Yancheng Food Map 2026: 30 local shops, late-night takeout and Milk Tea Street

Rice noodle soup with milkfish-belly fish paste and pan-fried fish intestines; locals come in from early morning

Charcoal-toasted bread with fried egg, cucumber and mayonnaise; open in the morning and again in the evening, closed Sundays

Known for a thick egg burger with a glass of vegetable and fruit juice; generous portions, and there's often a queue

Old-style tube-steamed sticky rice topped with rich braised pork, with crisp cucumber, fish floss and four-herb soup

Duck rice with braised pork sauce, plus a plate of sliced duck and offal soup: a classic Yancheng meal

Smoked sliced duck, duck glass noodles and duck bone soup: an old taste locals keep going back to

Big chunks of beef shank with dry-mixed noodles, served with minced garlic and a bowl of clear broth: Yancheng's famous beef noodles

Dried-flounder satay broth with fresh local beef, freshly sliced meat and seafood: just right for a big group around one pot

Pork-bone broth noodles, plus a plate of assorted cuts: rice blood cake, pork tongue, pork cheek and sausage

Known for freshly fried wontons, with lard-dressed dry noodles, plain noodle soup or pork rib soup

Freshly fried Spanish mackerel in a bonito and dried-flounder thick soup, with yellow noodles or rice noodles

Next to the traditional market: plain noodles with lard and fried shallots, plus braised assorted cuts; simple and old-style

The shop fries its own chicken-shred noodles; the broth is clear and sweet, and you can add sliced duck and stir-fried squid

Dry-style braised snacks tossed in black pepper sauce; duck tongue, duck blood and orchid tofu are what most people order

Handmade steamed ba-wan with a chewy, non-greasy skin and a hearty filling, with a bowl of four-herb soup

Marinated in fermented bean curd and fried to order: crisp outside, juicy inside, and just right to take back to the house as a late-night snack

Handmade batter egg pancakes, crisp outside and soft inside, with the shop's own chili sauce

Handmade brine-set tofu pudding, rich in soy flavor and silky; try it with brown-sugar syrup or kumquat and lemon

Slow-simmered almond tea with fried dough sticks and butter buns: an old Yancheng evening taste

Glass noodles with pork, pork heart and kidney cooked to order, in a light, sweet pork-bone broth

A long-running milk tea shop on Xinle Street; the signature Hwada milk tea is black tea and pu'er with fresh milk, and there's a "beauty" milk tea too

An old-style ice shop known for salted-plum ice, mango milk ice and mixed ice, plus tomato slices with a ginger soy dip

Xinle Street closes to traffic for stalls over the Lunar New Year, with old milk tea shops, traditional snacks and old-fashioned toys; busiest from 6 p.m. to 12 midnight

Called Yanchengpu Night Market on Google Maps: stalls line both sides of Jianguo 4th Road on Saturday nights, with snacks and game stalls

Kaohsiung's well-known tourist night market, with seafood congee, papaya milk, barbecue and chilled poached chicken; walk over from Formosa Boulevard Station

A night market locals go to, with lots of snacks: white sugar rice cakes, dumplings, braised pork rice and eel noodles

A bar in a converted old house, booked for private parties, with signature cocktails: good for a group

A Showa-retro old café; its siphon coffee comes with a fried egg and toast

A café in a restored Japanese-era bank building in Gushan District, known for its vault cold-brew coffee and desserts

Handmade daifuku and mochi in strawberry, red bean, peanut and more: good as gifts