When the Pathfinder group tried things like the mahi-mahi fishball soup in the harbor town of Nanfang-ao, or the oyster omelets and "cat and mouse noodles" at the Temple Front night market in Changhua, they were invariably amazed.
當大陸踩線團嚐到南方澳鬼頭刀魚丸湯、彰化廟口蚵仔煎、玉珍齋糕點、貓鼠麵（高湯麵加上雞捲、香菇丸和蝦丸）、屏東的紅燒牛肉麵、台北鼎泰豐的清蒸牛肉麵時，無不驚艷叫好。