Xiu Ming Pork Heart Vermicelli

Review

Xiu Ming Pork Heart Vermicelli is on Yongping Street in Qishan, just a few steps from Qishan Old Street. Open since 1986 and now in its third generation, it is a regular lunch spot for locals. It entered the Michelin Bib Gourmand list in 2024 and still appears on the 2026 Kaohsiung list, which has drawn many visitors from outside the area to this low-key shop.

The menu centers on pork offal served with glass noodles, wheat noodles or rice, plus pork tongue noodles, shiitake pork thick soup, rice dumplings and handmade sticky-rice sausage, priced roughly NT$25 to NT$70. The signature pork heart glass-noodle soup is NT$70: thin slices of heart cooked just right, tender with a slight springy bite, noodles soaked in bone broth, and a surface fragrant with fried shallots and celery, warmed by ginger and pepper. The braised pork rice with egg yolk is NT$50; the pork is salty-sweet and the yolk makes it silkier.

Reviewers generally praise how cleanly the heart is prepared, with no off smell, and a light, non-greasy broth. The slightly sweet shiitake thick soup with its moderate thickening also has fans. Downsides include the popular egg-yolk pork rice sometimes selling out and the meatball soup being less good value. Seating is limited, so at lunch peaks you may share a table or wait, and some find portions small enough to need an extra dish.

Sources disagree on hours: recent listings say Tuesday to Sunday 08:30 to 15:30, closed Mondays, while a blogger recorded a 07:30 opening and closures on both Monday and Tuesday, so check before going. Take a menu, find a seat, and pay after eating; utensils are self-service. The shop is off the main tourist route, and there is paid parking nearby, so driving is convenient.

It suits anyone wanting an authentic snack meal before or after Qishan Old Street, or diners chasing Bib Gourmand spots. For one person, order the pork heart glass noodles with the egg-yolk pork rice; offal fans can add pork tongue noodles. Arrive before noon if you want the pork rice, and remember it closes at 15:30.