Coffee & tea · Cianjin
Kaohsiung Milk King
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Photo: Luuva, CC BY-SA 3.0Photo taken at this shop.
This 1960s Kaohsiung shop claims to have invented papaya milk. Order one, and add a thick French toast if you're there for breakfast or a late snack.
What to order
Photo: Jonashtand, CC BY-SA 4.0木瓜牛乳
Papaya milk
Papaya blended with milk, thick and made without added water. The shop is often named as the first to sell papaya milk in Taiwan, though no one has been able to settle who was first.
About this dish →On the itinerary: A Kaohsiung Breakfast Crawl
Sights nearby
美麗島站Formosa Boulevard Station
The MRT interchange under the Dome of Light, a 30-metre glass ceiling by the Italian artist Narcissus Quagliata.
愛河Love River
The river through central Kaohsiung, with riverside parks, boat rides and the cathedral near its banks.
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.
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