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TaiwaneseWanhuaUntil 21:30Cash only
Lao Shan Dong in Ximending runs late through the Wan Nian basement food court in Taipei, hand-pulled ribbon-noodle beef bowls until 21:30 daily. Bib Gourmand.
TryBeef noodle and dumplings
TipOpen 10:30-21:30 daily. Cash only.
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TaiwaneseSongshanUntil 03:00Cash only
Lin Dong Fang in Taipei runs the city's most reliable post-midnight beef noodle on Bade Road, open until 03:00 every night except Sundays. Bib Gourmand.
TryClear-broth beef noodle
TipOpen 11:00-03:00 Mon to Sat, closed Sundays. Cash only Kitchen close differs from bar close.
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BrunchDaanUntil Open 24 hours
Yong He Soya Milk King in Da'an is Taipei's 24-hour soy-milk breakfast counter, where shift workers and late finishers meet for hot soy milk and youtiao.
TrySoy milk and youtiao
TipOpen 24 hours daily. Cash and mobile pay.
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Japanese sushiZhongshanUntil 02:00 Fri and Sat, 24:00 other nights
Addiction Aquatic Development in Zhongshan keeps its standing-sushi bar pouring sake and serving chirashi until 02:00 Fri and Sat, 24:00 other nights.
TryStanding-bar sushi and chirashi
TipSushi bar 11:00-22:00 weekdays, 11:00-02:00 weekends Kitchen close differs from bar close.
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TaiwaneseShilinUntil 24:00Cash only
Shilin Night Market runs stall service until midnight every night, Taipei's biggest late-night canteen with 500-plus stalls of stinky tofu and fried cutlets.
TryNight-market eats and stinky tofu
TipMRT Jiantan Station; expect crowds until close on weekends Kitchen close differs from bar close.
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TaiwaneseSongshanUntil 24:00Cash only
Raohe Night Market in Songshan in Taipei runs until midnight every night, including the Bib Gourmand Fuzhou Shihzu pepper-bun stall at the market entrance.
TryPepper buns and pork rib soup
TipMRT Songshan.