A Traditional Taiwanese breakfast at 阜杭豆漿

阜杭豆漿
Address in Chinese: 台北市忠孝東路一段108號2樓華山市場
Address in English: Hua Shan Market, 2F, No. 108, Zhongxiao E. Rd., Sec. 1
Transportation: Shandao MRT Station Exit 4 or 5 捷運善導寺站4號5號出口

This place was on tripadvisor as well as numerous Chinese websites with rave reviews of their soybean milk.  We came out of the subway station and immediate saw a long line snaked around a corner.  Turns out that after we turned the corner, we still had to go up to the second floor and into a food court before we could order.  We started lining up at 10:25am and finally sat down to eat at 11:50am.  Needless to say, we were starving and anything would have tasted great at that point!  The hour and a half line up looked something like this. 

Between the two of us, we ordered 豆漿 soybean milk, 粢飯 sticky rice, 厚餅 a thick bun with egg inside, and 2 fried eggs.  I would have loved to have tried their savoury soy milk, but after an experience in Shanghai a few years ago, I was a bit hesitant.  The soy milk was definitely the best part of this breakfast. 

Honestly, it was a bit ridiculous waiting in a line for 1.5 hours.  The soy milk was fantastic, and the food wasn’t bad either, but I don’t know if I would wait 1.5 hours again.  Especially when there was a永和豆漿 right across the street from this place.  永和豆漿 is a big soy bean milk chain found throughout Taiwan.  I can see many people giving up and just going over to 永和豆漿 instead.