Friday, May 05, 2006

Coffin Treats

Taiwan has many regional treats, and many cities and towns are famous for their own special dishes. In Tainan, there's this very unique item that has got me going back for more ever so often after I had my first!

Known as the "coffin board or plank" if translated into english, 棺材板 (guan cai ban) is a thick slab of deep fried bread hollowed out with the top crust opened back like an open casket. Hence the name ofcourse. The cavity of the bread is then filled with a mixture of meats and veggies in a kind of creamy sauce, which is made from milk from what I saw in one of those Taiwanese shows on tv. If you don't want to add another disposable dish to the landfill, this is one of the few treats that lets you eat the bowl!


I had this in An Ping Lu, and boi was it yummy! It actually tastes like toasted bread dipped in creamy corn soup with lotsa veges and meat in it, except this is the other way round as the soup is in the bread itself! There's even this whole rule of eating coffin boards. First you cut the top bit into two and dip it into the sauce to eat, then you slowly consume the whole thing from the outside to the very middle. Hahaha, I saw this on the show before I had it so yay, I was prepared. Talk about hard task huh, :p it's just a piece of bread goddammit shazza!

I threw in a miniature coffin pic in case you forgot how it looks like hahaha. Awesome innit. What a simple yet creative tactic! Ooh.. I heart coffin boards!



7 comments:

Piffles said...

start from the outside to the middle? and the soupy stuff will pour over the plate la?

Anonymous said...

wahh..uve been eating alot of foods eh ..hehehe well l still prefer to eat shit in modern toliet. but then l still wanna try this bread,seems different. cos its coffin Bread...haha sounds devilish.Do they have RIP bread too?

WIST said...

yv: u sorta finish the creamy soup on the way to to the middle bit :p like cut cut each pieaces and itll stick to the bread while u bite each bit!

fiona: hahah yeah, i gained weight! ooh boi oh boi! not too good with my new hair cut :(!!!
yeah tell dreamyboy to bring u hahaha xD some places have yucky ones though! ok gotta go to club now!

Anonymous said...

i'm so envious! :) i miss that place heaps.. the food and all.. is your bf staying there? or?

WIST said...

maine: heya.. yeah its a greast place :) growing sideways tho >_< yeah, his family immigrated to nz when he was young, then he went to aust for 5 years..and that was when i met him hehe, and then now he is here alone for work in taiwan.. so he'll be here for quite some time! thats y i'm visiting :p

Anonymous said...

ohhhhhhhh looks delish devilish babe..hehe...=Pdrool~ haha
Can't wait till my next holiday now..wanna try all these yummy foods...

WIST said...

sall: hehe yeah and then next time u can come visit when i work here!! :p that wud be fun actually hahaha.. ooo cant wait..now i gotta head off to kaohsiung and then catch my flight tonite :( sobs! see u tomorrow gurl :p i heard we're going somewhere thurs night hahaha :D