Stench from stinky tofu shop prompts almost 150 complaints
Stench from stinky tofu shop prompts almost 150 complaints
2026-02-12
A stinky tofu shop is selling tofu so smelly in Taipei that city authorities have had to step in. The shop is located in Dazhi, and is a branch from a famous chain from Hualien. Since its opening last year, the stench has caused residents to file numerous complaints with the city’s Department of Environmental Protection. Inspections revealed violations on six occasions, resulting in fines of NT$585,000 for the eatery. The case has only got more intense recently, after a neighbor alleged suffering so much stress from the unpleasant smell that they were almost bald from pulling out their hair. The shop was once again flagged by city authorities, which say they’ll impose more fines if the eatery doesn’t make improvements after the Lunar New Year. Let’s hear more.
Voice of Ho Tzu-hui
Taipei Department of Environmental Protection
On Feb. 9, 2025, we detected a 71 for a value in which the normal emission standard is 10. In accordance with the Air Pollution Control Act, the shop was fined NT$585,000 and a deadline was set for improvements. There is still some smell around the site, but the business has stated that they will relocate the exhaust and install carbon odor-removal filters. Installation is scheduled to be completed after the Lunar New Year.
Voice of local
Works nearby
They didn’t do anything to deal with the smell at first. It reeked. I work nearby, and even with the door closed, I can smell it. I had to buy an air purifier.
Voice of local
Lives nearby
If you open the door, the stairwell gets really stinky, and so does your home. It’s a terrible stench. At the building next door, they put up a sign down there. It has a huge impact on daily life. When they opened we just thought it was weird. Other shops don’t smell so bad! Why is that one so nasty!
At the shop, some changes have been made. The exhaust outlet has been relocated, and there is now an electrostatic oil fume treatment system and a water-washing machine. Inside the shop itself, there are also plasma odor-removal devices. But even that doesn’t seem to help, as residents have filed almost 150 complaints. The original stinky tofu shop back in Hualien’s Yuli Township was known for being stinky. But here in a densely populated area of the capital, the smell has sparked backlash.
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臭豆腐名店臭氣超標6倍 遭檢舉上百次 環保局:已開罰58.5萬
2026-02-12
花蓮知名臭豆腐店，去年到台北大直開設分店，不過臭味濃烈，引起附近居民多次檢舉，去年2月環保局前往稽查，異味採樣結果遠超過標準值6倍，業者被開罰58.5萬元，現在更傳出，有網友因長期生活在臭味中，身心壓力大到快把頭髮拔光，店家又被環保局找上，預計年後再進一步改善，否則將開罰。
[[聲源:北市環保局稽查大隊中隊長 何姿慧]]
“114年2月9日，檢測結果71，那正常排放標準是10，依據違反空氣污染防治法第20條的規定，處以58.5萬元罰鍰，並限期改善。目前查在該地點的周界外，還是有一點異味，業者有表示說，他們會在排放口，會做一些位置的變更，以及加裝活性碳的除味設施，預計農曆年後裝設完成”
[[聲音來源: 附近上班民眾]]
“除臭的那個，一開始完全沒做，所以非常臭，非常非常臭，我在這邊上班，門關著都有味道，因為他我去買了一台空氣清淨機”
[[聲音來源: 附近住戶]]
“這個門開了，樓梯都是臭的，家裡也有臭味，非常的臭，他隔壁那家，他連那個下面都貼著，真的影響很大，他們當初賣這個，奇怪了，人家別人臭豆腐不會那麼臭，為什麼他那麼臭啊”
實際走訪店家，已變更排放口位置，也設置靜電式油煙處理設備、水洗機，店內也有擺放電漿異味處理設備，希望降低氣味影響，不過附近居民似乎仍不買單，檢舉次數傳出將近150次，其實臭豆腐本店在花蓮玉里，就以臭出名，不過這回進軍民宅緊鄰的台北市，民怨、檢舉更是難以擺平。
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