Museum · Yancheng
Kaohsiung Museum of History
高雄市立歷史博物館
Photo: Taiwan Junior, CC BY-SA 3.0The 1939 city hall by the Love River, now the city's history museum.
History
Built in the Imperial Crown style with a reinforced concrete frame, it was completed in 1939, when the city government moved here from Hamasen. It stayed the seat of the city government until January 1992, and reopened as a museum on 25 October 1998.
Eat nearby
小堤咖啡Hsiao Ti Coffee
A 40-plus-year-old alley café often called Yancheng's oldest. Order a fresh-brewed black coffee and the toast topped with a soft egg and a dash of soy sauce.
阿婆彈珠汽水綜合茶Grandma's Marble Soda Mixed Tea
This 50-plus-year-old drinks stand near Pier-2 sells one thing: mixed tea of winter melon tea, kumquat-plum tea and fizzy marble soda. Just order a cup.
大溝頂虱目魚米粉湯Dagouding Milkfish Rice Noodle Soup
Inside the Dagouding covered market, this roughly 60-year-old stall opens early in the morning. The order is milkfish belly-paste soup with thick rice noodles.
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.
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.
北港蔡三代筒仔米糕Bei Gang Tsai Rice Tube (Yancheng)
Tube-steamed sticky rice with braised pork and sweet sauce, from a riverside stall in Yancheng. Add a soy-braised egg and the steamed egg custard soup.