FiFi2026/8/22

一場聚會，兩男兩女，還有一個比我更早入席的貓咪包 這，是我第一次參加 Eatgether 的活動。 那天，我很難得成為今天這群第一個進入餐廳的人。 桌上還空空的，鍋還沒開始滾，比我早抵達的人也還沒出現。 所以我先做了一件很重要的事： 讓我的貓咪包先入座。 🤭🐱 So naturally, I did something very important first: I gave my cat bag its own seat. 至少在其他人抵達以前，它是全場最準時、最安靜，也最有氣質的客人。 Until everyone else arrived, it was officially the most punctual, quiet, and stylish guest at the table. 那天我們吃的是 李白白鴛鴦麻辣鍋。 特別的是，這家店主要接待熟客，因此整頓飯從一開始就有一種不像一般餐廳的感覺——比較像被朋友帶進一間藏起來的小廚房。 We had dinner at LEE PAI PAI, a restaurant known for its double-flavor mala hot pot. What made it even more interesting was that the restaurant mainly serves returning guests, so the whole experience felt less like walking into an ordinary restaurant and more like being invited into someone’s hidden kitchen. 今晚的組合是兩男兩女。 其中還有一位熟悉的面孔。 There were two men and two women at our table. And yes—there was one very familiar face among them. 至於是誰…… 認得的人自然會認得。 As for who it was… Those who know, know. 真正讓我印象深刻的，是老闆本人。 菜一上桌，他不是把東西放下就走，而是直接站在桌邊，非常熱情地介紹食材、吃法和每一道料理的特色。 What really impressed me was the owner himself. Instead of simply serving the dishes and walking away, he stood beside our table and enthusiastically explained the ingredients, the cooking methods, and how each dish was meant to be enjoyed. 於是我們的晚餐突然有了一點奇妙的儀式感。 白蘿蔔一片片像花瓣一樣鋪滿鍋面，搭配豆腐、蔬菜和繽紛的蔬果脆片；另一鍋則被一整座香菜山蓋住，底下藏著濃郁麻辣湯底。 Our dinner suddenly felt almost ceremonial. Thin slices of white radish were arranged like flower petals, surrounded by tofu, vegetables, and colorful vegetable chips. Beside it sat another pot crowned with what can only be described as a mountain of cilantro, hiding a rich and spicy broth underneath. 對愛香菜的人來說，那是一座天堂。 對討厭香菜的人來說…… 可能是一場心理測驗。🤣 For cilantro lovers, it was paradise. For cilantro haters… it was probably a psychological endurance test. 接著還有炙烤肉品、番茄、蘆筍、豆腐，以及那碗看起來完全不打算低調的——三顆半熟蛋蓋飯。 Then came grilled meat, tomatoes, asparagus, tofu, and a rice bowl topped with three glorious runny eggs that clearly had no intention of being subtle. 我們四個人一路吃、一路聊。 沒有人急著表現自己，也沒有尷尬地硬找話題。 四個原本因為一場活動坐在一起的人，就這樣在麻辣鍋的熱氣裡慢慢熟起來。 The four of us ate and talked our way through the evening. Nobody seemed desperate to impress anyone, and there was no awkward pressure to keep inventing conversation. Four people who had simply signed up for the same gathering gradually became more familiar over the steam rising from the hot pot. 而且最難得的是： 大家對食物的評價幾乎一致——非常好吃。 And the rarest miracle of all? We actually agreed on something: the food was excellent. 飯吃到最後，我們甚至都跟店家交換了聯絡方式，約好下次再回來。 我忽然覺得，這大概就是這類聚會最有趣的地方。 有時候你以為自己只是去吃一頓飯。 但真正帶走的，可能是一家以後還會想再回來的餐廳、一段意外舒服的聊天，還有幾個原本完全不會出現在你生活裡的人。 這是我的第一場 Eatgether。 目前也是唯一一場。 至於會不會有第二場？ 我不知道。 但以我的人生最近這種發展速度來看—— 我現在已經學會不要亂講「只有一次 」🤭🙈😹🌹🤪