In fact, dietary habits are influenced by available resources, so for people who live by the sea to eat large quantities of seafood are not merely a matter of preference. The raw oysters served in the French style in the restaurants of Taipei's expensive that they are counted out one by one, making it impossible to eat one's fill in the way coastal dwellers are accustomed to.
飲食習慣其實受生活周遭資源的影響，沿海漁民吃海鮮常是物盡其用與不得不然。今天台北高級餐廳供應「空運來台」的生蠔，價格昂貴，消費者只能一個個數著吃，自然無法像寧波「海口」人吃的大呼過癮。