早安,你今天 Q 了嗎?
一起來認識台灣美食的獨特口感
🇹🇼 In Italy, ‘Al Dente’ Is Prized. In Taiwan, It’s All About Food That’s ‘Q.’
台灣美食為什麼那麼「Q」?
🍭 NEW TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan — As dusk falls at Lehua Night Market, the fluorescent lights flicker on and the hungry customers start trickling in, anxious for a taste of the local delicacies that give this island its reputation as one of Asia’s finest culinary capitals. Neatly arranged pyramids of plump fish balls. Bowls brimming with tapioca balls bathed in lightly sweetened syrup. Sizzling oyster omelets, hot off the griddle. Deep-fried sweet potato puffs, still dripping with oil.
台灣新北市——隨著夜幕降臨樂華夜市,燈光亮起,飢腸轆轆的客人們三三兩兩來到這裡,急於品嚐讓這個島嶼享有亞洲最佳美食之城的當地美食。整齊排成小山的飽滿魚丸。一碗碗涼圓,淋著略帶甜味的糖漿。剛從鐵板上下來,滋滋作響的蚵仔煎。還滴著熱油的炸地瓜球。
-fluorescent: 發出螢光的
-trickle in: 三三兩兩地抵達
-reputation: 名聲
-culinary: 烹飪的
-griddle: 鐵板、煎鍋
-deep-fried: 油炸的
🍡 Take a bite of any of these dishes and you’ll discover a unique texture. But how exactly do you describe that perfectly calibrated “mouth feel” so sought after by local cooks and eaters alike?
Slippery? Chewy? Globby? Not exactly the most flattering adjectives in the culinary world.
Luckily, the Taiwanese have a word for this texture. Well, actually, it’s not a word, it’s a letter — one that even non-Chinese speakers can pronounce.
It’s “Q.”
隨便嘗一口這些小吃,你都會發現它們別具風味。但你該如何形容那種經過精心調配,令當地廚師和食客們趨之若鶩的「口感」呢?
滑溜?有嚼勁?黏稠?這些可算不上是美食界最好聽的形容。
幸運的是,台灣人有一個詞來形容這種口感。其實,這稱不上是個詞語,而是一個字母——就連不講中文的人也能說出它。
那就是「Q」。
-texture: 口感、質地、韻味
-calibrate: 校準、調整、調配
-be sought after: 趨之若鶩
-chewy: 有嚼勁的
🥤 “It’s difficult to explain what Q means exactly,” said Liu Yen-ling, a manager at Chun Shui Tang, a popular teahouse chain that claims to have invented tapioca milk tea in Taiwan. “Basically it means springy, soft, elastic.”
Q texture is to Taiwanese what umami is to Japanese and al dente is to Italians — that is, cherished and essential. Around Taiwan, the letter Q can often be glimpsed amid a jumble of Chinese characters on shop signs and food packages and in convenience stores and advertisements.
「很難解釋Q到底是什麼意思,」人氣連鎖茶飲品牌、號稱台灣珍珠奶茶發明者的春水堂的經理劉葉玲說。「基本上,它是彈牙、軟糯的意思。」
「Q」的口感之於台灣人,就等於「umami」(鮮)之於日本人,「al dente」(有嚼勁)之於義大利人——備受珍視,也必不可少。在台灣各地,可以在店鋪招牌和便利店、廣告的食物包裝中的一堆中文字裡瞥見「Q」這個字母。
-tapioca milk tea: 珍珠奶茶
-springy: 有彈性的、彈牙的
-umami: 鮮味
-al dente: 彈牙、有嚼勁
-glimpse: 瞥見
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Have you ever noticed that it seems to take forever for water to boil if stand in front of the stove waiting?1⃣This is the source of the expression “a watched pot never boils,” which means that when you want something to happen, paying close attention will make the wait seem much longer. Ex: Don’t just sit there next to the phone waiting for Lisa to call—a watched pot never boils.
不知道你有沒有注意到,煮水的時候你要是一直站在爐火前等,這等待的時間彷彿就像永遠一樣長?這種感覺正好是諺語a watched pot never boils「某事是急不得的」的由來,意思是:當你越希望某件事情能發生,給它越多關注,那件事情就似乎越晚才會發生。如:Don’t just sit there next to the phone waiting for Lisa to call—a watched pot never boils.(不要只是坐在電話旁邊等麗莎打給你──心急吃不了熱豆腐。)
Pots and kettles left on the stove for a long time tend to turn black. So if the pot calls the kettle black, well, the pot is probably black too. 2⃣ So this idiom is used to describe people criticising another person for a fault they have themselves. Ex: Robert accused me of being selfish—talk about the pot calling the kettle black!
要是把鍋跟煮水壺放在爐火上越久,顏色就會變深變黑。所以如果鍋子笑水壺黑,嗯,鍋子自己也是黑的啊。因此,諺語the pot calls the kettle black就是「五十步笑百步」的意思:Robert accused me of being selfish—talk about the pot calling the kettle black!(羅伯罵我自私──拜託,他是五十步笑百步好嗎!)
When you prepare meat to make a stew, you cut it up into tiny pieces and put in the pot. 3⃣ So the phrase “go to pot” came to mean “deteriorate, decline, be ruined.” Ex: Their business went to pot during the recession.
如果你要燉肉,你會把肉切成小塊再放入鍋裡,因此入鍋(go to pot)延伸有「毀壞、衰弱、完蛋」的意思,像是:Their business went to pot during the recession.(經濟蕭條期間,他們的公司也一起完蛋。)
4⃣But not all pots are made for cooking—like chamber pots, for example. You’d have to be pretty poor not to be able to afford a chamber pot, so if someone “doesn’t have a pot to piss in,” it means they’re very poor. Ex: Steve can’t lend you the money—he doesn’t have a pot to piss in.
不過呢,並非所有的鍋子都是用來煮飯的──像便壺(chamber pot)就不是。便壺這種東西,除非你是非常窮,否則不太可能買不起,因此,如果你說某人doesn’t have a pot to piss in(沒有便壺可小便),就是在暗示那個人非常窮困。如:Steve can’t lend you the money—he doesn’t have a pot to piss in.(史提夫不可能借你錢──他自己都窮到快被鬼抓走。)
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When you’re having a nice meal on a plate, you’ll probably want something to wash it down with in a cup. And while you’re eating, why not learn a few idioms related to cups?
當你吃著大餐,你大概會想用杯子配點喝的來清清喉嚨吧!不妨在吃飯的時候,跟著EZ TALK學學跟杯子有關的諺語吧。
Some people like tea, and some people don’t, but what does it mean when you say that 1⃣ something (or someone) isn’t your cup of tea? It means it’s not something you like or have an interest in. Ex: Heavy metal isn’t really my cup of tea. Teacups are obviously made to hold tea, but what if there’s a tempest in a teacup? 2⃣ The phrase “a tempest in a teacup” (or “a tempest in a teapot”) is used to describe a great disturbance or uproar over a matter of little importance. Ex: The protests are nothing more than a tempest in a teapot. You may prefer coffee or tea in your cup, but what if 3⃣ a person is “in his/her cups”? It’s either a really small person, or a really big cup, right? Wrong. It means he’s drunk. Ex: Patrick doesn’t make much sense when he’s in his cups.
有些人愛喝茶,有些人不愛。不過當你說某東西或某人 isn’t your cup of tea是什麼意思?表示「不是你的菜,你沒興趣」。如:Heavy metal isn’t really my cup of tea.(重金屬搖滾不是我的菜。)茶杯當然是用來盛茶的器具,不過要是茶杯裡頭出現風暴,那是怎麼一回事呢?片語a tempest in a teacup/teapot「茶杯/茶壺裡的風暴」是用來敘述無關緊要的小事卻造成極大騷動,也就是「大驚小怪」。如:The protests are nothing more than a tempest in a teapot.(那場抗議不過只是大驚小怪。)你會喜歡杯子裡裝著美味的咖啡或茶,不過要是裡面的東西換成一個人呢?這就得要是非常迷你的人,又或是杯子得要夠大才有辦法吧?錯了。其實片語in his/her cups指的是這人「喝得醉醺醺」,如:Patrick doesn’t make much sense when he’s in his cups.(當派崔克喝掛,他講話基本上沒人聽得懂。)
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大家好!歡迎你們跟我一起學英文 :) 今天的字是 "Bomb"。Bomb 的意思就是 "炸彈/做的一塌糊塗/呢超讚的/你超棒的。很多種方法可以使用。
Hey everyone! It's English party time :) Word of the day is bomb. The dictionary definition of "bomb" is: an explosive weapon detonated by impact, proximity to an object, a timing mechanism, or other means. Bomb can also be used to describe how awful or wonderful something/someone is.
Ex. 例子:
I bombed it.
是我炸的/ 我做的一塌糊塗
That's so bomb!
呢超讚的!
You're the bomb!
你超棒的!
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Crescent Lament 2012新創作曲「尪仔面」,預計收錄在我們下一張以臺灣早年藝妲生活為藍本的概念專輯中。本曲內容描述日治時代到國民政府來台初期,臺灣藝妲面對賣藝賣笑、送往迎來的人生,有著萬般不由自己的感慨。「尪仔面」是臺灣閩南語用詞,含有兩種意義:用來指稱長得很好看的年輕男女,或者,也有「面具」的意思。「尪仔面」這首歌之歌名,即含有這兩種意義:藝妲們每天化妝將自己打扮的漂漂亮亮,也像頂著這張漂亮的「面具」,面對每個來往的客人。
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After releasing the debut album "Behind the Lethal Deceit" in 2011, Crescent Lament keeps on digging out the dark side of Taiwanese history, and integrates those miserable stories into our music. "Taiwan geisha" becomes the theme of our next project. The story of our next conceptual album occurs in the mid-20th century, when Taiwan was in an era of turmoil. Because of low social status, Taiwanese geishas endured much more suffering than ordinary people.
This live MV -- "尪仔面(Masked Doll)", is the latest release of Crescent Lament. Written in Taiwanese, the lyrics describe that how a Taiwanese geisha hides tears under the invisible mask , and shows her smiles all the time emotionlessly.
【尪仔面 / Masked Doll】
詞/Lyrics:周慕姿 Muer Chou、陳宗緯 Warose Chen (黑腔/grunts)
曲/Music:周岳弘 Komet Chou
英譯/English translation:周岳弘 Komet Chou
收錄專輯/Album:花殤 Elegy for the Blossoms (2015)
歌曲錄製/Recording & remixing:Warose Chen 陳宗緯
影片剪輯/Video editing:Warose Chen 陳宗緯
* 影片素材由 Ekim Lu、Taur Yang、Anzio Chou、Sashiba Chou 提供。
追蹤我們的最新消息 / Stay up to date on Crescent Lament
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