2024-03-03 National I Want You to Be Happy Day

【Le Monocle de Mon Oncle-X (1918)】

Wallace Stevens (1879—1955)

        The fops of fancy in their poems leave

        Memorabilia of the mystic spouts,

        Spontaneously watering their gritty soils.

        I am a yeoman, as such fellows go.

        I know no magic trees, no balmy boughs,

        No silver-ruddy, gold-vermilion fruits.

        But, after all, I know a tree that bears

        A semblance to the thing I have in mind.

        It stands gigantic, with a certain tip

        To which all birds come sometime in their time.

        But when they go that tip still tips the tree.

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【《我叔叔的单片眼镜·之十》(1918)】

异乡人·史蒂文斯(1879生—1955卒)

【红霞译】

            诗中的纨绔子弟留下 

            神秘的喷水收藏品，

            即刻浇湿砂质土壤。

            我是自由民，一如这帮家伙。

            既不懂奇妙的树木，也不知芳香的枝桠，

            又不晓赤银金朱的果实。

            但毕竟我认识一棵树与

            心中所想的东西相似。

            高耸挺拔，某个树梢

            所有的鸟儿都会抽空过来栖息。

            但离去的时候，树梢依旧挂在枝头。

【注】虽说整个费城没有米其林“神赐”星级餐厅，但其郊外勇王(King of Prussia)购物中心却有一家正宗米其林的远房亲戚——财富成功优质海鲜，今年母亲87岁的庆生宴就锁定到这家美式现代餐厅。

餐厅印象：入口处封闭式玻璃酒窖为顾客提供一个通透的空间来展示酒藏，同时带来时尚清澈的美感。

特色招牌：1）缅因“大陆”龙虾浓汤；2）巨型蟹肉饼；3）磐石牌皇家级鲟鱼子酱与佐料：薄饼、法式酸奶油；4）烤地中海海鲈鱼与佐料：洋蓟、烤干番茄、橄榄酱；5）煎黄鳍金枪鱼与佐料：粗辣椒粉、腌姜、芥末、生抽；6）老式烟熏鸡尾酒与配方：波旁威士忌“生命之水”、巧克力苦精、烟熏雪松板。

就餐体验：由世界各地原始/未开发水域空运过来的时令海鲜烹制而成的菜肴，确实比当今机械化种植的农副产品和工业性养殖的生猛水产要吃得爽口，值得感受食材的真实滋味。

消费价格：$340/两人(晚餐包括酒水小费)

Glass Enclosed Wine Cellar

(封闭式玻璃酒窖 03-03-2024)

Main Dining Rm (主餐厅 03-03-2024)

Smoke Old Fashioned w/ Basil Hayden's Bourbon, a Dash of Chocolate Bitters Served on a Smoked Plank Tableside & Maine Lobster Bisque

(用波旁威士忌、巧克力苦精、烟熏雪松板调制的老式烟熏鸡尾酒与缅因龙虾浓汤 03-03-2024)

Jumbo Lump Crab Cake & Royal Ossetra Petrossian Caviar Served w/ Blinis & Crème Fraîche  20g

(巨型蟹肉饼与20克磐石牌皇家级鲟鱼子酱配薄饼、法式酸奶油 03-03-2024)

Mediterranean Branzino Roasted w Artichokes, Oven-Dried Tomatoes, Olive Tapenade & AHI Tuna Seared Rare w/ Togarashi Spice, Pickled Ginger, Wasabi, Soy Sauce

(烤地中海海鲈鱼配洋蓟、烤干番茄、橄榄酱与煎黄鳍金枪鱼配粗辣椒粉、腌姜、芥末、生抽 03-03-2024)

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