Fengjia Yipin Tofu Pudding

Review

Fengjia Yipin Tofu Pudding sits on Wenhua Road in Xitun District, right in the Feng Chia University and night market area, and is one of the few shops in the district devoted to tofu pudding and traditional sweet soups. Customers are mostly students and night-market visitors, and it has hundreds of Google reviews; a blogger also wrote about coming here for shaved ice in summer and enjoying taro balls and tapioca in one bowl.

Ordering is simple: tofu pudding with three toppings, such as taro balls, tapioca and red beans. Prices recorded by diners have risen from NT$50 earlier to NT$60; the portion is medium and the sweetness is described as just right, not too sugary. It comes cold or hot — iced in summer to cool off, warm when it's chilly — and some particularly love the red bean soup.

Praise focuses on balanced sweetness, plenty of topping choices and how a bowl cuts through the richness after the night market; service is good too. Complaints include a price some find a little high for tofu pudding, air conditioning that isn't strong enough so it gets warm in summer, and a few calling it simply average.

Google and iFoodie both show 11:30–21:00, but Google lists Saturdays and Sundays as closed — the opposite of most night-market vendors — so weekend Fengjia visitors should take note and check before going. After 8:30 pm it's quieter for dining in, or take it away and eat as you stroll. Parking around Fengjia is difficult, so take a bus or scooter.

It suits students and visitors in Fengjia on weekdays looking for a traditional dessert that isn't too sweet. First-timers can pick taro balls, tapioca and red beans, iced in summer or warm in winter; red bean fans can simply order the red bean soup.