I really like the ones my wife’s parents make, better than the ones I’ve bought, elsewhere. I think they put some extra Chinese medicine in it or something.
There’s one chain that does it 麻辣. Get a whole bunch of veggies and mushrooms boiled up 大辣, a few cans of Taiwan’s finest, and that’s a proper late night snack.
I like to get my luwei 滷味 fill every now and then. I try to stay away from the processed stuff though and dig into the broccoli, mushrooms, green beans and bean sprouts. And the meat (if you call it meat) at these places is strictly off limits.
Like Toasty I also eat it several times a week. I love all the tofu and veggies super spicy. A friend told me that has jojoba in it and is very low calorie.
Dragonbones, there is a great one on DongHu rd down near Kangle St.