Braised pork rice · Lingya
Nan Feng Braised Pork Rice
南豐魯肉飯
Photo: midnightbreakfastcafe, CC BY 2.0Representative photo of Braised pork rice, not taken at this shop.
Open from morning to near midnight, this 60-plus-year-old rice shop sits by the Ziqiang night market area. Order the braised pork rice with a lion's-head meatball and braised cabbage.
What to order
Photo: bryan... from Taipei, Taiwan, CC BY-SA 2.0滷肉飯
Braised pork belly rice
Despite the name, this is one thick slab of braised pork belly, springy skin and soft meat, over rice with the braising sauce and sweet-sour pickled greens to cut the richness.
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Photo: bryan... from Taipei, Taiwan, CC BY-SA 2.0獅子頭
Lion's head meatball
A large braised pork meatball sold by the piece. Guides name it with the pork as the two things to order.
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Photo: LeonardKong, CC BY 2.0苦瓜封湯
Stuffed bitter melon soup
Stuffed bitter melon in a light soup, a refreshing foil for the salty rice.
About this dish →Sights 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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泰元Thai Yuan
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Open until midnight, this lively beef hot pot house serves hand-cut fresh Tainan beef for dipping in a light, sweet broth. Add a stir-fried beef plate.
菜粽李Caizong Li
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.