[Taipei] Qiao Tou Spicy Hotpot 橋頭麻辣火鍋

Qiao Tou Spicy Hotpot 橋頭麻辣火鍋

Add: No. 157, DunHua S Rd, Sec 1, 2F, 4F 台北市大安區敦化南路一段157號2樓、4樓
Tel: (02) 2777 5608
Hours: 5:30pm-3am
Price: 500~600 NTD/person
Visited: Oct 2011

On my last night in Taipei, I found myself congregating with a group fanatic hotpot eaters at Qiao Tou, one of the most popular spicy hotpot restaurants in Taipei. Now you might not know that Taiwanese people have a curious obsession with spicy hotpot, originally a Chongqing specialty…but the group I was with consisted of a few particularly seasoned hotpot eaters who know what they want and how they want it. Let’s fire it up.



There are four soup bases to choose from – spicy, clear, curry, or milk (麻辣, 清湯, 咖哩, 牛奶). Spicy is a must, and for the other side we chose the clear soup, though the milk option also looked quite enticing. 


The spicy soup comes with an unlimited supply of tofu and congealed duck blood that have been tumbling and rumbling in the soup base for hours. Thoroughly flavored, satisfyingly spicy.


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