Chi-Kan Coffin Board Introduction
In the 10th year of the Showa era (1935), the founder Mr. Hsu Liu-yi opened a snack stand in Shengchang (Shakaliba), selling a variety of snacks that included Japanese, Western, and Taiwanese styles. After the war, friends occasionally visited the shop and requested different flavors of snacks. Mr. Hsu had a brilliant idea to use the method of Western-style fried pastry shells. He seasoned chicken liver, squid, and vegetables, filled the hollow pastry shells, and served what he called "chicken liver boards." When his friends opened the pastry shell lids, they jokingly remarked that it resembled a "coffin board." Ultimately, taking the joke seriously, he thought "coffin board" was a great idea. Thus, in the 48th year of the Republic of China, he officially hung the sign for "coffin board," which unexpectedly became very popular.
