【饞嘴分享】十二燒居酒屋 12YAKI

The Saturday before my birthday, I had a dinner appointment with friends from Leiden University. I was lucky that day because my brother was in a good mood and drove me to the restaurant "12YAKI". Even though with the little help from GPS, we cannot find the proper location easily mainly because there are so many allies in the neighborhood of "12YAKI".

生日前的星期六，其實早就約好了萊頓的同學，只不過是從原本計畫的郊遊改成了在市區吃晚飯，而梁姑娘選的，便是延吉街巷弄裡的居酒屋『十二燒』。那天我真是好運氣呀！老弟心情不錯，主動提及開車送我到跟朋友相約的地點，這麼難得的機會，說甚麼都要把握。老弟展示著手機上的 GPS，打算一路不會轉錯彎地準時把我送到，但，忠孝東路延吉街一帶的巷弄之多，即使有 GPS 的幫助，我們仍是找了一會兒才找到這間『十二燒』。

Friends already ordered tones of food before I arrived. I was glad they did it because during the day I merely had anything serious and I could enjoy the warm delicious food right away after arrival.

在我抵達之前，熟門熟路的梁姑娘早就已經點好了佳餚。此舉真得我心，因為前一夜的姐妹會讓我一路睡到中午過後才醒，剛起床的我無法享用爸媽中午外出用餐時帶回的點心，只有胡亂吃兩三塊餅乾就好。因此，當我抵達『十二燒』時，已經有點飢腸轆轆。坐下沒多久後，熱騰騰的燒烤就送上，多好呀！

It was a pity, however, because I didn’t have chance to remember all the names of the dishes. But who cares? I had a great time talking with friends and I enjoyed the food very much.

比較可惜的是，因為不是我點的菜，所以不記得所有的菜名。但，誰在乎呢？一邊享用美味的燒烤，一邊像當同學時那般地談笑風生，還有甚麼好抱怨的呢？

One thing that I don’t quite understand is that the restaurant has smoking and non-smoking areas. These two areas are not separated by anything significant; they are next to each other. In other words when we sat at non-smoking area, we still can feel when people over smoking area enjoyed their cigarettes. You won’t find this mixed situation in Italy because it is forbidden to smoke inside any restaurant or any other indoor public places.

或許待在歐洲的這些年，讓我已經習慣沒有嗆鼻煙味的公共場合。因此，若真的要我說『十二燒』有甚麼差強人意的地方，那大概就是有分跟沒分一樣的吸菸區跟非吸菸區吧！我們坐在非吸菸區，但隔著一個啥都沒有遮的走道，依舊能夠聞到從隔壁桌傳來的煙味，說真的，相當地不習慣。在義大利，抽菸的人口雖然也不少，但在所有的餐廳裡都是禁止吸菸，這不但是尊重不吸菸的人的做法，更可以讓食物的美味不受煙味的破壞哩！