About 1 h 15 min
Stop 1: Fu Hang Soy Milk
It opens at 5:30 and the line only grows. Order savory soy milk and a thick flatbread with egg and sit down to eat slowly; closed Mondays.
One-day trail · Taipei
Soy Milk to Beef Noodles: A Taipei Day
從豆漿到牛肉麵：台北的一個白天
6 h 45 min5 stops
Overview
About this route
Start with dawn soy milk at Huashan Market, walk past Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, then eat soup dumplings and beef noodles around Yongkang Street. Most of it is walkable; Fu Hang is closed on Mondays, so on that day start at Yongkang instead.
Opening days and hours change, so check before you set out.
Stop by stop
The itinerary
- About 1 h 30 min
Stop 2: Walk to Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall
Walk about 1.1 kilometers south from Huashan Market (around 15 minutes) to settle breakfast and see the memorial's plaza.
- About 1 h 15 min
Stop 3: Din Tai Fung (Xinyi Road)
It opens at 10:45, so the first seating has the shortest wait. About 1 kilometer (15 minutes) on foot from the memorial; order the bitter melon and pork rib soup along with the dumplings.
- About 45 min
Stop 4: Stroll Yongkang Street
Yongkang Street, a short walk from Din Tai Fung, is a food street well known to visitors; in summer try the mango shaved ice that Michelin recommends.
At this stop
- About 1 h
Stop 5: Yongkang Beef Noodle
About a 6-minute walk (400 meters) from Din Tai Fung. The signature is the red-braised half-tendon bowl; after the dumplings, order a small bowl or share.
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