion, you should try! In 12 hot pot, you won’t be awkward to eat alone, there are both individual seated and share pot.
Normal 12 Hot Pot is opened til 22:00, but 12 Hot Pot – Fresh only in Shilin is accompanying you til midnight! The special edition 12 Hot Pot: 12 Hot Pot has spacious dining environment, night owl friendly opening hour and more options on the menu. Last but not least, there are special promotion after 22:00.
- Address: No. 183-185, Lane 61, Zhongzheng Road, Shilin District, Taipei City
- Nearest MRT: Shilin Station Exit 1
- Opening Hour: Monday to Thursday 11:30-24:00; Friday to Sunday 11:30-01:00
Four Sea Soy Milk
The funny truth is that, there are “XXXX Soy Milk” everywhere, and there are actually breakfast restaurant! They probably sell authentic Chinese breakfast such as Flaky Oven Baked Bun, Rice Roll, Egg Crêpe, Soy Milk and Peanut Soy Milk.
- Address: No. 232, Section 2, Jinshan South Road, Da’an District, Taipei City
- Nearest MRT: Guting Station Exit 5
- Opening Hour: Monday to Friday 19:00-11:30; Saturday and Sunday 19:00-24:00
Taiwan is a paradise of food, no matter you are having Taiwan tour on your own, or Taiwan family trip, adding a Taipei day tour for a food tour is necessary!
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