[Japan] 京都，中京區，錦市場 (Nishiki Market)

從關西機場搭乘 Haruka 列車來到京都，其時也三點半多，再加上 Check-in 耗去一點時間，可以出門走走時也下午四點鐘了，決定就散步去京都的廚房─錦市場逛逛，雖然我們已知這兒的店家，有許多的營業時間都只到下午五點 (早上九點開門)；到了商店街門口才發現，人還不少。
When we arrived Kyoto, it's already 4 o'clock in the afternoon. So we decide to walk to the Nishiki Market as an easy tour. The Nishiki Market is a marketplace in downtown Kyoto. Many people says it's the kitchen of Kyoto. Although most of the stores only opened from 9:00 to 17:00, there are still many people there.

逛一圈下來發現，這兒有不少店家在販售醃漬醬菜，也可看到日本的太太採買，自己推測，這應該才是此地被稱為京都廚房的原因，畢竟醬菜是日本人餐桌上很重要的一環，只是對觀光客來說，其實吸引力就沒那麼大了，若想買生鮮類的食材，可能還是去黑門市場更好。
Many stores here sells pickles, and you can find many Japanese came to buy it. For a tourist, I guess not many people may want to try it. We just look around.

 

這裡有家幾乎是我看過有介紹錦市場的部落客都會介紹的名店，三木雞卵，專門販售玉子燒的名店，我們不免俗地也買了一條小份的，日幣 480 元，很好吃，軟嫰香滑，帶點微微甜味，很棒。
Here is a famous Tamagoyaki store, Miki Keiran. Most bloggers may mentioned about this store when he/she visits Nishiki Market. We also buy one, it's really good. Hot, soft and a little bit sweet, not too much, delicious.

 錦之水，經政府認定，可生飲的神水。

(The water of Nishiki, it's OK to drink.)

 這次我發現有許多景點都有提供印章讓人收集風景戳印，如果有人想收集，記得帶本厚筆記本來。

(This time, I found many places provide the stamps. If you want to collect them, you may need a big notebook.)

在整個錦市場區的中心，是錦天滿宮，天滿宮在錦的分神，祭祀的是學問之神菅原道真，想要考試考得好，來這兒就對了！
At the middle of Nishiki Market, it's the Nishiki Tenman-gū. Tenman-gū is a Shinto shrine which enshrines Sugawara no Michizane as Tenjin. He is the god of learning. If you want to get good grade at school, just come here.
門口那隻亮晶晶的神牛，相傳只要摸一下，就能讓人長智慧，每人都摸一下的結果，就是亮得發光囉～
Because he is the god of learning, people says when you pet the bull in the Tenman-gū, you will be wised. That's why it's so bright. 

這兒另外應該還有祭祀其他神明，只是沒有介紹，就只有照片了。
Below are others also in the Nishiki Tenman-gū.

三木雞卵：
京都府京都市中京区富小路錦西入ル東魚屋町182

錦天滿宮 ：
京都府京都市中京區新京極通四條上中之町537

[Taiwan] 台北，捷運中山站，丼Fun

週五晚上，透過Google找到這間在捷運中山站附近的丼Fun，要來嚐嚐招牌的「炸牛排」丼飯。
On a Friday night, we googled a restaurant which serves fried steak because the news Kyoto Katsugyu is going to open a branch in Taipei make me want to eat fried steak. Here is the one, Don Fun, which has the same pronunciation in Mandarin for Donburi.

菜單就貼在自助點餐機上方，就只提供六種丼飯，由於人潮不少，可能需要排隊，故先進門跟服務生詢問一下，只要確定要在此用餐，那就可以直接透過點餐機點餐，這樣等到有位子的時候，就可以直接入座，且還節省了點餐的時間。
The menu is on the wall. It just has 6 different Donburi. When you confirm with the waitress that you will eat here, you can order what you want to eat with the self-service ordering machine.

提供給點炸牛排客人的烤盤，本來以為只是用來調整牛肉的生熟度...
The hot slate is using for the customer to heat the steak before eating it.

沒想到當我夾了第一塊牛肉放入口中，才發現牛肉居然是冷的？感覺有點奇怪，炸牛排的肉雖然可能很生，也許還不到三分熟，但為什麼不是溫的呢...難道並非現炸？總之，這兒的牛肉要上烤盤熱一下，除了熟度，也同時加溫一下牛肉，這樣會更好吃～
The fried steak looks so fresh, I guess it's almost raw. But I didn't expect that it's cold. I thought it should be fried immediately. Maybe the chef fried it while I placed order via the self-service ordering machine. It may be a while so the beef became cold. With the slate to heat it and cook it to medium or medium rare, it's really good. I just don't recommend you to eat without heating it.

女朋友點炙燒薔薇丼，看起來好美味，吃起來也好爽，超多美味的生牛肉片～甜得很～
The roasted beef as a rose. It's a lot of meat, ha~ The beaf is sweet and soft, really delicious.

丼飯：
104 台北市中山區長安西路24號

[Taiwan] 台北，捷運忠孝復興站，好食多涮涮鍋大安店 (Shabu Shabu Daan)

在一個週五的夜晚，由於想吃肉，我們來到了《好食多大肉盤》，以肉為名的餐廳～
On a Friday night, since we want to have a lot of meat as our dinner. So we come to here, Shabu Shabu Daan.

點餐基本上和一般的涮涮鍋一樣，只是多了一兩個步驟：
1. 先點湯頭。
2. 選擇作為主餐的肉盤。
3. 這兒的海鮮或許不錯，不過今晚不想吃。
4. 選擇附餐。
5. 如果兩份主餐都選「肉」，這兒可以再加點一盤招待肉盤，可從牛魚豬鴨羊中擇一。
6. 最後則是點選菜盤，如果不想吃菜，還可以把菜盤再換成肉盤。
7. 沒有寫在菜單上的加點，由於我們和其他人併桌，又被招待了一盤肉盤；這樣一來，應該大家都想和別人併桌吧！
There are several steps to place an order here.
1. Choose the flavor you like for the soup. We both like the original taste.
2. Select meat.
3. Select starch. Here has rice and different kind of noodles.
4. If you have two plate of meat, you can have an extra one for free. Please pick from beef, fish, pork, duck and lamb.
5. Select the vegetables. Three options for the vegetables, a general one, one without the ingredients of Hot Pot, or you can change it to another plate of meat.

我們點了11盎司的安格斯無骨牛小排，還有一盤黃金松坂豬，加價70元還可以加量60%，於是就上來了兩盤的松坂豬。我覺得好吃的牛小排與松坂豬真的是火鍋良伴，牛小排稍微涮一下，五六分熟最棒，加一點鹽巴(這兒有附玫瑰鹽)，超級鮮美，牛肉味一級棒～松坂豬則是有嚼勁的美味，雖然本身味道淡了點，沾點沾醬，也是很好吃。
We ordered the 11oz of Angus Beef Short Rib. And pay NTD 70 for 60% more of Matsusaka pig.

由於點了兩盤肉，再加上與人併桌，我們獲贈兩盤招待肉盤，一盤點魚，一盤點豬肉，必須承認，招待的肉質還是差了點，還是單點的比較好吃。
Since we have ordered two set of meat, we can select an extra one. We chose the fish. The fish is just OK. And because we had a seat with another group, we can have another meat. We chose the pork. Obviously, the Matsusaka pig is much better, so I didn't have a photo for that.

兩盤菜盤，我們選擇不要「火鍋料」與「根莖類」的菜盤，於是青菜與菇類可能都比一般多，最讓人意外的是，兩盤的菜居然還不一樣，再加上青菜很新鮮，這兩盤菜盤很棒！
This is really unusal, we had different vegetables for each. Usually it's always be the same. The water snowflake is good.

免費的冬瓜檸檬冰沙，很適合解膩，總共應該叫了三四壺。
The smoothie of winter melon and lemon. It tastes really good with the hot pot.

最後則是明治的冰淇淋收尾，讓人滿足的一餐。
The ice cream of Meiji.

好食多涮涮鍋大安店：
106 台北市大安區大安路一段19巷8號

[Taiwan] 台北，捷運中山站，大師兄銷魂麵舖 - 中山店 (Master Spicy Noodle)

在一個平常日的中午，來到了捷運中山站附近的大師兄銷魂麵舖準備排隊，曾經在1145來此，卻沒時間等到一點半，兩點而放棄，故這次特地在開門前30分鐘就來排隊，十一點抵達，門口沒人，排到第一位，可惜女友十一點半趕不到，故只能直接登記第二輪的第一組客人(店家要求要全員到齊才能入內用餐)，大約在十二點半進入用餐。
The Master Spicy Noodle @ Zhongshan is a really famous restaurant. It opened at 11:30, there is already a line with around 30 people waiting. I arrived at 11:00 to be the first one. Because you can only get in when all the people in the group are arrived, I left my name on the list to wait for my partner.

銷魂麵舖基本上只賣一種麵，銷魂麵(也就是乾拌麵)，另外加上清燉湯或是麻辣湯，既然我們有兩個人，自然兩種都點，另外再單點了幾道小菜。
The menu is simple, here only serves two dishes, noodle with spicy soup or with classical soup. Since we are a group of two, we ordered both.

很快地麵就上桌了，一碗清燉半筋半肉，一碗麻辣半筋半肉，兩碗銷魂麵加糖心蛋，以及單點小菜，讓人看了就想趕快開動！
The noodle you can eat here is like Lo Mein, but not exactly. So the beef and the soup are in one bowl and the noodle is in another. The spicy soup is with the beef and tendon.

兩碗湯頭都嚐了嚐，清燉湯頭的味道真的挺淡，帶了點牛肉香在其中，很棒；麻辣湯頭的辣度其實還好，且「麻」「辣」的味道其實和牛肉湯本身融合得不錯，也挺好喝的，只是牛肉香就被蓋過了，所以我個人比較偏好清燉湯。
For myself, I prefer the classical soup because I can still taste the flavor of beef from it. The spicy soup is also good. It can work up your appetite but not by the strong spicy. 

麵則是比較硬一點的手工麵，拌上含有大蒜的拌醬，非常有嚼勁，非常好吃。
The noodle is a bit hard which you may feel more chewy. With the garlic taste, it's delicious.

肉的部分應該是切片牛腱肉，雖然切得挺薄的，煮得相對熟了一點，但仍然很軟嫰，仍然帶有牛肉香；牛筋都切得挺大塊的，很Q，很好吃。
The beef and tendon are full of the bowl, not just three or four pieces as a usual beef noodle. Although the beef is sliced, it's still soft and I can taste the flavor. And the tendon is really chewy. Both of them are good.

小菜部分則是以麻辣鴨血和豆腐較為出色，在保有原味的同時，帶點麻辣味，好吃；另外點的小黃瓜與酸梅湯則是普普。
For the side dishes, the cucumber and suanmeitang are so so. The spicy duck blood and tofu are really good.

總之，我覺得這一餐值得排隊等待30分鐘，再加上花費台幣280元吃一碗牛肉湯加銷魂麵！
As a conclusion, I think it's worth to wait for 30 minutes and spend for NTD 280 to eat the beef soup and the noodle here.

大師兄銷魂麵舖 - 中山店：
10491 台北市中山區中山北路二段42巷36號