Despite rising prices, a growing number of people are opting to leave the cooking of their annual Lunar New Year's banquet to the professionals.
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00:00There's a long line of people waiting to pick up their New Year's Eve dinner.
00:06Though many still cook for themselves this time of year, some of the more popular dishes,
00:10like the famously complex stew called Buddha Jumps Over a Wall, are best left to the professionals.
00:18Restaurants like this one, attached to an upmarket hotel, offer prepaid take-home banquets
00:22with zero fuss.
00:24And they are popular.
00:43Must-haves for a Lunar New Year get-together include fish, representing plenty.
00:48But meats and other seafood dishes are popular, too.
00:51All of it can be ordered to go.
00:53And even the rising prices of foodstuffs and labor mean the average price of a take-out
00:57banquet has gone up two percent from last year.
01:00There's a slight uptick in the number of people opting for these ready-to-go meals.
01:17For some, this banquet can yield days of leftovers, and memories of seasonal delicacies
01:22that will last until the next Lunar New Year, when the feasting begins anew.
01:26Dolphin Chen and John Ventriest for Taiwan Plus.