il Giardino Romantico

過年期間去了一趟高雄。自己開車去，又是當天來回，因此在高雄也只是去探望一下外婆就快閃返回台中了。回程有人提議說要一路吃回台中，反正大概會塞車，不如就苦中作樂。於是我們決定第一站來到台南麻豆的阿蘭碗粿。老爸老媽說這間好吃。我也沒吃過。基本上因為裡面有我不吃的豬肉，加上前一天才因為腸胃不好送醫院，因此我不打算吃太多。只是聽到大家要一路吃回台中開始興奮了！因為今年過年假期太短，根本沒拍到什麼東西。我想說一路吃回台中，又可以收集好多食記的照片夠我寫好一陣子了！

The family took a short day trip to Kaohsiung during the Lunar New Year holidays. All we did in Kaohsiung was pay our dear Granny a short visit, then left. On our way back, someone suggested that since traffic jam was almost inevitable, we might as well enjoy ourselves by devouring the delicacies along the way back to Taichung. Our first stop was Tainan for their famous 'rice bowl cake'. My parents highly recommended it, but I'd never had it. Seeing that I don't usually eat pork, and that the previous night I was just sent to the hospital for bad tummy, I didn't plan to each much anyway. I got excited about this plan, only because I thought I got a chance to take loads of pictures for articles on the blog. 



交流道一下來沒多久就抵達阿蘭碗粿。他們有專屬停車場。基本上翻桌率算快，所以原則上應該都會有車位啦。

It was not far off from the freeway. They have their own parking lot. People move fast and eat fast. So basically, you won't have to worry too much about waiting too long for a parking space - that is, if you have to wait at all.



光是賣個碗粿，瞧瞧他們就好幾個人在忙了。這天我們也是要排隊。不過因為賣的花樣不多，因此其實等地也不會太久。一部分人先去找位子，再派一個人排隊。

They don't have much variety on their menu, but look at all the people working their a*se off... We had to queue up, too, but not for too long. If you're with company, get someone to find yourselves a table while someone else can wait in the line.



過沒多久漂亮的碗粿就上桌了。

Then, voila! The famous 'rice bowl cake' of Tainan!



還有魚羹。

This is fish thick soup. 



話說這碗粿還真漂亮呢。

What a beauty this rice bowl cake is!



因為腸胃還在復原中，因此我只點了魚丸湯。而且我以為一路還要吃下去，想說這一站就魚丸湯就夠了吧！

And all I could have was a nice bowl of fish-ball soup. At this point, I thought it was the wisest thing to do, seeing that there was still more food to go on the way. 



後來有偷吃一口碗粿，還真不錯。

I got a bite, without the pork, from my mum, and yeap! It sure was good. 



醬包都包好放在桌上。

Not quite environmental friendly, but this is indeed a very convenient and sanitary way of dispersing the sauce.



每桌也都有附上剪刀。

Of course, with that kind of packaging, scissors are a must.



此時我心想：這些人吃完這樣的一餐，真的還有可能繼續吃回台中嗎？？？？

Then, seeing all these bowls, I started to wonder... were they really capable of eating more after this meal!?!?



畢竟碗粿也算是容易飽食的餐點耶。

I mean, afterall, these bowl cakes were pertty filling!

 

吃飽上車後，果然不出我所料...

各吃了兩份碗粿加一份湯的他們，決定不吃了！直接開回台中！

啊啊啊啊啊啊！！！害我好失望啦！！！！

After the meal, we got back on the car, and not unexpectedly!!!

After each having had two rice bowl cakes and a bowl of soup.... They decided to call it a day!!!

What a disappointment! 


檢視較大的地圖 

天仙念：唉！結果整個年假下來我只收集到這篇食記而已啊啊啊啊啊啊～～