Chi Kan Coffin Cake Introduction
In 1935, the founder Mr. Hsu Liu-yi opened a snack stall in Shengchang (Shakalingba), selling a variety of snacks including Japanese, Western, and Taiwanese styles. After the war, when friends occasionally came to the shop asking for different flavors, Mr. Hsu had a brainwave. He adopted the method of Western-style deep-fried pastry boxes, seasoned with chicken liver, squid, and vegetables, and filled them into hollowed-out pastry boxes. This dish, called "chicken liver board," attracted customers, and when friends opened the pastry box lid, they joked that it looked like a "coffin board." Eventually, taking this joke seriously, he thought "coffin board" was a good idea and officially put up the "Coffin Board" sign in the 48th year of the Republic of China, much to his surprise, it became very popular.
