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pool and multiple food and beverage outlets. Book online (English available) for deep
discounts.
Eating
Across from the train station on Guo Lian 1st Rd, you can pick up lunchbox meals
(NT$80) from a number of places.
Country Mother's
WESTERN $
(34 Fu Qian Rd, 34; set breakfast NT$150-180, dishes NT$100-150; 6.30am-2pm; )
Echo-
ing its name nicely, Country Mother's serves some of the best Western breakfasts and
sandwiches in Taiwan in a cosy venue up from the harbour. It also serves some of
(156 Bo'ai Rd, 156; dishes NT$150-350;
11am-2pm & 5-9pm)
location on the corner of Bo'ai
and Jieyue Rds.
Ziqiang Night Market
MARKET $
(cnr Heping & Ziqiang Rds)
For local food head to this well-regarded market, southwest of
the train station (a taxi costs around NT$130). Things to try include barbecued pork,
spring rolls, stewed spare ribs (
dùn páigǔ
), coffin cake (
guāncái bǎn;
different from the
Tainan style) and fresh fruit drinks. On weekends some of the popular stalls can have
very long waits.
Night Market
MARKET $
(cnr Gongzheng & Jung Shan Rds)
Just off Jung Shan Rd is a small night market with excel-
lent cheap meat buns (
bāozi
).
Kimamaya
JAPANESE, BARBECUE $
(Tànhuǒ Shāoròu Gōngfáng; 144 Bo'ai Rd; dishes from NT$100; 5pm-midnight; )
Popular
with locals, this Japanese barbecue place has sunken tables for DIY comfort. Good
Japanese beer is available and the atmosphere on weekends gets quite lively.
Dou Sang
TAIWANESE $$$
