il Giardino Romantico

這豐盛的一餐其實是為了歡送一位來台進修的印度友人。她即將離台前進新加坡繼續進修。我們會認識是經由一位大學老師的牽線。我們很高興能夠成為她台灣回憶的一部分。其實這天份量有點多！不過畢竟是個歡送會，當然要彭湃一點！這樣人家才會記得我們嘛！

This was a meal fit for royalty!! It was actually a farewell feast for an Indian friend of ours who had come to Taiwan to study Mandarin, and she was getting ready to embark on a new journey - to Singapore for her PhD. An old professor from uni introduced us, and we were more than happy to become part of her memory of Taiwan. There was a lot of food!! But it was, afterall, a farewell party. So we did want to make it quite unforgettable! 



餐廳是B兄找的。B兄總是知道一些我們連聽都沒聽過的好地方。只要是他推薦的，基本上我們都不疑有他呢！

Our friend, B recommended the place. He would always come up with places we'd never been to before! The recommendations had always been great! So we had no doubt that this was going to be a wonderful meal! 


小菜 Appetizers

這天因為我比較早到。而大家都因為臨時遇到一些事情所以必須晚點才到。肚子裡的北鼻開始叫餓，我只好很不客氣地先從小菜下手了。

等人都到齊後，餐廳既然是B兄推薦的，餐點當然也都是由他點囉！

I arrived early (on time), but everyone else seemed to be caught up with something. As the baby in me started to feel hungy, I had no choice but to start nibbling these appetizers. 

Once everyone had arrived, we left the job of ordering to B, since he made the recommendation, he must know what to order!


松子燻雞 Pine smoked chicken

為了寫這篇食記，我有翻翻別人寫過的。B兄果然是內行人。松子燻雞我瞧著就是這間的必點之一。

In order to write up this article, I searched the web a bit and found that B knew, indeed, what he was doing! This smoked chicken was one of the must-eats! 


燒餅 Sesame buns


醬肉 Braised pork

醬肉跟燒餅得一起點。因為要把醬肉包在燒餅裡頭一起吃才夠味。我瞧著這也是必點呢！

The pork should be eaten with the bun. Stuff the pork in the bun like a sandwich. It was also one of the must-eats that B had ordered.

 
褡褳火燒 Fried dumplings

這也是大家大推的一道。其實就是巨無霸鍋貼來著吧！

只是不好意思這天因為忙著聊天，燒餅包醬肉的照片沒拍到，鍋貼裡長啥樣子也一樣沒拍到。想知道...就自己去嘗嘗看吧 XD

This is basically gigantic pan-fried dumplings. Most of the articles I found online also highly recommended this dish.

At this point, I must appologize for not taking any photos of the stuffings, as we were busy chatting away! 


香椿豆腐 Xiangchun Tofu

雖然我日前吃素很喜歡香椿，但這道香椿豆腐當天並沒有受到好評。有點可惜了。

I used to like xiangchun a lot when I was a vegetarian. But unfortunately, this dish did not seem to be very popular during this meal.


荷葉餅 Chinese pan cake


合菜代帽 Sauted veggies and vermicelli covered with egg cap

荷葉餅是拿來包代帽的。此時的我食慾才要剛剛恢復，所以這道我並沒有嘗到。然後也是顧著聊天，裡面長啥樣子也是一樣忘了拍！

A portion of the veggies with the egg cap should be wrapped in the pan cake. Well, I was only slowly recovering from my lost of appetite during my first trimester, so I didn't get to taste this. I had also forgotten to take a picture of what it looked like inside the egg cap. 


水梨沙拉 Pear salad

最讓我驚艷的是這一道！我猜應該是季節性的吧！不過他真的好好吃！我看大家都只夾個一兩分，我自己卻是很不要臉的幾乎吃的半碗去了！

The most amazing dish was this pear salad! I can't remember the name they gave it, but it was basically an appetizing fruit salad. I think I devoured most of it while the rest of the gang had only one or two servings each. (Ooops_


蔥爆牛肉 Fried beef with green onion

這是我這個孕婦很不要臉的要求要點的。但實際上他挺讓我失望的。肉炒得有點乾。不推。還是乖乖吃其他必點的吧！

I actually demanded this dish, but in reality, it turned out a bit disappointing. The beef was not tender at all. I think we should stick to the must-eats mentioned earlier in this article!


炸丸子 Deep fried meat balls

雖然當時我對炸物興趣缺缺，但我倒覺得這個丸子挺好吃的！

At the time I had lost interest in fried foods, but these meat balls were actually quite good!


酸辣湯 Sour and spicy soup

最後還有一到酸辣湯。因為大碗不在我能拍的範圍內，所以只能拍我程到小碗裡的畫面。

結論是，吃得很撐！聊得很愉快。

唯一讓我很不滿的是，B兄竟然搶著付錢，也不盡一點心意啊！！

Last, but certainly not least, there was the sour and spicy soup! The big bowl was out of my reach, so I could onlly get a photo from the helping I got in my small bowl. 

I might as well call the meal very satifying! We also had a very lovely chat! 

The only thing I was not quite happy about was that B insisted on paying the bill, and rejected my offer to share the bill! 


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歡迎加入粉絲團喔～ 

天仙念：大家有意要續攤，當然也有邀請我。只是當時還在懷孕初期，到了八九點就開始犯睏了！只好提早跟印度友人來的暫別的抱抱，祝福她往後的發展一切順利！