Talking about the ice wars that have spread across Taiwan at anything but a glacial pace this summer, Kuo Ching-i of Chen Shan Mei Food Products, which runs the Ice Ice chain of bing shops, draws a metaphor from ancient history: "It's like the barbarian invasions of China!"
談起今夏野火燎原般的冰品大戰，著名冰品連鎖店「冰冰蒟蒻」所屬「珍善美食品公司」總經理郭淨溢眼睛發亮，直道：「彷彿五胡亂華。」