Museum · West Central
National Museum of Taiwan Literature
國立臺灣文學館（原臺南州廳）
Photo: Adece033090, CC BY 4.0The former Tainan Prefecture Hall, a 1916 government building with a mansard roof, now a museum of Taiwanese writing.
History
Moriyama Matsunosuke designed the hall, completed in 1916. American incendiary bombs damaged it during the Second World War. It later housed an air force supply command and then the Tainan City Government, and the museum opened in 2003.
Eat nearby
台南度小月擔仔麵原始店本舖Du Hsiao Yueh Danzai Noodles (Original Store)
Historic danzai noodle brand serving small bowls of noodles with shrimp and minced-pork sauce.
保哥黑輪Pao Ko Oden
A bamboo-walled oden shop in a lane near the Confucius Temple. Tick your skewers on a slip, and add the shop's famous stir-fried instant noodles.
窄門咖啡館Narrow Door Café
Second-floor café open since 1991, reached through a famously narrow gap between two buildings.
竹記冬菜鴨Zhu-Ji Dong Tsai Ya
Sliced duck, boiled or smoked, and a duck glass-noodle soup seasoned with preserved cabbage, from a shop dating to 1942.
莉莉水果店Lily Fruit Shop
Long-established fruit shop on Fuqian Road, credited with popularising fresh-squeezed juice in Tainan. It also serves fruit plates and ice.
永記虱目魚丸Yung Chi Milkfish Balls
A breakfast favourite: springy milkfish ball soup, with braised pork rice on the side.