She comes from a family of well known caterers in Kaohsiung's Neimen Township and managed a Sichuanese restaurant until her retirement in 1999. Her plate momentarily clear, she had a talk with her husband and decided to open a small restaurant selling goose meat near their home by the Caogong Canal.
1999 年，娘家在內門是有名的辦桌「總舖師」的劉金鍊女士，剛自川菜餐館總監一職退休，與先生商議後，改在住家附近曹公圳道旁開鵝肉小吃。