Solo score 4 out of 5: Very comfortableMultiple sources agree · checked 2026-10
Opium Congee (Ya Pian Zhou)
鴉片粥 一點創意麵線料理 · show this name to taxi drivers
A tiny breakfast stall with red lanterns in a lane just off the Shuanglian morning market, cooking about 14 kinds of savory rice congee, four of them vegetarian, plus mee sua (thin noodles in a thick broth). Most people take a bowl away, but there are a few seats, and if you eat in you can top up with plain congee for free.
At a glance for one
Seating
Small tables
Portions
Single portions
Peak hours
Queue at peak
How to order
Order at counter
Price for one
NT$60–100
Hours
06:30–14:00 · Closed Sun
Closes earlier if the congee sells out.
Booking
Not needed
Vegetarian
Vegetarian options
Details can change. Check on site before you rely on hours, prices or payment.
How to order, step by step
- Walk about 3 minutes from Shuanglian Station Exit 2 into Alley 3, Lane 45, Minsheng West Road, and look for the red lanterns
- Join the line and order one bowl at the stall
- Say whether you will eat in or take away. There are only a few small seats
- Pay in cash
- If you eat in, add the spicy pickled radish on the table and ask for a top-up of plain congee if you want more
What to order solo: The house special, 魔法鴉片粥, comes with mushroom chicken, century egg, whitebait, peanuts and pork floss (about NT$100 in a 2024 report, when most bowls were NT$60-100). Check the posted price. Vegetarians can pick one of the four vegetarian congees, but ask about egg, garlic and onion if you avoid them.
Best time to go alone: Before 09:00 on a weekday. It closes at 14:00, or earlier if it sells out, and is closed on Sundays. Pair it with a walk through the Shuanglian morning market.
Before you go
Taipei is one of the easiest cities in Asia to eat alone. The kinds of places built for one, how ordering works, when to go, and how to pay.
Read: Eating alone in Taipei: what to know →Getting there
MRT: Shuanglian (R12), Exit 2, about 3 min walk
No. 17, Aly. 3, Ln. 45, Minsheng W. Rd., Zhongshan Dist., Taipei City
台北市中山區民生西路45巷3弄17號
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Sources & checks
Multiple sources agree · 2026-10
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