il Giardino Romantico

勞動節這天（是的！天仙是很會拖稿的）因為難得老公也放假，於是就選了離我們比較遠的地方用餐。聽長輩說，牛的營養價值其實比豬肉還要高。一心想要餵北鼻高營養價值食物的我，於是就想要開始練習吃牛肉。只是如果一開始就讓我吃一大片牛排，我恐怕沒辦法適應。畢竟都過了這麼多年沒碰一口牛肉，突然間要我嗑完一份牛排真的有點勉強呢。後來逛逛食記發現這間非吃到飽的燒烤店。雖然離我們遠了點，不過看完之後真的想來吃吃看。

Seeing it was Labour's Day, and that we both had the day off, we chose to dine at a place that was quite a distance from our comfort zone. I heard from others that beef offered more nutrition than pork did, so I wanted to try and learn to have beef in my diet again, for the baby. It was difficult! It had been so many years since I last tasted a bite of beef. I couldn't really start with a massive portion of steak, so after seeing this place from a blog article, I decided that this kind of barbeque would be the right place to start. It was not the kind of all-you-can-eat place, where you'd feel obliged to fill your tummy up to 120%! I thought it was a good choice to begin my beef diet. 

 

其實他並不難找，只是我們一開始走錯方向，還一直想說怎麼都找不到。捷運出來後，面對景美夜市的方向，要往左手邊走。走個幾分鐘就可以到了！店面坪數不大，今天算下來一共也只有三四組客人。這種溫馨的小店，一進去就覺得好期待了呢！

It was not difficult to find at all. Except we went the wrong way at first, and couldn't seem to locate the place. Turned out, if you face the direction of the night market, turn left, and it would only be a few minutes walk away. Including us, there were only three sets of customers. It was a tiny little shop, but I was looking forward to the meal already!

看看菜單，其實單價都不高。既然不是吃到飽的，想必品質也是有一定的保證。

That's the menu. The prices were acceptable. Without trying to stuff its customers with mediocre quality meat, I was sure the meat would be great!

 

外場只有一個服務員。不過服務的很周到。那一壺不是茶，是熱湯喔！

There was only one guy waiting around, but the service was quite nice. It wasn't tea in the kettle, it was soup! All you can drink soup!



再來就是頗有特色的醬料。 Then, there was the sauce trio and rose salt.



玫瑰鹽就不多介紹了！再來是燒肉醬跟紅味噌醬。還有蒜泥。

There was barbeque sauce, miso sauce, and grounded garlic.



怕吃了燒肉口渴，點了一杯讓懷孕初期食慾不振的我開一下胃（此時已經漸漸好轉了）順帶一提，這可是真的現榨的檸檬汁！

I ordered the lemonade to ensure I had a good appetite, that the first trimester appetite wouldn't ruin this meal! BTW, the juice was freshly sqeezed!

   

開爐！ There's our grill!



接著，肉盤就一盤接著一盤的上來。首先登場的是牛五花。

First up is a plate of streaky beef.

 

含蓄的我們正在商討誰要負責下肉片的時候，服務員走了過來，順手就幫我們烤了肉片。

As we were trying to figure out who should be responsible for watching over the grill... the waiter came around and placed the meat on the grill for us!

  

我們個吃了一口：天啊！專業的烤出來的口感果真不一樣啊！！

And boy oh boy! The beef certainly tasted different! He was, indeed, professional!!



接著是松阪豬。這裡燈光非常有限，而且手機的拍照功能也還在摸索中，所以常常會有失焦的狀況啊！

Next up is Matsusaka pork (this is not pork from Japan, but a special cut of pork). I was still figuring out how to optimize the camera on my phone at this point, and with the limited lighting, sometimes the pictures don't turn out ideal... 

  

吃到這了我才發現兩回事：1. 根本就不用沾醬！原味就超好吃的！ 2. 原來服務員會為你烤肉啊！好貼心的桌邊服務

Having a bite of this made me realize two things: 1. the sauces were redundant! You don't really need them! 2. the table service was all the way! 

不過即使是吃燒肉，也別忘了吃點青菜。

Despite the yummy meaty dishes, don't forget your veggies!!



雖然已經忙得不可開交了（很難想像高朋滿座的時候要怎麼桌邊服務哩）但服務員還是會回來幫你烤！（他烤得真的比較好吃）

The waiter was already running around busily serving... but he still manages to find time to come back and check your grill! (Obviously he does a better job than us!)



這是自懷孕之後就不太愛吃的雞肉（以前我可是雞肉控呢！）

I started not to like chicken as much as I used to since the start of pregnancy. I used to love chicken!



但吃了一口覺得，專業的烤出來真的不一樣啊！

After tasting it, again, proved that the waiter was, indeed, very professional!!



怕自己點太少，老公吃不飽，因此多點了一碗鮭魚泡飯。以前在東區吃，以為這裡也會是小小的一碗而已。沒想到滿大碗的哩！

We ordered this salmon ochazuke (tea rice) because I didn't want the dear hubby to go home still feeling hungry. It was to fill his tummy up. I've had this before elsewhere, and had expected a small bowl. When it was served, I was quite surprised at the size of the bowl!



而且非常的好吃！ And it was quite delicious!



再來是天仙這次的極限：骰子牛

And then, there was this to test my limit - diced beef.



相當的有嚼勁！果然不適合太久沒吃牛的我。不過老公倒是讚不絕口。這個灑點玫瑰鹽就超好吃的！

It was a bit chewy for me! Indeed, not for someone who'd not had beef for so long. But the hubby quite enjoyed it. It was nice with a sprinkle of rose salt.



接著是豬五花。這次點的是鹽蔥。原本不愛吃蔥的我想說：我就把蔥丟掉就好！沒想到熱心的服務員已經幫我都分配好，害我在他面前不知道該不該把蔥挑掉。

And then there was streaky pork. We had ordered the salty spring onion flavour. I thought, I could just ditch the spring onion... But no! The waiter had prepared me a serving with A LOT of the spring onion! Okay, so now I felt obliged to eat the pork with the spring onion.



於是我當著他的面，剝掉只剩一些蔥，吃了一口覺得還真的挺特別的！不過他走掉以後，我就趕快把蔥丟給老公了！ XDDDDD

Well, it wasn't that bad... But after he had left, I gave all the spring onion to my hubby! 



最後就是我們自己烤出來的柳葉魚。原本是要點鯖魚，不過怕自己烤功不佳，所以才改點柳葉魚。因為此時服務員已經要幫三桌服務，根本就忙不過來！我想說柳葉魚我還會烤！應該不會失敗！於是，這就是我們唯一自己烤出來的一盤！

Lastly, this plate of fish was the only dish that we had prepare all on our own! We were going to order mackerel, but feared our non-existent skill in grilling would ruin it... so we ordered this instead. But the waiter, by now, had to wait around three tables. He had his hands full. So I took the liberty of putting them on the grill. I've done this before! Shouldn't be that hard!

其實天仙是一個極度內向的人，很難第一次就跟人家打成一片（因為不會裝熟）。這樣的桌邊服務剛開始最令我感到害怕的就是跟服務員大眼瞪小眼。然後他在的時候又不好意思跟老公講話。不過後來發現，服務員人很好，很親切。重點是不會亂插嘴。聊到後來，大家都很開心！我想，如果他不是離我們這麼遠，我應該每個月都會想去吃一次耶！

Both of us were rather introvert people. It was difficult for us to break the ice for the first time with strangers. At first, we were quite afraid that having this kind of table service would be quite awkward. But then, it turned out that the waiter knew exactly what he was doing. He wouldn't interrupt abruptly! But he would talk and chat with you, as if you're one of his regular customers. I reckon, if the place wasn't so far away from where we live, I would like to come here regularly!



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天仙念：自從這天開始吃牛肉之後，北鼻就一直想要吃牛肉啊～～