il Giardino Romantico

雖然還有好多食記／遊記還沒刊登，不過孕婦難得頂著大太陽以及中暑的風險跑出室外參加活動，所以就先讓我插播這一篇吧！

話說，我們都知道7/4是美國國慶日。但應該比較少人知道加拿大的國慶日是7/1。而這天在台灣的加拿大人都會舉辦一場大型活動慶祝。往年好像參加過一兩次。除了有喝不完的啤酒（要付錢的），還有吃不完的美食！少不了的也有音樂，當然，也有加拿大籍的帥哥美女一飽眼福！

There are still a lot of articles pending, but I feel obliged to post this one first.

We all know that July 4th is the American Independence Day. But a lot of us don't know that July 1st is Canada Day! The Canadian expats in Taiwan held an event celebrating their day this past weekend. I'd been to one of these before. It seemed to be an event filled with food, booze, and music... of course cute boys and girls to look at as well. 



天仙一直覺得跟加拿大的朋友比較投緣。雖然我的學位是在英國取得的，當然對英國愛是無庸置疑的。不過從小時候開始就認識許多加拿大人。就連去英國念書交到的好姊妹也是加拿大籍的。因此幾年前曾經參加過一次他們的慶祝活動。記得當年的活動似乎比較偏向年輕人為主題。不過今年走的卻是全家大小都可以參與的活動了！

I've always seemed to get along quite well with Canadians more. There is no doubt about my love for anything English, but it just so happens that I have more Canadian friends! My best friend in the UK was Canadian! So, years ago, I attended one of these celebrations before. The trend seemed seemed to have changed, though. Whereas previously, it was just an excuse for young people to get drunk, this year, the event was actually designed so that your entire family would have something they'd enjoy doing! 



首先我們到了舞台區欣賞了一段表演，接著就到處晃晃。有些攤位只要完成一些小小的任務就有贈品。其實那些贈品很微不足道，不過值得一提的是天仙最愛的冰淇淋店竟然要來台灣了！（後來才發現天母店原來已經偷跑半年多了！）

We sat down on the grass for a show or two, then walked around. Some of the stalls had some simple games. If you participated, you get a free something. Most of these free somethings are so tiny they aren't really worth mentioning. But the one thing worth mentioning is that Dairy Queen will be in Taiwan! (Or so I thought at the time! Apparently a location had already been opened in Tienmu for more than six months!)

晃了一圈之後發現天啊！每一攤的食物都是我想吃的！雖然孕婦的食量是不可輕忽的，不過吃太撐也不好吧！只能挑個幾樣解解饞囉！

After walking around, I realised that I wanted to try all the food there! Although it is not wise to underestimate the appetite of a pregnant lady, still, it was not a good idea to devour too much food. So we had to be careful with our choices.

這裡充滿了刁嘴的加拿大人，想必隨便點都會有他們家鄉的味道吧！仔細看看掌廚的幾乎真的都是外國人。台灣人在這裡真的只能當助手而已～

The place was full of picky Canadians! We could easily assume that all the food here would taste somewhat authentic. If you look at all the people in charge of the cooking, indeed, all Canadians. 



第一道挑戰的是nachos！雖然這道自己做並不難（dorritos撒上乳酪絲然後放進微波爐加熱）不過一看就知道跟自己隨便亂做的不一樣！裏頭還有加肉的！雖然這樣一份不便宜，不過來都來了，就別想那麼多了！盡情享受吧！

So, in the end, our first choice was nachos. Yeah, I know this can be easily rendered at home, but look! It's got jalapeños and meat! I couldn't possibly render taht at home! Mind you, it was a little pricy, but we're out having fun! So let's not dwell on that.



不過天仙最想吃的還是這道魁北克的名菜 - poutine！原本想說吃完nachos晃一圈再回來，沒想到回來之後竟然大排長龍！嚇死人了！不過這份poutine真的有排隊的價值！真的太好吃了！

The one thing I really wanted to have was the poutine! We thought we'd walk around and digest the nachos a bit before we get our poutine, but when we came back, there was a long line waiting! But oh, it was so worth it! 



乳酪絲夾在剛炸好的薯條以及熱騰騰的gravy中間，兩邊的熱度剛好融化變成會「牽絲」的乳酪絲！好吃極了啊！

The cheese melted from the heat of the freshly fried fries and gravy! It was simply delicious! 



接著，老公說sausage dog都沒人排隊，去買個來吃吃看吧！反正孕婦的胃已經是無底洞了，當然okay！至於芥末為什麼會擠成這樣？那是因為天仙不愛芥末，但老公想要搭芥末。所以就事先交代老公，如果要芥末就只能淋一半～ XD

Once we devoured the poutine, the other half suggested that we might as well get a sausage dog. So we did. I couldn't see the bottom of my tummy anyway! And as for why the mustard looks like that? Well, since we were splitting the sausage dog, and I didn't want any mustard, the other half had to squeeze his mustard on only half the dog! 



光泉在這裡也有擺攤（感覺超不搭的）。無奈孕婦也只能喝這個。只是大概因為是真的很不搭，銷路很不好，所以拿了兩瓶又送了兩瓶。這兩瓶我們決定帶回家去啦！

A soy milk stall was there as well, but judging from the fact that it was more of a 'booze' event, no one was really interested in the soy milk. So after we had already gotten two of these, they gave us another two! So we took these home! 



既然都已經吃了垃圾食物就垃圾到底吧！反正這些東西我懷孕之後就幾乎都沒碰過！放縱一下（孕婦保持開心比較重要啊）！

Since beer was out of the question for me, at least I could have some ROOT beer, right!? I don't have these junk food very often, and since I was in such a jolly mood, let's not kill the fun. 



最後，囂張的老公還是決定要當著酒鬼孕婦面前喝上一瓶啤酒。真是可惡透頂啊！

And finally, the other half had a lot of guts to have his beer right in front of me! 

天仙念：  這天唯一的敗筆就是天仙沒有啤酒可以喝啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊！！！