• Xiǎo Shàn Shū Shí 小善蔬食

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  • White Vegetarian
Vegan-friendly
Ovo
Take-out
Taiwanese

Vegetarian restaurant situated just outside of Feng Chia University. Serves rice, noodles, dumplings, braised items, and fried foods. Open Mon-Sat 11:00am-4:00pm, 4:30pm-8:00pm.


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1 Review

First Review by taiwanesetexan

taiwanesetexan

Points +9027

Vegan
09 Sep 2019

Misleading

This is the first restaurant I've been to in Taiwan that has the English word "vegan" on their signage that serves ovo-vegetarian items. I didn't find out that they were misusing the term until after I'd finished my meal. I felt traumatized and confronted the staff as calmly as possible about this problem, and they claimed they didn't know that they had misled their customers. I consulted other veg*ns about this later, and they advised me to always be skeptical at veg*n restaurants in Taiwan since locals don't necessarily know what "vegan" means. It just seems trendy to use the term and attract customers by throwing English on a sign. Please make sure to ask them to clarify which items do NOT include animal products whenever you walk in, and remind them that the word "vegan" has a very specific definition and cannot be a catch-all for "no meat".

Pros: close to Feng Chia University, affordable

Cons: misleading use of the word "vegan", menu doesn't indicate which items are not vegan




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