A fish dealer named Tsai, who has been going crazy lately as the wholesale price of milkfish has plummeted to about NT $ 28, says with exasperation: "Milkfish used to be a very expensive item, which people only got when recovering from an operation or after having a baby.
在有點貴又不是太貴的辦桌喜宴上，更是「大海代有才人出」。最近為了虱目魚的批價一斤已經降到二十八元左右的成本價而傷透腦筋的蔡姓業者感慨地表示：「過去虱目魚是很高貴的東西，開刀和坐月子的人才吃的。