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I went to Huizhou (a Southern city of China) last week. We didn't know much about this city, but still didn't search for any recommended restaurants on the Internet because I wanted to explore the city by myself. 🍹Around dinner time we spotted a eye-catching restaurant serving Northeastern Chinese food. Haven't had Northeastern Chinese food for ages, I decided to go in. As soon as I stepped in to the restaurant, I was SURPRISED!!!! 🎉🎊 Wanna know what astonished me? Let's go!!!
上個星期我去了惠州:) 我對這座城市的了解不多，但始終沒在網上搜尋出名的餐廳，想自己碰碰運氣🍹到了晚飯時間，我剛好看到了一家吸睛的東北餐廳。我已經很長時間沒吃過東北菜了，所以馬上決定今晚就是它了！一進餐廳我就驚！呆！了！🎉🎊 想知道是什麼讓我感到這樣吃驚？快跟我進去吧！！
The Environment 環境
I was at first attracted by the three-storey building's extraordinary exterior design, especially the brick wall and the lanterns.🏮 After entering the restaurant I realised this is the one of the MOST BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED restaurant I’ve ever seen!❤️ There’s nothing special about its location, and I can tell it's designed to serve only the local residents. However as you scroll down the page you'll be stunned by their incredible dinning environment and interior design. 🌹
其實我遠遠已經被這家3層樓高、有著漂亮外牆設計的餐廳吸引住了。特別是這些燈籠，讓餐廳瀰漫著浪漫的氣息。🏮一踏進門我就發現，它是我去過最美的餐廳之一！！❤️ 餐廳的位置沒有任何的特別，也能看得出客人主要都是附近的居民。但是，你一定會為它醉人的環境和無瑕的室內設計而目瞪口呆！！！🌹
The above is a traditional Chinese-styled fisher boat. The fog, the light and the clear water made me wonder if I had entered a fairyland. 🧚♀️ I could tell their "theme season" was autumn, because I could see maple and its leaves everywhere 🍁. The restaurant was full of exquisite decorations. Below you can see some Chinese-styled vases and some of the most famous literature works in the Chinese history 📚.
上圖是一艘傳統小漁船。船邊的輕煙、華燈以及池水都讓我以為誤闖了仙境🧚♀️ 。看來它們的「主題季節」是秋天，因為餐廳裏到處都有楓樹和楓葉的影子🍁。這家餐廳充滿了精緻的裝飾:) 下面幾幅圖中的就是不同的小擺設和中國文學史上的其中一些著作。📚
A meticulous designer won't miss the ceiling - look how AMAZING the ceiling has become with these maple branches and Chinese-styled oil-paper umbrella as decorations!!! ☂️
一個追求完美的設計師當然不會忘記天花了——在楓樹枝和油紙傘的點綴下，餐廳的天花簡直變得美輪美奐！！☂️
These Chinese-styled drawings were pretty, too :)
這些畫也很古典優雅呢:)
The restaurant was spacious. Ordinary restaurants usually make full use of it's available spaces to put as many tables and chairs as they can, but it's not the case for this restaurant. It's worth mentioning that most of their seats were in the form of booth!!!! There was ample spaces between booths, and sometimes decorations could be found next to table, such as an oil-paper umbrella. 🎈
這家餐廳真是十分寬敞。一般的餐廳都會為了能坐多點人，而用桌子椅子把餐廳塞得滿滿的，不過這家餐廳可不一樣。值得一提的是，這裏大部分的位置都是卡位！！！卡位之間有充分的空間，而且桌子旁邊有時候還會有高雅的裝飾品，就好像漂亮的油紙傘一樣。🎈
I was AMAZED when I walked through the corridor on the 3rd floor. I felt like I had gone back to ancient China!!!!! I could stay here for a whole day just staring at their astounding decorations 😍.
當我走過3樓的這個走廊時，我簡直不敢相信自己的眼睛！我仿佛置身於中國古代！！我簡直認為我可以就這樣呆呆地看著這裏，待上一整天😍
We chose to sit on the top floor where we could enjoy plenty of natural light. ☀️
我們決定坐在頂層，因為這裏有良好的自然光。☀️
The plaque says "Drama is like life". Life is like a drama, drama is like life. It was so nice to see this philosophical quoting here. 💬
牌匾上寫著「戲如人生」。人生如戲、戲如人生。能在這裏捕捉到這麼有哲理性的文字，我的嘴角不禁泛起一絲微笑。💬
The lantern-like light was so beautiful that I wanna have one in my home too :))) 🏮💡
這盞像燈籠一樣的燈真美，我也想掛一盞在家裏:)) 🏮💡
Couldn't help to take pictures in such an extraordinary restaurant!!!! 📷
我又怎會忍得住不在這絕美的地方留影呢！！📷
The food 美食
Next to the entrance of the restaurant there were some tables with some ready-made food on them. 🥖 The good thing about this was that we could take a look at the food first and decide whether to order them:)
在入口的旁邊有幾張長桌，放滿了熟食。🥖這樣的好處是，能讓客人看看「實物」才決定要不要點某道菜:)
Let's look what they had on those tables!!! There were sausages, fried dough twists and dried tofu 😍
讓我們一起來看看桌子上都有什麼把！！這些是紅腸、麻花和乾豆腐😍
These were steamed buns, steamed dumplings (bao) and steamed rolls 🍞
這些是包子、饅頭和花捲🍞
Dried beancurd sticks fried bean sprout 🤩
是腐竹炒豆芽耶！🤩
How can I introduce Northeastern Chinese cuisine without mentioning roasted chicken? 🍺
說起東北菜，又怎麼少得了燒雞呢？🍺
And now let's see what we ordered!!!! As soon as I sat down I was attracted by their delicate tea set. The traditional Chinese-styled ceramics tea set looked wonderful, and the bird seemed about to fly out of the plate. 🐦 What impressed me more was that the colour of the table matched that of the tea set! I could feel how much effort the designer had paid into designing the restaurant. ☺️
來看看我們都點了什麼吧！！我一坐下，就被這套精美的茶具吸引了。這隻鳥兒好像準備著飛出盤子呢 🐦。讓我更驚訝的是桌子和茶具的顏色是般配的！我瞬間感受到餐廳負責人在裝飾和配色方面花了多少心血☺️
This is Liangpi, a noodle-like Chinese dish made from wheat or rice flour. It's served cold, and usually spicy. LOVE IT!!!!! 💛
這是涼皮，真好吃！💛
These is a fried dough twist cut in pieces (yes, that's what you saw on the display table!!). It's fried, therefore having a shiny and golden look. 🔑 I love it too!!!
這根麻花也很美味哦:)
This squid teppanyaki looks great!!! It tased nice, too (although there were more garlic shoots than squids LOLLL ). 🦑
這個鐵板魷魚又美觀又美味！！
不過......蒜薹好像比魷魚更多......哈哈哈哈哈🦑
Here comes the dumplings!!!! 🥟 I believe dumpling is the single most well-know Chinese food around the world. It is one of the most authentic Northeastern Chinese food, therefore I had expected the dumplings served here to be delicious. However, it didn't hold up to expectations. It was kinda cold, and the dumpling skin was a little hard :'(
哈哈，餃子上場了！🥟我相信對於外國人來說，餃子應是最出名的中菜。因為餃子是正宗的東北菜，所以我對它的期望還挺高的。不過，我不得不說試了之後有點小失望。餃子端上來的時候已經有點涼了，而且餃子皮還有點硬:'(
This is smoked tofu originated in the "You County". 🌶️ It's not actually a Northeastern Chinese cuisine. As its name implies, it originated in the "You County" in the Hunan province. Food originated in this province is famous for its strong taste - spicy and salty. As a girl who LOVES spicy cuisine, I thought this dish could satisfy my lust for spicy food. ❤️🧡However I was wrong. This dish was far less spicy than I expected. Maybe it's because the restaurant is located in a Southern city. Guess what, people in Southern China generally don't prefer spicy food!!!! Yes, China is a HUGE country, and people in EVERY province have their own dinning habits :)) How amazing!! 😆
這是攸縣香乾🌶️。其實這不是東北菜，是源自湖南的湘菜。大家都知道，湘菜是很重口味的。作為一個喜愛吃辣的人，我幻想著這道菜能滿足我對辣味的渴望❤️🧡。可是，我錯了TVT 這道菜遠比我想像的清淡。可能是因為飯店開在廣東的緣故吧XD 廣東人普遍比較喜歡清淡的食物。中國地大物博，不同地方的人有著截然不同的口味:)) 這是神奇呢！！😆
I LOVE this red bean paste cake too!!! 😌 It's hot, and yummyyyy!!!
這個豆沙餅也很美味！！😌 要趁熱吃哦！！
And the mutton shashlik!!! ☺️We ate them as soon as they hit the table!!! ;pppp
還有烤羊肉串！！！☺️它們一碰到桌子就被我們消滅了 XDX
At last, hand-made tofu with fried bean and meat sauce!!!!! ☀️Hand-made tofu does not taste as firm as the machine-made one, but I like that texture!!!
最後，香噴噴的手工豆腐！！☀️ 手工豆腐雖然沒有機械豆腐這麼嫩滑，但我很喜歡這種「麵麵」的口感:) 配的炸醬香味撲鼻，讓我停不下來了！
It was a wonderful experience dinning in such an astonishing restaurant:)) If you wanna enjoy nice Northeastern Chinese food while sitting in an "ancient Chinese Inn", I'll definitely recommend it 😌 Haha I have to go :) Please feel free to tell me what you think, and see you next time!! ❤️
在這麼美麗的餐廳裏品嚐美食，簡直是一種享受。如果你想在迷人的「古代客棧」中品嚐東北菜，那我絕對推薦這家餐廳！😌 哈哈，今天就寫到這裏吧，歡迎大家在留言中告訴我你的想法，我們下次見！❤️
