Longshan Temple Oyster Omelette Introduction
Located at the Longshan Temple square in Longshan Village, "Miao Kou Oyster Omelette" is inherited from the "San Bu Deng" in Sihku. Their oyster omelette uses a batter made of tofu flour, wheat flour, and crispy flour, with fillings of oysters, cabbage, chives, and celery. In addition to oyster omelettes, they also offer shrimp omelettes, shrimp rolls, squid balls, oyster pancakes, milkfish skin fritters, milkfish fillets, and notably, fried taro cakes. The fried taro cake is made from taro and cookies. The taro is cooked and mashed into taro paste, then sandwiched between two cookies and frozen for later use. When customers order it, the taro cake is defrosted, then deep-fried until light golden, plated, and served. It has a crispy outer layer and a soft chewy inside, with the flavors of taro and cookies that are very popular among diners. In the vicinity, apart from the Sihku seafood street, "Miao Kou Oyster Omelette" is the only place selling this dish, which cannot be found elsewhere! The owner, Mrs. Yang, whose husband Yang Rui-xing operates a rubber raft service in Sihku Lagoon, takes tourists on tours of the lagoon while selling oyster omelettes, shrimp rolls, squid balls, and oyster soup, all made with freshly caught fish from the fixed nets of Sihku Lagoon. This allows tourists to enjoy fresh and unpolluted seafood while exploring the lagoon. Later, as the coastline of Sihku Lagoon receded and the land changed, she found herself at home. In 2015, hearing about a rental opportunity in front of Longshan Temple, she came to take over the lease to...
