【食記】南投 - 埔里蘇媽媽湯圓 @ il Giardino Romantico

這篇又是拖稿拖得很嚴重的一篇。其實這是二二八連假臨時起意回台中發生的事情了。現在都已經四月了！你看看你看看（聽說我2010的英國遊記也還沒寫完啊，這算什麼！）總之呢，這次回去是我老姐他用日月潭一日由來誘惑我，才成功把我騙回家（誤）。老實說另外一個原因也是因為我三月份週末都滿檔，連假不回去，就真的要拖好久才能回家啦！不過不料，難得回台中原本以為可以享受中部的熱情陽光，到了台中卻發現我竟然把台北的天氣也一起帶回去了！真是糟糕啊！

Ok, this article has been put off for a while now. This occurred during the 228 long weekend, and I've only just had the chance to post this now. Well, I suppose, compared to my 2010 UK articles (unfinished, still!), this is nothing! My sister lured me back home with 'a day trip to Sun Moon Lake'. Another reason I decided to go back to Taichung was also because my weekends for March were all filled up, and it would be too long if I didn't take the trip then. I thought that it would be a nice time to catch some central Taiwan sunshine, but who would've thought! I had brought the horrible Taipei weather to central Taiwan!

老姐與友人以及她可愛的女兒，我們四個人就這樣到了南投。經老姐的有人推薦，我們來到了這間蘇媽媽湯圓。本來心裡有點忐忑，想說不知道會不會有我可以吃的，但我想說，湯圓嘛！大不了鹹的沒得吃就吃甜的囉！

There were four of us - my sister, her friend, and her friend's daughter (and moi!). We came to Nantou, and under the recommendation of the friend, we came to this restaurant, famous for its rice dumplings (tangyuan). I was a bit anxious at first, as I didn't know if there would be any non-pork options. But I thought, well! Rice dumplings! I supposed I could always go with the sweet options!

菜單 The menu

最後我點了鴻喜菇丸湯，以及滷豆腐。其實我也不知道鴻喜菇丸子到底是不是豬肉去做的，但算了吧！我當時想著。別讓自己那麼難搞。

I picked mushroom-ball soup and tofu. Not knowing whether the balls were pork-based, I thought: never mind!

臨桌的小北鼻。正在享受美食中。

Toddler next table, enjoying his meal, before we enjoy ours!

滷豆腐 & 滷蛋很好吃，但可惜還是有肉燥。
Tofuu and egg. Pity was sprinkled with minced pork. Nonetheless, quite good!

看起來好像很特別的醋。地址跟電話都好妙喔！
Interesting bottle of vinegar. If you could read Chinese, you'll find the address and the phone number quite interesting.

肉燥麵
Pork noodles.

埔里米粉
Puli rice noodles.

我的鴻喜菇丸子湯
My mushroom-ball soup.

鮮肉湯圓
Pork rice dumplings.

其實以上吃完我們就差不多七八分飽了，不過在友人的推薦下，難得來了一趟還是想說來嚐嚐看他的甜湯圓。

We were quite full after the above, but since we don't exactly come here every day, the friend recommended that we fill the rest of the space in our tummies with some sweet rice dumplings.

這是養身湯圓
Mini rice dumplings.

這是三寶湯圓
Rice dumplings with fillings.

有我喜歡的白木耳
This comes with the fungus that I'm quite fond of.

一般我不太愛的抹茶花生，嚐起來還真不錯！
This is Japanese green tea and peanut flavoured. I don't usually like this flavour, but this turns out to be quite scrumtious!

芝麻的也是甜而不膩。
Sesame tastes wonderfully nice as well. Sweet, but not overly sweet.

從我們進來到離開，一直都是客滿的～
The place was packed from the moment we stepped into it.

後面庭院還有備用桌，一樣滿！
Spare table in the back garden.

池塘裡真的有魚～
Real fish in the pond.

如果開車去南投玩，真的可以來這裡吃吃湯圓喔！

If you happen to drive to Nantou, I highly recommend this place!

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