Mi Yuan Tzu Sticky Rice

Review

Mi Yuan Tzu sits on Nanhai Street in Xinxing District. The owner sold sticky rice in a traditional market for more than ten years before opening this shop in 2021, a fresh second-generation chapter. It earned a MICHELIN Bib Gourmand about two years after opening and is still on the 2026 Kaohsiung list. White walls, wood tones, plants and a courtyard make it a frequent pick for Kaohsiung's prettiest sticky rice shop.

There is just one main dish: duck sticky rice. Long-grain glutinous rice is stir-fried with pure black sesame oil, aged ginger and boneless duck, with a hint of shiitake; the grains stay chewy and separate without feeling oily. It comes in small or large bowls and can be bought by the catty. Soups use a house pork bone stock: taro and ribs, clam and ribs, pickled cabbage with pork tripe, and steamed egg. The taro slowly melts into the broth, while the egg soup carries shrimp, clams and a peppery finish.

Praise centres on the rich sesame aroma, springy rice and generous duck, with many saying the soups are even more impressive than the rice; the photogenic setting and fair prices help too. Complaints mostly come from people who arrived in the afternoon to a sold-out sign, sometimes after a long trip, and some feel the duck portion is modest and seating is tight.

Sources disagree on hours: media list 10:30 to 18:00 while current map listings say 11:00 to 17:00, so check before you go. It is closed Sundays and Mondays, with occasional extra days off announced on its fan page. A 2022 report listed the small duck rice at NT$70 and the egg soup at NT$60, with a NT$60 per-person minimum for dining in. The MICHELIN page notes it is cash only.

It suits anyone who wants a lighter sesame-oil sticky rice and a quiet, photogenic corner, whether solo or with two or three friends. Arrive before noon and order a small duck sticky rice with the taro rib soup; go large if you are hungry, or switch to the egg or clam soup if you like seafood.