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Down an alley near Taipei Main Station, Liu Shandong has been serving beef noodles since 1951. Try the pure broth, then toss in pickled mustard greens, chili and whole fermented black beans. It's a big bowl for NT$240, and often has a line.
Oct 2026 Zhongzheng, Taipei
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Oct 2026 Zhongshan, Taipei
“The kitchen closes in four hours, hope that’s okay.” Sammy and I only needed one hour to enjoy seven dishes at Lin Yang Gang on Chang’an East Road, and somehow ordered zero seafood at a live seafood restaurant.
Guide
Oct 2026 5 min read
Every spot on this list is one we've sat down at with a beer, from Floating Taipei's NT$200 happy hour taps near Ningxia Night Market to Learn Bar's all-Taiwanese lineup off Yongkang Street. Here's what to drink, how ordering works, what a beer costs, and which spots open before 5 pm.
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Oct 2026 Shilin, Taipei
Sammy and I met up in Tianmu for tacos and craft beer at Eddy's Cantina, a place I'd been meaning to try for a long time. The fried fish, carnitas, and Grandma's recipe Hakka pork tacos were all good, the corn chips and salsas were great too. Unfortunately I forgot to buy the hot sauce to take home.
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Oct 2026 Beitou, Taipei
Zeke was sure every ramen shop was closed by 10 pm, so we took a detour into Beitou for Salt Ramen (長生塩人). We both had the spicy miso ramen, with torched chashu, sous-vide chicken and noodles with a real chew, plus a side of the tart, spicy pickled radish.
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Sep 2026 Zhongzheng, Taipei
After years of eating tacos in Mexico, I don't expect much when having them elsewhere. At TacoJoe, a short walk from Guang Hua Digital Plaza, the carne asada and al pastor needed salt, but the camarón and beef birria have me planning a return visit.
Guide
Sep 2026 7 min read
Four craft beer spots in central Taipei, from Taiwanese-only taps at Learn Bar and Zhangmen’s huge selection, to imported beer at Hit Cat Brewing, and smash burgers with Taihu Brewery in Da’an.
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Sep 2026 Da'an, Taipei
We went back to Yongkang Beef Noodle, the shop that's been serving red-braised bowls since 1963. The tendon is as tender as ever, with increased prices and long line-ups, does it live up to the hype?
Guide
Sep 2026 6 min read
Around Taipei 101, you'll find a lot of shopping, and a lot of places to have a cocktail. But there's a few good spots to have a craft beer as well.
Review
Sep 2026 Shilin, Taipei
I've eaten at more than a hundred ramen shops around Taipei, and Douraku in Shilin is one I keep coming back to. It started as a Fukuoka-style yatai in 2016, and the Japanese-style broth is rich without being undrinkably salty, the kaedama is free, and the karaage and chashu rice are as good as the ramen. Kalen went gekikara on the spicy tonkotsu; I stuck with the deluxe shoyu.
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Aug 2026 Wanhua, Taipei
I'd wanted to try 門前隱味牛肉麵 since I first saw it on Instagram: an Ichiran-style beef noodle shop where you eat in your own booth and the bowl arrives through a bamboo blind. I walked into the Ximen branch on a weekday afternoon and ordered the mala half-tendon half-beef with wide noodles, plus spicy glass noodles and pickled green mango. Is it too expensive for a bowl of beef noodle?
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