Rice dishes · West Central
Bao An Lu Migao
保安路米糕
MICHELIN Guide Taiwan · Bib Gourmand 2022–2023
Selected as a Bib Gourmand in 2022–2023; not in the 2026 selection.
Photo: bryan... from Taipei, Taiwan, CC BY-SA 2.0Representative photo of Migao (sticky rice with pork sauce), not taken at this shop.
Family migao shop with pavement seating on busy Baoan Road. The steamed sticky rice comes with braised pork, pork floss, cucumber and peanuts.
What to order
Photo: bryan... from Taipei, Taiwan, CC BY-SA 2.0米糕
Migao
Sticky rice steamed in wooden steamers, topped with braised pork, pork floss, a meatball, sliced cucumber and boiled peanuts. The shop keeps the old method and still wraps takeaway portions in bamboo leaves.
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Sishen soup
Most people pair the migao with this rich herbal pork soup. There is plenty in the bowl.
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.
臺南孔子廟Tainan Confucius Temple
Taiwan's first Confucian temple and school, a set of courtyards laid out with the school on the left and the temple on the right.
Nearby places to eat
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.
葉家小卷米粉Yeh Jia Calamari Rice Noodle Soup
Clear, peppery soup of tender baby squid with thick rice noodles.
阿明豬心冬粉（保安路）A Ming Zhu Xing (Baoan Road)
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.