Located in Chiayi County Budai Township, right next to the popular 'High-Heeled Shoe Church' attraction, there is a quiet and charming corner, that is the '銀魚燒' light food cafe. This store not only attracts attention with its unique container style decoration, but also with its friendly vegetarian dining concept, providing travelers and local residents with a great place to taste delicious food and experience local culture.
銀魚燒, with its striking container exterior, this industrial-style design stands out in the quiet Budai township, adding a touch of youth and vitality to the overall environment. And the bright space inside paired with displayed goods creates a relaxed and comfortable atmosphere. Particularly, the store has display shelves with local agricultural products on them, allowing visitors to access and purchase these fresh flavors from the land. Additionally, the walls carefully select and display photographic works full of Budai's local cultural characteristics, enabling first-time visitors from other places to gain a deeper understanding of this land's past and features through images, adding a layer of cultural experience depth to the journey.
The dining core of '銀魚燒' lies in its friendly vegetarian operating concept, with the menu mainly offering egg and milk vegetarian dishes to satisfy vegetarians or those seeking healthy eating options. The menu content is quite diverse, covering signature rice taiyaki (here called silver fish burn), coffee, tea drinks, various light snacks, etc., with rich choices, whether for a meal, afternoon tea, or just a drink, you can find something suitable here.
'Honey Aroma Black Tea' this high mountain tea from Alishan, the tea color presents a clear and bright amber, just looking at it is pleasing to the eye. After brewing, the tea soup emits an elegant honey fragrance, with a sweet taste in the mouth, rich tea flavor without any astringency, it's an excellent choice for refreshing, warming up, and savoring finely.
'Sea Breeze Crispy Fried Dumpling' is a small dish with a quite Japanese style, filled with Chinese toon, fried to a crispy outside and chewy inside dumpling, drizzled with mayonnaise, then sprinkled with seaweed crisp to add aroma, finally seasoned with kelp soy sauce. The overall texture is rich in layers, the crispy outside and soft inside dumpling has a faint rice fragrance, when bitten, the Chinese toon filling's aroma is very strong, it's a uniquely flavored and memorable small food.
Silver fish burn, made from local Taiwanese rice flour batter, freshly baked, differs slightly from traditional taiyaki in texture, silver fish burn is softer and chewier, with a natural rice fragrance. The fillings come in a variety of flavors, from sweet to salty, able to satisfy different seasons and moods' taste buds needs.
Silver fish burn
Chiayi County Budai Township Xinnan Road No. 160(Map)
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