Street snacks · Lingya
Caizong Li
菜粽李
MICHELIN Guide Taiwan 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Also selected in 2022–2025.
Photo: Banzai Hiroaki, CC BY 2.0Representative photo of Peanut zongzi (vegetarian rice dumpling), not taken at this shop.
This shop opens early and makes bamboo-leaf peanut rice dumplings fresh each day. Eat one plain first, then with sauce and peanut powder, and have miso soup alongside.
What to order
Photo: Dllu, CC BY-SA 4.0菜粽
Peanut zongzi
Made from scratch each day with round glutinous rice from Changhua and plenty of Yunlin peanuts, wrapped in bamboo leaf. Take the first bite plain, then add the sweet-savoury sauce and peanut powder.
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Photo: Ocdp, CC0Sights nearby
玫瑰聖母聖殿主教座堂Holy Rosary Cathedral
Taiwan's oldest Catholic church and the cathedral of the Diocese of Kaohsiung, a Gothic and Romanesque building by the Love River.
愛河Love River
The river through central Kaohsiung, with riverside parks, boat rides and the cathedral near its banks.
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