Chikan Coffin Toast
The Coffin Toast sounds scary at first, but most people are quite curious about the dish. So let us get to the story about Coffin Toast.

Just right after Taiwan Restoration, the western cuisine was spread all over South Taiwan with US Army. Because the young Hsiung Liu-Yi was so interested in cooking and had learned western cuisine cooking, he invented the Coffin Toast. So the material(toast) and the cutlery(knife & fork) are full of western style.

The original name for Coffin Toast was“Chicken Liver Plank”. In the 40’s, chicken liver was a fine ingredient. As a result, Hsiung Liu-Yi chose chicken liver as its stuffing and named after it. The stuffing tasted like French foie gras and then became very popular at that time. Those, no matter came from local or other places, would visit SAKARIBA and enjoy the snack.

Once there a professor (NTU) came to SAKARIBA and tasted the“Chicken Liver Plank”. After the meal, he praised to it and said to Hsiung Liu-Yi that its shape was a coffin alike. Therefore, Hsiung Liu-Yi finally decided to change its name as Coffin Toast. Since then the snack has become famous and popular in Tainan. There are two kinds of flavors. One is original, and the other is curry.