Kingspicy — Dàwáng Málà Gānmiàn — is a cult Taipei noodle joint built around one gloriously fiery dish: málà dry noodles, tossed in a numbing-hot Sichuan-style chilli-and-peppercorn sauce rather than soup. Tucked in the lanes of Xinyi near Wuxing Street, it is a cheap, no-frills, order-at-the-counter kind of place that locals queue for.
The move is the signature dry málà noodles, springy and slicked in tingling chilli oil, ordered to your chosen spice level and piled with toppings — braised beef, wontons, greens, a tea egg. It is fast, filling and satisfyingly punchy, the sort of quick, sweat-inducing bowl that keeps a devoted following coming back.
Local tip: Pick your spice level carefully — the top settings are seriously numbing — and add toppings to build a fuller bowl. It is a grab-a-stool, eat-and-go spot, best at off-peak times to skip the queue.
Good to know
- Where: Lane 118, Wuxing St, Xinyi District, Taipei
- City: Taipei