7-11 Convenience Store in Bitoujiao

The first ever convenience store in the village opened its door in October 2018! This is the closest convenience store to Long Dong. What a life savior!

At the same time, don’t forget to support local and small businesses in the village. That’s how we could all work together and support one another.

7-11 Convenience Store (Bitoujiao Branch)
Tel: 02 2491 1584
Add: No. 221, Bitou Road, Ruifang District, New Taipei City 224
Operating hours: 24H daily
For exact location: https://goo.gl/maps/fgbmMNDKp1ypwPbz5

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Bitoujiao Village: 鼻頭港母女小吃店 Bitou Harbour Mother-and-Daughter Eatery

Located next to the more flamboyant Ah Zhu Seafood Restaurant, is this little gem owned by a retired neighbour and her aged but active mother. This stall is a saviour in Bitoujiao village and its surrounding premise, being one of the few (and affordable) eateries that open daily as long as it’s not raining.

The stall may seem unappealing but it offers a good decent selection of food from the regular stewed pork rice (滷肉飯 lu rou fan), dumpling noodles (餛飩麵 hun dun mian) to their signature braised beef rice (紅燒牛腩飯 hong shao niu nan fan), fish soup from it’s local fresh catch (鮮魚湯 xian yu tang) and other local side dishes. Vegetarian options available too with local seaweed soup, boiled vegetables, tofu etc.

Some people find the seating area random but we like it casual as long as it is clean. You can even set up the table by the harbour and get an alfresco dinner in a nice and romantic sunset setting. The owner of the stall (the daughter) is also a super nice lady. She prefers to stay active and continue working albeit being retired, she finds playing mahjong every day kind of boring.

鼻頭港母女小吃店 Bitou Harbour Mother-and-Daughter Eatery
Tel: 0978 144 639
Add: No. 109, Bitou Road, Ruifang District, New Taipei City 224
Operating hours: Daily 9.30am – 6.30pm (except on rainy days)
For exact location: https://goo.gl/maps/gVHJHk81W2o

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Longdong Park Bay: 新味小吃 Xin Wei Self-Service Bento Shop

One of our favorite eateries around LD! Easily overlooked on your drive to LD, Xin Wei Bento Shop is located across Longdong Ocean Park Bay right next to a bus stop after Bitou Tunnel, a convenient spot to pack lunch in to LD and to enjoy the luxury of having a hearty meal at the crags.

The shop offers a great variety of dishes from stir-fired vegetables, tofu, braised pork knuckles, chicken drumstick to fried fish, to go with typically rice which you can ask to replace with vermicelli. This is a great option if you are vegetarian or you can’t speak Mandarin (or both :)), since all you have to do is stand in line and pick your favourite dishes. Bento shops typically charge according to the number of dishes you select (vegetables cheapest and seafood the most expensive) and the portion you take. In small villages like Longdong, a bento box with an average selection of food typically costs less than NT100.

The bento shop is open for breakfast and lunch, so make sure you’re there early (which usually shouldn’t be a problem unless you’re at LD for a afternoon climb) since most of the food run out at about 1pm. There are some spaces to pull out right in front of the bento shop, or if not you could park your car by the side of the road.

Reminder:
Like most bento shops, this one uses disposables even if you are eating in. Do your part in reducing waste by bringing your own lunch box and cutlery!

新味小吃 Xin Wei Bento Shop
Tel: 02 2490 9606
Add: No. 40, Longdone Street, Gongliao District, New Taipei City 228
Operating hours: Daily 5.30am – 2.30pm (be there before 1pm for more food selection!)
For exact location: https://goo.gl/maps/L5quTmMJjQD2

Bon Appetit!