NT$3,000 for a bowl of beef noodles? No, that's not a typo, but the bona fide price for 688 Beef Bowl's extreme high-end version of this Taipei mainstay dish.

For 17 years, this well-known shop has been refining its beef noodle recipe while sticking to high quality standards. The shop has been extensively covered by the local media and even the Discovery Channel has sent reporters to see what all the fuss is about. Expensive it is, but then what price is too high for the committed beef noodle lover?