O a jian is the Hokkien-Taiwanese oyster omelette: gummy sweet-potato-starch batter folded around small oysters and eggs, glossed with sweet pink sauce.
Oyster omelette arrived in Taipei with Hokkien settlers from Fujian in the 1700s, evolving in Taiwan from a humble seafood dish into a night-market hero. The gummy texture comes from sweet-potato starch beaten into the egg. Tainan-coast oysters dominate, smaller and sweeter than Pacific varieties. Yuan Huan Bian at Ningxia Night Market has been frying them since 1965, the canonical Taipei version, slightly gooey rather than crisp.
3 editor picks for Oyster omelette in Taipei, ranked by editorial score. All Taipei signature dishes · Oyster omelette across every city.
Addiction Aquatic Development ★ 4.5
zhongshan · No. 18, Alley 2, Lane 410, Minzu East Road, Zhongshan District, Taipei City 104
Addiction Aquatic Development is a fish-market food complex in Zhongshan with a standing sushi bar, oyster bar, hot-pot room, and an excellent chirashi deli.
Shilin Night Market ★ 4.5
shilin · No. 101, Jihe Road, Shilin District, Taipei City 111
Shilin Night Market is Taiwan's largest, 500-plus stalls. Hot Star fried chicken, stinky tofu, ai yu jelly and the reopened underground food court.
Yuan Huan Bian Oyster Omelette ★ 4.4
datong · No. 46, Ningxia Road, Datong District, Taipei City 103
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.