When I was reading a book on the weekend, I caught a glimpse of Lin's "Diet Notes" lying on the shelf, which was devoted to food perception. I am also afraid that some memories on the tip of my tongue will fade with the passage of time, and every beautiful past is equally worth cherishing.
Therefore, I decided to create another space to describe Taiwan Province Province which I felt with the tip of my tongue during my trip, so as to save my thoughts on the future.
Because memories are trivial and incoherent, memories related to taste buds are recorded separately.
Taiwan Province's night market is well known. When the light first came on, the whole street was full of excitement. The night market is a combination of street snacks and entertainment games, which is quite similar to the "Wasi Goulan" described in history textbooks and is very popular among tourists.
Like some famous snack streets in inland cities, in the night market in Taiwan Province, guests don't have to sit in a fixed seat and chew slowly, but can look for the next food while tasting. This kind of fun is the greatest charm of the night market.
While enjoying the delicious food, you can also look at the entertainment food stalls where tourists are weaving, so that you can feel relaxed and unrestrained. When you come home contentedly, when you look back at those bright lights, you won't feel sorry.
I'm traveling alone, and my schedule is very tight. I shouldn't be late, so I have to give up the famous night markets all over Taiwan Province Province. Instead, I visited some small-scale night markets and naturally gained a unique and fresh experience.
When I was in Kaohsiung, the youth hostel I stayed in was next to Kaohsiung Station, and the cars and horses were flowing in front of it, which was very lively.
It is already very hot in April in Taiwan Province Province. If there is no special travel plan, I like to avoid the hot afternoon sun, take a bath in the hotel and rest until the sun sets at four or five o'clock before going out for a walk.
There is a bookstore opposite the hotel, which is usually called the bookstore. It's cooler at night. I'll go downstairs and cross the street to the bookstore.
I have to sigh that the price of books in Taiwan Province Province is so high that he paced up and down, choosing from left to right, and only chose two books, paid for them, packed them, kept them at the front desk, and retrieved them when he returned to the hotel.
The bookstore walks along the roadside, and there is an alley not far away. I don't know where the alley leads, but it may be Liuhe night market. From a distance, the other side is brightly lit, but the front door is deserted and the lights are dim.
There is a rock-burning shop, Japanese-style shops and lanterns at the mouth of the alley, which is particularly warm and affectionate in the secluded alley.
Dinner hasn't been decided yet, so let's try this one.
I walked to the door and was about to leave. I saw my boss stand up from the corner of the shop, so I was embarrassed to put out his cigarette and called me into the shop at once. At that time, I was the only customer in the store, so I could inquire about the price of food in detail, and I was not worried about the busy and upset business in the store.
I ordered some vegetables and meat, and then went into the shop. Although the shop is small, tatami-style seats are very spacious. The warm yellow wooden floor, although full of "human fireworks", is also very neat and clean, unlike the average barbecue restaurant with greasy desktop and cramped space.
There are three food boxes on the left and right, and a table has been set on a box in the corner, which is probably the boss's own seat.
I choose to sit in the middle of a small box, spread a futon and sit on the floor. Looking up like outside the store, pedestrians in the streets can be seen at a glance. In front of me, smoke floated over the barbecue. I smelled the meat in the room, but I didn't feel smoky.
Suddenly I remembered Jay Chou's nunchakus, "Burning Rock Shop is filled with smoke, and the martial arts school is next door". That feeling is really warm and familiar.
I filled my cup with tea and watched my boss "fan the flames" in front of the stove. The boss is so young that he seems to be only one or two years older than me. It should be very hard for a person to run a small shop and make a living by himself!
However, he looks young and handsome, and his brow is always cynical, as if he had just bitten a cigarette and looked lazy.
After a while, the boy from the shop next door came to talk to him. I'm not familiar with Taiwan Province people, and I don't know what they are talking about. I saw them chatting and picking and choosing in the cupboard.
Seeing that I was puzzled, the boss smiled in Mandarin and said, "I'm hungry, too. Let's bake some dishes to eat. " Two people are like children who steal their own candy, self-reliant and self-sufficient.
I feel funny in my heart, so that I can do business without losing money.
In an instant, the cooked vegetables and meat have been served. He devotes himself to entertaining customers. The food is both casual and beautiful. Meat and vegetables fall into bright black plates without greasy taste, and the color is even more mouth-watering.
He picked up the seasoning and sprinkled it casually, as if the weight was at his fingertips. After the action, please let me enjoy my dinner. Then I got up and looked as if I didn't care. I went to the oven to pick up the dishes I just picked up, took them back to my food table, sat down alone and drank by myself.
I probably think it's rude to "do nothing in front of guests". Come and invite me to taste the wine in his shop. I know beer is hard to deal with, let alone strong Japanese wine.
He didn't care, and continued to indulge his appetite between his cups and bowls. I also feel at ease to taste the food in front of me, and the barbecue is square and square, which shows the intention of the store.
Just as Confucius was very particular about cutting meat and not eating it correctly. I'll pretend to be a saint and pick up a barbecue entrance.
The meat is fat and thin, crisp in appearance and juicy inside, so it is smoked and roasted by fire, and the maturity is just right, which locks the pure fragrance of the meat.
This is a meat dish, but it is refreshing and delicious, fat but not greasy. This little boss must be a famous chef in the city.
If you are seriously stimulated, you must be fragrant and not afraid of the depth of the alley. At this time, crowding is right.
Chewing slowly also appreciated the craftsmanship of the store. If you buy a box of barbecue in the night market, how can you enjoy it in peace of mind? In addition to the speed of breathing, it is also a pleasure to think about these.
After eating everything on the plate, he got up to thank him and praised his skill. The boss got up and walked him to the door. He is very happy. Probably few guests come, and there are too many vegetables and meat in the cupboard for him.
I told him to stay, go to the bookstore to get the book, go to the corner and turn back. He leaned against the door, lit a cigarette and slowly exhaled smoke. No one is watching, and no one is watching.
I probably have a lot of bitterness in my heart.
One day, Master Kong and I were walking together and forgot whether to go to the Forbidden City or the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall. I only remember that it was a rainy day. I wandered outside all day and came back very late.
Walking in a busy street near National Taiwan University and Normal University in the intermittent rain at night seems to be a small night market.
They are hungry, and they are even more reluctant to squeeze into the crowd for food on rainy days. Master Kong suggested eating pineapple oil on ice and fire. I haven't heard of it before, and I don't know what it is, so let Master Kong take me to taste it.
Pavilion instrument familiar with, with me stopped in front of a very exquisite shop, from the counter window to two ice and fire pineapple oil, and then holding an umbrella under the eaves waiting patiently.
Ice and fire pineapple oil, as its name implies, is actually an ordinary pineapple bag with butter in it. The pineapple bag is shaped like a pineapple. The bread is covered with a thin and crisp pineapple skin, covered with white sugar, and then brushed with egg liquid. After baking, the color is bright, after heating and cooling, the skin naturally cracks into lines and looks like a pineapple.
Pineapple oil is unforgettable because it is hot outside and cold inside. Although it is called "ice fire", it tastes warm but not spicy, cool but not greasy, and people who love desserts will naturally not miss it.
Later, I learned that the thick and cold butter in the bread is because the temperature of the bread melts slowly, gradually offsetting the high temperature when the pineapple bag is baked, without losing its original flavor, blending with each other, thus achieving a mysterious balance and excellent taste.
At that time, I was standing under the eaves, waiting for this box of bread. Now I think about it, it is quite like "The Man of Our Family" written by Wang Anyi in the middle school textbook. Children with active nature have a natural stubbornness about food.
He is interested in all tastes. He can wait patiently for three quarters of an hour to eat a steamed bun. It seems that sex is the same for men, women and children.
Take out fresh pineapple oil from the window and hold it in your hand. It's warm and comfortable. Take a bite, the skin is sweet and crisp, and there is a slight oven residual temperature.
The bread is fluffy and soft, and the butter is slightly cool and seeps into the mouth, slowly flowing in from the tip of the tongue, alternately hot and cold, teasing the taste buds on both sides of the tongue, and the sweetness instantly flows between the lips and teeth.
Ting Yi and I were walking on the road that day, and it seemed that we continued to talk for a long time. We didn't say goodbye until the downstairs of the apartment. The specific content is vague. I only remember praising pineapple oil at that time. Even in the days after our separation, I still remember all kinds of delicious food I tasted in Taiwan Province Province.
If there is anything that makes people miss Taiwan Province, it is a kind of nostalgia except the scenery in Bao Dao.
Whether it is a beautifully decorated restaurant or a stall in the night market, the pursuit of hygiene and health, and the careful cooking of food are all worthy of my nostalgia and aftertaste.
Later, when I returned to Beijing, there was a Hong Kong-style bakery in front of my workplace. Seeing the pineapple oil displayed in the glass cabinet, I bought one.
Just unlike the practice in Taiwan Province Province, this family directly cut a piece of cold butter and put it in a pineapple bag. The bread is also a finished product instead of being baked and sold now, so it is no longer comfortable to eat.
Although it is no longer a pleasure on the tip of the tongue, seeing pineapple oil arranged neatly in the window every day will still remind people of the days and nights spent in Taipei.
Ice-fire pineapple oil left me with endless aftertaste, and there is another drink that I will never see again after returning to the mainland.
This is the tea set in the freezer.
The tea set in the ice drinking room is the general name of a tea brand, which often appears on the freezers of major convenience stores. There are three flavors, namely black tea, scented tea and green tea. I like green tea best.
I stayed in Taipei for a few days and didn't have any specific travel plans. I am waiting for Tingting to show me around Taipei when she is free. And pavilion instrument just before and after the national Taiwan University mid-term exam, dare not delay.
Moreover, I also yearn for NTU very much, so I'd rather hang around the bookstores on Coconut Tree Avenue and Xinsheng South Road and the exhibition halls of NTU universities. Compared with tourists who travel to and from Taiwan Province Province, they are more conceited and proud of their travel experience.
It is rare to get away from school graduation and other complicated things and flee to Taiwan Province Province. How can we not enjoy this wonderful time? Every morning in Taipei, I changed my strict schedule when I was studying at school, and I was always lazy.
Open the curtains, make a cup of coffee, listen to the Taiwan Province accent on the radio, listen to the roar of the locomotive engine outside the window, and watch the city slowly wake up, flow slowly and be lively slowly.
At about eight or nine o'clock, I just finished grooming and went downstairs to 7 1 1 convenience store to buy some breakfast. The content of breakfast is always simple, usually the staple food such as Guandong cooking or bread, and sometimes a small box of fruit is added, but there must be a box of tea set in the freezer.
After breakfast, take a newspaper of the day, sit down and read it carefully while drinking tea. When reading, the newspaper must be kept clean and flat. After reading it, fold it and put it back on the shelf so that the store can sell it again, so be extra careful not to be polluted by oil and tea stains.
I have always been used to reading newspapers on the road. I try to find local newspapers everywhere. I believe that no matter how I whitewash Taiping, the consistency between what I see and what I read can roughly measure the attitude of a city.
Taiwan Province's speech is open and diverse, so sometimes I spend a lot of time reading publications from different media in the morning, in order to understand a new current affairs more comprehensively or from more angles.
Similarly, from these contradictory words, there seems to be a faint uneasiness and restlessness behind the facts.
When I am tired, I will take out my own books to read. Taiwan Province Province is very quiet. People often whisper in public places, which won't disturb people who read books and newspapers at all. Just like a micro reading room, I will study and study in this convenience store like many college students.
Shop assistants in Shang Chao also take care of us students, always walking softly and speaking fluent Mandarin to meet customers' needs.
A city that respects reading and learning is lovely and respectable.
I think the students who left a figure in these supermarkets, cafes and bookstores will deeply recall the frivolous and happy time here many years later.
Later, I set out from Taipei and walked around the island. No matter where I go, I will buy two boxes of tea in the convenience store near my residence at night.
After taking a bath and changing clothes in the summer evening, I sit at my desk, blowing air conditioning, reading or resting, and sometimes drinking herbal tea. My body and mind are immersed in this cup of tea, sinking, shaking and leaning in a corner of the border.
Every time I drink tea slowly, I will think of the days when I wasted my time carefree in Taipei, derailed from the hurried city, and acted recklessly in the leisurely "I don't know the safety of heaven and earth".
After returning to the mainland, I couldn't forget the cool fragrance of tea for a long time, so I frequently visited the imported shelves in Shang Chao, but I never saw the familiar tea collection in the ice room.
There is still a substitute for pineapple oil, but the tea set in the ice room has no aftertaste.
If one day, the tip of the tongue suddenly senses that long-lost and familiar tea fragrance, I think that smell should be called Taiwan Province Province.
Taiwan Province Province is located at the junction of tropics and subtropics, with fertile soil, abundant rainfall, rich fruits and vegetables, delicious and juicy. Moreover, the geographical transportation is very convenient, and there are many fruits imported from the Philippines and Vietnam.
Every day, you can buy very fresh fresh fresh-cut fruits in convenience stores or night markets. Even if you delay eating during the trip, there are all kinds of fruits to eat.
I often buy a box of 7 1 1 fruit boxes in the morning and taste the fruits and vegetables that are first on the market that day.
People haven't woken up yet, but the tip of their tongue has traveled all over the left bank of the Pacific Ocean.
My favorite food is lotus spray, which is rare in northern Chinese mainland. Even if it appears on supermarket shelves, it is either expensive or poor in appearance.
Lotus in Taiwan Province Province, and fruit farmers have been improved many times, with a wide variety and better fruit flavor. The fruit of lotus is conical, mostly dark red, and some varieties of lotus are turquoise. The epidermis has waxy luster and the flesh is crisp, but there is a slight sponge smell near the stone.
When I was in Kenting, I ate a kind of lotus mist called "Black Pearl", which is probably a unique local variety. It is dark red in color and small in size, but it is sweeter than the lotus mist I have eaten before. Sometimes it looks like a huge black pearl in a gazebo from a distance.
Pingtung County is rich in lotus spray, which is delicious and cheap, just to satisfy my appetite and not to make a poor student shy. Now I feel really happy.
Most hotels and homestays in Taiwan Province Province are equipped with small refrigerators. I often buy a small bag of lotus spray at the roadside or night market, wash it and put it in a corner of the refrigerator. I will take one or two tablets from the next morning or afternoon to let the cool fragrance seep into my heart.
The simple, happy and carefree eating days are always missed by living independently and managing daily necessities.
Most of the inconveniences of solo travelers lie in their diet. The spleen and stomach can't bear big things, and they can't taste when they go to restaurants.
The same is true of melons and fruits, such as watermelons and pineapples, which need to be cut and boxed, and the price is much higher. The lotus mist is small and light. Even if you move around the next day and put it in a bag, you can enjoy it on the trip.
Because it is light and brittle, it is not easy to store and transport, so it is so rare in the northern part of mainland China that many people in northern Renye Fang don't know about it. Some fruit shops make good goods with inferior products. The lotus seeds bought are expensive and not very fresh. Their pulp is completely sponge-like, and its moisture and fragrance are not as good as those of Taiwan Province 1 1, so it tastes tasteless.
If you want another bite of that sweet lotus spray to soothe your tongue, I'm afraid you'll go to Taiwan Province Province again?
After the trip around the island, return to Taipei.
I visited some night market streets on the road. Most of the cookers in the stalls are iron plates, and a small hot iron plate can make all kinds of food.
There is a kind of food made of iron plate called "Osaka Roast", which is a Japanese fried food. I remember buying food at different stalls in Kenting Street that day and taking it back to the hotel, so I don't remember how the stall owner cooked this Osaka roast on the iron plate.
After taking a shower, I sat in front of tatami and tasted the food in the night market, only to find that Osaka Roast was very much to my taste, so it was a pity that I didn't pay attention to the vendor's practice.
I can't comment on the taste of these teppanyaki, but my favorite is teppanyaki barbecue.
I remember that in the night market, the stall owner put a proper amount of meat on the iron plate or grill and slowly fried it. When tourists buy, they smoke directly with the flame of the flamethrower, and they can smell the smell of barbecue in a few seconds.
When I came back from my trip to Taiwan Province, I remembered all the things I did alone in the past, but I didn't know much about Taipei. Because I was lazy in Taipei, I wandered around Xinsheng South Road all day. When I go out, I always rely on Ting Yi to lead the way, so I am lazy.
Countless times I dreamed of returning to Taipei, only vaguely passing through the bright and spacious window of Prince's College.
When I was traveling around, Master Kong contacted another friend of National Taiwan University, Yi Xuan, who I met in Moscow.
The fate forged in a foreign country in the past, now reunited in Taipei, can not help but remind people of that summer in Moscow three years ago.
Tingting is a student of Foreign Languages Department of National Taiwan University, while Yi Xuan is a student of Chemistry Department of National Taiwan University. Both of them take Russian classes, but they are not familiar with each other at National Taiwan University. They just "meet old friends in other places" in Moscow, so they are very close.
On the night when I returned to Taipei, Aunt Ting and Yi Xuan and I went to a teppanyaki restaurant booked in advance to have a talk and drink.
I really miss the student days when there was wine to drink and meat to eat. Everyone is young, informal and energetic. For us, everything is excusable, just reading, taking exams, eating and partying. They are simple and beautiful, without worries and fears.
After a long separation, the three of them ate and talked, from their first meeting in Moscow to their parting. I don't remember the specific situation at that time, and the things around me are also very vague. Even the taste of delicious teppanyaki is unknown because of the passage of time.
I only remember that the lights were warm that day, and the figures of three people were superimposed on the night view of the city outside the glass window. The cups and plates were staggered, and I drank a lot and talked about everything.
This kind of fun of chatting endlessly in bed at night can only be enjoyed by people who are very close.
In one episode, we were on the iron plate, cook the meat. The earthquake came suddenly, thinking it was the aftershock of the earthquake that morning, and it felt as if the vibration amplitude was bigger than the aftershock in the morning.
I was about to go out to avoid danger when I saw the wind and rain outside the window, so I had to give up and continue to sit down and enjoy the barbecue. It was really calm at that time.
Now that I think about it, it's probably that we three "gourmets" simply can't bear to leave these barbecues in front of us, so we just stay out of it and seem unusually calm.
It's been a long time In that cheerful and messy night, the relevant memories have faded away, but it is profound and meaningful to meet bosom friends and understand friends' interests.