Yu Jen Jai () is a

bakery A bakery is an establishment that produces and sells flour-based food baked in an oven such as bread, cookies, cakes, donuts, pastries, and pies. Some retail bakeries are also categorized as cafés, serving coffee and tea to customers who ...

located in Lukang Township,

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. It was founded in 1877, and specializes in

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. The original building is listed as a protected historical site by the

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span>，存档日期2016-08-09. Yu Jen Jai is among the oldest existing shops in Taiwan and its products, most notably its "egg yolk pastry" (), are often listed among the best Taiwanese souvenirs.

History

Yu Jen Jai was founded in 1877 by Jin Huang () selling "Phoenix Eye Cakes" (). The original store was built in the

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

style in 1930, and the bakery has been housed in this building since. The current owner is the fourth generation descendant of the founder. The bakery also has shops around Taiwan. As part of the Lukang City Government's efforts to demolish illegal structures, Yu Jen Jai's second branch store in Lukang had its

veranda A veranda or verandah is a roofed, open-air gallery or porch, attached to the outside of a building. A veranda is often partly enclosed by a railing and frequently extends across the front and sides of the structure. Although the form ''veran ...

demolished in 2012. Its main store had delayed demolition by arguing that the building is historically significant.

References

{{reflist Taiwanese companies established in 1887 Bakeries of Taiwan