Yu Pin Yuan Iced and Hot Tangyuan

The staff are really nice. For me, when served as is, it lacked enough osmanthus syrup but it’s fine because you can go to the front and add more.

They only serve one item: Osmanthus Syrup sesame dumplings (both icey & hot) on Lantern Festival Day (Feb.12, 2025). It tastes good as usual but a bit too sweet for me. It’s interesting and rare that there is no queue for eat-in but a queue for to-go.

Refreshing and tasty dessert. When you get ice shaves and refill them with honey and lemon juice it just feels like a nice sorbetto. My favourite rice ball is the black sesame one

Relatively fast service, plenty of small tables. My preference is for the peanut flavoured Tangyuan. But adding the Osmanthus syrup makes the ice so much better. Don’t miss it out! I came back again for the iced version.

Very tasty tangyuan that come in sesame and peanut butter flavors! There was a line but it wasn’t too long and moved fairly quickly. Worth the wait! We got the hot with the osthmanthus soup since that’s what I grew up with, but we noticed that all the other people in line mostly ordered the cold on top of ice, so would suggest doing that next time. Very good tangyuan and the perfect dessert to round out a night market visit.

Love the peanut filling in shaved ice and also good in hot honey soup. Very clean and well organized and good price ❤️

I am curious to how come this shop is in the Michelin Bib Gourmand. As far as I am concerned, the food served here is just about ice and glutinous rice balls. Came on a weekend evening, it was quite crowded but we got a seat immediately. We were deciding what to eat and then asked for recommendations and the staff recommended us the ice balls osmanthus and the one with the fragrant rice wine. When the 2 bowls were served they looked almost exactly the same, except for one which has probably a bit of the white stuff which is probably the rice from the rice wine. Regretted because both bowls actually looked quite the same we could have just had one, and the rice balls can be quite filling. Other than the theatrical smoky effect, there was nothing much to shout about in the dessert. There was a slightest tinge of the osmanthus as well as the rice wine, and the taste was almost gone when the ice started melting. Tried adding the osmanthus honey and the lemon juice, if you ask me it just made the ice slightly more tasty with a sweet and sour flavour. And you must really add a lot to get a bit of the taste in the ice. Nothing fantastic and the price is really kinda expensive. I would just say probably try if you happen to walk past and seriously 1 bowl is good enough for 2 to share there is no need for each person to have an individual bowl. The amount of ice is really good enough to numb your mouth or give you a brain freeze.

Some of the best 汤圆 I've ever had in my life! This was a perfect refreshing snack on a hot night in the night market! The slight sweet, fragrant flavor of the osmanthus syrup was also the perfect accompaniment to the ice. It's located at Linjiang night market and cash only. Everything is very affordable! Service is fast and friendly. I'd definitely come again!

Yu Pin Yuan Iced and Hot Tangyuan (御品元傳統手工元宵) is one of top two most popular vendors at Linjiang Night Market (臨江街觀光夜市). This eatery received the Michelin Bib Gourmand designation from 2019 to 2022 and Michelin even specifically wrote a Chinese article about this place ( https://guide.michelin.com/tw/zh_TW/article/dining-out/bib-yu-pin-yuan-iced-and-hot-tangyuan ). [How to get here]: Approximately 8-minute walk from the Taipei MRT Xinyi Anhe (信義安和) Station. [Ordering & menu]: Expect a long waiting line, but the line moved fairly quickly. The minimum order for two people is at least one order of yangyuan (glutinous rice balls). The menu is English and Japanese friendly. Their signature item is #7 Sesame Tangyuan & Peanut Tangyuan & Osmanthus Syrup 桂花綜合湯圓 (in Hot Soup or Ice). There's a sign on the wall that tells customers to eat yangyuan while they are still hot (otherwise these rice balls will be harden) and don't pour lemon juice on top of tangyuan. The eatery recommends customers to pour osmanthus syrup and lemon juice (recommended ratio - 1 tablespoon of osmanthus honey with a splash of lemon juice) after finishing yangyuan so that the ice bowl will be transformed into osmanthus lemon shaved ice. *** #7 Sesame Tangyuan & Peanut Tangyuan & Osmanthus Syrup 桂花綜合湯圓 (in ice - 90 NTD): Per instruction, I ate tangyuan first and then followed by adding osmanthus syrup and lemon juice afterward. Personally I liked sesame tangyuan better than peanut and I also loved their thin rice dough. *** There's no question that it was one of the more unique street food I have had in Taiwan - it is hard not to like this place.

One of the shops mentioned on the Michelin guide, 御品元 offers traditional dessert of rice balls (湯圓 tang yuan) with peanut or sesame filling. You can order it hot, iced, mixed flavors, or add sweet fermented rice/egg. The signature is the 冰火湯圓 (fire ice tang yuan) at NT$90, which comes with 6 rice balls over a bowl of shaved ice. You can mix the sesame and peanut rice balls. Wait time is short, and service is fast. After ordering, seat yourself at nearby tables. Don't be shy to share the table with others. The rice ball is not the best I've had, but serving the hot rice balls over rice is quite refreshing on a hot day. There are bottles of osmanthus syrup and lemon juice on the table; adding those two items made the rice ball over ice a unique flavor and quite delicious. I liked the sesame better than peanut; sesame filing was sweet and creamy while peanut was slightly chunky and gritty. They also sell frozen rice balls ($220 for box of 20), sweet fermented rice, and osmanthus syrup ($60) separately to take home. 3.5 stars bumped to 4. NOTE: the rice balls are NOT vegetarian as lard is part of the ingredient.

A Michelin dessert place. Opens later in the PM. Felt like the quality of the sesame and peanut filled balls were the best, but the shaved ice was alittle chunky and icey for my liking. Another star off was the fact that they don't leave a bottle of the osmanthus syrup. Instead, you have to go up to front to keep replenishing. It needed that extra sweet syrup flavor for the ice.

Excited to have an opportunity to try this Michelin rated ice and fire tang yuan in Taipei. The mochi riceballs were soft not too dense with great tasting peanut/sesame filling sitting on top of a bowl of shave ice with a very photogenic presentation. Shaved ice did not appear to be well flavored but lemon juice and osmanthus syrup are available in containers in front which we were supposed to add separately once we finish with the tang yuan. We added these liberally anyway on the ice at the beginning careful to avoid spilling them on to the tang yuan which may lead to them hardening.

This place is one of the mentions in the Michelin guide. We tried a couple of places that were on the list. Most of the recommended were crazy busy, but since this one was close, we made sure to be there early. They open at 5pm in a small ally off the INSERT HERE, Night market. I was lucky to be the first in line, for the whole hour we were early lol. I snapped these pics of what they offer and the prices. Hopefully they are helpful. We ordered both the peanut and the black sesame, they were the softest pillow filled with the hottest lava. It's tricky eating them, these balls are served on a bed of crushed ice doused with their sweetened osmanthus tea sauce, which btw is the perfect amount of sweet. It's a fire and ice situation, literally, keep the balls moving like flip them over and cut them in half and blow before sticking it in your mouth and eat them up quick, don't have them sitting on the ice for too long because the start to harden. But wow! They were so good! The peanut balls were half and half creamy and crunchy the sweetness level was on the low side but matched so we'll with the osmanthus tea syrup, the black sesame balls were my favorite they were rich and pasty, I know that sounds weird but that is a desired texture for these balls. Black sesame is like the unofficial taste of taiwan, you'll see it everywhere in everything, and this place does the balls best!! Get there early, because even tho I was the first and only one in line for the full hour I was early, as soon as they opened, it was lining up real quick after that.

Goodness gracious. Could we have these on every street corner in the US?! There's good reason this is over 4.5 stars and recommended by Michelin Guide. On multiple days we went with the sesame balls over the ice. Incredible. Simply one of the best things we had during our 10-day stay in Taipei and we sure tried a ton of places and had incredible meals!

Well deserved 5 stars and I don't give out 5 stars a lot! It's simple yet the most delicious and refreshing dessert ! We enjoyed it so much during our vacation we had to go back again ! It was true love with first bite ! It's a must again and again in Taiwan

Classic classic spot for tangyuan! My go-to here is the black sesame with hot sweet fermented rice and egg soup. Grew up eating the slightly boozy dessert and here, you can definitely taste it. It's a bit strong for some of my friends, but on a cold day, nothing beats jiuniang. The star here is definitely the big tang yuan though, with my favorite the black sesame. Can easily eat 8-10 in one sitting, although.. probably not smart. Standard order comes with 5 and a lot of people come for the ice version, but for me, black sesame mochi balls in some variation of hot soup is the way to go!

I'm so glad 御品 is getting the recognition it deserves! It was named as one of the desserts to try on the Michelin 2019 list. You have to get the tangyuan (choice of black sesame, peanut or combo of the two) which is served hot on top of a mountain of shaved ice covered in amazing osmanthus syrup! The syrup makes the dessert heaven and there is a dispenser on the side so you can add more! Eat the tangyuan quickly because the ice will make the dough tough really quickly and finish the ice afterwards. A must try in Tonghua/Linjiang night market!

The best tang yuan (rice balls filled with sesame or peanut paste) I've had in a really long time! Not too sweet, not too thick, served super hot. Highly recommend seeking this specific place out (there are at least three other places at Tong Hua Night Market selling tang yuan) and getting one hot sesame in fermented rice soup, and one hot sesame or assorted sesame and peanut on ice. Eat quickly before they get cold and lose their texture. Super cheap -- 70NT (US$2) for the sesame tang yuan on ice!

Had some delicious, chewy tang yuan here. Got both peanut and sesame tang yuan, on a bed of osmanthus ice (with fermented rice flavor). There's also hot tang yuan as well. I've already been here twice! Chewy goodness!

I came here after seeing the @YelpTaipei instagram post and Yelper Sumin C recommended it. I'm more of a sesame flavored person although I like both equally. I was super enthusiastic about trying this style ice so I was eager to find out what their recipe is. Turns out, they use really fine ice and they have fresh tang yuan's (yuan xiao) over it and the "syrup" is no other than osmanthus （桂花）! Super delighted to find out about this gem. Definitely check out this place if you are wanting a different ice for a change in the warmer weather!

In the hierarchy of Taipei night markets, Tong Hua often gets lost in the mix. But it's important to remember that each night market will undoubtedly have a few stalls nestled away somewhere where the food is just amazing. It might take some research... it might take some digging, but trust me... it's there if you look hard enough. So is the case with this dessert shop. I was hearing rumblings about fantastic tang yuan (glutinous rice balls) located somewhere in this night market, but it really did take me a few visits before I finally tracked it down. And let me tell you, persistence really does pay off. The presentation is lovely as it looks and resembles a birds nest but tastes like what I imagine heaven would taste like if it were a flavor. They use osmanthus flavoring on the ice and the tang yuan come in sesame and peanut flavors. In the soul sucking Taiwanese summer heat, it doesn't get better than this. WARNING: Do however try to eat the tang yuan quickly as if you allow it to sit too long in the nest of ice... science and the laws of the universe take over and the rice balls will begin to harden. But that is a small problem that I can deal with (never in my life have I been accused of being a slow eater).

I wanted to try this place for the longest time and their tangyuans are honestly the best I've had. I got the the half and half with ice which comes with 3 peanut tangyuan and 3 sesame tangyuan. The peanut and sesame flavor was very rich and soft. I also liked the ice it came with because it's not just any ice but it was flavored with some kind of sweet syrup that complemented the tangyuan very well. The reason this place is a 4 star is because the tangyuan gets hard and cold because of the ice unless you eat them real quick. As a slow eater myself, a few of my tangyuan was no longer soft and it felt as though I was eating frozen tangyuan from the fridge or something similar. But I would come back here for their quality tangyuan still

Really yummy hot tang yuan and ice! Pro tip 1: share with a friend. Pro tip 2: eat it within minutes, the tang yuan becomes hard super quickly. Pro tip 3: drizzle more of the housemade syrup that's located in front of the store.

This place has always been on my to try list. Finally I got to try it! I got peanut butter filling rice balls with osmanthus syrup on shaved ice. They cooked the fresh made rice balls per your order so you got to try fresh boiled rice balls. I love the peanut butter filling, it was not overly sweet. Osmanthus syrup was not overly sweet surprisingly and created this nice floral taste to the bland shaved ice. Shaved ice was super fluffy and soft. My only complaint was that rice balls were a little on the overly soft side, I wish it is a little more chewy. The osmanthus syrup and honey lemon syrup are unlimited refillable but they def do not look sanitary (Bottle was dark and look like a lot of poeple touch it) .

As a black sesame enthusiast who is not too fond of overly sweet dessert, this place was a True Teasurefind. A gem. Piping hot glutinous rice balls with black sesame or peanut filling served on a bed of ice and drizzled with honey. I'm amazed. Best dessert I have ever eaten. This is Michilin-star level stuff

The best tang yuen! Love the hot and cold combo! Genius! Always thought it is so difficult to eat the entire tang yuen when it is so hot. This combo made it possible! So tasty and Refreshing! And the price is super good!

Love this place. In a little alley off the main nightmarket street. Would come here everyday if I could! Rice balls were soft and chewy and piping hot. I'm usually not a huge fan of floral things in food but loved the osmanthus syrup in the ice. That sensation of eating hot and icy cold at the same time was bomb!

The sesame and peanut rice balls were the best I have had, however, there was too much ice. You really have to eat them really fast otherwise they turn hard really quickly. It was definitely still delicious! I want to try the drunken rice next time.