閑聊溫哥華的台灣牛肉麵
小河溝，2013-03-09
從道理上講，台灣隻有3.6萬平方公裏，還包括海拔兩千公尺高的阿裏山，跟加拿大的溫哥華島麵積一樣，卻有近兩千五百萬人口，與加拿大人口規模相當，應該沒有太多的地方養牛，養黃牛畢竟不是養豬，是需要草原和牧場的。後來聽台灣老鄉講，台灣的黃牛肉大都是從北美或澳洲進口的，難怪便宜。
牛肉麵成了台灣小吃的象征，確實有些出人意外。提起台灣牛肉麵，一下子就想起在北京吃的美國加州牛肉麵大王，其實兩者的做法幾乎完全相同，味道也一樣，隻是名稱不同。
筆者在列治文AberdeenCentre 吃過“洪師傅台灣牛肉麵”，其實就是"川味紅燒牛肉麵", 把蘭州拉麵配上成都紅湯牛肉。熱騰騰、香噴噴的腱子牛肉，飽滿多汁、入口即化，配搭柔韌適度的麵條與鮮美的紅油湯頭，大快朵頤，過癮得很。
前兩天，去溫哥華granville街上“王記台灣牛肉麵”，那是家經濟實惠的小店，它端上來跟麗晶廣場一樣的手擀麵。筆者感覺牛肉味道稍偏鹹，以後還是點紅燒牛肉麵比較好。 鹵牛肉賣相不好看，倒是紅乎乎的紅燒牛肉，讓人食欲大增。
該店在granville街的繁華地帶， 車水馬龍，川流不息，麵館潔淨清爽。可能是店鋪地租貴，店主隻收現金，好在左邊是蒙特利爾銀行，右邊是加拿大帝國銀行，食客取現金也方便。店主是個有心人，旁邊有公共圖書館，便利點（ThriftStore）和蔬菜雜貨店，逛完街，一碗熱氣騰騰的牛肉麵端上來，絕對是超級享受。
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The Taiwanbeef noodles in Vancouver
Danny Li, 2013-03-09
Taiwan has only 36,000 squarekilometres of land including the mountain with an elevation of 2,000metres, the same acreage of Vancouver island, but there is a scale of ~2,500,000population that is almost the same as the whole Canada population. There should notbe land for large cattle-feeding industry, which needs much more land thanpig - breeding. A Taiwanfriend told me that the most of yellow cattle meat were imported from NorthAmerica and Australia.No wonder that it's cheap in Taiwan.
In fact, it is surprised that the beef noodles become one of the symbols of Taiwansnack refreshments. And it tastes thesame as the United States California beef noodles.
I have tried the "Chef Hung Taiwanese Beef Noodle" in Aberdeen Centreof Richmond. Essentially it is the combination of LanzhouHand-Pulled Beef Noodle and red beef soup, the real SZECHWAN beef noodle. Thesteaming hot, delicious savoury specialflavoured beef shank, replete and melt in the mouth, was brilliantlyprepared and worth the trying.
I went to the "Wang's TaiwanBeef Noodle House" at the Granville street of Vancouvertwo days ago, it's a economic and luxury restaurant, the noodles tasted thesame as the ones in the Crystal Mall in Burnaby.The beef tasted a little salty, the spicy beef might be better.
The restaurant lied on the busy part of Granville street, cash only, since it wasbetween the Bank of Montreal and CIBC, the customers were very convenient towithdraw cash. there was a library, a salvation army thrift store, a grocerystore. It was worth a visit once in a while.
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