In 1981, with only NT $ 500 in hand, he went through a garbage dump and found some old tables, chairs, a gas stove, and old windows, and scarfed some wood from a friend. With these, he hammered together his first shop at the head of the Huachiang Bridge in Panchiao, Taipei County.
民國七十年，田正德的身上只有五百元，他在垃圾堆裡翻翻撿撿，找來人家丟棄的桌子、椅子、瓦斯爐、舊窗戶，又向朋友賒了一些木材，敲敲釘釘，於板橋華江橋頭創立了他的薑母鴨本店。