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| 歐仔麵線 | No. 302號, Section 1, Xiyuan Rd, Wanhua District, Taipei City, Taiwan 108 🚅 Longshan Temple station (Blue Line) ⏰ 8:30am - sold out (usually before 12 noon) |
We landed in Taipei at 6am, took the airport train and MRT to our hotel, put down our bags, and came straight for 歐仔麵線 Ou Zai Mee Sua near Longshan Temple MRT station (it is also near Wanhua railway station). We wanted to start by joining locals for breakfast 😁
There was already a queue when we found our way here at 歐仔麵線.
We used Google Map navigating in Taipei. It is up-to-date and has enough English annotations for non-Chinese users.
There are various options. Mee sua only (kosong), with big pork intestine, sliced pork (tendon 猪肉根), and oysters.
(Some places like Taipei's most famous Ah Chung of Ximending serves only mee sua with pork intestine, no pork, no oysters.)
Stall opens at 8:30am till sold out which is usually a couple of hours.
Mee sua kosong starts at NT$35 and the highest option with everything in at NT$65.
The second generation stall is more than 60 years old at the same spot founded by the lady boss' father. As Ou Zai Mee Sua is so long in the neighbourhood, they are willing to serve half portions of "everything in" for local senior folks on goodwill. I am touched that this kampung spirit is still alive and well, even in the heart of the big city.
Sit around ledges extended from the push cart or flimsy folding tables and stools. Gritty, down-to-earth, hyperlocal, I like!
Make your order and they will serve you at your table, like at a restaurant 😄 👍
We got a few bowls 🤭 This is the NT$65 everything in serving dressed with coriander and freshly fried garlic.
"Eating in", I appreciate it that the mee sua is served in ceramic bowls instead of single use disposable paper cups.
The brown gooey gloppy soup tasted umami savoury reminding me of bonito flavour (that's what it is).
The soup coated mee sua (wheat) noodles were slender, slippery, with a subtle soft crunch to the bite. It also had its own very mild salty taste. I loved it.
Over the mee sua in a gooey gloppy soup were sliced pork, big pork intestine, and oysters.
Everything in the bowl was nice and my favourite things were the clean tasting, tender crunchy soft chewy pork intestine and soft juicy umami oysters (size of our pinkie nail).
I love the layered umami savoury flavours in the simple humble staple.
But, if you prefer more robust flavours, can add this salty spicy chili. In Taiwan, they usually add fermented bean paste into their sauces, hence it is normally strongly salty.
You can also add black vinegar, if you like a little tanginess in your mee sua.
We enjoyed ourselves so much at 歐仔麵線 that we added a mee sua kosong to savour another round before we set off for another food stop.
So pleased with Ou Zai Mee Sua 歐仔麵線. It's a great start to our week long makan (eating) adventure in Taipei.
Not the super famous touristy Ah Chung mee sua but a must try, I feel, to get an appreciation of where locals go for their staples.
Stall name: 歐仔麵線 Ou Zai Mee Sua
Address: No. 302號, Section 1, Xiyuan Rd, Wanhua District, Taipei City, Taiwan 108
Nearest MRT: Longshan Temple station (Blue Line)
Hours: 8:30am - sold out (usually before 12 noon) Off on Monday
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Written by Tony Boey on 4 Jun 2025
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