This morning we are heading over to the Miniatures Museum of Taiwan.

今天上午，我們要去臺灣迷你模型博物館。

That's our first stop, and then from there we are hopefully going to have a hotpot lunch

那是我們的第一站，然後從那裡出發，我們希望能吃一頓火鍋午餐。

and then go to a few other places.

然後再去其他幾個地方。

So stay tuned for today's vlog from Taipei.

所以請繼續關注今天'來自臺北的vlog。

We have arrived, it looks like there's not a huge sign for it, but it's this banner, and it's housed in this big skyrise building, and it said to go to the basement floor 1.

我們已經到了，看起來好像沒有什麼大的標誌，但是它'就是這個旗幟，它'就安置在這個大的skyrise建築裡，它說要去地下一層。

We got our tickets for 180 TWD

我們買到了180張TWD的票

and now we are just walking around the Taiwan Miniatures Museum

而現在我們只是在臺灣迷你模型博物館裡走走而已

So far I have seen mostly European and Victorian style houses and cottages and businesses

到目前為止，我看到的大多是歐式和維多利亞風格的房子和別墅以及企業。

all models of them scaled down

皆為縮小版

but what's really impressive is the detail you can look inside of the houses and inside the living room

但真正令人印象深刻的是，你可以看看房子裡面的細節和客廳裡面的細節

and see even the furniture and the wallpaper

甚至連傢俱和牆紙都看得一清二楚

and people are very very well detailed

和人非常非常詳細

We didn't spend too long at the museum because I am ready for lunch

我們沒有在博物館呆太久，因為我已經準備好吃午飯了。

but the museum was alright, kind of small

但博物館還不錯，有點小

but many good realistic, very realistic and very detailed models

但很多好的真實，非常逼真，非常細緻的模型。

mostly European architecture and some famous buildings as well

主要是歐式建築和一些著名建築

That is the restaurant we are going right there across the street

我們要去的那家餐廳就在馬路對面

and I believe in English it's called Old Sichuan

而我相信在英語中，它叫做Old Sichuan（老四川）。

and so it's going to be a Sichuan-styled hotpot which I am looking forward to

所以它'會是一個四川風味的火鍋，我很期待。

Thank you

謝謝你了

This is a really classy restaurant. I love the atmosphere here

這是一家非常有品位的餐廳。我喜歡這裡的氣氛

We just ordered a couple of different plates

我們剛訂了幾個不同的盤子

You order by the plates of meat, we also ordered some mixed vegetables

你按盤子裡的肉點，我們還點了一些混合蔬菜。

and then they bring you a pot of soup

然後他們給你端來一鍋湯

they gave us this appetiser which they said is included

他們給了我們這個開胃菜，他們說這是包括了

and it said green bean noodles, I think mung bean maybe, green mung beans

說是綠豆麵，我想可能是綠豆，綠豆

and then topped with peanuts and sichuan chillies and oil

然後放上花生、四川辣椒和油。

This looks amazing

這看起來很神奇

Oh they're slippery

哦，他們很滑

Those noodles are like slippery, very slippery

那些麵條就像滑溜溜的一樣，非常滑溜溜的

but that is extremely good, that is

但那是極好的，那是

it's very sour

酸酸的

and then it has a beautiful dried chilli flavor to it

然後它有一個美麗的幹辣椒味

we actually don't taste that oil really

我們其實並沒有嚐到油的味道真的

but it does has a nutty kind of sesame flavor as well

但它確實有一種堅果味的芝麻味，以及。

we got our soup, we have divided between two different soups

我們得到了我們的湯，我們已經分為兩個不同的湯。

this one is the sichuan spicy soup

這個是四川麻辣湯

and then over here, I am not sure but kinda milky creamy looking soup

然後在這裡，我不確定，但有點乳白色的奶油湯。

maybe a bone broth

骨湯

and they have brought over our plates of beef and pork which they set on a side table

他們把我們的牛肉和豬肉盤子拿過來放在旁邊的桌子上。

the beef is a little bit fatty, I didn't know exactly what I was ordering

牛肉有點肥，我不知道到底是什麼，我訂購了

but it's a little too fatty for me probably

但它對我來說可能有點太胖了。

but the pork over here looks very good, that one is pork shoulder

不過這邊的豬肉看起來很好吃，那個是豬肩肉啊！

but I am sure it's all going to taste amazing once dipped in that soup

但我敢肯定，這一切都會味道驚人 一旦蘸湯

okay, this is, this looks like bacon

好吧，這是，這看起來像培根。

but this is beef

但這是牛肉

I gotta go into that spicy broth first

我得先去喝那個辣湯

to test that out

試探

roll that around

轉來轉去

and I did not want to cook it too much

我也不想把它煮得太爛

going straight into my mouth from the pot

從鍋裡直接進入我的嘴裡

oh man...oh that's delicious

哦，夥計......哦，那是美味的。

oh that's insane

哦，那是瘋了

I can feel those numbing sichuan peppercorns immediately

我馬上就能感覺到那些麻木的四川花椒了

upon eating that piece of beef

吃了那塊牛肉

It just kinda make my tongue tingle a little bit

只是讓我的舌頭有點發麻而已

and that broth, it tasted very earthy

還有那個肉湯，味道很土

and very just ???

而且非常公正?

and that flavor

和那種味道

Oh, I can ya, I can feel the peppercorn

哦，我知道了，我能感覺到胡椒粉的味道

that is absolutely beautiful

煞是好看

oh man that's good. the meat is so good quality,

哦，夥計，那'的好。 肉是如此好的品質。

and so thin

稀裡糊塗

that I did not even taste the fat

我甚至沒有品嚐到脂肪

it just kind of melted

就這樣融化了

so that was awesome

所以這是真棒

okay, gotta taste this broth now

好吧，現在要嚐嚐這個湯

that meat is so good

那肉真好吃

okay, that broth is definitely more mild

好吧，那肉湯肯定更溫和

and almost taste kind of milky

奶味兒

okay, i am going to try the pork now

好吧，我現在要去試試豬肉了。

In go into this broth

在進入這個湯

Alright, I think that's cooked

好吧，我想這是熟的。

The beef meat is a little more tender, because of all that fat

牛肉比較嫩，因為有那麼多的脂肪

but that broth is just

但那湯只是

that blew in my mind that how flavorful it is

這讓我大吃一驚，它是多麼的有味道

woah, that is so hot

哇，好燙

and that is quite a beautiful presentation

那是一個相當美麗的演示

and I will dip it in here, I am not sure how long

我會在這裡浸泡，我不知道要多久

and this sauce, there were a couple of different ingredients in there

和這個醬，有幾個不同的成分在那裡。

and then the lady here told me to add

然後這位女士讓我加

some of the spicy broth into the sauce

勾芡

to make the sauce

調味

I think it's like a,

我覺得它'像一個。

oh my piece of fish fell apart

哦，我的魚片散了

My entire mouth is just buzzing

我的整個嘴巴都在嗡嗡作響

and my tongue is just tingling, I can barely feel it

而我的舌頭只是發麻，我幾乎感覺不到它的存在

and it is just sensational.

而這只是聳人聽聞。

I am loving every single bite of this

我喜歡這個的每一口。

Ying and I were eating in there for two hours

我和小英在裡面吃了兩個小時的飯

and that was by all means the best hotpot experience meal that I've ever had in my life

而這也是我一生中吃過的最好的火鍋體驗餐。

That was just mind-blowingly good

這只是令人震驚的好

My mouth is still numb, and that was just insanely flavorful

我的嘴還在發麻，那是瘋狂的味道。

and after, when we were done with our meal

之後，當我們吃完飯後

Our waiter was really nice and he was cleaning up everything

我們的服務員真的很好，他把所有的東西都收拾好了。

and he asked us, and he only spoke Chinese

他問我們，他只說了中國話

so I had no idea what he was saying, but

所以，我不知道他在說什麼，但。

I just smiled and I just smiled in agreement

我只是笑了笑，我只是笑著同意了

and in happiness of that meal and that food

並在幸福的那頓飯和那份食物中

and I don't know exactly what I said

我不知道我到底說了什麼？

but the next thing he came back

但接下來他又回來了

with a big bag of that soup

還有一大包湯

broth from our hotpot

火鍋湯

so he packaged it to go, and so

所以他把它打包走了，所以。

and so we have, Ying and I were laughing pretty hard

我們就這樣，我和小英笑得很開心。

because we didn't, we have no idea what we did

因為我們沒有，我們不知道我們做了什麼。

we're just, we're just gleefully smiling

我們只是，我們只是高興地笑了起來

with happiness from how delicious that meal was

幸福地吃著那頓飯

but I guess we got our soup to go

但我想我們得到了我們的湯去

and so I have a big bag full of our

所以我有一個大包，滿滿的我們的。

both of the soup broths

兩者都是清湯寡水

I have no idea what we're going to do with these soup broths

我不知道我們要用這些湯汁做什麼。

but, maybe I will put it in my bath

但是，也許我會把它放在我的浴缸裡。

and bathe in that, that pepper oil soup

沐浴在那個，那個辣椒油湯裡。

Couple of days ago we tried to go to the Confucius Temple

前幾天，我們想去孔廟看看

actually that was last week

其實那是上個星期

on Monday but it was closed, so I think we're

在週一，但它是關閉的，所以我認為我們'。

going to head there now since we're not too far

我們現在要去那裡，因為我們不遠了

We arrived to Yuanshan station

我們到了圓山站

which is little walk from the Confucius Temple

泮池

and we're walking there now

而我們現在正走在那裡

This temple is very peaceful today

這座寺廟今天很平靜

there are only a couple of people here that I can see

寥寥無幾

and I'm going to check out the inside now

我現在要去看看裡面的情況。

That was good to see, and definitely

這是好事，絕對是

when you come here you should combine

當你來到這裡，你應該結合

the Confucius Temple with visiting the Baoan Temple

寶安寺

which is just across the street

就在街對面

as long as you don't come on a Monday

只要你不在星期一來就行

when this temple is closed

寺廟關閉時

and now we're going to head to the Fine Arts Museum

現在我們要去美術博物館了

which is a little bit of a walk from here

離這裡有點遠

I've arrived to the Taipei Fine Arts Museum

我到了臺北市立美術館。

and the outside structure is pretty cool

和外部結構是相當酷

made of glass and really boxy shape

玻璃材質，真正的盒子狀

but I know that it's a contemporary fine arts museum

但我知道，這是一個當代美術博物館。

and especially focusing on artists from Taiwan, local artists

並特別關注臺灣的藝術家、本土藝術家

The museum was pretty good, especially if you're interested

博物館相當不錯，尤其是如果你'有興趣的話

in contemporary modern Taiwan art

臺灣現代藝術中

and some very interesting exhibits on display as well

以及一些非常有趣的展品的展示

I'm still feeling the delicious effects of that lunch

我還在感受那頓午餐的美味呢

and all I wanna do is go back to our hotel and relax

我只想回到我們的酒店，放鬆一下

but we are actually going to go back to our hotel now

但其實我們現在要回酒店了

because I need some work that I need to get done

因為我需要完成一些工作

so I am going to end the vlog here in the mid afternoon

所以我要在下午的時候結束這段記錄

but I want to say thank you for watching this vlog

但我想說謝謝你看這個vlog。

please remember to give it a thumbs up

請記得豎起大拇指。

and leave a comment below

並在下面留言

and I will see you on the next vlog from Taiwan

下一次臺灣的vlog，我們會再見面的