Taiwanese Fried Chicken
鹽酥雞yánsū jī
- Savory
- Peppery
- Aromatic
- +3 more
Kaohsiung · Zuoying District
Ruifeng Night Market
瑞豐夜市
A big night market beside the Kaohsiung Arena, open five nights a week, for fried chicken, stinky tofu and sweet potato balls on the move
- Hours
- Tue, Thu–Sun 17:00–00:00
- Crowds
- Busy
- Average spend
- NT$150–350per person for a graze-through meal
- Nearest station
- Kaohsiung Arena StationRed Line R14
The market
About Ruifeng Night Market
Ruifeng Night Market sits beside the Kaohsiung Arena around the corner of Yucheng and Nanping Roads in Zuoying District, and opens five nights a week: Tuesday, and Thursday through Sunday. The Kaohsiung metro's page says it has over a hundred stalls, from decades-old traditional snacks and foreign-inspired specialties to creative dishes and photogenic desserts and drinks; Chinese Wikipedia's list names crispy fried squid, chicken cutlets, stinky tofu, hand-made sweet potato balls, chicken-wing rice rolls, Thai banana pancakes and German pork knuckle, among others.
It is about a two-minute walk from Exit 1 of Kaohsiung Arena station, next to the Hanshin Arena shopping mall, so it combines easily with a stroll around the Arena district.
Best foods
What to eat
The signature dishes of Ruifeng Night Market, with typical prices.
Typical price: NT$60–300 · per bag, depending on what you pick
Stinky Tofu
臭豆腐chòu dòufu
- Fermented
- Savory
- Umami
- +3 more
Typical price: NT$60–150 · per plate
Sweet Potato Balls
地瓜球dìguā qiú
- Vegan
- Sweet
- Caramelized
- Aromatic
Typical price: NT$30–80 · per bag
Bubble Tea
珍珠奶茶zhēnzhū nǎichá
- Vegetarian
- Sweet
- Creamy
- Aromatic
- +1 more
Typical price: NT$50–100 · per cup
Eat your way through
One lap of Ruifeng
A suggested order for an evening here. Share what you order and linger where the queue is longest.
- About 1 h 40 min
- 6 stops
Stop 1: Chicken cutlet at Angel
The Ruifeng branch sits by Yucheng Road, Supertaste puts a cutlet at NT$100, and a photo from an evening in May 2026 shows a long queue at its counter. Join the line and eat the freshly fried cutlet as you walk.
- Taiwanese Fried Chicken
- Angel Chicken Cutlet (Ruifeng store)
- Find on map(opens in a new tab)
Stop 2: Fried-egg scallion pancake
Houshan Linji fries an egg and the dough together so the middle stays runny; several roundups call it a must-try and put it in row 11. It is a big pancake, so share it.
- Scallion Pancake
- Houshan Linji Fried-Egg Scallion Pancake
- Search on map(opens in a new tab)
Stop 3: Stinky tofu
Peng's sells a braised, spicy, soup-pot version with duck blood and vegetables, and you choose the heat; several roundups put it in row 7, though they disagree on which days it sets up. For the crisp fried kind, Wikipedia's list also names Shi's stinky tofu.
- Stinky Tofu
- Peng's Braised Spicy Stinky Tofu
- Search on map(opens in a new tab)
Stop 4: Chicken-wing rice roll
Both the Chinese and English Wikipedia lists include the chicken-wing rice roll, a fried wing stuffed with rice that is easy to eat while walking.
Stop 5: Sweet potato balls
The list includes a stall called Paradise Hand-made Sweet Potato Balls (天堂手作地瓜球); fresh-fried balls are crisp outside and soft inside.
Stop 6: Finish with brown sugar bubble tea
English Wikipedia lists brown sugar bubble tea and papaya milk tea; pick one to finish.
On the lanes
Stalls worth finding
A few stalls we know, with tips for spotting them. Line-ups change, so treat this as a starting point.
3 stalls
Angel Chicken Cutlet (Ruifeng store)
天使雞排（瑞豐店）
Angel Chicken Cutlet is a chicken-cutlet stall with several branches, which Supertaste calls the 'king of the south' for cutlets; the Ruifeng branch sits right by Yucheng Road and is easy to spot from the main street. It sells a thick, palm-sized cutlet that is not cut up, marinated first and fried to order, in original, pepper-salt, mala and hot-and-spicy flavors with three heat levels; Supertaste puts one cutlet at NT$100. Popcorn chicken, fries and hand-made oden are on the side. Chinese Wikipedia's list of Ruifeng stalls includes it, and a set of photos taken inside the market on an evening in mid-May 2026 shows a long queue at its counter. It is a branch of a chain rather than a one-off old stall.
Known forTaiwanese Fried Chicken
How to find it: Follow the queue; Supertaste says the stall sits right by Yucheng Road (sources number the market rows differently, so no row is given here). The coordinate is where the May 2026 photo was taken, so confirm the exact stall position on the spot.
Houshan Linji Fried-Egg Scallion Pancake
後山林記炸蛋蔥油餅
Houshan Linji sells a fried-egg scallion pancake: an egg goes into the oil first, then the dough, and everything fries together until the crust is golden and crisp and the egg inside is still runny. It is the same kind of pancake as Hualien's well-known 'bomb' (炸彈) scallion pancake. The dipping sauce is a mix of pepper, soy paste and sweet chili sauce. The pancake is so large that some people first mistake it for a chicken cutlet. Several Ruifeng roundups list it as a must-try and put it in row 11.
Known forScallion Pancake
How to find it: Several articles put it in row 11 of Ruifeng; row numbers and stall positions change, so confirm on the spot.
Peng's Braised Spicy Stinky Tofu
彭氏紅燒麻辣臭豆腐
Peng's does not serve the crisp fried kind. It is a braised, spicy, soup-pot version: stinky tofu and duck blood sit in a garlicky, bean-paste broth cooked with bean sprouts, cabbage, shiitake and pickled mustard greens, and the broth carries the natural sweetness of the cooked-down vegetables. You choose the heat: plain braised, or large, medium or small spicy. Supertaste reported in 2018 that the stall set up only on Tuesdays and Saturdays; later roundups (MENU in 2021, gofunit in May 2026) still list it as a Ruifeng must-eat, putting it in the market's seventh row. The days and hours differ between these articles, so check before you go.
Known forStinky Tofu
How to find it: Several articles put it in row 7 of Ruifeng; row numbers and stall positions change, so confirm on the spot.
Plan your visit
Where and when
Find the market on the map and check the weekly hours before you set out.
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Around Yucheng Road and Nanping Road, beside Kaohsiung Arena, Zuoying District, Kaohsiung City 813
Opening hours
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| Monday | Closed |
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| Wednesday | Closed |
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Closed Monday and Wednesday (although Chinese Wikipedia notes that some shops still open on those days); open Tuesday and Thursday to Sunday. These are typical hours for the market as a whole; each stall sets its own. The Kaohsiung tourism site's listing, republished by the Kaohsiung metro, says 16:00 to 00:00; Supertaste (published November 2025, updated May 2026), gofunit (May 2026) and Yam (2023) all say 17:00 to 00:00, with individual stalls varying a little (one fried-noodle stall stays open until 00:30 on Fridays and Saturdays); English Wikipedia says most stalls open around 17:00 and close around 01:00 or 02:00. 17:00 to 00:00 is stored. OpenStreetMap's tag includes public holidays (PH) and ends at 12:00, which looks like a typo and was ignored; no other source says whether the market trades on public holidays, so check before you go.
Stalls set their own hours and close on their own days. Confirm before you go.
Know before you go
Visitor information
- Best time to go
- Arrive between 17:00 and 18:30, when stalls are opening and crowds are thinner. English Wikipedia puts the peak at 20:00 to 23:00, with especially heavy crowds on weekends.
- Crowds
- Busy
- Average spend
- NT$150–350 · per person for a graze-through meal
- Payment
- Cash
- Getting around
- The market occupies a flat block but is crowded in the evening. No official accessibility information was found, so check ahead if you need step-free access.
Good to know
- Closed Monday and Wednesday; open Tuesday and Thursday to Sunday. Check again before you go, since each stall decides for itself.
- English Wikipedia mentions carnival-style game stalls (balloon shooting, net fishing, marble shooting, darts) and a toy crane machine, so you can play after eating.
- The Hanshin Arena shopping mall is next door, and Mingcheng and Yucheng Roads have many restaurants if you would rather sit down.
- For a closing bowl of braised pork rice, Hongji on Liwen Road is about a 10-minute walk away and open until 22:00 (20:30 on Monday).
- Snack stalls mostly deal in cash (no official payment information was found). The stall line-up changes, so Wikipedia's list is a lead rather than a guarantee.
How to arrive
Getting there
- 2 min walk
Metro
Kaohsiung Arena Station
Red Line R14
Leave by Exit 1 and walk about two minutes, per the Kaohsiung metro.
High-speed rail
Zuoying Station
HSR + metro Red Line
Transfer at Zuoying to the metro Red Line southbound; Kaohsiung Arena is two stops away, via Ecological District.
History
A little history
Chinese Wikipedia says Ruifeng began in the early 1980s when four vendors set up on Ruifeng Street in Gushan District, which gave the market its name; it then moved to Qingfeng Street, around 1997 to Huaxia Road, and finally to its current site. English Wikipedia adds that visitor numbers grew after the metro opened in 2008. This history rests on Wikipedia alone and no official source turned up, so read it as 'is said to'.
Keep exploring
More markets in Kaohsiung
Night market
Photo credits (8)
- Ruifeng Night MarketPhoto: Wiki Asmah · CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
- Ruifeng Night MarketPhoto: Wiki Asmah · CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
- Ruifeng Night MarketPhoto: Bahnfrend · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
- Taiwanese Fried ChickenPhoto: 玄史生 · CC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab)
- Stinky TofuPhoto: takuma mori · CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab)
- Sweet Potato BallsPhoto: Kyu3 · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
- Bubble TeaPhoto: Ralff Nestor Nacor · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
- Liuhe Night MarketPhoto: Chainwit. · CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab)