The great modern Chinese intellectual Lin Yu-tang said, "When Chinese eat, they not only eat 'food,' but even more eat 'flavor.' What they appreciate is a kind of abstract feeling."
近代國學大師林語堂曾經說過：「中國人吃東西，不僅是吃『食』，更重要的是吃『味』，欣賞的是一種抽象的感覺。」