跟大家拜晚年&祝各位情人節快樂!
今年的節日很奇妙串聯再一起 - 2/12除夕夜，2/13大年初一，接著我們就來到2/14情人節。
我很喜歡慶祝節日(或是任何慶祝活動XD)) -一個愛熱鬧的小孩，哈哈。今年很不一樣，無法跟家人團聚或是圍爐。
我跟Mr. H反而是自己在家裡過大年初一(顛覆傳統)。
我們叫了外帶:錦江上海菜 (地址: 至5411 Kingsway, Burnbany) 營業時間11-3; 5-9。預計五點電話點餐之後去拿，下單後，服務員跟我們說六點就可以去拿了。我們很準時大概六點到，餐廳等外帶的大排長龍!
說好6:00pm結果等到6:45pm (崩潰!) 拿到的食物還是冷的! 廚房出菜不是一起出，所以我們點的80%已經做好只是放在外面等待剩下的20%。
冷風吹過，菜涼心也涼半截。
Mr. H不爽，但大年初一，他還安慰我說初一不要生氣唷~(笑)所以我們兩個就努力安撫自己肚子餓餓菜冷冷等很久的情緒= =
回家都很餓了，就算是半涼的菜我們也管不瞭這麼多啦! 趕快碗筷擺一擺開動!
我們點了:
1. 蒜味蜜汁排骨 honey garlic ribs
2. 冰糖紅燒元蹄 marinated prok hock
3. 木桶鹹肉青菜炒飯 salty pork stir fried rice in wooden pot
4. 生煎包 pan fried buns
5. 沸騰魚片(水煮魚 spicy fish)
事前做了大白菜還有台灣白菜花，就算吃大餐青菜不可少唷!
雖然等很久心情不美麗，但這些都是我們好久沒有吃到的菜! 回想上次吃到餐廳的中菜已經快一年多以前...真不可思議!
It's been almost more than a year since our last visit to JinJiang or had any Shanghai style restaurant dishes... it's unbelieve when you think about this... what we had taken for granted is no longer accessible... I will admit that 2020 has taught me the meaning of "imperminence" - nothing stays. I remember back in school, in Asian History lecture, the professor mentioned that Japanese value the concept of such. Like cherry blossoms, everything is temporary but one must capture and utlize the moment to its fullest. Be and do the best one can.
自從疫情爆發，我們很少出外聚餐，例行家人敘餐也無蹤跡...回想以前我們去上海餐廳，我總是期待大家會點紅燒肉，蹄膀，豬腳，等等。Mr. H土生土長外國人的血(華人的外表)，對豬肉很無感(外國人喜歡雞牛肉比較多)，對五花肥肉更是敬謝不敏。記得很多次...他的叔叔點東坡肉，卻把美麗的水晶肥肉"去除"，另外放在"沒有人要吃的菜渣盤"裡。看得我心碎成千萬片....那時我跟Mr. H還不是太熟，跟他的家人也還在認識階段所以我忍著不去拿那個肥滋滋的美麗水晶肥肉....我心裡淌血呀!! 那是最寶貴的部分 (哭~~)
我知道吃肥肉不好，但久違的一年吃兩次應該Ok吧? 女生很需要膠原蛋白的!!!
認識久了以後我就會請叔叔把肥肉給我XD 吃不完我可以打包，請不要把它當菜渣!
Thinking back... we use to have family gatherings at Jinjiang, and sometimes Mr. H's family would order the marinated pork belly dish - the pork belly fat was the whole point of the dish LOL but they usually discard the fat as it's not a popular concept in western culture to consume it. I use to watch them dispose of the beautiful fatty belly... while my heart bled in wonder...as I become closer with everyone, I asked Mr. H to keep the belly part for me hahaha, a girl needs her collagen. The chewiness of the pork fat is awesome. It melts in your mouth while retaining somewhat of a solid al-dente texture (yum!) I know it's not good to have fatty food, but if it's twice a year, I think it's a luxury and would only promote health, especially the psychological satisfaction(yay dopamine!)
這些日子都變成回憶...2020後要見面都很難，更別說在外面吃一頓了...2020教導我很多事情。每一個moment 發生的理所當然，但也非常不平凡。每天張眼看見天花板，呼吸著，都是難能可貴的...
現在你身邊陪伴的那個人，也是如此難的。Mr. H總是把工作放第一，我可以明白他希望可以過更好的生活。但追求提升生活品質的同時，也別忘了身邊真心愛你的人。只有那些愛你的人才關心著你的健康，把你的喜怒哀樂榮為自己骨血的一部份。這是Mr. H要學習的 XD 哈哈哈~ 男生忙起來就會忘記女朋友/另一半
Those days have become part of history and seems hard to manifest again in reality. I have learned that the most important people are the ones who love and adore you. They are the ones who would truly care for your wellbeings. No one wants to be taken for granted. We need to work on stress management, relationship management with each other (there is always more ways that we can love each other more, hehe) and improve our wellbeing altogether (especially focus on positive attitude, "me" time & putting each other first amongst all things).
In the end, Mr. H & I wish everyone a great year of the ox. May pandemic be under control in 2021. I miss Taiwan so much and I can't wait to see everyone...! I also miss Japan a lot... we definitely look forward to the day when we can disembark on another journey together, to see more of the world <3
聊了好多，祝大家牛年萬事順利，開開心心
我由衷希望疫情可以得到控制，想念台灣的大家
想要回台灣看看各位，也想念日本...等不及起飛繼續看世界的模樣
We had leftover the next day. It's awesome and just simply satifying hehe. JinJiang still retained its flare and we would visit again!
第二天就是吃之前的剩菜XD 雖然是剩菜還是滿滿幸福感!
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過新年開開心心，希望大家都可以2021達標，心願成真!
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