il Giardino Romantico

會來訪台灣的外籍朋友，其實都來過台灣很多次了。剛開始聚餐地點還蠻好找的。只要是道地的他們都會覺得很新鮮。一開始天仙都會找遍台北各地好吃的熱炒，讓他們一次吃盡各種台灣美食。不過隨著他們來台次數多了，聚餐地點就越來越傷腦筋了。好在這次我的新加坡友人有聲明想吃鐵板燒，天仙才開始有了點方向。不過天仙第一個想到的就是滿街都有的大浦。她會吃的慣嗎？還是找點特別的吧！這麼一找不得了！如果不是平價的，價格都不是我負擔的起的。雖然友人沒有指望我會請客，但總不能找間連自己的餐費都出不了的高檔餐廳吧！

因此天仙在網路上搜尋了一會兒，終於找到這間王品集團開的hot 7。網路上評價似乎蠻兩極化的。不過除了上菜順序有點問題，餐點本身似乎是還可以的。因此就與友人相約來這裡冒險。之後我聽格友說他一個月前訂才有位子。我們這天倒是挺幸運的！因為前一天才訂位，就剛好有位子。

Many of my friends from abroad has been to Taiwan many times. At first, it was easy to find places to take them. As long as it's some place with unique local features, they are bound to enjoy it. But after a while, it gets more tricky... Fortunately, my friend from Singapore has suggested that she would like some tepanyaki. That gave me some sort of pointer! But when I started to search for a decent place, I realised that the cheaper places were quite lame... (not the food, but the environment and what not). There were those, and then there were really expensive and posh places. I couldn't rely on my friend to pay for the meal! Even if we were going dutch, I had to find a place that I can afford!

In the end, I found this place - hot 7. The price seemed reasonable, but the blogs I found were quite extreme. However, other than the order in which the food was served, other issues seemed to be fine. So I decided to take the chance and come here. Later on, I saw another blogger mention that he had to book a month in advance. How lucky we were! We booked our seats only the day before! 

 

到了門口果然不愧是王品集團！終究還是有一堆人等著進去！

As with all Wang Steak related franchises, there were people queueing up outside the entrance! 



因為我們有訂位，等人到齊了馬上就可以入座！

But since we made our booking in advance, we got in with no trouble at all.



開始有點期待今天這一餐了。

I was starting to look forward to the meal! 



師傅比平價鐵板燒講究一點（還會戴手套）但顏色有點..... （拍照起來不好看啊）

The chefs were a bit more cautious - wearing gloves... But the color of the gloves looks funny in the picture. 



附上熱飲（也有冷的）決明子茶

Hot drinks are served. You can also pick cold drinks! 



套餐附贈的湯 - 和風牛筋清湯

Beef soup (clear soup)



套餐的另外一種湯 - 銀杏牛蒡雞肉，湯很清澈

Chicken soup 



前菜 - 沙拉 Salad.

天仙不喜歡沾醬吃。所以不知道醬的味道如何。

I don't like my salad with dressing, so I can't tell you what the dressing tastes like. 



緊接著就是等待主食了！

Then, we waited for the main dish! 



香蒜炙燒牛排

Garlic beef



香煎櫻桃鴨腿

Cherry duck



照燒黃金雞腿

Chicken

還有鯛魚蒸飯跟泡菜

Rice with snapper and kimchi. 



本來就不愛吃泡菜的天仙，有淺嘗了一口。果然很不搭（到底是誰想到要用泡菜的！？）

I honestly don't know what the deal is with the kimchi... Doesn't go well with anything at all. Could be that I don't like kimchi to start with. 



飯的味道還算不錯，只是吃鐵板燒習慣配白飯的朋友可能會不太習慣～

The rice tasted fine. But I suppose most of us are still used to plain rice when it comes to tepanyaki!



當然不可或缺的青菜。少了豆芽菜大家可能也不太習慣～ 

但畢竟人家也是想創新～　都一樣就顯得沒創意了！

There's also veggies! But, again, without the sprouts, people might find it difficult to accept. 

Oh well, I guess you have to give them credit for trying to be creative. 



最令人驚豔的應該是甜點 - 銅鑼燒吧！因為平價鐵板燒是絕對不會出現這種東西的！

The most surprising dish of all was the dessert - dorayaki! Most of us would never dream of having dessert at a tepanyaki place! 



大致上天仙覺得還滿意。只是這樣一餐吃完，我也大概可以理解為什麼有些人沒辦法接受了。

現在分店少，感覺還是在測水溫。我覺得hot 7還有很多進步的空間。但是老實說，比一般平價鐵板燒要衛生的多！（吃得很安心）

Over all, we all enjoyed the meal. But at the same time, I sort of understand why people find it difficult to accept it. 

There are only a few locations now. I think they're still sort of trying out the market. There's still a lot to work on, but honestly, I think sanitary wise, it is doing a better job than a lot of the other cheaper places! 

hot 7 分店分布：http://www.hot-7.com/map.html


檢視較大的地圖 
 

天仙念：天仙曾經在夜市鐵板燒吃到一半遇到小強過... 整個食慾都毀了... （大哭）