Chou has long adhered to a very simple diet. If he's feeling weak, he'll ride out to Danshui for a bowl of beef noodles with the meat cooked very soft, a dish that always serves to restore him. He's weighed around 40 kilograms for decades, and offers up a funny story about his weight.
周公長期飲食極清淡，如果覺得身子「虛」，他會專程坐車到淡水吃一碗燉得軟爛的牛肉麵，每每覺得元氣頓時回復，維持幾十年體重在 40 公斤上下。