正記麻油料理

The signature is sesame oil pork kidney soup, the kidney blanched tender with no gamey smell in a broth thick with sesame oil aroma. The steamed rice cake (tong-a bi-ko) comes drizzled in a sweet-savory sauce over firmly steamed glutinous rice. The pickled mustard green and pork tripe soup is tangy and appetite-opening, a dish more people end up liking than expected, while the mixed sesame oil soup lets you try kidney, pork heart, and pork liver all at once. One Google reviewer wrote, "The mixed sesame oil soup is NT$120, both the ingredients and the broth are great, worth buying," and another described tagging along with '500 Bowls' judges to try the sesame oil pork kidney soup: "NT$120 for a bowl with five large pieces of kidney, wonderfully crisp texture."

A long-running sesame oil soup stall inside Liaoning Night Market; the sign reads "Since 1980" and "50-year-old shop." Closed Sundays, open from early evening until 11pm, with limited seating, so it's worth arriving early during meal times to grab a spot. Cash only for now.