又中又英｜Two-dish Rice

又中又英｜Two-dish Rice

There were many things I wanted to eat when I visited Hong Kong a few months ago. Top on my list were fish ball noodles, pineapple buns, dim sum, and steamed fish with rice. I also wanted to try the two-dish rice. I had not seen two-dish rice take-out restaurants when I left Hong Kong two years ago. But during my recent visit I noticed they had sprouted up everywhere. To sprout up means to suddenly appear. My friends told me two-dish rice take-out restaurants sprouted up during the pandemic when the government restricted the opening hours of dine-in restaurants.

Every time I passed by a two-dish rice place I looked at the large selection of dishes, which looked yummy (delicious) but I was put off by the price. To put off means to postpone doing something, but if you are put off by something it means you don’t want to do it. I was put off by the two-dish rice because the price was too cheap. I worried the food would not be clean. Friends told me they sometimes eat two-dish rice, and I should try it. I will take the plunge when I return to Hong Kong in a few months.

To take the plunge means to decide to do something after thinking about it for a long time. During my recent visit I ate pineapple buns and steamed fish but didn’t have time to eat fish ball noodles, which I love. It’s a typical Hong Kong dish which is hard to find in Taiwan and the US. I will surely eat fish ball noodles when I return, and hope readers can suggest good restaurants.

我几个月前游港，有许多东西我想去吃。名单头几位是鱼蛋面、菠萝包、点心和蒸鱼配饭。我也想试试两餸饭。两年前我离港之时，并没有见到两餸饭的外卖餐厅，但最近我回港，就留意到它们已经四处sprouted up。To sprout up是指突然出现、冒起。我的朋友们告诉我，两餸饭外卖店是在疫情期间，政府限制食肆开放堂食时间之时涌现（sprouted up）的。

每次我经过卖两餸饭的地方，我都见到非常多的餸菜选择，看起来都很美味（yummy），但我就被价钱 put off——to put off是指延迟做某事，但若你是put off by something意即它令你却步，不想去做。我被两餸饭吓跑（put off）了，因为价钱实在太便宜了。我担心食物并不衞生。朋友们告诉我，他们有时也会吃两餸饭，而我应该试一试。过几个月我再回到香港时，便会冒险一试（take the plunge）。

To take the plunge是指经过长时间的考虑后，终于下定决心去做某事。我最近一次游港，有吃到菠萝包和蒸鱼，但就不够时间去吃我喜爱的鱼蛋面。这是香港特有的菜式，在台湾和美国都很难找到。我回港时一定会吃鱼蛋面，希望各位读者可以提议一些好的餐厅给我试试。

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Michael Chugani褚简宁
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