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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藍燁 Lan Yeh【Señorita 中文cover】feat. Daphne • 小丰

Youtube連結：https://youtu.be/GgNbsBY6Msg

我喜歡聽你叫我señorita
I like it when you call me señorita
我以為可以假裝不在意他
I thought I could pretend to ignore you
但每次觸碰 woo la la la
But every touch is woo la la la
It’s true la la la
Woo 我想要逃離
Woo I should be running
Woo 你讓我看不清左右
Woo you have my head spinning

前進邁阿密
Heading to Miami
夏天午後悶熱氣溫
Summer heat in the afternoon air
我大汗如雨
Sweat dripping off me
知道她名字之前 woo la la la
Before I even knew her name woo la la la
感覺已酷 la la la
Feeling cool la la la
Yeah no
藍寶色月光
Sapphire moonlight
幾小時跳舞沙灘上
We danced for hours in the sand
龍蛇蘭日出
Tequila sunrise
身體緊貼手的弧度 la la la
Her body fit right in my hands la la la
感覺超酷 la la la yeah
Feeling so cool la la la yeah

我喜歡聽你叫(我)señorita
I like it when you call (me) señorita
我以為可以假裝不在意他
I thought I could pretend to ignore you
但每次觸碰 woo la la la
But every touch is woo la la la
It’s true la la la
Woo 我想要逃離
Woo I should be running
Woo 你知道
Woo you know
我喜歡你叫(我)señorita
I like it when you call (me) señorita
我希望不會害怕會失去他
I wish I wouldn’t be scare of losing you
但每次觸碰 woo la la la
But every touch is woo la la la
It’s true la la la
Woo 我想要逃離
Woo I should be running
Woo 你讓我看不清左右
Woo you have my head spinning

相約在motel
Motel date cruising
緊閉後鎖上了房門
Close and lock down the door
說只是朋友
You say we're just friends
但朋友不知道的是 la la la
But there are things that friends should never know la la la
已經等了你那麼的久
Cause you know it’s been a long time coming
拜託請你別放過我 uh~
Please do not give me a chance to slip away uh~
woo 被你的唇解鎖
Woo unlock me with your lips
勾住舌頭
Hooked on your tongue
Woo 吻的太致命
Woo your kiss is deadly
別停下
Don’t stop

我喜歡聽你叫(我)señorita
I like it when you call (me) señorita
我以為可以假裝不在意他
I thought I could pretend to ignore you
但每次觸碰 woo la la la
But every touch is woo la la la
It’s true la la la
Woo 我想要逃離
Woo I should be running
Woo 你知道
Woo you know
我喜歡你叫(我)señorita
I like it when you call (me) señorita
我希望不會害怕會失去他
I wish I wouldn’t be scare of losing you
但每次觸碰 woo la la la
But every touch is woo la la la
It’s true la la la
Woo 我想要逃離
Woo I should be running
Woo 你讓我看不清左右
Woo you have my head spinning

一直以來心裡都是你
In my heart you’re were always the only one
希望對你也有些意義
And I hope it meant something to you
大喊我名字就去找你
Call my name I’ll be coming for you
飛去找你
Fly right to you
我要～
I want ya~
我要～
I want ya~
我要飛去你那裡~
I wanna fly to you~
我要～
I want ya~
Woo 我想要逃離
Woo I should be running
Woo 你讓我看不清左右
Woo you have my head spinning

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Thai Glass Noodle Salad Recipe, Yum Woon Sen
Recipe: http://cicili.tv/thai-glass-noodles-salad-recipe
中文影片：https://youtu.be/sJ_jcE3DwMo

Thailand is known as the Land of Smiles because of its genuinely happy and welcoming people. Bangkok is the capital of Thailand, and that is where I called home for 8 years of my childhood.

One of my favorite Thai dishes is Yum Woon Sen. It is a beloved Thai salad dish. The word Yum literary translates to “mix,” and it refers to a type of Thai salad. The words Woon Sen means glass noodles. Therefore, Yum Woon Sen is Glass Noodle Salad.

I remember eating Yum Woon Sen in Thailand all the time. It is a dish that every home cook knows how to cook by heart. I had eaten it in school, over street food stalls, and in luxurious restaurants.

Although they all made with similar ingredients, the tastes can be slightly different from one place to another. And one of my favorites was at a food stall in front of a giant shopping center, The Mall Bang Kapi.

After coming to the United States, Yum Woon Sen became a dish that I must order in every Thai restaurant that I visited, and yet I never found one that’s perfect to my palate, like the one in front of The Mall Bang Kapi.

I told my husband about my quest to find the perfect Yum Woon Sen. One day, he piled up all the ingredients for the dish on our kitchen counter. He was determined to make the perfect Yum Woon Sen for me. And for the next 30 minutes, he cast his charm and magic over the dish. Although he looked calm, sweat was dripping down from his forehead.

Surprisingly, he presented me with a taste that is so familiar and yet I have not eaten for the longest time. It is the taste that I missed dearly.

To me, it is the taste of Thailand, the taste of smiles. It is so refreshing and has a perfect balance of savory, citrusy, sweet, and spicy. I believe Yum Woon Sen will also become your family’s favorite salad dish and brighten up everyone.