However, as our taxi driver would surely note, life in the Lai Lai is not exactly a parallel with reality. "If you want to enjoy things that are imported into Taiwan, you're going to have to pay for it," says Andrew Tsuei, executive director of Union Group of Companies. "But if you drink tea and eat traditional Chinese food, it isn't so expensive in Taipei."
「一定要在台灣享受台灣沒有的東西，花費當然高」，一年中有半年時間在國外商務旅行的友利公司總經理崔中認為，喝咖啡、吃漢堡是外國人生活的一部分；喝茶，吃牛肉麵，才是我們的生活。