il Giardino Romantico

*The following article is in Chinese (Traditional) only.



在我婚宴上擔任司儀的派大星也結婚了～ 

懷孕後期總算能體會大家所說的「懷孕真辛苦」。有時候周末在家，連吃飯這種簡單的事情，一想到要四層樓要爬上爬下的真的都懶了。不過這天與老公已起午睡起來，竟然就差不多到晚餐時間了。雖說吃重口味的容易水腫，但這天就突然好想吃鐵板燒。一方面是想多吃一點肉，讓肚子裡的北鼻多長點肉，另一方面是也實在想不到要吃啥好。因為肚子現在變得好大顆，坐機車也不方便，所幸就跟老公決定要開車去汐止，不進市區去，想說汐止車位可能還比較好找。

繞了一會兒，只看到大浦。但大浦又在馬路邊，停車不好停。所以又多繞了一會兒。後來總算是看到了這間圓多立。我們瞧著店門口等候的人頗多的，覺得應該不難吃才對！老公把車子停在附近的停車場後我們便慢慢地散步過去。大概是剛睡醒沒多久，覺得雙腿實在很無力。有時候遇到這種情形還真的會擔心我要怎麼撐到北鼻出生啊！不過還好，真的是因為剛睡醒。因為隔天我又是活龍一條了！

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. 

 

誰來告訴我，這個醜醜的拱門是怎麼回事？

來南港工作了這幾年，很早就聽人家說有個地方下午來喝個茶，聊個天挺不錯的。不過一直到前一陣子自己才有機會親自去。那次是因為同事離職來這裡聚餐（是的，他有餐點。雖然小貴，上菜也有點慢，不過挺好吃的也頗有特色）不過因為是同事聚餐，就不方便拍照。這次是託了家人的福，因為提早掃墓，而離家人回中部的時間還有些距離，就想說來這裡殺殺時間。

I've worked at Nangang for more than three years now, and I've heard about a place where you could drink tea and chat with friends the entire afternoon... but I've only been here myself just recently. The first time was a farewell meal for a colleague. (Yes, they serve food, too. A bit steep, and a bit slow, but the food is quite tasty!). But seeing that was with a big group of colleagues, it was not an ideal chance for photo shooting. This time, the family had come to visit Taipei for the day for early tomb-sweeping. It was a while yet before they had to depart for Taichung. I thought of this place for us to kill some time.

這篇食記，我朋友應該等到根本就已經忘記有這回事了吧？拖稿真是拖很大。因為這餐可是聖誕節那天的晚餐呢！不過放了那麼久還是要貼，就知道一定有值得貼的地方啦！千里迢迢來到我只聽過沒來過的土城，能夠貼上我朋友大力推薦的一間日本料理，盡情的吃美味的生魚片，怎麼可以就讓他流產呢！

This article had been put on hold for such a long time, my friend might have already forgotten that this meal had ever happened! We had this meal on Christmas. And afer such a long time, I still insist on posting it, shouldn't that already tell you that there's something about it worth posting? And after all, I did travel a rather long way (from one end of the blue line on the MRT to the other end)... It would be a pity to leave it in oblivion, wouldn't it?

*Photos in this article were taken using my mobile phone.
*本篇文章的圖片為手機拍攝。

Nangang Flower Market opened in January, 2011. Since I moved to the neighbourhood, I'd seen them working hard to prepare for their grand opening. But before that, I had used to think that it was a motel (love motel), and not the flower market it was supposed to be. After it opened up, I took a visit, and found what a pleasant little place it was. Fresh flowers, plants, an artificial garden, and even a restaurant. So when my friend was over in Taipei for a week, I suggested that this was one of the places we visit. 

Note: This article is published only in Chinese (Traditional).
註︰本篇文章僅有繁體中文。

 

聽說今天是雙十節。好像不貼點台灣的東西，心裡會有點過意不去。因為某人在MSN上告訴我禮拜五放假，我還差點忘記這天是什麼日子，為什麼要放假啊！

這是我在台灣的最後一刻。因為自己常常過度焦慮的個性，早早就把東西全部都準備好。此時老哥建議在這段等待的時間去喝個咖啡。我跟Jason還有老哥就跑去離家不遠卻很少去的菲瑪。

老實說，我還蠻訝異這家店還存在。因為第一次去的時候，雖然覺得是個不錯的店，但因為地點的關係，讓我不得不懷疑他們能否順利經營。

這可能是我出國前的最後一篇食記。之後會去的新餐廳，大概要從英國發文了。

早在知道我的出發日時，傑利就說要一起吃飯。上禮拜傑利就有意想要約我出來，可惜碰巧我有事。之後的那個週末又遇上颱風。只好等到今天才見面。第一次見面，是在我家樓下。他與馬蘭達專程到我家樓下來送簽名。[點入看舊文]而我呢，為了回報他，就答應出席他的新書發表會。其實，要出書真的不容易。我跟傑利聊到一半才聲明我平時是不買中文書的[因為會看到頭痛...]可是朋友出書，如果不出錢買就太不夠意思了。將心比心。如果今天我出書，我也會希望大家多捧場。傑利聽了好像有感動到喔！哈～

跟長輩們的『水餃聚會』結束後，咱們「小朋友」當然要趁機續攤。
不現在聊，下次聚會就要再等一年了。可是要到哪去呢？就到附近的Aunt Stella去喝下午茶吧！

原本只是想說發洩一下平日受的委屈，沒想到貼出來後卻像個魔咒困擾著我。起初跟Jason說我貼了法藍四季的文章，他的最先反應是：Good! 我跟他說我不怕被他們員工看到。因為若是有改進，受益者當然是我們啊！

法藍四季是何方神聖？為什麼在他這種服務普普通通、餐飲也沒有很特別的情況下，能夠培養出三位忠實客戶？而且這三位客戶，都同時找到這裡，質疑我上一篇列出來的『罪狀』真實度撇開不談，還強力在這裡打廣告直說法藍四季好？

不知道大家還記不記得2007年一月我曾在無名舊家跟大家介紹過一間服務又好、蛋糕好吃、咖啡不錯喝、價錢又合理的一間法藍四季¹？

Well...好景不長。

最近天氣冷颼颼，應該很適合分享這篇。原本想累積幾個口味再貼出來，不過基於我們宅女姊妹花平時對食物沒什麼探險的興趣，所以吃來吃去還是這兩個口味。



住在夜市附近的好處就是，可以選那種人潮不多的時候去到處慢慢晃。平時到了五、六、日這幾天，想吃的話一定得先排隊。不過他們效率很快，照理說是不用等很久。不過我說過，我們都避開了人潮，所以幾乎都不用排隊。