Shanghai crabs fill Taiwan farms and dining tables

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The small village house courtyard filled with makeshift tables doesn't look much like a spot for fine dining. But the restaurant in central Taiwan's Miaoli is always fully booked during the few months it is open each year.

Customers come from late autumn to mid-winter for fresh crabs the owner, Chen Yun-yung, has raised in the three medium-sized ponds beside the house.