#Rusty T Weiner

[don-dake]

失魂魚，失雲吞（麵之相）

因為覺得佢哋食品真係唔錯，近排又返去嗰間港式茶餐廳一趟。呢次就試咗佢哋招牌菜之一：叉燒滑蛋飯。果然名不虛傳，有啲水準！叉燒切到好薄又好腍，配住滑蛋實在天衣無縫呀！👨‍🍳😽 好似講到有啲誇呵？（笑）總之，係好食就係嘞！😸 表姐又再次嗌咗一碗咖哩魚蛋一齊分享，另外嗌咗一碗雲吞麵畀自己但係唔記得影張相，所以而家冇相可做記錄。冇相…用想（象力）囉！（笑）

而呢次嘅飲品我就嗌咗一杯聽起嚟（對我嚟講係）好古怪嘅飲品搭配：「西洋菜蜜」，略稱 「菜蜜」。上一次嚟嘅時候雖然睇到餐牌上都有所推薦，我始終冇揀到。呢次就決定大膽啲，即管試下！

記得第一次喺一部港劇中聽到有人嗌呢個飲品時，覺得好好奇（因為從未聽過嘛），而好奇心夠強即刻就上網查個明白。跟住就跌嗮眼鏡心諗，「唔係啩？西洋菜，即係我熟悉用嚟煲西洋菜湯，嗰啲西洋菜？竟然加埋蜂蜜？！味道唔會超怪咩？」。

好彩，港劇嘅人物冇 「介紹」 錯！（笑）「菜蜜」 嘅搭配雖然聽起嚟可能好奇怪，但係飲起嚟其實畀人一種幾清涼嘅感覺。我而家反而最緊急嘅問題係：起初係邊位騎呢怪諗起呢道奇異口味配搭㗎？！真係該向佢致敬呀！🖖（笑）

另外，呢次奇蹟胃口竟然幾好（我平時食唔落好多嘅，由細到大肚有問題嘅問題），覺得仲食得落糖水！😋 既然冬至就快到達（而今日發出呢個博客帖子啱啱係冬至正式開始之日 ）就不禁不由諗起湯圓！最鍾意湯圓好有彈性嘅口感嘞！😋 所以一睇到有芝麻糊可加埋湯圓嘅選擇時就忍唔住嗌埋一碗同表姐（同埋幾隻 「化骨龍」…笑）分享。芝麻糊嘅味道都唔錯喎，夠杰，又滑又香，又唔會好甜，正呀！

冬至一正式開始，好快就又到一年嘅聖誕節嘞。雖然我本身冇慶祝聖誕嘅，但趁呢個機會祝賀所有有慶祝聖誕嘅網上朋友聖誕節快樂！嚟兩張我幾隻 「化骨龍」 同一樖聖誕樹影嘅相吧！（笑）

四隻 「化骨龍」：三點三，「四喜」 同你共同一餐！

［你哋就休想呀！下午茶冇你哋嘅份呀！］（笑）

新詞：

略稱 (🇭🇰🇲🇴 loek⁶ cing¹，🀄 ㄌㄩㄝˋ•ㄔㄥ)

[ledenews]

Holiday Festivities Continue in Martins Ferry With Annual Winterfest

The holiday festivities continue this week in the Purple City as the town's annual Winterfest celebration is set for Saturday.. Festival HQ can be found at the corner of 5th and Hanover Streets, with events slated from 11 a.m. until 8 p.m. “We'll have live music, entertainment, and inflatables for the kids, it should be a good time and I encourage everyone to stop down and see what we have,” said Paul Stecker Jr. with Project Forward, the organization putting on the fifth annual Winterfest. Starting in 2017, Winterfest has been a big hit with city residents and those who venture in from beyond. The festival endured a one-year hiatus because of COVID but has returned just as strong. The events take place the week following the Martins Ferry Christmas Parade, held annually the day after Thanksgiving. Stecker noted that in the past, Winterfest has been held the same weekend as the Christmas parade, but given that Black Friday and Small Business Saturday events already encompass the time and talents of downtown business owners, it was too much to keep up with all the festive events. So consider this Holiday Kickoff – Part II - in downtown Martins Ferry, and there will be plenty to do. A stage is being erected at festival HQ and will feature live music from Jamie Kropka, Hollow, & Ten Feet Tall. Those ready to get their “eat on” will be greeted by a whole host of options, including a fleet of food trucks, including Desperado Dogs, Sweet & Salty; Rusty Bull Taco Co.; 740 BBQ; So Nuts 4 Donuts, and more. Plus, if that's not enough, there will be a cookie-eating contest, and making a return for its second Winterfest is the dog costume contest and Weiner dog race from 3-4 p.m., put on by the Snotty Pooch from St. Clairsville. For the kids in attendance, there will be inflatables to enjoy, along with a skating rink being set up on Fifth Street as in years prior. And yes, the big man in red and white will be making an appearance, as well. “We had the dog race last year at Winterfest and during the Strawberry Fest,” Stecker said. “The Snotty Pooch puts it on and people just love it. They love their pets.” There will also be the inaugural Winterfest 5K Snowflake Walk & Run set to kick off at 9:30 a.m. Registration is $20 and includes a race t-shirt, though Stecker cautions those wanting a shirt to pre-register for the race here. “You can register the day of at the race, but we pre-order the t-shirts so there might not be enough left over if you register that day,” Stecker cautioned. Project Pushes Forward Since its inception, Project Forward has worked to help out with the revitalization and promotion of businesses downtown. It's also provided some top-notch community entertainment to give the citizens of Martins Ferry annual events to enjoy. “We really do the festivals for two reasons,” Stecker said. “One, it is nice to be able to provide events for the people to come out and enjoy. Winterfest kicks off the winter season and Strawberry Fest helps kick off summer. “The second is to raise funds for Project Forward, which is a downtown revitalization committee that works to help bring new businesses in and help grow back the downtown.” The group's efforts, along with those of the city, certainly are working. Stecker noted that since COVID, 16 new businesses have opened up in downtown Martins Ferry alone. Of those 16, all are still open. “I think there's still a lot more room for growth,” Stecker said. “I really think the people of Martins Ferry go out and support local businesses and that provides a great customer base for any business that wants to open here. “I also think our city administration is business friendly and will do whatever it can to help new businesses get open and stay open and succeed.” The businesses in town certainly support the events in turn, as Unified Bank, the Belmont County Tourism Council, Hot Rod Tattooing, and State Farm are all main sponsors of Winterfest, along with a large number of additional sponsors. “They are our main sponsors, and we want to thank them and a ton of other sponsors and volunteers, without which we couldn't do anything like this.” For more information, visit Project Forward on Facebook. Read the full article

[don-dake]

幻想喺香港嘅一個下晝

冇得出國，可以喺本地感受到香港茶餐廳嘅氣場都唔錯！咁啱表姐同我近排都閒日抽得時間可以一齊出街。尋日下晝就預好一齊去試探先排先發現咗嘅一間港式餐館。亦都可以話係一間 「港式茶餐廳」 喇！雖然本地本來冇 「港式茶餐廳」 嘅文化嘅，但係因為呢幾年都受到香港幾大嘅影響，所以 「港式茶餐廳」 生意嘅發展喺本地越發越大！

而尋日試探嘅茶餐廳呢，就幾唔錯。聽講係由一對香港嚟嘅夫婦開嘅，所以如果要講 「正宗」，呢間就算係夠有 「正宗」 分嘞。裝設氣分方面亦都充滿！

我覺得室內設計同一間（我喺電視上睇過幾次嘅）正宗舊款香港茶餐廳都有幾分似！而一開門入去就畀80/90年代嘅流行粵曲 「攻擊」 到…唔鍾意80/90年代嘅流行粵曲就話畀 「攻擊」， 鍾意嘅就話係時光倒流畀 「迎接」 返到 「黃金時代」 嘅香港喇！(笑)

我哋去嘅時候咁啱播緊王菲翻唱The Cranberries嘅 《Dreams》，《夢中人》，而非常鍾意呢首歌嘅我就難免忍俊不禁！😺 我哋喺嗰度成個時辰一共聽到…有差唔多七、八首歌咁多吧！我記得有聽到林子祥嘅 《數字人生》，譚詠麟嘅 《Lorelai》，兩首我哋認唔出嘅張學友，同許冠傑嘅歌，仲有一首草蜢歌，都唔知係咩名！(囧) 只認得把聲！(笑) 啊！仲有一首，《暗湧》，我曾經聽過王菲唱過，但係呢次係由一個男嘅唱嘅。邊個就又唔知喇！(笑)

食品又點呢？好難講喎…呢度冇幾多好啲茶餐廳款嘅餐館嚟比較，好難畀個公平啲嘅評論。如果同我以前試過嗰啲所謂 「茶餐廳」 嚟比，呢間就肯定贏過佢哋喇！(笑) 但係係咪香港之外似樣啲嘅其中一間呢…就要有一位喺香港長大嘅人嚟試下做比較先知嘞！(笑)

簡單啲評論嘅話，我就可以話我哋嗌咗啲小食冚唪唥都覺得唔錯，而因為菜單博大，有好多食品仲未試，我同表姐就覺得第時可以再嚟試下其他啲嘢。

試過啲食品有：「天使西多士」，「菠蘿油」，「蛋撻」，「咖哩魚蛋」，同兩杯 「鹹檸蜜」。「矩形狗仔隊」 同 「化骨龍仔隊」 都飲食到好開心喔！(笑)

後尾過咗晚飯之後又嚟一個 「咖啡時光」！為咗補翻下晝忘記畀魯史迪仔，瑪芬囡囡與龍仔影多啲相，就畀佢哋同咖啡與酥皮泡芙甜品影埋幾張。

新詞：

忍俊不禁 (🇭🇰🇲🇴 jan² zeon³ bat¹ gam³，🀄 ㄖㄣˇ•ㄐㄩㄣˋ•ㄅㄨˋ•ㄐㄧㄣ)

酥皮泡芙 (🇭🇰🇲🇴 sou¹ pei⁴ paau¹ fu¹，🀄 ㄙㄨ•ㄆㄧˊ•ㄆㄠˋ•ㄈㄨˊ)

[don-dake]

冇自律嘅後果就係…「洗腳唔抹腳」！

多得受到家姐嘅影響，亂作咗一個關於魯史迪仔鍾意拿坡里意粉嘅故仔，加上又開始對迪仔有多啲認識，多啲欣賞，所以就變咗近排又 「收養」 咗多一隻朋友！(囧) 本來曾經對自己發過誓，「有咗三隻就夠」 但係…怪自己冇自律喇！(囧) 又一次 「洗腳唔抹腳」！(囧) 好彩嘅係，就算我第時又有 「嘥錢」 嘅現象出現，本地進口嘅 『布麗』 公仔只有咁多咋。想買多幾隻唔同款嘅公仔都冇何喇！(笑)

除非我喺網上購買。但係我對網購一向都唔係幾熟悉，亦都唔係幾喜歡 (我雖然未算好老，但係對於電腦啲嘢，都算係幾老餅嘅！囧) 所以網購嘅機會非常，非常渺茫！算係一件好事喎！(笑)

但係我真係好開心仲嚟得切買得到���史迪仔！如果始終都會買嘅，而家買，好過拖拖拉拉三心兩意，等到要賣嗮先嚟慌失失尋找一隻！點都好喇，都買咗嘞。要後悔都太遲嘞，更何況我都冇 (咩) 後悔！買到魯史迪仔後仲去食拿坡里意粉嚟慶祝添！(笑)

↑ 正宗日式拿坡里意粉。仲配埋似八爪魚嘅腸仔添！喺日本，通常有得腸仔出現啲餸，一般嘅日本家庭主婦或者餐館都會將腸仔切成似八爪魚噉。呢個係日本人嘅特異性啩？亦都唔難明點解佢哋會諗到噉做。總之，魯史迪仔執到口福嘞！(笑)

講到 「洗腳唔抹腳」 呢個俗語，呢個係我近排最新學到嘅新詞語。為咗更加好記住呢個詞語，就盡量盡快喺呢度搵個機會用到佢。希望我冇錯誤理解到呢個俗語喇！(囧) 應該冇用錯啩？我覺得意思幾直接嘅，雖然聽起嚟好怪！(笑) 點解 「亂嘥錢」 會稱為 「洗腳唔抹腳」 呢？

根據網上搜查到嘅答案，據說以前廣東佛山有村人有個壊 (定 「怪」 先啱？笑 ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯) 習慣，就係洗咗腳，唔會諗到抹乾腳先再行，結果水滴就周圍揈，而廣東人又一向將 「水」 嚟形容 「錢」，所以 「水揈嗮」 就等於 「錢都揈嗮」 噉解。係真定假，就由各人所信嘞！呢種俗語啲事，好難查得到真相嘅，甚至乎好多時候根本冇 「真相」 嚟查出！真假都好，唔會害到任何人嘅傳聞，真相根本無關緊要。