Desserts & ice · Yancheng
Li Family Tangyuan Soup
李家圓仔湯
Photo: Sebastian Mary, CC BY-SA 2.0Representative photo of Tangyuan (sweet rice-ball soup), not taken at this shop.
Running since 1953 at the Yancheng market entrance, this sweet-soup stall is known for hand-cut square rice balls. Have them hot in red bean soup, or over shaved ice as the mixed ice.
What to order
Photo: Zheng Zhou, CC BY-SA 4.0圓仔湯
Rice-ball soup
Small, chewy rice balls hand-cut into squares, in red bean or peanut soup. The syrup is cooked from raw cane sugar and the peanuts simmer for two to three hours.
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Mixed shaved ice
Red bean, mung bean, taro and rice balls over shaved ice, the summer way to eat them.
About this dish →On the itinerary: Yancheng Old Town
Sights nearby
駁二藝術特區Pier-2 Art Center
Harbour warehouses on the Yancheng waterfront turned into galleries, shops and event spaces.
高雄市立歷史博物館Kaohsiung Museum of History
The 1939 city hall by the Love River, now the city's history museum.
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
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.
鄭家切仔麵Cheng's Noodles
An old Yancheng noodle shop, now run by the third generation, serving noodles or rice noodles in a rich pork-and-chicken broth with plates of sliced pork offal on the side.
阿綿麻糬A-Mian Mochi
Soft mochi, shaped by hand to order at a small Dagouding stand. Pick a fruit filling such as strawberry or mango, or stick with peanut.