2025 West Central District Travel Guide: Must-see attractions, popular food, hotels, transportation routes (updated in April)

The beautiful old house with small flower tiles on the floor feels like walking into grandma's old house. The hall on the first floor and the boudoir on the second floor have all been transformed into quiet wabi-sabi spaces. The sunlight shines in from the windows. It's such a leisurely #栮咖啡. The alleys in the Central and Western District are full of hidden treasures, and you’ll find new discoveries just around the corner! The old house has been renovated, but many old things have been retained, such as small flower floor tiles, dressing tables, old wardrobes, red brick and mud walls, and wooden frame iron window grilles. These antique ornaments create a classic and light atmosphere. There are hand-brewed, Italian and flavored coffees. A cup of cool and slightly sour Sicilian or ice-drip coffee is perfect for a hot afternoon. The bathroom in the outdoor patio has elevated floor tiles, and plants such as creepers are used to extend the greenery, which nicely embellishes the sense of blank space. Great space and coffee. You can come here on Friday and Saturday nights to experience the romance of the night. It is only open until the evening on two days a week. #栮咖啡 ✓Business hours: 1200-1900, Friday and Saturday until 2300 ✓Address: No. 3, Lane 199, Section 1, Minquan Road, West Central District, Tainan City #Tainan Alleys to Eat #Tainan West Central District Food #Old House Coffee

#hungry8comenchill #28comenchill What kind of weird store name is this? In the low brick house at the corner of the alley on Section 3 of Minzu Road, they sell Nanyang snacks #Hainanese chicken rice #Kaya toast #Pineapple buns! When I passed by the brunch shop #债女孩, I unexpectedly saw a shop selling chicken rice next to it. I don’t know if it’s because of the decoration style, the tree blocking the door, or the strange name of the shop, but it’s not very conspicuous as a whole, but it’s a cozy little shop. The shop of Eba Lai Qiu is very small and has very few seats inside, but it has a very literary and artistic style, especially the hollow iron windows on the side walls, which are quite cool and full of retro feeling. I went there right after the store opened at noon and ordered the signature Hainanese chicken rice. The presentation was as plain and simple as the one in the store. The Hainanese chicken was tender but the taste was bland, as if it lacked a bit of oiliness? Need some dipping sauce to enhance the spicy taste. The price is not cheap, a serving of Hainanese chicken rice is $160, but maybe it didn’t impress me, I always felt like something was missing? Just treat it as a try. #hungry8autumn ✓Opening hours: 1200-1800 ✓Address: Corner No. 35, Lane 148, Section 3, Minzu Road, West Central District, Tainan City #Tainan alleys and alleys to find food #Hainanese chicken rice #Southeast Asian cuisine

#JanuaryGoodPlaces2025 Creating fragrance in a century-old monument, what kind of elegant and romantic atmosphere is this? The well-known fragrance brand Le Labo has entered Tainan and has wisely chosen the recently restored century-old street house "Wu Fu Store" as its location. It is not only retro and beautiful, but also has unique historical significance. Wufu Department Store was built in 1930. It is the first Japanese-style department store founded by Taiwanese in Tainan. It sells a variety of imported cosmetics and beauty care products. It is very fashionable, just like the city fragrance Le Labo, which is synonymous with fashion and elegance. The architecture of Wufu Store is a fusion of Chinese and Western styles, fully reflecting the Art Deco style popular in Taiwanese architecture during the Japanese colonial period. The stepped entrance, the terrazzo washbasin decorated with flower tiles, the old Taiwanese sofa, and the cozy pine wood landscape atrium create a very atmospheric atmosphere in every corner. The Wufu store has three floors and an old pine atrium, but Le Labo only opens the first floor store space, and the mystery of the second and third floors has not yet been revealed. I wonder if it will be like Le Labo in Kyoto and open an elegant and charming coffee shop combined with the atmosphere of fragrance, which must be beautiful! Le Labo Tainan Wufu Flagship Store 🕰️Business hours: 1130-2000 📍Address: No. 124, 126, Zhongzheng Road, West Central District, Tainan City #Tainan alleys and alleys to find food #lelabo #Wufu store #Tainan Ginza

This store is probably among the top three in terms of difficulty to find! The winding Xinyi Street is hard to find, but there is actually a store within a store! You have to push the door suspiciously and walk into the hair salon on the first floor, look around, go up the stairs to the second floor, then go through the toilet and take a look in the corridor across the patio. Wow, there is a coffee shop hidden there! #MagnoliaCoffee is just as low-key and secretive as #Bianbianjiaojiao. The difficult part is that the store within the store is hidden on the second floor and has no independent door to the outside. You need to walk into the store on the first floor and go up to the second floor like using the toilet. If you don’t have enough courage, you might give up halfway! The surprises of Magnolia Coffee don’t end there. When you walk into the store, you’ll be stunned by the scene in front of you. The corrugated ceiling with beamed brick walls is right in front of you. This is such a charming old house! The space is high and deep, with exposed brick walls and wooden beams on the upper half and white-painted walls and wooden floors on the lower half, creating a cozy little world with a very textured feel, and the gentle beauty unique to old houses in Tainan. In fact, the hair salon downstairs is also quite beautiful, with a cold cement industrial style, which contrasts with the gentle old house style upstairs. It is quite conflicting, but also more impressive. If there is a special drink, order it; if there is pudding, eat pudding. The drinks and desserts are quite unique. The special coffee is Coffee June, and the pudding is mixed with tea leaves. They are both quite flavorful. There is also a cute shop dog. #Mulancafemulancafe ✓Opening hours: 1100-1800 ✓Address: 2F, No. 9, Lane 46, Xinyi Street, West Central District, Tainan City #Tainan Alleys Food Hunt #Old House Cafe #Central and Western District Food #Tainan Food #Xinyi Street

This Italian restaurant is more European than Italy. The interior is decorated in a super warm way, as if welcoming the arrival of Christmas in advance. It exudes a strong sense of gorgeous style and bright enthusiasm, just like the vivid impression given by Italy. There are so many traditional snacks in Tainan that it is actually difficult to find a non-Taiwanese brunch. I entered keywords into Google Maps to zoom in and search, and accidentally found this #order Italian restaurant on Zhongyi Road, between Minzu Road and Chenggong Road. I hesitated between brunch and pasta, and finally chose the brunch plate from Shu Fat Pig. The breakfast plate may look small, but it is actually quite rich. There are many types of roasted seasonal vegetables, and the Italian sauce is versatile, which goes well with the soft and tender pork, charred and tender vegetables and sausages. Should try the pasta, it must be even better! The atmosphere created by the small restaurant is quite cozy, with a wide variety of decorations and ornaments, which gives it a very intimate feeling, both in terms of service and dining experience. It is very suitable for family gatherings or holiday celebrations, it will feel very joyful! #orderItalian Cuisine ✓Opening hours: 1100-2100 ✓Address: No. 194, Section 2, Zhongyi Road, West Central District, Tainan City #Tainan alleys and alleys to eat #Italian cuisine #pasta #brunch #Central and Western District Food

Just a quick sketch, I ate a shredded pork Mojo burger. #mojo is a classic Cuban sauce, a mixture of vanilla powder, garlic, lime juice and citrus. The sauce has a rich flavor and a slightly sour taste, which is quite refreshing and goes well with burgers. #littlecuba 小古巴 is located on Chenghuang Street, next to it is #白露拉面bailuramen, it is easy to find. The store's interior is decorated in Chill's Mexican-American style. The menu has both pictures and text, and you can order by scanning the QR code, which is very convenient. I ordered the classic Mojo shredded pork burger, and for an additional 70 yuan I got golden sweet potatoes and iced tea. The shredded pork has a good texture, and the hamburger bun is fluffy and soft, and is a bite-sized size! The taste is good, but it is recommended to add meat to make it more satisfying. The portion of golden crispy potatoes is quite large, and they are fried until crispy and not dry. You can also pay extra to exchange them for crispy potatoes with meat sauce, which is even more exciting. Little Cuba ✓Opening hours: 1030-1500, 1700-2100 ✓Address: No. 48, Chenghuang Street, West Central District, Tainan City #Tainan alleys and lanes to find food #Tainan food #Cuban burger #mojo #Hand-torn pork #Chenghuang Street #Handmade burger

This is a noodle shop with a unique style. It is very literary, very Thai, very market, very groceries, very artistic, very comic. In short, it is a mixture of preferences and collections, making this restaurant its own style# Huabing eats noodles. As the owner said, this is an undefined food court space, with a natural, slow and vegetarian food concept, and natural, simple and delicious "light cuisine". The "egg puff noodles" of the fried egg fire series are very distinctive in both visual and taste. It looks like a large piece of tempura, crispy and not greasy, and has the texture of fried egg white until crispy. The soup is boiled with vegetables. It tastes like vegetable borscht with Western food. It is salty and sweet with the umami flavor of boiled vegetables. The meringue soaked in soup and thin noodles, the overall taste is quite refreshing, and the set meal also comes with Thai ice cream to scoop yourself. Eating noodles at Huabing gives people the feeling of coming to Chiang Mai, Thailand. It is very young, very comfortable, very enthusiastic, and has a dazzling collection. If you want to talk about the disadvantages, they are probably that it is too windy, there are mosquitoes, and it is extremely difficult to park, even for motorcycles! #花冰吃面 ✓Business hours: 1100-1430, 1700-2000 ✓Address: No. 32-1, Lane 148, Section 3, Minzu Road, Central and Western District, Tainan City #Tainan alleyway looking for food #custard #Tainan food #central and western district food

#婆河粉小馆 - PopoPhở is a cute Vietnamese rice noodle shop on Shulin Street. The green tone and wooden furniture are very representative of Vietnam and give people a relaxing and comfortable feeling. Just like the rice noodles cooked by my mother-in-law, the beef bone soup is not thick, but has a light and elegant fragrance. Drinking it in one gulp will make you feel comfortable all over! Delicious. I ordered a set meal of pho + drink for $200. For the main dish of pho, you can choose the meat, soup, and noodles. I chose the most authentic raw beef + beef bone soup + pho. The tender raw beef should be eaten quickly, otherwise it will become tough if soaked for too long. Otherwise, you can choose beef tendon. The soup will come with a plate of bean sprouts and basil, and of course you have to add both. I haven’t eaten bean sprouts for a long time. They are so crispy and refreshing, and unexpectedly delicious. Adding basil to the beef bone soup enhances the flavor, making it more fresh, sweet and layered. For the drink that comes with the set meal, I chose salty lemon juice. If I added 7-Up, it would have become Vietnamese style and become Hong Kong style! A very cozy and cute shop, the price is affordable and the business is very good. The taste is different from the strong #鸿公公VietnamesePhoNoodleShop. If you like light-flavored Vietnamese Pho, then choose #婆河粉小馆! Popo Phở ✓Opening hours: 1130-1430, 1730-2130 ✓Address: No. 119, Section 2, Shulin Street, West Central District, Tainan City #Tainan alleys and lanes to eat #Vietnamese rice noodles #Tainan food #Shulin Street food #popopho #pho

#杏是好人 With such an interesting shop sign, how can you not go in and take a look? #杏本善 As the name suggests, it is an almond tea specialty store, but different from the traditional almond tea shop, it combines more creativity and elements, as well as pottery and comics, making the old house space super interesting! Hidden in the alley next to Ximen Roundabout #悦津咸州, the storefront is covered with plants. The work bar on the first floor is very atmospheric, with a retro literary style. The street view through the window is quite leisurely and elegant. I thought the space inside the store was very small, but when I went up to the second floor, I was surprised to find a different world. The old house has a deep and long layout, and is divided into at least five areas with different decorations. There are long tables and chairs, tatami seats, a wall-mounted reading area, old-fashioned leather sofas, a small room full of comics, and a small patio with plants. In addition to original almond tea and flavored almond tea mixed with tea or coffee, there are also snacks such as almond tofu, fried dough sticks and cinnamon rolls. Almond tea is made by boiling a mixture of northern and southern apricots. It has a light fragrance and taste, and is very comfortable to taste. The comic book collection is really huge, and they are all classic Japanese comics with a sense of age. I unexpectedly discovered that there is also a complete set of Ni Kuang's science fiction novels. In such a nostalgic environment, drinking almond tea and reading K comics really feels like going back to the student days, so delicious. #杏本善 #杏本善人 Almond Tea Store ✓Opening hours: 1300-2100 ✓Address: No. 4, Lane 8, Lane 372, Section 2, Ximen Road, West Central District, Tainan City #Tainan alleys and lanes to eat #Tainan food #Almond tea #Ximen roundabout #Central and Western District food

A good place for a drink in the evening #晚酒megu, I have rarely seen such a spacious and open Japanese izakaya, which is basically the scale of a Japanese yakiniku restaurant. Although it is hidden in a dead end alley and feels that it has only been opened for a short time, it has already been favored by the Japanese, and the conversations are filled with Japanese! When you come to an izakaya, you must order skewers and fried food. For fried food, we ordered octopus feet, Hiroshima oysters, and fried chicken. For grilled food, we ordered green pepper, pork belly with yuzu pepper, and beef diaphragm. In fact, the ice flower fried dumplings are also very tempting. The chef has a good grasp of the ingredients. Whether grilled or fried, they are all delicious, with precise fat content, tenderness and seasoning. Japanese sake is also a major selling point, and popular brands such as Yamazaki Distilled and Yu's are available in single glasses. Lane 64, Section 2, Minquan Road, and Lane 158, Section 2, Zhongyi Road, these two intersecting alleys are really popular and have many hidden gems. They are highly recommended and you can hang out there from day to night. #Late Drink Tree under Kinosita ✓ Opening hours: 1900-0000 ✓Address: No. 19, Lane 64, Section 2, Minquan Road, West Central District, Tainan City #Tainan alley food search #Tainan food #Old house restaurant #Japanese izakaya #Central and Western District food

This shop is so hidden! It's one of the restaurants on the first floor of an old house, turning into the alley next to Xindao Beef Noodles. If it weren't for the shop sign #巧阁楼咖啡琲店 小さなロフト in the red brick alley, it would be a good place to eat. I would never think of breaking into someone else's old house, and the coffee shop doesn't even occupy the entire building, it's just the one hidden next to a stairwell! But I have to say, Qiao Loft is really charming, with a very casual and relaxing old house atmosphere. I decided to go in after just one look. The space is small, but it has a tatami loft. The seating area on the first floor is very strange, it is actually a couch similar to the ones that appear in Qing Dynasty palace dramas! Am I an emperor or a concubine? In short, I was very jealous and didn’t know where to sit for a moment! It has an old-school flavor with a touch of Japanese and literary style, not only in the decoration, but also in the food and plating. It is a very pleasant experience to order a cup of coffee and eat a pudding in Qiao Loft. No one will disturb you, and even there are very few people passing by the alley. I had a conversation with the boss, or rather, we exchanged gourmet information. I recommended her Okawari 㕩の食事處 (a newly opened donburi restaurant in the 㕩 meat shop), and she recommended me #新刀牛面 (New Knife Beef Noodles). It's pretty good, it shows the enthusiasm and typical fear of cold of Tainan people. #奇loft佳琲店小さなロフト ✓Opening hours: 1100-1800 ✓Address: No. 7, Lane 1, Lane 147, Section 2, Zhongyi Road, West Central District, Tainan City #Tainan alleys and lanes to eat #Tainan food #Old house coffee #Central and Western District food

Beef noodle shops are rarely hidden in alleys. This #新刀牛肉面, which became popular on the Internet, is both mysterious and fashionable. Its signature beef ribs and beef noodles are very popular, as well as its highly acclaimed Hong Kong-style oil-scallion chicken! It’s not that hard to find, it’s right at the end of the alley, next to the #㕩肉铺pankoko BBQ Club. But the bright orange modern door will make you hesitate again and again, is this a beef noodle restaurant? Because I spent too much time in the more secretive #巧阁楼咖啡琲店, it was already past 3 o'clock when I entered Xindao Beef Noodles. Although there were not many people, the Hong Kong-style scallion chicken and appetizer cherry tomatoes were sold out and I didn't get to eat them, which was a pity. Speaking of beef noodles, the specialty is the well-braised and chewy beef ribs, which are large and springy. The noodles are ramen, and the texture is also very chewy. The amber-colored braised soup is not too thick or greasy, and the saltiness is just right. You can also add spicy butter to it, which is delicious. The dining environment of Xindao Beef Noodles is really non-traditional. It has a modern and contemporary feel with clean windows and bright tables. No wonder most of the diners are young people. #New Knife Beef Noodles ✓Opening hours: 1130-2100 ✓Address: No. 4, Lane 1, Lane 147, Section 2, Zhongyi Road, West Central District, Tainan City #Tainan alleys and lanes to eat #beef noodles #Tainan food #Central and Western District food #Beef ribs and beef noodles

#贵贵腑地 guigui foodie, a curry specialty store next to the Yanping Prince Temple, in addition to the common meat sauce curry, it recently also offers the most popular #dry curry, which aroused my interest. The curry rice set from Guigui Heartland also comes with a cup of iced black tea. The method of making Japanese dry curry is to fry the meat sauce curry until it is dry, then top it with cabbage slices and sprinkle with a large amount of shredded Parmesan cheese. A half-cooked hot spring egg, green pepper and sweet potato are hidden in the middle. At first glance, it doesn’t look like curry at all, the rice and shredded cheese are all snow-white, but it does taste like curry, especially after mixing the egg yolk, curry sauce and rice. It is so delicious that you can’t miss even a drop of sauce. I tried dry curry from several restaurants: #废柴俱乐部, #静秋咖哩, #贵贵腑地. The methods and tastes are similar. The advantage of Guiguifudi is that it uses shredded cheese to enhance the flavor, making the braised meat-like curry more flavorful and visually eye-catching, which is quite impressive. In addition to curry and rice, there are also thick slices of toast, sandwiches, snacks and puddings. However, I personally prefer the dining environment at #六合境茶弥 SaBiSKi upstairs, which has a very Kyoto-like feel. #GuiguiFoodie ✓Win business hours: 1100-1800 ✓Address: 1F, No. 18, Jianye Street, West Central District, Tainan City #Tainan alleys and lanes to find food #Tainan food #Curry #Dry curry #Guigui heartland #guiguifoodie

Hidden in the alley of Lin'an Road opposite the #Duiyuemen in the former Tainan Daximen Outer City, go straight and turn left and you will find #龙婷. Go straight and turn right and you will find #Feiwo Coffee. It is a restaurant that specializes in pet-friendly, planting, and retro old restaurants. The house’s brunch restaurant. The biggest feature of Feiwo Coffee is that you can bring cats and dogs (babies, of course), the owners can have brunch, and the pets can also have their own fresh meals. Everyone is happy, and if you can’t finish it, you can even take it away! The must-have specialty of the brunch plate is the waffle balls, which are soft and warm. They also come with a small cup of honey. They are freshly baked and delicious! Freshly fried wild mushrooms, hamburger steaks, chopped eggs, French fries and raw vegetables all go well together, and are seasoned well enough. Adding some cheese will give it an American refreshing taste, and finally, a mouthful of stomach-cleansing yogurt. Because it is pet-friendly, although the decoration of the store is the retro style of an old house, it has a bit of cuteness of cats and dogs, which is quite healing. #fatwocoffee ✓Business hours: 1000-1700 ✓Address: No. 26, Lane 212, Section 1, Lin'an Road, Central West District, Tainan City #Tainan alleyway looking for food #pet-friendly restaurant #central and western district food #brunch #老家客服 #Tainan food

Wow! How do you bite down on such a tall and huge burger? Come to #悟岛 for brunch and experience this rare handmade hamburger shop in Tainan. American casual style x Taiwanese old house style, in the first-level battle zone of old houses in the Central and Western Districts, the hamburger of #悟岛 is a very unique option. The store is decorated with a lot of American comics. On the day of my visit, the #Tom and Jerry poster was hanging on the wall, which was quite American and childish. Ordered a blueberry cheeseburger, which came with the requisite French fries and Coke. Hand-cooked blueberry cheese sauce, paired with 4 ounces of hand-baked steak, a whole bunch of lettuce, onions and tomatoes, is really huge! I thought that if I pressed the fluffy hamburger bun, I would be able to bite it in one bite, but the stuffing was so authentic that it couldn’t be flattened at all! I had to pick a corner and nibble on it slowly. The dripping blueberry cheese sauce was really delicious. Wudao’s burgers are made to order, juicy and thick, with a taste somewhere between the heavy American and light Japanese styles. With a huge amount of lettuce and sweet and salty blueberry cheese, you won’t feel sick of it and you’ll want to finish it all before you know it! There are quite a few special burgers on the blackboard. In addition to the basic cheese sauce, lava peanut butter, and Mexican meat sauce, there are also Sichuan spicy, Thai pepper chicken, maple spice fried chicken, crab burgers, as well as cheesecakes and waffles. I think I can try the spicy ones next time. #悟岛 ✓Opening hours: 0900-1700 ✓Address: No. 25, Lane 158, Section 2, Zhongyi Road, West Central District, Tainan City #Tainan alley food search #brunch #American burger #handmade burger #Tainan food #Central and West District food #Old house burger

Few people should know about this? The back alley of Tainan Kuo General Hospital, an alley as narrow as a narrow door, actually hides a mysterious dessert studio #_拖延 . Fortunately, there are prompts and instructions, so I don’t have to worry about not finding it. We always take our time, just hoping to get a little bit better. This is an old house that is retro and has a sense of age, with creaking wooden sliding doors, standard iron window grilles, wooden window grilles, pebble floors, pebble-washed brick walls, and a beautiful outdoor garden with a few waiting chairs and turtledoves, which makes it look very fresh. The seats inside are divided into two areas. The workbench area is bright and clean, and the silhouette of a small garden is reflected from the iron window sill, which is quite charming. The other area is like a secret room with dim lights, which is more quiet and peaceful. I ordered a lemon tart in the shape of a mille-feuille, which has lemon filling sandwiched between two thin pancakes, topped with cream and smooth jelly, and looks like a work of art. I thought it would have a slightly sour taste, but it actually tasted quite mild. It was paired with a glass of lemon iced Americano, which was a perfect match. For those who like the atmosphere of old houses and desserts, #_拖延 would be a good choice for you. #_Procrastination Dessert Studio ✓Opening hours: 1300-1900 ✓Location: No. 22, Lane 225, Section 2, Ximen Road, West Central District, Tainan City #Tainan Alleys to Eat #Old House Dessert #Central and Western District Food #Old House Coffee #_Procrastination Dessert Studio

There is a beautiful old house on the corner of Cisheng Street, diagonally opposite the Puji Temple. The first floor is a bar #jodobe, and the second floor is a coffee shop #presentcoffee. These two shops are very tasteful, with a retro feel of Japanese and Western style, and the atmosphere is especially great at night. Japanese bamboo lattice windows, terrazzo floors, wooden tables and chairs, and walls and beams in off-white and peacock blue create a simple and Zen-like wabi-sabi feeling, which is the simple MUJI style of old Japanese houses. The second floor has a bar and seats, and the third floor has Japanese-style rooms and exhibition areas. The open space makes people feel relaxed. I heard that the desserts at #礼品咖啡 are very good, and the pudding tasted delicious as soon as it was served! The salty fresh cream topped with caramel crumbs has a rich taste; the pudding itself is smooth, firm and has a layered feel. Caramel pudding can only be considered delicious if it is not too sweet. Present Coffee ✓Opening hours: 1100-2300 ✓Address: 2F, No. 43, Cisheng Street, West Central District, Tainan City #Tainan Alleys Food Hunt #Old House Cafe #Central and Western District Food #Puji Temple #Ci Sheng Street #Wabi-Sabi Style

Adorned with flowers and plants, the Japanese-style old house tea shop in the alley #島鹿吃茶 has a very modern Showa style. The black and white brick floor, the retro bar, the red velvet round stools, and the wooden windows exude a strong sense of classic fashion. The small space is decorated with a full Japanese atmosphere. There are only three small double tables on the first floor. The narrow terrazzo stairs leading to the second floor are tatami seats. I ordered a pot of fragrant pot-brewed milk tea, which had a warm and mellow taste with the aroma of tea and milk, and came with shelled salt-roasted macadamia beans to satisfy my craving. The Shima Deer restaurant is small with few seats, luckily there are fewer people there in the afternoon on weekdays, otherwise you would have to wait for a table. Fortunately, the area around Weimin Street, Wanchang Street and Xihuanan Street is quite fun to visit, so you don’t have to worry about having no place to kill time. The terrain of the neighborhood varies greatly, and in the quiet and green alleys in the bustling city, there are many specialty stores hidden, including tea shops, ice cream shops, vintage clothing stores, second-hand bookstores, kitchen utensils, cultural and creative gift shops, etc. It fits the spirit of Tainan’s alleys. #島鹿吃茶 ✓Opening hours: 1100-1800 ✓Address: No. 1, Lane 70, Weimin Street, West Central District, Tainan City #Tainan alleys to eat #Old house coffee #Tea shop #Central and Western District food #Deer breakfast on the table

1 PLUS CAFE #一家咖啡 , after visiting the Ximen store next to Xiaobei Night Market last time, I discovered that there is actually one in the Central and Western District, near #南厂武英殿 in the alley between Jinhua Road and Wuying Street. I thought it would be easy to find with the landmark of Wuying Hall, but I didn't know it was hidden in an alley that looked like a fire lane. I passed by it and walked around it several times, but I didn't think there would be a store inside? There really is one when you turn in! Tainan’s small shops are really good at hiding. The Wuying store and Ximen store are slightly different in format. The Ximen store is larger, with a bakery, brunch and coffee shop; the Wuying store is much smaller, with only coffee drinks and a small number of ready-made desserts, but both focus on hand-brewed coffee. The Wuying store is hard to find, relatively quiet, and perfect for relaxing. I ordered a cup of hand-brewed Flora coffee, which was slightly fragrant and sour, and tasted good; but the pudding was quite sweet, and the gelatin was soft and smooth, not that rich and mellow. The two stores have their own characteristics. If the Ximen store is for internet beauties, the Wuying store is for hipsters. #1pluscafe #ACafe Tainan Wuying Store ✓Opening hours: 1000-1800 ✓Address: No. 11, Lane 6, Wuying Street, West Central District, Tainan City #Tainan Alley Food Hunt #Tainan Food #Alley Cafe #Wu Ying Temple #Central and Western District Food

#IndoorActivities #100WaysToTravel Can you imagine eating an ice cream while strolling and admiring the fantastic alley space? What a magical indoor activity experience this would be? #南埕衖事 It was originally an 8-story hotel on Zhongyi Road in Tainan. It was abandoned for many years. Later, it was designed by international Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto, who created a vertical alley with an external stairwell, exposed concrete walls and white winding stairs. When walking around, it is sometimes three-dimensional and sometimes flat, like a layered fantasy space. Nancheng Lane is a complex indoor space consisting of an ice cream coffee shop and an architectural exhibition. The admission ticket is divided into two parts: ice cream and architectural tour. The whole building itself is cleverly divided into two areas, front and back. The entire interior space is exquisitely designed and comfortable. The building is full of greenery, spreading from the green wall in the lobby all the way to the terrace area on the fifth floor, bringing vigorous vitality to the cold exposed concrete building, especially the south skylight in the terrace area, which is an absolute photo-taking spot for internet celebrities. The sunlight shines through the lattice ceiling, sprinkling on the plants and the marble and terrazzo floors, making it feel like being in an urban oasis. ✓Vertical Alleys Long Stairs The designer cleverly blurred the boundaries between alleys and buildings, transforming Tainan's alleys into vertical building facades. Overlooking, strolling and feeling from different perspectives is definitely an experience you have never had before! ✓Parallel Alley The traffic flow is integrated into the experience of wandering around Tainan’s alleys, with the originally single-plane alleys scattered on different floors. Each floor is like a parallel time and space, bringing people back to nature, having an ice cream, drinking a cup of coffee, and slowly feeling the beauty of Tainan. In addition to eating delicious food and visiting historical sites in Tainan, there is another great option for indoor activities. Walking through Nancheng Alley and experiencing a different kind of ancient capital is also a great experience. #Tainan alleys and lanes to eat #100 ways to travel #Indoor activities #Tainan attractions #Tainan snacks and food

#100 Ways to Travel Lane 158, Section 2, Zhongyi Road, Tainan, and Lane 64, Section 2, Minquan Road, which intersect, hide many retro specialty shops in the narrow alleys, ranging from coffee, rice bowls, antiques, hamburgers, B&Bs, and brunch. #窟仔kula咖啡 is hidden in one of them. The store is long and narrow, divided into three areas: front (workstation), middle (restroom stairwell), and back (indoor seating), plus a small partition. The decoration is very much like that of a grandma's home in the countryside, with some small decorations. In the dimly lit atmosphere, it is full of literary and artistic feeling. There are savory dishes here. I ordered a cup of special flavored coffee "Banana Ice Americano", as well as "Roasted Pork Rice" and pudding. The shiny pork belly and the bright yellow poached egg are fragrant and very tempting. The taste is pretty good. The three-layer meat is braised thoroughly and tasty, with an aroma after roasting. Mixed with egg juice, onion and rice, it is salty, sweet and not greasy, and very juicy. It is customary to order a pudding to end the meal. With a spoonful of it, the pudding itself is elastic and firm, not too soft. With light whipped cream and caramel sauce, it becomes a lovely literary piece when served on a plate. The area enclosed by Zhongyi Road, Minzu Road, Park Road, and Minquan Road has many alleys and small shops, and is well worth strolling and exploring. #KulaCoffee Opening hours: 1400-2200 Address: 1F, No. 13, Lane 158, Section 2, Zhongyi Road, West Central District, Tainan City #Tainan alleys and lanes to eat #Central and Western District Food #Old House Coffee #Roasted Pork Rice #Late Night Coffee #Tainan Food

#100 Ways to Travel Hidden in the back alley of Tainan's Narrow Gate Coffee, you need to first cross the narrow alley with a width of one person and turn two corners to reach the old house coffee #品鹏咖啡. It is named after the huge 品鹏 tree at the door. The cool shade of the trees and the retro wooden doors create an antique elegance and tranquility. In order to be able to open in the alley and still stand out, you usually need a brush. The coffee brewing at Pinpeng is very much in the spirit of Japanese coffee craftsmen, professional and meticulous. As soon as you sit down, you will be served a small cup of cold brew so that you can taste the flavor of the store's coffee first. I ordered the hand-brewed Flora Goddess, which has a floral and fruity aroma, and a very light and smooth taste. It is really delicious after tasting it again and again! The store is a high-ceilinged old wooden house with a small attic. The overall decoration is wooden furniture with soft lighting. It is very warm and comfortable with a retro and literary feel. By the way, if you think the narrow entrance of Nanmen Road is too small, you can also enter from the alleys of Fuzhong Street or Fuqian Road, which are right next to Yonghua Palace. This way you don’t have to worry about getting stuck in the narrow door. #pinpengcoffee 🕰️Opening hours: 1130-1800 📍Address: No. 17, Lane 196, Section 1, Fuqian Road, West Central District, Tainan City #Tainan alleys to eat #Old house coffee #100 ways to travel

#100 Ways to Travel #独善 The old house coffee shop on Xinmei Street near Junwei Street seems to have been redecorated. It is different from the general Japanese or Western retro old houses. It is full of Chinese Zen style, with bamboo shadows decorating the glass doors and windows, terrazzo floors and cement gray walls, and ink calligraphy on the entire wall, which is very freehand and natural. Wooden furniture is another unique element, but what is more peculiar is that there is a corner that looks like a K-study area? A small semi-independent space is separated by a wooden screen, so that the eyes don’t have to face the open space and can focus on the coffee in front of them or the mobile phone. It’s so #ipeople-friendly! The drinks and desserts at Dushan are very pure and simple, and mostly milk-based. I ordered a matcha latte with beautiful latte art and a vanilla rum basque. The cake was runny and had a strong cheese flavor, and the taste was pretty good. Perhaps in an attempt to create an atmosphere of #being alone #being independent from the world, the seats in the store are mostly single-person, and the whole space is quiet and comfortable. It is indeed a people-friendly environment. #Dushan Coffee Tea Dessert Opening hours: 1300-1900 Address: No. 183, Xinmei Street, West Central District, Tainan City #Tainan alleys looking for food #Tainan Food #Old House Cafe #Self-improvement #Zen Style #Xinmei Street Food #Central and Western District Food

#100 Ways to Travel #自然熟 clean & wild eats, one of the rare Italian vegetarian dishes in Tainan (five-spice vegetarian, lacto-ovo vegetarian), specializing in pasta, rice risotto, salad and flatbread. It’s another restaurant in an alley, and it serves vegetarian food! Just in the alley on Minzu Road opposite the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Zhongshan store, behind the Wanchang Uprising, there is an entire alley hidden away. The small alleys in Tainan are always home to hidden talents. The high-ceiling dining environment is bright and spacious, with large glass windows, an open kitchen, and a pure white space with a slightly light industrial style, making people feel comfortable and relaxed. After checking out the introduction on Zi Ran Shu’s Facebook page, I found out that the store also has the #OliveOliveOliveChiliGarlicNoodles that people are crazy about from #BlackandWhiteChef! Of course I ordered it without hesitation, and added 100 yuan for pudding and iced Americano. This dish tests the chef's skills. It consists of a few simple ingredients stir-fried, topped with a half-cooked poached egg, and garnished with toasted walnuts. The spicy, garlicky, oily, and floury flavors are all over the place when you take a bite, and the refreshing, chewy texture is a perfect match. It's so pure and delicious! After reading the introduction, I learned that the proprietress opened an advertising company in Taipei in her early years, and also founded #小确幸红茶奶合作 and #富富咖啡, and then came to Tainan to open this #自然熟意式蔬菜食. No wonder the taste and flavor are so amazing! Naturally cooked clean & wild eats Opening hours: 1130-1500, 1730-2100 Address: No. 1-2, Lane 57, Section 2, Minzu Road, West Central District, Tainan City #Tainan alleys looking for food #Tainan Food #Italian Vegetarian #Vegetable Five Spices #Ovo-Lacto Vegetarian #Naturally Cooked #Naturally Cooked Italian Vegetarian

#100 Ways to Travel Mr Good #古德先生澳式咖啡 is a specialty store for Australian coffee. It is a small shop located at the intersection of Zhongyi Road and Fuqian Road. It has a small dining area and corridor seats, and mainly serves take-out. The decoration is natural earth elements with wood tones, which has a casual Australian flavor. It is small and warm, and it is hard not to take a second look. I ordered a cup of the most distinctive flat white coffee (Flat White). Compared with latte, flat white is only hot and in a smaller cup, about 200ml. It is made with 2 portions of ristretto, which is stronger than espresso, and milk. There is a thin layer of milk foam on top for latte art. The coffee flavor is richer and mellower, and with the dense milk foam, it is delicious. By the way, the Wan Kueh and floating fish soup from Ah Chuan at the Xiang Zai Lin shop next to it look delicious, and there is an indoor dining area, so you can drink flat white coffee while eating Wan Kueh? Is this considered a food and cultural exchange between Taiwan and Australia? MR GOOD Australian Coffee 🕰️Business hours: 0730-1530 📍Address: No. 102, Section 1, Zhongyi Road, West Central District, Tainan City #Tainan alleys and alleys to find food #Tainan food #Little White Coffee #flatwhite

#100 Ways to Travel #Xiao Cafe Hidden in the alley next to the National Taxation Bureau on Zhongyi Road, it is a hidden and quiet old house cafe. It is a Western-style townhouse with a retro literary style. The environment is quite beautiful and comfortable. There are towering old trees next door, which looks like the mansion of the early gentry and wealthy. The reason why I discovered Xiao Coffee was because I searched for #深夜咖啡. The business hours are from 1pm to 12am, which gives you a good option if you want to find a place to rest other than a bar at night. It is a very tasteful space. The environment is nice, but the drinks and desserts are average. Maybe it’s because I’ve just eaten #sjó咻咖啡 #稲满咖啡 #凛凛. It’s hard to find better food. But combined with the quiet environment of the old house, it is still ok, but the taste of the pudding is rather ordinary. To be honest, there are quite a lot of late-night coffee and desserts in Tainan, they are just scattered everywhere. If you turn into a small alley in a residential area, you will find unexpected discoveries, such as #咖啡饮客 #边边角角caféxphotography, which are very suitable for a short break after a meal. #晓咖啡 Business hours: 1300-0000 Address: No. 2, Lane 6, Lane 84, Section 1, Zhongyi Road, West Central District, Tainan City #Tainan Alleys to Eat #Tainan Food #Late Night Coffee #Old House Coffee #Zhongyi Road #Late Night Dessert

#100 Ways to Travel This little shop in Tainan is really interesting. During the day, it sells fried chicken, donuts, curry rice, and #大丸家. At night, it transforms into #丸里小酒店! This is similar to the small market shops in Spain, selling Churros during the day and turning into a bar at night. There is a whole row of small shops on Yongfu Road behind Shin Kong Mitsukoshi New World, ranging from coffee shops, dessert shops, curry shops, barbecues, bars, etc. Daimaruya is one of them. The small space is divided into two areas by a white wall. It does good business during lunch and dinner, serving curry, rice, chicken dishes and handmade donuts. Daimaruya serves dinner until 7 p.m., and after 8 p.m. it puts up the sign of Longli Bistro and has a new menu, offering specialty cocktails such as cream beer, as well as side dishes and coffee desserts. It has a fresh and informal style and is an informal bar. Quite an interesting shop. #Dawanjia Opening hours: 1200-1500, 1630-1900 #Maruri Bistro Opening hours: 2000-0000 Address: No. 72, Section 1, Yongfu Road, West Central District, Tainan City #Tainan alleys looking for food #Tainan snacks #Tainan food #Tainan bar #Late night coffee #Fried chicken donuts curry rice #Cream beer

#100 Ways to Travel #小满 A popular thousand-layer cake shop in Tainan is hidden in a quiet back alley of Fuqian Street. The room is decorated with plants and is open from 5pm to 11pm. I thought there would be no one there on weekdays, so I went there on a whim after dinner at around 6pm. Unexpectedly, there was a sign at the door saying that they were sold out today! This is too exaggerated. Isn’t today a normal day? Although the store was not full, all the mille-feuilles were sold out, leaving only croissants and Thai milk croissants, so I'll get one of each. The clerk said that you can make an online reservation for the cake first so you don’t have to worry about it being sold out on site. Although they are not the main hot-selling products, croissants and cannelloni are also good. The croissants are full of cinnamon flavor and almond slices, and have a slightly crispy and soft texture. The cannelloni has a cold filling and a solid and rich taste with many layers. It is delicious. Xiaoman is located in a residential area, but it is a building within a building. As soon as you enter, you will see the working kitchen. It seems that it mainly serves take-out reservations. The internal dining area has one and two floors. I thought it was a hipster shop, but the decoration is very European, with the atmosphere of a British afternoon tea, elegant and quiet. The menu is based entirely on the store’s IG limited edition. If you want to eat the Thousand Layer, remember to check and order on IG the day before, and then come to the store early the next day to eat. I can only say that there are really many unique stores in Tainan. Xiaoman Thousand Layer Cake Opening hours: 1700-2300 Address: No. 10-7, Lane 9, Fuqian 1st Street, West Central District, Tainan City #Tainan alleys to eat #Tainan food #late night cafe #late night dessert #thousand layer cake #100 ways to travel