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About Ryozanpaku Soup Dumplings
What Is Ryozanpaku Soup Dumplings?
From a Quiet Soup Dumpling Specialty Shop Near Ximen in Taipei to a World-Renowned Restaurant with Long Lines
The restaurant’s history began in 2000 with a small shop in Ximending, Taipei’s cultural hub.
Originally a hidden gem quietly frequented by local residents, the steam rising from its bamboo steamers and the astonishing amount and quality of broth that burst forth from inside the dumplings with every bite quickly spread around the world through social media, travelers’ blogs, and review sites.
Today, it has grown into one of Taipei’s most iconic and popular restaurants, drawing long lines of tourists from Japan and abroad even before opening time.
What Is a Soup Dumpling?
Filling a thin wrapper with both meat and a generous amount of broth takes real skill. In Taiwan, dumplings that hold this broth inside and burst with it the moment you bite into them are given their own name to set them apart from ordinary steamed dumplings — here, we simply call them soup dumplings.
True to its name, Ryozanpaku Soup Dumplings serves authentic soup dumplings made with real skill and technique.
The Origin of the Name “Ryozanpaku”
The name “Ryozanpaku” draws on the famous saying from the classic novel Water Margin, “All within the four seas are brothers,” meaning a place where many tourists gather regardless of nationality.
The owner’s strong wish—that food connoisseurs from all over the world would gather around this restaurant’s warm-hearted, exquisite soup dumplings and enjoy themselves together—is still upheld today by the hands of its craftsmen.
