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五月中結婚宴客＆登記完後，回到了台中娘家住了一兩晚。其實主要是因為想要抽空陪陪遠從英國來參加喜宴的朋友。前一天我們帶了他去日月潭，沒想到天公不作美，我們還沒抵達就下起了大雨。天氣預報說那幾天下午都會下雨。我們還在想隔天可以帶友人去哪裡玩，結果友人自己提議說他想獨自去谷關玩。於是這天我們就空下來了。因為宴客前就知道懷孕，然後因為不知道宴客會用掉多少預算（會虧會打平還是會有剩），如果有剩，我們又希望留起來以後給北鼻買尿布奶粉，所以幾天的婚假就沒有安排出國了！（好在去年底就有出國一趟，也算是有度過蜜月了啦）

After our wedding reception and registration, we came back to Taichung to stay a couple of days. The main reason was actually to spend some time with a friend who came to our reception all the way from the UK. We took him to Sun Moon Lake the first day, but then even before we arrived, it started pouring! The weather forecast said that there would be showers in the afternoons during those few days. We were still thinking about where we could take our friend the next day, when he insisted on making an adventure on his own. That's how we got this entire day to ourselves. Speaking of these few days, we did have like a week off. But since we knew before that I was pregnant, and we weren't sure how much budget we were going to have after the reception... and that if we had some extra left, we'd like to save it for the baby... so we didn't bother booking anything abroad. (Good thing we went to Thailand the year before! I guess that could count as a honeymoon!)

然而因為前一天不過是去個日月潭就讓我累翻了！所以今天即使可以度過兩人世界，也不想走太遠。於是就來到新世代購物中心，吃個午餐，看個電影，也算是悠哉地度過了一天。我跟老公說，這天想要吃點好料。畢竟已經省下蜜月錢，吃一頓大餐應該不為過吧！看了半天，決定吃吃看這個大大茶樓！

 

其實剛來到台北工作不久，我就發現在南崗路上有個不起眼的鐵皮屋，上面標榜著「正宗泰國菜」。我光是瞧那店面，就覺得這種小規模餐廳，一定是泰國人開的，就連主要客群一定是泰國人！不過因為一直抱持著又期待又害怕受傷害的心理，所以總是沒有鼓起勇氣去嘗試。有一天，老公提議說：就是今天了吧！去嘗嘗那間正宗泰國菜！於是就來了！

I found a Thai place on Nangang Road shortly after I started my life in Taipei. It was in a shack at the time, and written on the sign were the words: 正宗泰國菜 (Authentic Thai foood). Seeing from its small scale, I knew that it must be run by Thais, and they probably served Thai people in the neighbourhood. But I never gathered enough courage to give it a try, until my other half and I decided to finally give it a go! 

*The following article is about my plans for postpartum care. In Chinese tradition, the entire month after giving birth to a child is crutial for the mother to recover from labour. Therefore, many businesses have developed to help mothers take extra care of themselves during this period. The first part of this article introduces a caterer that helps delivers special meals for the mother during this period. Since the target readers are people in Taiwan, the entire article will be in Chinese (Traditional) only. But should you have any questions, feel free to leave a message in the comment section. 

懷孕的初期跟中期常常就有人對我說：很辛苦吼！其實我不覺得辛苦耶～ 直到最近啦！進入到後期之後才知道大家所謂的「辛苦」為何。走路走不動，坐久了屁股麻，躺著仰躺側躺都不是... 想吃多一點卻又老是覺得脹脹的很難消化。站久坐久腳都好容易水腫。還好只有後期會這樣。而且這個時候整屬寶寶最愛動的時候。肚子變得更大，北鼻又在一直動，心情起伏就變得好像也不是自己能夠輕易控制了。準媽咪辛苦，準把鼻也跟著每天被掃颱風尾。只能說，到了後期是真的有辛苦啦！

不過離預產期越來越近，有些事情就不得不開始著手處理了。聽聞預產期的前後一兩周出生都算是正常。而除非是剖腹，否則沒有人能夠預料北鼻什麼時候會突然的到來。這個時候除了北鼻的用品以及生產包、月子包都要開始著手處理之外，就連月子餐跟月子中心也都是要開始洽談囉！

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! 

說起來也奇怪了！自從懷孕之後就常常吃泰國菜（懷孕前都還沒那麼常吃）。我還在笑說，這都吃到北鼻都快變成泰國人啦！

這一陣子因為毛起來吃泰國菜，繼上次跟天仙爸媽吃過泰鑽之後，就想找時間來瓦城踢踢館。別誤會了！其實我們對瓦城的評價比你們想像中的高。不過它的價位真的也不算便宜。就CP質而言，平日嘴饞當然還是吃平價的就好了～

It is a bit strange, that I've been eating a lot of Thai food since I got knocked up. I didn't use to have that much Thai food before! I've been having so much Thai food that the baby's about to become Thai! 

上次文中提到的泰國傳統藝術照[點入看舊文]就位於曾幾何時清邁最熱鬧的夜市裏頭。不過就在第一天晚上跟友人吃飯時，她就提醒我，現在的Night Bazaar已經不比從前了！東西不多，還是一樣貴，人群也逐漸變少了。現在只能拿來騙騙不知情的旅客。而現在正夯的，則是位於Thapae城門周圍的Walking Street。朋友再三叮囑我一定要去！把我們載回飯店的一路上說了一共有十次之多吧！既然這麼堅持，我們當然是要來看看！

The last Chiang Mai article I posted was about the photo shoot in traditional Thai clothing [click to see]. The place was located within the 'night bazaar'. Upon dinner on the night of our first arrival, my friend told me that we might as well skip the night bazaar. There were not as many vendors, and the stuff sold there were still just as expensive (rip off). The place to go now, was the Walking Street by the Thapae Gate of the moat. During the drive back to the hotel, my friend must've said ten times that we simply must go there! So, there was absolutely no reason why we should skip this so-called 'Walking Street'. 

其實從原本的Night Bazaar走過來路途並不遠。天仙從小在這習慣被車子載，而且都有人帶路自己不用記路。好在天仙的方向感還算不錯！憑著記憶帶著當時還是未婚夫的老公走了過來，一看才知道：不得了了！真的熱鬧極了！

*This article shares a selection of classical music and story books for mothers and fathers to read during the prenatal period. It is written in Chinese(Traditional) only. Please leave a comment if you have any inquiries concerning this topic. Thanks.

 

越是到了後期，行動就越不便。除了肚子還是會漸漸變得更大，體重也是增加了不少。走路走一小段不僅走得慢，也很容易累。就算是坐著，屁股也會不習慣這個新的重量而很容易就麻了。所以孕婦總是坐了又站，站了又走，走了又坐... 上次產檢時醫生有提醒：要注意宮縮。因為不懂宮縮是什麼感覺，醫生就解釋：如果肚皮硬硬的，就表示要休息了。如果休息之後變軟那就沒問題（算正常）。但如果還是一直硬硬的，最好先就醫啦！所以到了後期，孕婦的生活會變得很無趣。想去那兒，那兒都不能去。也不方便去。只能在家看看書聽聽音樂（總比看電視好...雖然很懶的時候還是會看）。那麼講到音樂，此時除了幫孕媽咪們放鬆之外，當然也可以順便進行胎教囉！

這篇食記的緣由，是因為某天下午不小心手癢翻了自己的以前在英國的食記... 看到了正統英式早餐的照片... 然後就滿腦子英式早餐... 英式早餐... 英式早餐的... 

先來回顧一下正統的英式早餐：

*The following article is a recipe for a Thai dish - yum woon sen (glass noodle salad). It is written in Chinese (Traditional) only. If you'd like the recipe in English, please make a request in the comment section below. Thank you. 



泰國菜裡面，天仙會做的不多。會的這幾樣呢，又都需要泰國來的醬料包來協助。唯一可以完全就地取材的料理，應該就是這一道了！涼拌冬粉雖然有些餐廳裡有供應，不過天仙吃來吃去都覺得味道好像不太對。在泰國吃的呢，好吃歸好吃，但天仙每次都覺得冬粉好少！其實正宗的是這樣沒錯～冬粉少少的，然後各式各樣的料很多這樣。不過天仙實在很愛這道菜的味道。所以呢，天仙要把這道小菜變成主食！因此冬粉的量變得非常的多。如果只想把他當配菜，冬粉就減量，其他的料可以增量，也可以換成自己喜歡的（例如海鮮之類的）。

繼上次終於吃到慶城街海南雞飯之後，我跟老公決定擇日來吃吃看也廣受好評的文慶雞。光看大家的食記，我原本以為我會更愛這一間。所以才會跟老公說，我們一定要先吃慶城街的才能吃這裡！

When I had finally gotten a chance to taste the famous Hainan chicken at Chingcheng Street, it was time to taste this Boon Keng Chicken. From the photos I had seen online, I thought that I would like this place better. That's why I told my other half that we must try the Chingcheng chicken first!