Taipei City Market Administration officials held an opening ceremony yesterday for the new Taipei Fish Market (
The fish market, located on Mintzu East Road, is said to be the largest modern fish market in Taiwan.
Thousands of visitors yesterday morning flooded into the new market, which is divided into six sections, including fresh catches, frozen seafood, and a cooking classroom.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
There is also a huge aquarium at the market. Officials said that the 23m-long aquarium has more than 200 kinds of fish and is the longest aquarium in Asia.
On the second floor of the market there is a seafood cooking classroom to educate the public, chefs, and seafood buyers in cooking techniques. Free cooking recipes are available at the cooking classes.
The market can also prepare and cook fresh catches for the customers right way, with only a NT$50 to NT$100 service charge per dish.
According to the market administration, the fish are shipped directly to the market, and all fish products are fresh and affordable.
"The fish products are all government approved," officials said. "All shoppers can enjoy the quality, freshness and variety here."
A customer yesterday said that he usually spent at least NT$400 when buying a lobster in a traditional market. However, he only spent NT$300 yesterday at the Taipei Fish Market.
According to the executive of the fish market, Chen Chen-kun (
"For example," Chen said, "a fresh crab might cost NT$400 in a traditional market, but it only costs NT$300 to NT$350 here." The average selling price for a crab at a local seafood outlet near a port is about NT$200.
According to market administrators, the city first established the Mintzu Fish Market (
To makeover the traditional market into a modern fish market, as well as to promote fish products, the market administration has worked with the Executive Yuan's Council of Agriculture and the Aquaculture Development Association of the ROC to establish the Taipei Fish Market.
The market administration said that the new market is a perfect meeting place for the fishing industry and consumers, where each morning the freshest seafood sales take place.
"The Taipei Fish Market is a great place," Chen said, "Come see for yourself!"
Responding to the fish market's challenge, Taiwan's traditional markets near the coast said they would continue to offer low prices.
Seafood havens like Fuchi (富基), Pisha (碧砂), Wuchi (梧棲) and Kaohsiung Harbor (高雄港), Taiwan's biggest fishing harbor, have become popular tourist spots.
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