BBC Chinese, Feb. 13, 2010.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/uk/2010/02/100213_uk_euromillions.shtml
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(1) 吴燕玲, 台湾来鸿：外带年菜上桌. BBC Chinese, Feb. 11, 2010.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/indepth/2010/02/100211_twletter_chinesenewyear.shtml
My comment:
(a) Maybe the writer came from central or north China--central China for
sure: "祖籍苏州生于上海再落脚于台的奶奶;" anyway not Cantonese that I am--I
am not familiar with the dishes she mentions.
(b) 荸荠: 马蹄 in Cantonese and water chestnut in English.
Eleocharis dulcis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleocharis_dulcis
(actually not a nut at all)
When I first came to US, at Chicago, an American told me she enjoyed Chinese
food, with "water chestnut" and so on. I asked her what it was, and she was
surprised I did not know (because I knew it by Cantonese name and did not
correlate it with 荸荠). Much like I did not know who "Jackie Chan" was.
My comment: I reiterate that it was/is a ghost town during Chinese New Year
in Taiwan. However it is conceivable that 台北市迪化街 is different. But I
did not go there--and was not interested--while in Taiwan.