[Taiwan] 嘉義，嘉義市，正老牌草魚粥 (Zheng Lao Pai)

週五晚上，和女友一起搭客運南下嘉義，準備隔天去參觀嘉義燈會，之所以選擇客運，主要自然是為了要省錢，如果搭高鐵，從台北車站到嘉義，單程要價1080元，但如果搭客運，則只要420，若直接買來回票，可以再便宜一點，兩趟800元，只是就要耗費比較多的時間了，客運大概要四小時(240分鐘)，高鐵則只要100分鐘，大概可以節省兩小時的時間。
On a Friday night, my girl friend and I took the bus from Taipei to Chiayi for the next day to go to the Taiwan Lantern Festival. It takes about 4 hours but it's cheaper compares to Taiwan High Speed Rail. For Taiwan High Speed Rail, it costs NTD 1080 for one way from Taipei Main Station to Chiayi. For the bus, it only costs NTD 800 if you buy two-way ticket. For one-way ticket is only NTD 420. The difference is the time it needs. FOr Taiwan High Speed Rail only takes about 100 minutes, but the bus will take 240 minutes.

當我們抵達嘉義並入住旅店之後，其實已經十一點多了，雖然如此，在車站附近仍然有相當不錯的宵夜選擇─正老牌草魚粥，營業時間是從下午五點到隔天早上十點，且只休週日(週日晚上不開)，我們抵達時已臨近十二點，但仍然不斷地有顧客上門，甚至在要離開的時候，還要小小地排個隊，人潮真是不少。
When we arrived Chiayi and check-in to the hostel, it's already 10 minutes after 11 o'clock. Even it was late, we still have something for the supper, Zheng Lao Pai. It opened from 17:00 to 10:00 on next day. Only closed on Sunday. When we arrived, it's almost midnight, but still some people there. While we were eating, people still keep coming. Some of them even need to wait couple minutes.

這兒賣得東西也不多，草魚尾，草魚肉和草魚頭，草魚頭很大，一碗大概可以抵魚肉兩到三碗，不過由於標的是時價，點之前別忘了多問一句，你點的那顆頭要價幾何？除了草魚，另外就是魯肉飯與小菜，或許今天生意太好，我抵達時只有魯肉飯和草魚頭而已了！
Here only services several things, the tail, the body and the head of grass carp. And Lu Rou Fan (Braised pork rice or Minced pork rice) and side dishes. When we arrived, the side dishes were sold out, so we don't know what are they. Not only that, the tail and the body of grass carp also sold out. So we can only have Lu Rou Fan and the head of grass carp. Before you order the head, remember to ask how much it is because it only says it changes with the market price.

魯肉飯很好吃，不會太鹹，且白飯粒粒分明，淋上醬汁之後更有味道，很容易一口接一口就吃完了。
The Lu Rou Fan is good. The rice is delicious to eat with the sauce. With the fatty pork, you can finish it just in minutes.

草魚頭超大一碗(其實只是半顆頭)，一開始在鍋裡時還不覺得，一上桌才嚇一跳，而且魚肉很多，再加上魚油，臉頰肉，吃得好過癮，完全沒想到外食的時候可以吃魚吃得這麼爽，覺得這半顆頭要價台幣200元，真的不貴。
The head of grass carp is big. I can totally understand why it costs NTD 200. It's fresh and sweet. If you like to eat the head of a fish, there are so much you can eat. Fantastic.

吃完準備去買單，突然發現老闆面前的鍋裡，突然出現了很多草魚肉，一問之下才知，原來還有另外的廚房，隨時可以因應客人數量趕快加做，現在就有一批草魚肉剛煮好，於是送了過來，剛剛才吃過好吃的草魚頭，實在很想再嚐嚐草魚肉，就再加點了一碗，好鮮嫰的魚肉，讚！
While we were leaving, there comes more bodies of the grass carp. After talked with the waitress, she said that because they have the kitchen at another place and the chef are there to cook it all the time. Because of that, now they can sell the body of grass carp again. So, we sit down again and eat more than we expected, ha~

這兩碗湯都有一個小小的缺點，一開始喝到的都是草魚的鮮美，剩最後兩三口的時候，卻幾乎都是薑的味道，如果妳不喜歡，就像我，建議別喝完它。
There is one thing I would like to remind you, don't drink the soup all if you don't like the taste of ginger. You can easy to tell that the chef put lots of ginger. It's not strong for the first half of the bowl and it will become more and more strong when you try to finish the soup all.

正老牌草魚粥：
600 嘉義市西區博愛路二段13號