Oyster Omelet
蚵仔煎é zǐ jiān
- Briny
- Savory
- Sweet
- +1 more
Taipei
Ningxia Night Market
寧夏夜市
One short pedestrian street packed with stalls, many of them noted by Michelin
- Hours
- Daily 17:00–23:30
- Crowds
- Busy
- Average spend
- NT$250–500per person
- Nearest station
- ShuangchengTamsui-Xinyi Line (Red)
The market
About Ningxia Night Market
Ningxia is a short pedestrian street in Datong District, between Nanjing West Road and Minsheng West Road, densely packed with stalls serving both traditional and inventive snacks. Cars are kept out, stalls carry English translations and some take mobile payments, which makes it friendly for first-timers.
It has an unusual concentration of Michelin-noted stalls: Yuan Huan Pien's oyster omelets have been in the Michelin guide for several years (a Selected restaurant in 2026), while press reports say Liu Yu Zai's egg-yolk taro cakes and crispy taro balls and Rong's pork liver soup were on the Bib Gourmand list year after year, though neither is on the current 2026 lists. For something simpler start with braised pork rice, egg-pocket melon soup or tofu pudding, then walk about 500 meters west to Dihua Street in Dadaocheng.
Best foods
What to eat
The signature dishes of Ningxia Night Market, with typical prices.
Typical price: NT$70–120 · per plate
Braised Pork Rice
滷肉飯lǔròu fàn
- Savory
- Porky
- Rich
- +2 more
Typical price: NT$30–70 · per bowl (small to large)
Douhua (Tofu Pudding)
豆花dòuhuā
- Vegan
- Sweet
- Light
- Nutty
- +1 more
Typical price: NT$40–80 · per bowl (with toppings)
Stinky Tofu
臭豆腐chòu dòufu
- Fermented
- Savory
- Umami
- +3 more
Typical price: NT$60–150 · per plate
Pepper Bun
胡椒餅hújiāo bǐng
- Peppery
- Savory
- Porky
- +2 more
Typical price: NT$40–80 · per bun
Eat your way through
Ningxia Night Market, the whole street
A suggested order for an evening here. Share what you order and linger where the queue is longest.
- About 1 h 30 min
- 5 stops
Stop 1: Yuan Huan Pien Oyster Omelet
The mid-market stall that, according to Michelin, has been making oyster omelets since 1965, with oysters from Tainan.
Stop 2: Liu Yu Zai
Egg-yolk taro cakes and crispy taro balls, crisp outside and soft within; expect a line. Press reports say it was on Michelin's Bib Gourmand list for several years, but it is not on the current 2026 lists.
Stop 3: Ya Tou Zheng Er Dai
Order a small bowl of braised pork rice and the egg-pocket melon soup for a light, clean contrast.
- Braised Pork Rice
- Ya Tou Zheng Er Dai Braised Pork Rice
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Stop 4: Rong's Pork Liver (Rong Zai)
Michelin's Dadaocheng guide lists this stall (stalls 8 and 10 at Ningxia Night Market), known for pork liver soup; press reports say it has run for more than seventy years, and a Marie Claire roundup updated in September 2026 gives 17:00 to 02:00. It is not on the current 2026 lists, and stalls change, so confirm on the spot.
Stop 5: Dou Hua Zhuang
Finish with a warm bowl of tofu pudding at 49 Ningxia Road.
On the lanes
Stalls worth finding
A few stalls we know, with tips for spotting them. Line-ups change, so treat this as a starting point.
4 stalls
Yuan Huan Pien Oyster Omelet
圓環邊蚵仔煎
The best-known oyster omelet stall at Ningxia, in the middle stretch of the market; the 'yuan huan' in its name most likely refers to the nearby Jiancheng Circle. According to Michelin it has been making its omelets since 1965, with oysters from Tainan and a homemade sweet-and-hot sauce. Michelin has listed it for several years and the 2026 Taiwan guide still includes it as a Selected restaurant. It also opens at lunchtime, so you do not have to wait for the night market to start; it is cash only and closed on Mondays.
Known forOyster Omelet
How to find it: Mid-market at 46 Ningxia Road; there is usually a line at the door.
Ya Tou Zheng Er Dai Braised Pork Rice
鴨頭正二代滷肉飯
A veteran braised pork rice stall in Ningxia whose name comes from the owner family's nickname, 'Ya Tou' (duck head); TVBS Supertaste reports it has been running since 1974, so more than four decades. The signature is really a bowl of egg-pocket melon-and-pork soup, a bone-broth base with a soft-set egg pouch, pork thick-soup bits and crunchy pickled melon, and most customers order braised pork rice alongside. A small bowl of rice makes an easy mid-market stop without filling you up.
Known forBraised Pork Rice
How to find it: Inside the market; guides give different positions (36 or 40 Ningxia Road, or stall 76), so go by the signboard.
Dou Hua Zhuang
豆花莊
A long-established tofu pudding shop at 49 Ningxia Road, on the edge of the night market. Reports say it opened in 1965, which makes it nearly sixty years old, and it keeps unusually long hours, from 10:00 to 01:00. The draw is soft, silky douhua topped with peanuts or red beans; another favorite is 'black heart, white jade', small glutinous rice balls with a sesame filling. After oyster omelets and braised pork rice, a warm bowl makes a gentle finish.
Known forDouhua (Tofu Pudding)
How to find it: On the edge of the market, a few steps from Yuan Huan Pien.
Li Zhang Bo Stinky Tofu (李掌伯, formerly written 里長伯)
李掌伯臭豆腐（前身里長伯臭豆腐）
A long-running stinky tofu stall at Ningxia whose name is now written 李掌伯; older guides write it 里長伯, and both are read Li Zhang Bo. Chinese Wikipedia's Ningxia article still lists 里長伯臭豆腐 among the market's representative stalls. A Marie Claire roundup updated in September 2026 says it has been running for more than sixty years. The signature is crisp fried stinky tofu with Taiwanese pickled cabbage; a NOWnews report from late 2024 prices a portion at NT$65 and describes the skin as very crunchy and well flavored. The menu also lists spicy duck-blood stinky tofu, 'golden sand' stinky tofu and crispy fried stinky wontons. If the smell worries you, start with the fried version.
Known forStinky Tofu
How to find it: At 22-9 Ningxia Road, on the Nanjing West Road side of the street; the signboard may read 李掌伯 or 里長伯.
Plan your visit
Where and when
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Ningxia Road, Datong District, Taipei (between Nanjing West Road and Minsheng West Road)
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Taipei Travel Net, the city government's official tourism site, lists 17:00-23:30 daily, and that window is used here. Chinese Wikipedia says 17:00-01:00, and big names such as Yuan Huan Pien keep serving until 00:30-01:00, so many stalls run later than the official listing; individual stalls vary, and some open earlier in the day (Dou Hua Zhuang opens at 10:00).
Stalls set their own hours and close on their own days. Confirm before you go.
Know before you go
Visitor information
- Best time to go
- Between 17:00 and 19:00 is easiest; weekday evenings are usually calmer than weekends. The busiest window is roughly 19:00-22:00.
- Crowds
- Busy
- Average spend
- NT$250–500 · per person
- Payment
- Cash
- Mobile pay
- Getting around
- A car-free pedestrian street that gets crowded at night; wheelchairs and strollers need patience.
Good to know
- Cash is still the norm; some stalls take mobile payments, but do not rely on your phone alone.
- Yuan Huan Pien also opens at lunch (12:00-14:30) and is closed on Mondays; go at lunch to skip the evening crowd.
- The street is short and the stalls dense, so order one small portion at each and work your way along.
How to arrive
Getting there
- 10 min walk
Metro
Shuangcheng
Tamsui-Xinyi Line (Red)
Exit 1, then walk west along Minsheng West Road.
- 10 min walk
Metro
Zhongshan
Tamsui-Xinyi Line (Red)
Exit 1, then walk west along Nanjing West Road (about 10 minutes according to NOWnews, 2024).
History
A little history
Ningxia's history is told in several ways, is hard to verify, and has no single, firm opening year. What is better documented is the neighboring Jiancheng Circle: it was laid out in 1908 under Japanese rule, Chinese Wikipedia calls it Taipei's most important snack night market of that era, and snack stalls revived around it after the war; its buildings were demolished in 2016, leaving a green plaza.
Ningxia is often seen as continuing the circle's snack tradition, and the name of Yuan Huan Pien ('beside the circle') echoes that, but we found no reliable documentation of the exact link, so read it as a rough outline.
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Photo credits (10)
- Ningxia Night MarketPhoto: Jonashtand · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
- Ningxia Night MarketPhoto: Jonashtand · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
- Ningxia Night MarketPhoto: m-louis .® · CC BY-SA 2.0 (opens in a new tab)
- Oyster OmeletPhoto: Morgan Calliope · CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab)
- Braised Pork RicePhoto: 總統府 · CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab)
- Douhua (Tofu Pudding)Photo: 阿道 · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
- Stinky TofuPhoto: takuma mori · CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab)
- Pepper BunPhoto: ThomasYehYeh · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
- Shilin Night MarketPhoto: Junyu-K · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
- Raohe Street Night MarketPhoto: Ji Soo Song · CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab)