Hot pot · Cianjin
NIU LAO DA (Zihciang 2nd Road)
牛老大涮牛肉（自強二路）
MICHELIN Guide Taiwan 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Also selected in 2022–2025.
Photo: bryan... from Taipei, Taiwan, CC BY-SA 2.0Representative photo of Beef hot pot, not taken at this shop.
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.
What to order
Photo: bryan... from Taipei, Taiwan, CC BY-SA 2.0台灣牛肉（涮牛肉）
Fresh beef hot pot
Beef from Tainan arrives daily and is hand-sliced. Swish it for 3 to 5 seconds in a light, sweet broth of beef bones, vegetables and fruit, and add greens from the self-service vegetable bar.
About this dish →芥蘭炒牛肉
Beef with Chinese broccoli
The most-ordered stir-fry, with the beef left around medium rare. Michelin recommends the beef stir-fries alongside the pot.
About this dish →On the itinerary: Old Takao: the Consulate, Hamasen and the Cathedral
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.
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.
Nearby places to eat
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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.
高雄牛乳大王Kaohsiung Milk King
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.
前金肉燥飯Cianjin Braised Pork Rice
Braised pork rice comes topped with crunchy milkfish floss at this decades-old breakfast spot. Mix in a runny fried duck egg.