Keelung-style brunch: dry noodles for breakfast + wonton soup, and braised pork rice + pig liver soup for lunch

In the early days, Keelung was the first line of contact for imported goods, and trendy items like coffee also started from the harbor area. “The food culture along Xiaosan Road is quite close to the ecosystem of the docks, with little overlap. My favorite breakfast is from Triangle Window Noodle Stall,” says Wang Honglin, owner of “Golden Bean Coffee,” as he brews a cup of Yirgacheffe using a siphon pot.

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His coffee-making skills were all taught by his father. Starting with just three tables under Bridge No. 31 and a siphon coffee for 35 NT dollars, the first-generation owner, Wang Guosheng, opened the original Golden Bean location 25 years ago. It opened at 6 a.m. every day, perfectly timed with the closure of the nearby fish market, so that fishermen and workers could come in for a coffee break. It stayed open until 9 p.m.

The current “Golden Bean Coffee Tasting Corridor” uses the first-floor café as its base, while the second floor serves as a platform for promoting local art and culture exhibitions. “Running a shop is like having a living room. At the beginning, my dad didn’t want me to take over because he saw the decline of the city,” Wang Honglin says. The glow of Taipei was too bright, and as the population continued to move away, Wang Honglin and his wife once considered leaving the city, but they ultimately returned because of this beautiful Baroque-era old building. Golden Bean Coffee has spanned generations, bearing witness to both the vibrancy and decline of the harbor district.

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