Traditional New Year favorites such as mullet roe, sausage and cured meat are now available all year round from New Horizon stores; go into a supermarket to buy a portion of fresh Japanese abalone and you will get change out of NT $ 70; a tender, juicy roast chicken only costs NT $ 200; and bird's nests in rock sugar are no longer the extravagant treat they used to be.
往常過年最時興的烏魚子和香腸臘肉，現在走進新東陽，一年四季都買得到。日本鮮鮑在超市一個標價七十元有找、一隻油嫩燒雞不過二百元、現成的冰糖燕窩更是高貴不貴……。