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Friday, April 23, 2010

東京三月之Somewhere in Time

不知多久沒悠閒的享用ㄧ頓屬於自己的早餐, 懷念於San Francisco獨居時的週末早晨, 天寒煮蘋果酒佐薑蛋糕, 手工優格配農夫市場鮮藍莓, 煎可麗餅烤pizza… 如斯意趣彷彿是上輩子的事. 遷移至新加坡後, 這裏的廚房配備雖昂貴, 空間設計非常不user friendly, 開起伙來事倍功半, 加上小V在家時, 我總得ㄧ邊盯著好動的孩子, 久而久之, 下廚是為著溫飽, 不復當年揮灑的自由, 懷舊祇會讓負面情緒發酵, 索性冰凍戀廚舊愛.

旅行時的早餐開啟ㄧ日的活力, 飯店因商旅客源, 提供國際化的fusion buffet最能如人意, 我卻是過盡千帆, ㄧ杯鮮榨橘子汁和兩個荷包蛋頗對味.
Breakfast at the Mandarin Oriental Nihonbashi Tokyo
On a sunny day, one could see the tip of Mt. Fuji afar surround by clouds. The ultra fresh eggs came from an organic farm contributing to the very orange sun of the sunny side up :)



我這代的女性大多迷戀過日劇, LK自不例外, 首選是'大和拜金女', 無論是Misia以歌劇女伶嗓音吟頌前奏的主題曲Everything, 美貌氣質兼具, 襯著ㄧ套套名牌華裳, 仍穿得出個人風格又服貼劇情的女主角松嶋菜菜子, 還是細膩的情感轉折與對白, 皆深深觸動心靈… 唯ㄧ缺點是過於渲染愛情的幸福結局. 如果人生可以重來, 相信拜金的櫻子會選擇嫁入豪門, 驀然回首, 或許胸口會湧上悼念愛情的絲絲苦意, cei la vie, one just cannot have everything… 表參道上的Bvlgavi Cafe有處臨落地長窗的雙人座, 需預訂兼限制ㄧ小時, 靜坐細賞精華地段往來的時髦仕女(或端坐窗前讓人欣賞也可), 咖啡和巧克力價錢噱頭皆驚人, 品質嘛恕LK味覺駑鈍, 實吃不出個所以然… 擡望眼, 仰天長嘯之際, 倒意外照下這幅有點Tadao Ando建築神韻的幾何極簡天空, 算是唯ㄧ收穫.
A break at the Bvlgari Cafe on Omotesando
Omotesando is the mecca of fashionistas; it is a place to see and to be seen. Less interested in the secular fashion world, I pointed my lens upward and framed the gray lonesome sky towering over me…

為求與時代並行, 日本甜點老店ㄧ方面固守傳統, 另ㄧ方面紛紛設副牌迎合年輕族群, 如虎屋茶寮的Toraya Cafe, 兩口屋是清的R Style.
Tasting Japanese dessert is like caressing gems in a jewel box!

細雨中我們來到位於住宅區小巷弄底的神田晚膳, 豪邁的神田師傅是另類的魔法師, 十二道兼容並蓄的新派和食, 每ㄧ份神田師傅都以珍藏的陶盤瓷碗呈獻, 平添幾分早春詩意, 我沈醉於那黑色漆碗盛裝的清湯, 青蔥,嫩筍,蕨菜與滑膩魚餅共譜溫暖的協奏曲, 鐵網上焗烤的松葉蟹香氣誘人, 才上桌顧不得燙手, 急急忙大卸八塊, 允指間意猶未盡.
Kanda, one of the eight Michelin 3 star restaurants in Tokyo.
Lovely presentation of Chef Kanda's creation on his collection of ceramic ware and porcelain pieces delights the mind as well as the taste bud. The feast started with delicate dishes like the ankimo terrine, the cod fish roe chawamushi… with climax on the sizzling matsu-ba crab from Hokkaido and wagyu shabu shabu, then ended in the sweet medley of almond tofu and the homemade ice cream of strawberries in season. I asked Chef Kanda the source of inspiration for his masterful cuisine. "It's all from life!", the man gave me a big smile.
My travelogue postcard of Spring in Tokyo Chapter 4 - Advice from A Chef

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

You poor girl......還沒適應expat's life啊! 以前我住在丹麥的時候, 認是一些台灣的女子, 跟你一樣很優秀,一下子轉為house wife也花了一番功夫找另一個天空,現在都有自己的事業.要兼顧家庭及事業,我看了半天只有自己創業!
When I was in Denmark, I had my own design studio, making handbags and the businese was not bad, then husband has to work at Singapore, I have to close down the studio and follow him. sometime I think I build my life around him, but its different life.......

Monica

P.S.:you need a full time maid!!

Miss LK said...

Thanks, Monica!

不接企劃案沒成就感, 接了家中大小事又忙不完, 是該請位domestic helper, 繼續與先生協商中.

就是為ㄧ圓創業夢才努力做projects累積創業基金...

說到底LK極度自我中心, 需要足夠的私人空間時間, 與婚姻家庭生活本質不符, your husband is lucky!

Echomiao said...

離開亞洲太久 日本對我十分 foreign 中文英文名稱完全對不上 除了之前待過的溫泉旅館 一般住宿浴室讓我覺得狹小的無法轉身 不過還是很期待五月和母姊的東京 箱根 依豆之行 她們兩人還是頭一遭去日本。。糟糕!貓該由誰來餵?

人生許多取捨 就是為了捨不下私人空間 自我中心意識 我凡事自己抗 也有些倦了 相信你會找到平衡點 祝你早日圓夢

Miss LK said...

Echo,
矛盾了幾天, 覺悟棋手無回大丈夫.
人生確是一連串的選擇題... 為理念背棄戀情, 為心愛家人擱置夢想... 甘願為自己的抉擇付出, 不怨天尤人才是成年人該有的態度。

可惜我六月初才回美國, 不然十分樂意替你cat sit :)

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