Qingxi Eatery

Review

Qingxi Eatery, at No. 80-1 Sanfong Central Street in Sanmin District, sits between rows of dried-goods wholesalers; a blogger traced its founding to 1949, and it is one of the few old places on the street where you can sit down for a meal. In Supertaste's 2025 blogger-voted list of 18 Kaohsiung street-food picks, it was the only entry from Sanmin District, chosen for its minced pork rice.

The minced pork rice gets a large spoonful of fatty-and-lean pork sauce so rich in gelatin it sticks to your lips without feeling greasy, served over award-winning rice from a famous farmer in Houbi, Tainan, with a little pickled mustard greens to cut the richness. The rice cake is topped with minced garlic and is on the soft side, while the trotter soup has tender, springy trotters in a sweet broth. Sliced offal includes tongue, crunchy intestine, pork skin, stomach and cartilage, and the shrimp and pork balls are homemade; diners most often recommend the mixed meatball soup.

Fans say the pork sauce is generous with a good fat-to-lean balance, the rice cake is sticky yet still grainy, and the owner sometimes offers a complimentary soup. Critics find the meat in the rice cake a bit tough, and the blogger's own verdict on the rice cake was mixed; others note that outside the New Year shopping season there are few customers, a big contrast with the holiday crowds.

It opens from about 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., though the blogger recorded closing at 8 p.m., so sources disagree; check before you go. It is closed on Sundays. Minced pork rice is NT$35 and trotter soup NT$55; other prices were not listed. You order and pay first, then find a seat; a line may form before opening, and on weekdays the wait is about ten minutes. The street is narrow and busy, so take the train to Sankuaicuo Station and walk about three minutes.

It suits anyone shopping on Sanfong Central Street or craving old-fashioned local food. One person is happy with minced pork rice and the mixed meatball soup; two can add a rice cake and a plate of pork skin or crunchy intestine. Around Lunar New Year it gets crowded, so avoid the lunch peak.