Bigger than a palm！Kaohsiung’s Zuoying hotspot giant rice ball is stuffed so full the rice can’t even contain it all

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After finishing our meal at A Liang Rice Ball, we headed straight to the intersection of Yucheng Road and Fumin Road, next to Xiaobei Department Store. This rice ball shop is also extremely popular, highly recommended by many fellow foodies. There was already a long line early in the morning. The shop owners are quite low-key and don’t give any media interviews, so they get a bit nervous and speak somewhat curtly when they see people taking photos—but we totally understand.

The reason this rice ball shop gets so much buzz is mainly because the rice balls themselves are super-sized, earning them the nickname “Heaven and Earth” alongside A Liang Rice Ball. That’s exactly what we came here to find out.


There are over twenty different ingredients you can stuff inside the rice ball. For the rice, it seems you can choose between white rice and multigrain rice. The staff works pretty fast, so you’ll get your order in no time just by waiting in line. But with so many fillings to choose from, we had no idea which ones to pick, so we just let the staff make the selection for us.


Besides rice balls, there are also drinks available. We had just bought the black tea from A Liang Rice Ball earlier, so we skipped the drinks here.

The variety of rice ball flavors is almost overwhelming, but we still couldn’t figure out what the “seaweed flavor” means—does it mean the filling is all seaweed? We left the filling choices entirely up to the staff.


On the left is the large rice ball, on the right is the smaller one, with a ten-dollar price difference. It’s thick and hefty when you hold it—it’s the biggest rice ball we’ve ever had.


A rice ball too big to hold in one hand—the sticky rice portion is quite heavy, the rice itself moist and even a bit softer and mushier. The filling is really generous, to the point that the sticky rice can’t fully contain it all. The fillings include scrambled egg, pork floss, pickled mustard greens, preserved radish, dried bonito flakes, minced pork, and youtiao (Chinese fried dough stick). The youtiao isn’t as crispy as the ones from A Liang Rice Ball. Just this one rice ball is enough to make any guy surrender.

The other rice ball is mostly vegetable-based. It includes the basic fillings like pork floss, youtiao, and preserved radish, plus some extra vegetables such as cauliflower, green beans, and corn. It was our first time trying a rice ball with veggies, and we were pleasantly surprised—it actually tasted really good.


This rice ball shop has probably been around for quite a while. Every time we passed by, there was always a line. The business is mysteriously good, but the owners tend to ask a lot of questions whenever they see a camera, so out of consideration for their feelings, we didn’t take too many photos. For now, we’ll start with A Liang Rice Ball and Tuanxiang Rice Ball, and we’ll make time to try all the other rice balls recommended by fellow foodies and share our experiences with everyone later.

Address：Intersection of Yucheng Road and Fumin Road, Zuoying District, Kaohsiung (in front of Xiaobei Department Store)
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