Stinky Tofu
臭豆腐chòu dòufu
- Fermented
- Savory
- Umami
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The restaurant
About this place
Qiaotou stinky tofu on Minquan Street in Yuli is the brand's original shop, according to Mirror Media (2025). Chinese Wikipedia lists 'Qiaotou stinky tofu' alongside Yuli noodles and Yuli yokan among the town's specialties. It sells crisp fried stinky tofu: block tofu made from non-GMO soybeans which, per NOWnews and Mirror Media, is fried in oil at three different temperatures, so the skin is very thin and the inside still moist. It comes with sweet-sour cabbage pickle, shredded radish and basil, topped with a house sauce or chili sauce; Mirror Media puts a portion at NT$100, and customers take a numbered ticket and queue.
In the stinky-tofu round of the TV show Night Market King in late 2024 the shop's 玉里臭豆腐 came first, and its fame grew. NOWnews (January 2025) gives hours of 11:00 to 19:00 daily and Mirror Media (March 2025) says until 19:30, so it suits a late-morning or afternoon visit. Guangshengtang yokan (Zhongshan Road Section 2) is about 250 meters away, so the two string into an afternoon.
What to order
Signature dishes
What the place is known for, with typical prices for each dish.
Typical price: NT$60–150 · per plate
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Around the corner
Yuli
Yuli sits in the middle of the Huatung Valley, covers about 252 square kilometers and, according to Chinese Wikipedia, is the largest town (鎮) in Taiwan by area. Yuli noodles are its calling card: hand-made yellow oil noodles served in broth or dry. A 2013 noodle festival promoted 53 shops, though Chinese Wikipedia adds that the town itself has about four noodle makers and a dozen or so noodle sellers. The noodles contain no preservatives and reportedly do not keep to the next day, so you eat them in town. The town's other specialties include Yuli yokan, Qiaotou stinky tofu and its well-regarded rice.
Yuli was called Púshígé (璞石閣) until it was renamed in 1917.
Nearby
Night markets in Hualien
Night market- Hualien
- Daily 18:00–00:00
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Photo credits (2)
- Stinky TofuPhoto: takuma mori · CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab)
- Dongdamen Night MarketPhoto: lumoplank · CC0 (opens in a new tab)