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One-day trail · Kaohsiung
港都一日：肉燥飯、鹽埕老味到旗津海鮮
Overview
Start with a bowl of braised pork rice in Qianjin, wander Yancheng's Milk Tea Street and an old noodle shop, walk past the Pier-2 warehouses, then ride the ferry from Gushan to Cijin for seafood. Best Monday to Saturday, since the Qianjin shop is closed on Sunday.
Opening days and hours change, so check before you set out.
Stop by stop
Open from 7:15 a.m. on weekdays, until 2 p.m. on Saturday, closed Sunday, and gone when sold out. Order the fish floss braised pork rice with a soft-cooked duck egg and stir the yolk through the rice. Cash only.
Sinle Street's tea shops earned it the nickname Milk Tea Street, and Hwada Milk Tea's main shop is at No. 101, per Chinese Wikipedia and Wikivoyage. Wikivoyage lists hours from about 09:00 to 22:00 (an older listing), so go by the shop; pearls are usually an add-on.
A noodle shop in Lane 201 off Sinle Street, its broth made from bones, chicken and vegetables; Michelin says not to miss the pork offal. Open 08:00 to 15:00 daily, cash only. If you would rather have rice, Beigang Tsai San Dai (Michelin's 'Bei Gang Tsai Rice Tube') is at 166 Hexi Road and closed on Wednesdays.
The Pier-2 warehouses date from 1973 and are now an arts district. From Exit 1 of Yanchengpu metro station it is about a 5-minute walk south to the Dayong warehouses, from Exit 2 of Hamasen metro station about 2 minutes east to the Penglai warehouses, and the light rail stops at Dayi and Penglai. Follow the warehouses toward Hamasen and the Gushan ferry pier.
The Gushan ferry pier is near Exit 1 of Hamasen station (O1) on the metro's Orange Line, about a 10-minute walk per Wikivoyage. Boats run from about 05:00 to 02:00 at intervals of roughly 5 to 30 minutes depending on the hour (gofunit, 2026; Chinese Wikipedia says about 5 to 7 minutes at peak); check the posted timetable.
The old street and Miaoqian Road start right off the pier, lined with seafood restaurants. Wikivoyage suggests ordering one dish more than there are people; ask prices first. Evening snack stalls sell grilled squid to eat as you walk.
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Keep going
Begin with gua bao in Xinxing, work through Liuhe Night Market, ride the metro Red Line four stops to Kaohsiung Arena for Ruifeng, and finish with a bowl of braised pork rice on Liwen Road. Ruifeng opens Tuesday and Thursday to Sunday and Chunlan Gua Bao is closed Sunday, so the best nights are Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
5 h 15 min5 stops
Five small stops between dawn and early afternoon along a short run of streets in West Central District: beef soup, milkfish congee, savory rice pudding, braised pork rice with side plates, and shaved ice to finish. Go on a Wednesday, Friday or Saturday, when every shop is open; most close on Mondays and Yuan Zai Hui also rests on Thursdays. Order small portions or share, or you will not make it to the end.
7 h 10 min5 stops
Warm up with a bowl of danzai noodles at Small Park in the late afternoon, then head about 1.5 km north to Garden Night Market for oyster omelet, sausage and stinky tofu. Both are open together only on Thursday to Sunday evenings; on other days try the breakfast trail instead.
4 h 45 min6 stops
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