A: In your view, what are Taipei’s top buffet restaurants?
B: Feastogether Group’s outlets — A Joy, Inparadise, Eatogether, Sunrise and Fruitful Food — are the runners-up.
A: A Joy’s deluxe meal, priced at NT$3,880 per person plus a 10-percent service charge, is the most expensive of its kind.
Photo: CNA 照片：中央社
B: My No. 1 goes to Hi-Lai Group’s outlets — including Island and Hi-Lai Harbour.
A: I feel like I’ve gained 3 kilograms just from hearing all the options.
A: 你心目中最強的吃到飽餐廳是？
B: 亞軍是饗賓集團的吃到飽品牌︰饗、饗饗、饗食天堂、旭集、果然匯。
A: 饗每人高達3,880台幣加一成，是全台最貴的吃到飽！
B: 冠軍則是漢來集團旗下的品牌︰島語、漢來海港。
A: 哈聽到這麼多吃到飽，我感覺又胖了3公斤。
（By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張迪）
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