il Giardino Romantico

這次來到高雄有兩個任務：喝喜酒＋探望外婆。兩個任務都完成了之後，原本舅舅提議可以搭公車去夢時代看看。但高雄的公車實在太不可靠。要去夢時代走走，不是不行。而是公車一定得準時。否則我們將會錯過回程的車。因此我倆決定捨棄這次去夢時代的行程。但當我們在考慮回到車站附近後中午要吃什麼的時候，難題又來了！雖然食記天仙也是看了不少，但一時要我想到火車站附近那兒有好吃的還真是有點困難。因此天仙這次又用強大的搜尋功能來找出值得一訪的店家了！

There were two missions to accomplish during this trip to Kaohsiung: one was to attend the wedding reception of a friend, and the other was to visit my granny. When we'd accomplished both, my uncle suggested that we take a short trip to Dream Mall, but seeing that the buses in Kaohsiung were not that reliable, we ditched the idea. When we returned to the Kaohsiung station neighbourhood, it was a difficult decision to decide what to eat. I've seen my share of food blogs, but it was still difficult to come up with something at the time. That's why I decided to leave it to Google again!

找到這間鴨肉店評價還不錯。只是實際從車站走過去才發現其實這路程也不算太近。還好我們從旅館check out後有先將行李放置在車站的寄物櫃。因此半個小時內的路程都還算走的了。從車站走到這，差不多15分鐘的路程吧。對走習慣的我們來說，根本不算什麼。順便消耗一點熱量，好多吃一點。回程再走走，順便消化消化。

I saw that the review for this duck place was not so bad. Seemingly, it was just aroudn the corner. Fortunately we had left our luggage at the station lockers earlier, so we could easily walk around. It was about a 15 minute walk from the station. Good distance. Enough to empty your tummy for the meal, and also help digest some afterwards. 



天仙看到的實際把這間店形容得非常好吃。但其實並沒有抱著太大的期望。只是不想吃到雷。沒想到一找到看到人潮還蠻多的，心想這決定應該是對的吧！

The blog entry I found was very favourable to this place. But I didn't put my hopes up too high. All I wanted was something decent. When I saw the crowd, I knew that I had made the right decision coming here!

我覺得一間生意好的店，除了餐點本身要好吃之外，服務當然也不能太差。而店員們頭腦思緒也要很清楚，否則人一多，誰點了什麼根本就記不清楚了！

The keys to keeping the business going, to me, it seems that other than having good food, the service can't be bad either. The people serving must also keep their heads clear, or else they won't be able to remember who ordered what!



鴨肉飯 Duck rice

天仙吃了一口就覺得：天啊！這也太好吃了吧！

I thought this was really good! 

鴨肉很鮮甜。不用沾醬就很好吃了。還有筍絲可以去去油膩。白飯也淋上了鴨肉汁，這樣的份量剛剛好。不會說一兩口鴨肉就沒了，令人吃得很不過癮。

It was nice and juicy. The bamboo shoots went quite well with the meaty rice. They poured some of the juice from cooking the duck into the rice, making the rice very savoury as well. 



每個店員都有自己負責的項目。所以在多人潮也不怕。老闆認真地切鴨肉ing。

Each of the workers had their own duties in the shop. This is (presummably) the owner, chopping up duck meat.



除了這碗鴨肉飯，當然還點了其他餐點。一篇食記要豐富，當然不能只有鴨肉飯。

Other than duck rice, there were also other dishes that we ordered. 



當歸鴨血。天仙原本以為是純鴨血，點了之後才知道原來是米血啊。不過很好喝喔！

The black thing in the soup is similar to the English delicacy - black pudding. I didn't know at the time (I thought it was just duck blood). After the soup arrive, I realised that there were too many of these blood puddings! (Although the soup was really nice!)



只不過因為小小的誤會，讓我們這餐實在很多鴨米血啊！對原本不愛吃米血的天仙來說，量實在有點多哩！

Well, now you can see that there were too many of these blood puddings! Normally, not my cup of tea. But I did have quite a lot that day! 



餐餐都要有青菜。青菜下肚後，才能減輕自己多吃的罪惡感。 XD

Veggies should go with every meal. After the veggies, you'll feel less guilty about the fatty duck meat you've eaten!



不過話說這當歸湯雖然有了重複的米血，但也是唯一天仙想嘗試的。其他好像有內臟，天仙並不愛。

I know there were too many blood puddings, but it was the only kind of soup I wanted to try. The other ones had insides, which I didn't really fancy.



當然，最終還是要有一盤實實在在的鴨肉，這篇食記才算完整！

Of course, last, but certainly not least... a plate full of this juicy duck meat!

 

雖然有骨頭，但不至於影響享用過程。帶點骨頭的鴨肉其實比較甘甜、鮮嫩。這些可都是鴨腿肉來著。

There were bones, but the meat around the bones were the best. These pieces were all from the thigh. 



天仙認為這張特寫沒有拍得很好啦。不過卻是可以清楚看到的確是鴨腿肉喔！

I've ruined this picture, but it's still evident that the plate of duck meat was, indeed, from the thigh!

 

雖然之前並沒有聽高雄的朋友提起過這間，但實際吃過一次之後覺得真的很棒！大推！

I'd highly recommend this place, although I'd not heard any of my Kaohsiung friend mention this place. 


檢視較大的地圖 

天仙念：寫食記果然還是能幫助不少人啊！ XD