The quick read
Why go
Xingzhong is the dinner street of the Sanduo shopping district: one block of Wenheng 2nd Road squeezed between the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi and SOGO department stores, lined on both sides with stalls selling pork thick soup, fried chicken, salt-water chicken and sweet potato balls. It is not built for tourists. It is where office workers and students around Sanduo pick up dinner, every night of the week and late.
It is small, and the stalls sit along a road that stays open to traffic, so it is not worth crossing the city for. But if you are staying around Sanduo or have just finished at the malls, it is five minutes away: start with a bowl of Nao Wei's shiitake pork thick soup, then take a bag of salt-water chicken or licorice guava with you.
What to eat
- Shiitake pork thick soup
- Salt-and-pepper fried chicken
- Fried chicken cutlet
- Salt-water chicken
- Eel noodles
- Sweet potato balls
- Licorice guava
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Where to find the top stalls
Xingzhong is one street: Wenheng 2nd Road, from Sanduo 3rd Road across Xingzhong 1st Road to Yongkang Street, about 180 meters, starting at the corner of the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Sanduo store. Recent guides name the stalls but give no house numbers.
Night-market stalls rarely have their own address. We describe each position only as our dated sources state it. If you cannot see it, show the sign text to a vendor nearby. Stalls move and hours change, so check before a special trip.
Shiitake pork thick soup: Nao Wei Shiitake Pork Thick Soup
Look for the sign
孬味香菇肉羹
Where: Along Wenheng 2nd Road, inside the market. Our dated source names the stall but gives no house number, so look for the sign. Order it with rice noodles, noodles or rice to make a meal of it.
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Sources: achingfoodie.tw (2026-09-27) opens in a new tab, kaohsiung.tw (2025) opens in a new tab
Salt-and-pepper fried chicken: Taiwan Di Yi Jia Salt-and-Pepper Chicken (a chain)
Look for the sign
台灣第一家鹽酥雞
Where: Along Wenheng 2nd Road, inside the market. Our dated source names the stall but gives no house number, so look for the sign. Pick what you want from the case and it is fried to order.
Search Google Maps for Taiwan Di Yi Jia Salt-and-Pepper Chicken (a chain), opens in a new tab
Salt-water chicken: Da Miao Kou Salt-Water Chicken
Look for the sign
大廟口鹽水雞
Where: Along Wenheng 2nd Road, inside the market. Our dated source names the stall but gives no house number, so look for the sign. Choose your vegetables and add-ins at the counter.
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Licorice guava: Na Ge Licorice Guava
Look for the sign
那個甘草芭樂
Where: Along Wenheng 2nd Road, inside the market. Our dated source names the stall but gives no house number, so look for the sign. Also sold in lemon and plum flavors, in three sizes.
Search Google Maps for Na Ge Licorice Guava, opens in a new tab
Sources: achingfoodie.tw (2026-09-27) opens in a new tab, kaohsiung.tw (2025) opens in a new tab
Getting there
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Address area: Wenheng 2nd Road, from Sanduo 3rd Road to Yongkang Street, beside the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi and SOGO department stores, Lingya District, Kaohsiung
Sanduo Shopping District
Type: MRTLine: Red LineStation Code: R8Exit: 1Approx. walk: 5 minNote: Walk along Sanduo 3rd Road and turn left onto Wenheng 2nd Road (kaohsiung.tw). Guides from 2017 give Exit 4 and about 2 minutes.Walking route from this station opens in a new tab70, 83 or 100
Type: BusStop: Shin Kong Mitsukoshi (新光三越)Note: Then a 2 to 3 minute walk (kaohsiung.tw).Practical details
We have not confirmed rain cover, seating, toilets, payment or parking for this market yet.
Strengths
- Open every day until late
- About five minutes on foot from Sanduo Shopping District MRT
- Short enough to walk end to end in a few minutes
- Right beside the Sanduo department stores, so it pairs with shopping
Know before you go
- Small: a single street of food stalls
- Stalls line both sides of an open road, so watch for cars and scooters
- Little shopping or games
- Nick Kembel's Kaohsiung guide (updated October 2026) says short-stay visitors need not go out of their way for it
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