Taipei Minsheng Community’s Longstanding Knife-Cut Noodles Spot — Also Serves Hearty Hot and Sour Soup and Crispy Scallion Pancakes

Text and photos byLaok

The Minquan Bridge is one of the main routes in and out of Neihu, so this Ripin Knife-Cut Noodles spot under the bridge has been on Meiji’s radar for a while. Recently, she’s had more chances to eat out after work, and with a fan’s recommendation, she and Laok decided to give it a try, Up！Ripin Knife-Cut Noodles is located on Minquan East Road, not too close to any MRT station — taking the bus is more convenient. If you’re driving, you might need to park in the alley at the back.

The dining space inside is pretty spacious. It wasn’t packed, but there were quite a few customers coming and going.

To the right as you enter is a small counter with side dishes.

The walls have photos of various dishes for reference.

Although the menu looks extensive, the actual variety isn’t huge. For soup noodles, they offer knife-cut noodles, ramen, and thin rice noodles; stir-fried options include noodles, rice cakes, flatbreads, fried rice, plus dumplings and stir-fried greens.

Since the restaurant is called Ripin Knife-Cut Noodles, that tells us we absolutely must order the knife-cut noodles. Laok got the knife-cut noodles with hot and sour soup. He said the noodles were good, and the toppings were quite generous.

The hot and sour soup also had plenty of ingredients, and the broth wasn’t overly thick.

The scallion pancakes were crispy and delicious, tasting even better with just a little soy sauce.

The only slight letdown was the dumplings — their wrappers were a bit thick, and the filling a bit dry. Maybe because Meiji had just eaten Xiao Mama’s dumplings, which cost 10 dollars each and were amazing, her standards for dumplings had gone way up. In the end, she tossed all her dumplings into Laok’s hot and sour soup to make DIY sour-and-spicy soup dumplings, since the thickened soup helped moisten the otherwise dry dumplings.

Friends who enjoy northern Chinese wheat-based dishes can check out Ripin Knife-Cut Noodles under the Minquan Bridge after work. There’s a good variety of noodle options here, and the prices are reasonable.

Ripin Shanxi Knife-Cut Noodles
Address: No. 15, Section 5, Minquan East Road, Songshan District, Taipei City
Phone: 02-2769-8285
Business Hours: 11:00–14:00, 17:00–20:30

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