Da’an District, Taipei City｜Baodao Niu Beef Noodle Restaurant

The noodles and dumplings are the best it gets. The owners are so friendly, the atmosphere is really authentic. You have to try it—it least once! (You're spoilt for choice, but the Taiwanese Sesame Noodles ('majiang mian') are an absolute must.)

The interior is older looking and a bit dark. But hands down, this restaurant serves some of the BEST (pork & cabbage) dumplings and awesome beef noodles in Taipei. We've compared it to some of the native's favorite spots in Taiwan, and this place compares favorably to the best of them. I can understand how some gave this location a bad rap, as the servers are not really people oriented and may not smile a lot. But once you get to know them, they are pretty cool. (For comparison's sake, we've also twice been to the ZhongLi Lao Pai Beef Noodle restaurant in ZhongLi on YongFu Road. We're also on a quest to find better beef noodle restaurants throughout Taiwan!) Even though the Shida Night Market is tiny and easily overlooked, do yourself a favor and give some of their dishes a try. It is simply some of the BEST beef noodles you'll have in Taipei, and perhaps in Taiwan. We love to order the half tendon, half beef noodle soup. (半筋半肉) Some of their cold dishes are very tasty as well. I've also tried their dry style noodles, and they're also excellent. They have a chopstick sterilizing machine that seems pretty neat. In the summertime, they have air-conditioning and electric fans to keep you cool as well. Their pork and cabbage dumplings (when not broken) are really tasty even without sauces. The beef noodle broth is slightly spicy, but thankfully less than most other restaurants. After spending over a year visiting dozens of beef noodle soup restaurants, this one still stands amongst the best of them!

So strange that is got such poor rating having such an amazing taste, I love these noodles