Liu Yu Zai at Ningxia Night Market deep-fries taro balls stuffed with pork floss and pickled duck egg yolk. Bib Gourmand listed every year since 2018.
Try: Deep-fried taro balls
Tip: Open 17:30-24:00 daily. Cash only; queue forms by 18:00 Cash typically expected.
Yuan Huan Bian at Ningxia Night Market has been frying oyster omelettes since 1965, oysters from the Tainan coast, gooey not crisp, sweet house sauce.
Try: O a jian oyster omelette
Tip: Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Cash only; storefront on Ningxia Road.
Fang Chia at Ningxia Night Market in Taipei runs the chicken-rice stall (ji rou fan), poached chicken pulled from the bone over rice with house soy sauce.
Try: Shredded chicken rice
Tip: Open 17:00-23:30. Order with a side of bamboo soup and pickled vegetables.
Jim and Dad's near Dihua Street is the Taipei outpost of the Yilan-based American-style brewery, pouring house IPAs and seasonal stouts on a Datong patio.
Tip: Closed Tuesdays. Walk-in counter; food trucks rotate on the patio.
Ningxia Night Market in Taipei is the city's most compact night market, a single one-block strip in Datong with five Michelin Bib Gourmand stalls.
Tip: Open 17:00-01:00 daily. MRT Shuanglian, Exit 1; 5-minute walk.
Yongle Market and Dihua Street in Datong is Taipei's oldest dried-goods district, Qing dynasty roots, with mushrooms, herbs and Lunar New Year goods.
Tip: Yongle Market closed Mondays. Lunar New Year fortnight is the most ambient window.
For the fortnight before Lunar New Year the dried goods shops of Dihua Street spill onto the pavement with tasting stalls of nuts, candied fruit, mullet roe, sausages and sweets, run by the city's Office of Commerce.
Tip: Go on a weekday morning; free shuttle buses run on three routes from nearby MRT stations and the whole street is a no smoking zone during the event.
Taipei's tourism bureau stages fireworks and drone shows over Dadaocheng Wharf for three weeks each summer, with concerts at Yongle Plaza and more than 90 Dihua Street shops and eateries running festival offers.
Tip: Fireworks nights are the opening Saturday, one midweek evening and the Qixi finale; eat on Dihua Street before 19:00, then walk to the wharf for the 20:00 show.
CookInn Taiwan's afternoon xiaolongbao class in Taipei walks travelers through dough, filling and the kung-fu tea ceremony, two-hour session in Datong.
Tip: Closed Mondays. Book online via Cookinn site; vegetarian and gluten-free adaptions on request.
CookInn Taiwan's signature beef noodle and bubble tea class in Taipei combines soup dumplings, braised beef noodle and the bubble milk tea recipe.
Tip: Closed Mondays. English-speaking instructors; gluten-free and vegetarian options on request.
CookInn's Taiwanese dessert class in Taipei runs the tang yuan glutinous-rice balls and bubble milk tea recipes, a two-hour session with kung-fu tea ceremony.
Tip: Closed Mondays. Vegetarian-friendly base recipe; add bubble tea pearls fresh.
Yuan Huan Bian at Ningxia in Taipei has been frying oyster omelettes since 1965 for under NT$100, Tainan-coast oysters and sweet house sauce.
Try: O a jian oyster omelette
Tip: Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Liu Yu Zai at Ningxia Night Market deep-fries taro balls stuffed with pork floss and salted egg yolk for NT$60 to NT$80. Bib Gourmand listed since 2018.
Try: Taro balls
Tip: Cash only. Queue from 18:00.
Fang Chia at Ningxia Night Market runs the canonical ji rou fan in Taipei, NT$50 a bowl of shredded chicken on rice with house soy sauce. Bib Gourmand listed.
Try: Shredded chicken rice
Tip: Cash only. Add bamboo soup as a side.
Ningxia Night Market runs until 01:00 daily, Taipei's latest-close major night market with five Bib Gourmand stalls including Liu Yu Zai and Yuan Huan Bian.
Try: Oyster omelette and taro balls
Tip: MRT Shuanglian, Exit 1.
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