Street snacks · Gushan
Hamasen Black Marlin Fish Ball King
哈瑪星黑旗魚丸大王
Photo: bryan... from Taipei, Taiwan, CC BY-SA 2.0Representative photo of Marlin fish-ball soup, not taken at this shop.
This fish ball shop by Hamasen's Daitian Temple dates from the 1950s and makes its balls with local black marlin. Order the mixed fish ball soup.
What to order
Photo: 米田賢一, CC BY 3.0綜合魚丸湯
Mixed fish ball soup
Three kinds of ball: black marlin, a meatball of marlin paste with dried flatfish and pork, and shrimp with water chestnut. They come in a light pork-bone broth with chopped celery.
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Braised pork rice
House-made minced pork sauce over rice. Most people have it with the soup.
About this dish →On the itinerary: Hamasen to Cijin by Ferry, Old Takao: the Consulate, Hamasen and the Cathedral
Sights nearby
鼓山代天宮Gushan Daitian Temple
Hamasen's main temple, whose front plaza is lined with old snack stalls.
高雄市武德殿Kaohsiung Wude Hall
A 1924 martial arts hall built for the police, where kendo is practised again.
舊打狗驛故事館Takao Railway Museum
The old Takao station in Hamasen, Kaohsiung's first railway station, now a small railway museum.
Nearby places to eat
哈瑪星呂汕頭麵Hamasen Lu's Shantou Noodles
Shantou immigrants brought these noodles over, and the stand at the Daitian Temple plaza is 60-plus years old. Order the dry noodles tossed in lard and garlic.
哈瑪星碗粿枝Hamasen Wa-Gui Zhi
Founded in 1951 and now in its fourth generation, this Hamasen breakfast shop serves one thing: wa-gui, a savoury steamed rice pudding eaten with a little sauce.
鴨肉珍Ya Rou Zhen (Duck Zhen)
Yancheng's famous duck rice counter has been going since 1960. Order the duck rice (rice under minced pork sauce and sliced duck) and a plate of sliced duck on the side.