Yang's Chicken Roll Introduction
Jingtong Railway Station is one of the four well-preserved wooden train stations in Taiwan. During the peak of the mining industry, as many as 12 station attendants worked here, but now only one person manages the station. The story of Jingtong Station's rise and decline is best narrated by Yang's Family Chicken Roll, located directly across the street, where the family has resided for three generations. The Yang family has been operating a noodle shop here since the peak of the coal mining era, and at its busiest, the shop operated 24 hours a day. However, as the mining industry declined, so did their business, leading them to transform the shop into a grocery store while also selling chicken rolls around 1968. Unexpectedly, as tourism flourished later on, Yang's Chicken Roll gained fame. Interestingly, there is a wooden sign inside the shop that clearly informs customers: "There is no meat in the meat roll and there is no chicken in the chicken roll!" It turns out that the so-called chicken roll does not contain any chicken; instead, it is made by wrapping fillings of carrot, taro, onion, and minced meat in tofu skin, then cutting it into pieces and deep-frying it. The result is a crispy and delightful snack, rich in the fragrance of taro.
