Must-eats at Ningxia Night Market: Fried Silver Thread Rolls, Liu Yuzai Salted Egg Yolk Taro Cakes, and Crispy Taro Balls

▲ Chocolate-flavored Fried Silver Thread Rolls, cut into pieces after frying and drizzled with condensed milk. They’re super~~delicious when eaten hot.

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Ningxia Night Market is a famous food battleground in Taipei, filled with countless iconic street snacks I’ve heard so much about but never really felt motivated to visit—until now. This time, my hotel just happened to be right next to the night market, so I finally had the chance to indulge. But between the two of us ladies having low “food-fighting power” and spending quite a bit of time waiting in lines, we only managed to try a few places. Haha—guess I’ll just have to save my appetite for next time.
Ningxia Night Market is an eco-friendly tourist night market. Indeed, in this small stretch of night market, you’ll find plenty of trash bins, and they’re kept fairly clean and tidy.


I originally thought Ningxia Night Market would be huge, but it’s actually not that big—just a long strip.


And it’s mostly made up of snack stalls.


Each stall has a number, which shows it’s a well-managed and organized night market.

My friend first recommended this Thai-style chicken thigh skewer stall, but we didn’t come here for the chicken thighs.


My friend recommended this place for their Silver Thread Rolls.


The Fried Silver Thread Rolls come in three flavors, and I chose the chocolate one. The first bite immersed me in the soft, sweet filling inside. The fried exterior is crispy while the inside remains soft and chewy. The filling is sweet and smooth, with the added sweetness and aroma of condensed milk—it’s absolutely delicious!!


The Teppanyaki Scallion Pancake Roll stall also seemed quite unique, but I was too full from the Fried Silver Thread Rolls and didn’t have room to try it. Still, I was very curious about it.


It looks like a combination of teppanyaki and scallion pancake, which is pretty creative. But whether it tastes good or not—I don’t know~ XD

Chicken wings stuffed with fried rice and oil rice: In recent years, Taiwanese street food has been all about either chicken wings or squid, often stuffed with risotto or oil rice. There’s definitely some creativity involved, but it probably makes for a pretty heavy meal.


This is Liu Yuzai Salted Egg Yolk Taro Cakes—the line for this place was ridiculously long. My friend said it’s an absolute must-buy here, so we lined up without hesitation—probably waited close to an hour!!


Also, I noticed they make and fry everything fresh on the spot. That probably makes it taste fresher.


The boss works super fast, averaging just a few seconds per piece.

Making and frying everything fresh keeps them so busy they barely have time to talk to customers. If you try to ask them something, they’ll just point you to the sign instead of answering. But don’t blame them for the service attitude—they’re juggling stuffing meat floss and salted egg yolk, wrapping, taking money, giving change, and there are only three of them, each with their own task. Just standing nearby, you can feel how hectic it is, so don’t expect great service or smiles.

Look at that mountain of salted egg yolks, cured pork, and those neatly arranged taro paste balls—they let you see the ingredients in their original form and the whole handmade process. Everything is clean, tidy, and fresh.


It turns out this place is already in its second generation of operation, with over 40 years of history. They use taro from Kaohsiung’s Jiaxian, and everything is made by hand with real ingredients.


The Liu Yuzai Salted Egg Yolk Taro Cakes and Crispy Taro Balls we waited so long to get.


The Crispy Taro Balls are simply taro paste balls, with a crispy outside and soft, moist texture inside. They’re quite good, though not particularly special, with a satisfying level of moisture and not greasy at all.

The Salted Egg Yolk Taro Cake has taro paste filled with salted egg yolk and meat floss made from fresh pork. This is probably the most popular item.

It has the savory taste of meat floss, the soft and chewy texture of the salted egg yolk, balanced with the sweet taro paste. The result is a soft, moist texture with rich meat floss and salted egg yolk adding tons of flavor and layered aroma. Though it’s not the best salted egg yolk taro cake I’ve ever had, it still performs quite well. For such an affordable street snack, it’s impressive to see such a long line.

After eating at these two places, we were no longer hungry at all. We decided to come back next time with more room in our stomachs. Ningxia Night Market isn’t very big, but there are quite a lot of delicious snacks. No wonder it has such a strong reputation.



【Ningxia Night Market】

Address:Datong District, Taipei City, Ningxia Road, located between Nanjing West Road and Minsheng West Road
Time:5:30 PM to around 1:00 AM
Phone:0915-692-480 (Lin Dingguo, Director of Taipei Ningxia Night Market Tourism Association)
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