The elderly owner of a seafood store near Tamsui's Lungshan Temple puts it this way: "Twenty or more years ago, fish and shrimp from the Tamsui were famous far and wide for their flavor and freshness.
起碼要「不臭」吧！淡水龍山寺旁，一家海產店的老闆說：「河裡的魚蝦肉質好不好，我們賣海產的心裡最清楚。廿多年以前，淡水的海產遠近馳名，因為那時候淡水河的水質好、養份夠，捕來的魚又肥、又鮮，有口皆碑。