Opening Date
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In 1999, the year of the
inception of the store, a serious earthquake attacked Taiwan in September 21. With
the best wishes for everyone’ safety, Mr. Chen specifically selected December
24 of this year as the date of opening the store and bought the statute of Santa
Claus as the store treasure.
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Story behind opening
a restaurant related to railway
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Growing up in a railway
dormitory, Mr. Chen is under deep influence of what he sees and hears about
railway. Although he has no interest in becoming a train driver, he opened a
store featuring train fast food.
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Why locating the
store in Shetou?
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Mr. Chen considered
several places like his birthplace Ershui, or Tianchung, Shetou etc. and
finally decided to locate his restaurant in Shetou .
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Why
name the store the same as Fukui Prefecture of Japan?
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Mr. Chen looked for
several Japanese name and finally found an ideal name from over 10 Japanese
counties. The name he liked was “Fukui”, the Chinese translation of which
includes the character “Fu”, a token of “blessing”. It seems that Mr. Chen
loves its symbolic meaning.
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