Noodles · West Central
A Ming Zhu Xing (Baoan Road)
阿明豬心冬粉（保安路）
MICHELIN Guide Taiwan · Bib Gourmand 2022–2023
Selected as a Bib Gourmand in 2022–2023; not in the 2026 selection.
Photo: Pbdragonwang, CC BY-SA 3.0Photo of the area around this shop.
An evening-only Baoan Road favourite for glass-noodle soup with gently cooked pork heart and other offal. Expect a queue before the 5 pm opening, and bring cash.
What to order
豬心冬粉
Pork heart glass noodle soup
Fresh pork heart cooked in an aluminium cup set in hot water, as the founder did almost 70 years ago, so it stays tender and crisp. The light broth is sweet with fresh ginger.
About this dish →鴨腳翅
Herbal braised duck feet and wings
Duck feet and wings stewed with Chinese herbs, which food writers list as the other dish to order. The pork ribs are cooked the same way.
About this dish →Sights nearby
林百貨Hayashi Department Store
A five-storey department store from 1932, Tainan's first building with a lift, topped by a rooftop shrine. It trades as a department store again, with cafés and exhibitions on local crafts.
臺南故事影像館（原鄭成功祖廟）Former Zheng Family Shrine (Tainan Story Image Museum)
A small Zheng family shrine to Koxinga beside Hayashi Department Store, now also a photo museum of the city.
神農街Shennong Street
A narrow lane of old shophouses now filled with small arts and craft businesses, a few minutes' walk from the Guohua Street food stalls.
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八寶彬圓仔惠Yuan Zai Hui (Guohua Street)
Dessert shop for fluffy shaved ice and hot sweet soups. Chewy tang yuan is the favourite topping.
集品蝦仁飯Ji Pin Shrimp Rice
The other big shrimp-rice name on the same stretch of Haian Road. It also serves shrimp rolls and bowl rice cake, and Korean TV fame has lengthened the queues.
葉家小卷米粉Yeh Jia Calamari Rice Noodle Soup
Clear, peppery soup of tender baby squid with thick rice noodles.