For those of you who don't want to go home yet: three hidden late-night canteens in Taipei to enjoy a full night

Text: Womany Phoebe

Would you feel sorry if the end of the day ended at the end of the day? Do you think it means that life is just about going to work?

A lot of people feel the same way, otherwise we wouldn't be eager to schedule our own private events after work. Including eating, exercising, watching dramas, drinking, etc., are all proof that we don't want to end the day with work, and therefore, leisure and entertainment after night is a big thing.

The Japanese manga "Midnight Canteen", which has been serialized since 2006, has opened people's imagination of eating and night, and food is no longer only satiety, but also can only be used to sleep at night. In the cafeteria, each guest brings a story with them, and they exchange each other's lives in a small space, and they also see themselves in others. And a sentence in the play also expresses the charm of the late-night canteen:

Imperfect life finds the strength to face in the cafeteria, which is the afterglow of the late-night canteen.

The charm of late-night canteens, only to understand after visiting, for you to collect three unique late-night canteens in Taipei, where we feel life, exchange experiences, and learn to get along with their own emotions.

Tell you what Taiwanese taste is: Gluttonous Restaurant

When it comes to late-night restaurants, many people may first think of Japanese restaurants such as izakaya and skewer shops, but the "Gluttonous Restaurant" in Taipei's Daan District sells Taiwanese sake and Taiwanese cuisine, and is a late-night restaurant with a strong Taiwanese flavor.

The new home bid farewell to the mixed style of Taiwan and Japan in the past, and replaced it with furniture such as big red round tables, tile walls, and round benches that can better represent Taiwan. In addition to the seating area suitable for small groups, there are also counter seats on the side, and the overall atmosphere is full of "market feeling", which makes the dining atmosphere more subtle.

The restaurant's signature dishes include Q-bomb noodles and spicy aroma of "private peppercorn noodles", "Dazi Preserved Egg Tofu" with kola nut in the dish, craft beer, plum wine, and millet wine all from Taiwanese breweries. After work, whether you find a companion to eat with or not, you can step into the gluttonous restaurant and experience the Taiwanese food that you rarely stop to pay attention to! (Recommended reading: Matcha, honey bean ice, late-night cafeteria!) Don't just press IG to track, and leave for Taichung immediately)

Opening hours: 18:00-02:00 daily
Address: No. 58, Lane 30, Section 4, Xinyi Road, Taipei City

It's a bar, it's also a canteen: Gentle Township

Source: Gentle Township Facebook

When I first saw the word Gentle Township, there was always a blush in my heart, as if there was a gentle person there, who would treat every guest who came to me gently, and spend a night with a tenderness that could not be found outside, so when I knew that there was a bar named Gentle Township, I curiously searched on Facebook. I only saw that the synopsis was written like this:

If you still have some thoughts in your mind,
You can rest assured that you can take off your robe and
Sneaking out of this huge studio,
Slipping through this door that only exists in everyone's dreams,

This door will only appear from eleven o'clock every night to six o'clock in the morning.
You just provide the time, and we provide the space,
This is where the trajectories intersect,

Nothing is more real than waking up in a gentle country and dreaming.

Source: Gentle Township Facebook

Source: Gentle Township Facebook

Open only in the early hours of the morning, with wine and food, what Gentle Xiang wants to do is to soothe your soul and stomach during the long night. And in order to avoid noisy people, every Friday and Saturday are not open for business, if you want to choose a place to stay in the noisy city, then perhaps, many people will have a gentle township in their hearts. (Recommended reading: Mother and Son's Late-Night Canteen: Shiitake Mushrooms, the Biggest Tragedy in My Brief History of Cooking)

Business hours:23:00-06:00 daily, closed on Fridays and Saturdays
Address: No. 22, Lane 175, Jinzhou Street, Zhongshan District, Taipei City

Affordable Japanese taste: Yaba Shokudo

Towards the end of the month, it is inevitable that you will need to "tighten your belts and purse" a little, and if you want to eat some healing food, the affordable price and special meals of "Night Leaf Canteen" are enough for you to live a healing night.

Source: Yeye Canteen Facebook

The Yeye Canteen, which started in Sanchong District, New Taipei City, went to Taichung in May this year to provide more Japanese meals to tired office workers in the city. When you walk into the store and open the menu, you can see that most of them are 100 yuan, including curry rice, udon noodles, skewers, fried food, etc., which are all approachable prices. It's relaxing, it's great value to pay, and it's also a kind of healing, right?

Source: Yeye Canteen Facebook

Source: Yeye Canteen Facebook

The restaurant's signature dishes are udon noodles with white sauce and egg curry rice, so residents from both northern and central parts can come and sit at the restaurant if you have the chance!

Mie shop
Opening hours: 18:00-02:00 daily
Address: No. 170, Section 1, Ziqiang Road, Sanchong District, New Taipei City

Wenxin store
Opening hours: 18:00-02:00 daily
Address: No. 62, Section 3, Wenxin Road, Xitun District, Taichung City

The existence of a late-night canteen can undoubtedly allow busy workers to take a break in their rush life. We are here to eat and drink to our heart's content, and continue to return to the road of life with strength; We are here to put aside our unresolved concerns so that tomorrow's work can continue. We spend every night here when we don't want to go home early, swallowing food and tasting life.

After work tonight, let's go to the late-night cafeteria and sit down for a nice end to the day.