Cheng Tsung Duck Rice

Review

Cheng Tsung Duck Rice sits on Yucheng Road in Zuoying, and Supertaste calls it one of the district's long-standing names. It once held a MICHELIN Bib Gourmand; it dropped off the Bib list in 2026, yet the MICHELIN Guide website still lists it as a selected restaurant. The small white shopfront with playful doodles all over its wooden tables is many visitors' first impression.

The signature duck rice uses smoked duck leg, hand-sliced and laid over white rice, then dressed with a house-blended sauce; the meat is tender and juicy with a gentle smokiness. Instead of rice you can choose Meinong flat rice noodles, egg noodles or glass noodles. The other dish people mention is the mixed offal soup, with cleanly prepared innards and a light, sweet broth. Sources also note the duck leg rice is made in limited daily quantities.

Fans praise the tender duck, the fragrant sauce and duck juices over rice, fair prices and friendly service, and even overseas visitors leave compliments. Critics say it is merely average and that side dishes such as sweet potato leaves carry too much garlic; popular items like the rice blood soup can sell out if you come late, and the room fills up at mealtimes.

It opens roughly 11:00 to 20:30, but sources differ on the closing day: the MICHELIN Guide says weekends off, another round-up says Tuesdays, and map listings show it open daily, so check before you go. The guide suggests avoiding peak meal times. The room is air-conditioned and payment is cash only. No exact prices appear in the sources, which simply describe it as cheap eats.

Good for a quick, inexpensive lunch or dinner near the Kaohsiung Arena area, and for duck-loving travellers. First-timers can order duck rice with the mixed offal soup and a plate of blanched greens; swap to flat rice noodles if you prefer. To catch the limited duck leg and rice blood soup, go soon after opening or in the mid-afternoon lull.