Today, people have put together a roster of "eight modern treasures" commonly seen in dining establishments: swiftlet nests, abalone, shark's fin, black sea cucumber, hashih frog, spotted grouper, tachia crab and lobster.
到了今天，有人將宴席中比較常出現的昂貴食品又列出燕窩、鮑魚、魚翅、烏參、蛤士蟆、石斑、大閘蟹、龍蝦為「現代八珍」。