Restaurant repurposes old sauce cans into take-out containers
Restaurant repurposes old sauce cans into take-out containers
2025-11-13
With the popularity of take-out and delivery, some restaurants have started using repurposed containers to give their take-out experience a retro flare. As one example, popcorn packaged in recycled paint cans has been trending lately. One restaurant in Chiayi takes it a step further, serving their famous fish head casserole in metal shacha sauce cans. This not only makes ordering take-out more eco-friendly, but offers long-time customers a special perk.
A chef puts a hefty serving of fish head casserole into a metal can, which has been repurposed from its original use for shacha sauce to a take-out container. This restaurant in Chiayi has been packaging their casserole like this for many years, but only long-time customers know the secret.
Chiayi resident
It’s very nostalgic and sentimental. When I was young, my parents would bring it home like this. Only long-time customers know about this, and we have to reserve it ahead of time, or it might not be available.
Chiayi resident
In the old days they would always use this, but it’s not public knowledge. You need to reserve ahead of time, because the cans aren’t always available. The quality and feeling just isn’t the same when it’s in a plastic bag.
In the old days, people would bring their own pot to take the casserole home in. But after one customer brought a shacha sauce can instead, it quickly became the most popular take-out method. The trend slowly disappeared as plastic bags become common, but with recent waves of environmentalism and retro styles, it has made a comeback.
Restaurant manager
Shacha always comes in cans, and we clean them thoroughly. People who ask for take-out in a can have been loyal customers for generations.
Other businesses have picked up this trend of using recycled containers, like putting popcorn in repurposed paint cans and adding cute designs. It’s been especially popular with young people.
It’s very unique and creative. It makes me want to try it.
It gets young people’s attention.
Not only is the packaging creative, but this popcorn comes in all kinds of Taiwan-inspired flavors, like fried chicken and bubble tea.
This is the bubble tea flavor. It comes in two colors. Black is the boba and white is milk tea.
These recycled bags, originally used for pig feed, also have a retro style. When people come here, they tend to leave with multiple cans of popcorn.
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砂鍋魚頭外帶裝"復古沙茶鐵桶" 業者:老顧客福利
2025-11-13
現在有不少零食的外包裝流行文創復古風，像是把爆米花裝進油漆桶裏，印上可愛的圖案，深受年輕人喜愛。不過，嘉義知名的老牌砂鍋魚頭，也有隱藏版的外帶鐵桶，用的不是油漆桶，而是早期的沙茶鐵桶，把沙鍋魚頭裝進鐵桶裏，環保又復古，這可是老顧客才有的福利。
一匙匙的沙鍋魚頭的湯料，裝進鐵桶子裏，再放下一大坨的沙茶醬，這就是傳說中的沙茶鐵桶，這可不是什麼文創包裝，而是使用多年，隱藏版的外帶鐵桶，只有嘉義老一輩的人才知道。
[[嘉義民眾]]
“就是很懷舊啊，很有感情啊，小時候爸爸媽媽都是這樣子買回來啊，這是只有老顧客才知道的，我們都要提早預訂，不然直接來的話可能就沒有了”
[[嘉義民眾]]
“古早時候的時侯都有用這個嘛，這個是不能公開的秘密啊，要提早預訂啦，因為這個桶子也不是天天有，那個塑膠袋裝的那個品質感覺就是不一樣”
早年外帶沙鍋魚頭，客人都得自備鍋子，有一次，客人拿沙茶醬桶來裝，意外變成當時街頭最流行的外帶容器，後來塑膠袋愈來愈普遍，才漸漸消失，在環保意識抬頭和懷舊復古風潮之下，再度重出江湖。
[[沙鍋魚頭業者]]
“我們沙茶挖起來都會有桶子嘛，這桶子都很乾淨，會跟我們討要這個桶子的，都是來跟我們買了三代的(顧客)”
也有愈來愈多的零食業者，看準復古包裝的商機，把爆米花裝進早期的油漆罐裏，外觀印上可愛的動物圖案，與年輕人共感。
“很特別耶，創意很好，就想要買來吃看看”
“比較會吸引年輕人”
不只包裝上下功夫，爆米花口味也推陳出新，台灣著名小吃鹹酥雞、珍珠奶茶，都能變成爆米花。
“珍珠奶茶，它打開就是雙色，黑色是珍珠，白色是奶茶”
就連提帶都是復古的豬飼料麻布袋，KUSO又文青，難怪年輕人一買就是好幾罐。
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