The restaurant is located far away from the city, in order to find the quietest place, the owner once moved three times in a row, and finally set the location between the mountains and the water, the guests said, if not for the guide, this winding mountain road, it is really hard to find.
The owner claimed that he could make tea, but he knew nothing about cooking, and there was no menu in the store, so the guests had to eat whatever was in season and not order in advance, which was useless.
Remote location, abnormal business philosophy, the owner said to do this restaurant, but to give themselves a breathing space, and do not think about how profitable, please do not flock to.
If you harbor a hunter's heart, think everything is just a gimmick of the business, then you are very wrong, because this place only receives 30 people a month, want to come to please at least a month in advance to book the queue, even Lee Ann can not be helped, can only wait.
This restaurant is the "food mountain room", some people say "to Taiwan, not to food mountain room, that is a trip in vain.
The owner of the food room is called Lin Binghui, in the eyes of many friends, he is a gentle and elegant "tea man".
A cotton linen, a small pot of vermilion mud, a pot of spring water, a few ceramic cups, Lin Binghui tea, tea, a sit is a day.
He made tea, hand without a superfluous action, the tea in the teapot tea is not expensive, but from his hands over the tea, drinkers are not surprised.
Lin Binghui will make tea, more tea, people are very friendly, unlike many of the so-called "masters", always want to instill you with a lot of ideas, if you use an analogy, he is like water, a trickle of power. I remember 13 years of meeting, Mr. Bing Hui said, the next time you come to drink tea, do not have to eat.
Often people only know Lin Binghui as a person, but they don't know that once upon a time Lin Binghui was a designer, running a small manufacturing plant, and suffering under tremendous pressure.
Until he went to a friend's house to drink tea, only a sudden epiphany, every day, the pressure is huge to live, to look down on everything slowly stop is also alive, why not let yourself relax a little bit, to give yourself a breathing space.
So, at the age of 43, Lin Binghui resolutely give up everything, between the mountains and water to build their own home.
With his design talent, he built a house between the mountains and the water, with everything simple, an atmospheric layout and a deep sense of Zen.
After the house was built, he had not thought of doing a restaurant, still take some design to make a living, until later friends ate the meals he prepared, praised him for his excellent cooking skills, he realized that it would be better to build a restaurant between the water and the mountains.
Unexpectedly, their own restaurant opened, with the seclusion of the deep forest landscape attracted countless people, many people came to hear that he loves tea, they find him to drink tea together, slowly restaurant has a reputation, more and more people to come, Lin Binghui but afraid.
He thought he could only make tea, not cooking, how can "fool" everyone to eat, and the more lively he was more frightened, he lived in the mountains, is not to hear the hustle and bustle of the original heart was tested, he had no choice but to move.
Fear of people to find, he moved three times, and finally in the remote mountains built "food mountain house", a room to do the restaurant, only 30 people received in January, a room to do the teahouse, only for the tea friends to prepare, not open.
Food Mountain House, different from the previous restaurant, this is more quiet and remote, open the door, is the green trees and green hills; push open the window, you can hear the birds chirping and running water.
Room layout, everything according to the Zen in the mind of Lin Binghui, simple small table, plain tatami mats, cardboard lanterns through the warm yellow light, close to nature, echoing the landscape, every thing is carefully designed.
For catering, Lin Binghui break the rules, since he does not know how to cook, simply "come with the heart", but in order to meet this "come with the heart", he ran all over the country and abroad, to many masters to learn to do the cooking, cooking, such as tea, are to be the ultimate! The first time I saw this is when I was in the middle of the night.
In the end, he realized that the most delicious meals, but the time to eat, eat its fresh, simple and pure is the greatest respect for food.
So he invited the four seasons into the kitchen.
In the spring, there will be fresh bamboo shoots from the bamboo forest in the early morning; in the summer, there will be dewy bitter melon picked from the melon shed.
In the fall, there is no shortage of lotus roots dug from the depths of the quagmire; in the winter, there are tender radishes plucked from the mountains; there are no precious ingredients, and everything respects nature.
No menu, does not mean that the dishes are not attentive, different time periods, guests eat different dishes, but each dish, are carefully cooked, can not say the exquisite.
The most memorable, is a "lotus soup", soup ingredients may be different, but there will be a dried lotus, lotus absorbed the soup slowly blossom, can be called food mountain room a great.
After eating, guests can tour around the restaurant, looking at the mountains and the water, and enjoying the beauty of nature.
Or they can follow Lin Binghui, make tea and sip it, slowly feeling the charm of tea.
Just the time of the guests to come, ultimately short, than the Lin Binghui one facing the deep forest, alone brewing tea to taste tea at ease.
Of course, some people will ask, so one person living in this mountain forest, whether it will feel lonely and cold?
Every time he encounters such a question, Lin Binghui will always smile, how do I have time to be lonely? There are beautiful scenery, tea, and this mountain full of seasonal, I am grateful for life is not too late, how can be lonely? What's more, I often have to visit the tea friends, tea ceremony, life, so enough.
In fact, everyone is the same, as long as you can live according to their own hearts, is the great wisdom and fulfillment of life, I'm afraid that you, seeking and can not, in this world, entangled in the struggle to survive.
Perhaps for Lin Binghui, there are mountains, water, tea, lotus, it is enough.
A thought of tranquility, everywhere the lotus bloom, the heart settled, even if it is an inch of heaven and earth, but also can have clouds and water three thousand.
Author: Mai Mai
Source: stayed in the house (ID: vipliusu)
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