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I detest finding venues to meet people.  Especially after becoming a vegetarian.  I don't like coercing people into eating veggie along with me, which makes it even harder to find a place to have meals.  Therefore, out of the six meals that came out of this one trip to Taipei, only one of them was set up by me.  All the others were set up by my lovely friends.  When I heard that we were having hot pot, I thought, Great! This way, he will be able to have as much meat as his tummy desires, and I can happily devour my greens.  However, it was not until I got to the restaurant, saw the 'zen' and 'Buddhist' style decor, that I realised the place was a strictly 'veggie' hot pot restaurant.

*To understand the concept of 'hot pot', you can think of it as 'Chinese/Oriental fondu... with clear soup (usually) instead of cheese or chocolate.  

其實天仙是非常討厭選餐廳的!尤其是吃素以後,常常不好意思強迫人家一起吃素。所以這次上台北除了軌道聚會地點是我急忙之中選出的地點之外,其他都是朋友決定的。原本聽說這餐是要吃火鍋,想說很不錯啊!!這樣對方要吃多少肉也不關我的事。不過到了餐廳一看店內的裝潢擺設,一問之下才得知原來這家供應的火鍋是全素的!

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There are several types of soup you can choose from.  The three types that we chose were namely, hot and spicy, herbal, and kelp.  The effect of the hot and spicy soup will not be felt until it's a bit too late.  So be careful!  The kelp soup is so clear, that it goes hand in hand with the hot and spicy.  And as for the herbal soup, oh my, it is absolutely heavenly.  But, it is recommended for those who have acquired a taste for Chinese herbs... 

這裡有多種湯頭可以選擇。這天我們選的三種分別是:麻辣、養身、跟昆布。麻辣湯頭剛開始會不覺得辣。但是越吃會越覺得受不了!昆布湯頭非常清。很適合搭配麻辣湯底。至於藥膳養身湯底,這個就要多講一下,因為他的味道實在是非常、非常、非常的驚人!這個藥膳養身湯底大概是我吃過最好吃的湯底了!

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If you go to an ordinary hot pot place, usually, there will still be a lot of veggies to chose from.  However, the range of veggies here is obviously a lot wider.  Just by looking at the variety of mushrooms available here, you will understand that it's basically a vegetarian paradise.  The veggies are fresh, but most importantly, they have a special sauce that goes with the veggies.  Usually, we dip the food in a special sauce called 'shacha' (first tone, second tone), but the restaurant prepares a special sauce made from ground toon plant leaves.  Thanks to this special sauce, I couldn't refrain from getting more helpings of mushrooms than I should have eaten.

去到一般的火鍋店,其實素食者還是都有很多蔬菜可以選擇。不過這裡的蔬菜一定是比一般的火鍋店還要多。而且其實光是蔬菜飽食感可能會不足。這裡的特色是光是菇類,就有很多種類可以選擇。不過最重要的除了食材新鮮,當然吃火鍋少不了的醬料也是非常重要的!這裡有很特別的香椿醬。[椿唸ㄔㄨㄣ,不唸ㄓㄨㄤ]雖然這篇沒有附上醬汁的圖片,不過相信我,你一定也會跟天仙一樣,為了這個美味的醬汁,多拿好幾回的菇類就爲了多多享受香椿醬美味!

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Originally, I thought, this was just a very nice restaurant, serving fresh food.  It wasn't until the next day that I found out from my other friends that the story behind the opening of the restaurant had been made into a story and aired on TV.  But this proves that my friend and I were not there simply because it 'was on TV', and I'm not just writing this to attract more people to come to my blog.  The real reason is because it's worth the recommendation!

原本天仙以為這只是一家很美味的素食火鍋店。不過隔天與別的朋友聊到才知道,原來這間店的創業歷程是有被某電視台拍成故事的!這其實證實了一件事實︰我們不是因為餐廳有上過電視才來嘗鮮。更不是因為這樣才寫文增加文章可看度。而是這間餐廳真的值得推薦!!
 
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若荷蔬食時尚餐廳
地址:台北市大安區敦化南路一段160巷58號 (頂好商圈後方)
電話:(02)2752-0838 


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