Rice dishes · West Central
Hsia Ta Tao Lan Migao
下大道蘭米糕
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.
Small neighbourhood shop, making migao since 1961. Slow-cooked pork sauce, fish floss and a fish ball go on the sticky rice. Have a bowl of sishen soup alongside.
What to order
Photo: bryan... from Taipei, Taiwan, CC BY-SA 2.0米糕
Migao
Aged glutinous rice topped with cucumber, fish floss, a fish ball and a pork sauce made from pork jowl, shallot, garlic and soy. The sauce rests for a week and is then braised for more than ten hours.
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Photo: KQuhen, CC BY-SA 4.0油條湯
Youtiao soup
Pieces of fried dough stick in a clear broth with chives, which soak up the soup and turn soft. A plain, very Tainan side to the migao.
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Photo: bryan..., CC BY-SA 2.0四神湯
Sishen soup
Here, this herbal pork soup is what people have with migao. Pork cartilage soup and fish skin soup are the other options.
About this dish →Sights nearby
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.
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.
Nearby places to eat
大勇街無名鹹粥Dayong Street No Name Congee
Brothy Tainan-style congee with milkfish, oysters and fried garlic, plus milkfish skin dishes.
吃麵吧Jai Mi Ba
Small noodle bar mixing Taiwanese noodles with French technique. The standout is clam noodles in soy-milk broth.
阿文米粿A Wen Rice Cake
Pan-fried slices of house-made steamed rice cake. Have it with a runny fried egg and the shop's chilli sauce.