Tuesday, April 28, 2009

北平西來順。Beiping Xi Lai Shun





北平西來順。Beiping Xi Lai Shun
金山南路二段5號;﹙02﹚2391-9904
5, JinShan S. Rd, Sec.2
營業時間/Hours:午餐/lunch11 am-2 pm;晚餐/dinner 4:30-9 pm
無刷卡,收一成服務費
Credit Cards Not Accepted. 10% service charge.
中/英文菜單 / Chinese/English menu

北平西來順創立於民國59年,全盛時期有六家分店,位於金山南路上的創始店至今客人絡繹不絕,連平日午餐時段,周邊的上班族都是成群結隊的走進來用餐。蔡英雄師傅有超過四十年的烤鴨經驗,他說:「現代人講究健康,喜歡少鹽少油,南鴨因為事先醃過,所以會偏鹹一點,北鴨以熱先水燙過再烤,吃起來是很清爽的。」對於烤鴨,蔡師傅堅持以傳統的作法,至於如何吃烤鴨,他尊重客人的喜好,譬如時常客人要求片鴨時要連皮帶肉,他覺得也不錯,不見得非得把皮肉分開。

烤鴨一吃或二吃﹙鴨湯﹚皆是800元,三吃炒銀芽是900元,最熱門的吃法是烤鴨加小份的東北招牌酸菜白肉鍋﹙980元﹚,先片半隻鴨,留另一半煮酸菜鍋,經濟實惠又好吃。來一道開胃菜燻雞拉皮﹙258元﹚,再點小米稀飯﹙25元﹚配著一起吃,好吃、健康又營養。燒餅夾牛肉﹙35元﹚、花素蒸餃﹙80元﹚和小籠湯包﹙80元﹚是老顧客必吃的點心,適合堆人用餐時一起分享。

Beiping Xi Lai Shun was founded in 1970. During its most flourishing years there were six branch locations. Located on JinShan south road, the very first original BeiPing XiLaiShun is still a popular restaurant. During lunchtime the 9-to-5 office workers in the neighborhood flock into Beiping Xi Lai Shun for a quick bite. Chef Tsai Ying-xiong has over 40 years of experience in making roast ducks. He says, “People nowadays are concerned about health and they prefer less salt and less oil in their diet. Southern style duck is marinated first and therefore it tends to be salty. As for Northern style duck it is broiled first before roasting and the taste is rather light.” Chef Tsai roasts ducks the traditional way as the way he was taught by his teacher. However, he respects the customers’ wishes in terms of how to slice the roast duck. Some ask to slice duck skin along with some meat attached. Chef Tsai is happy as long as the customers are happy.

Roast duck served in one or two ways is NT$800 and adding the third way will be NT$900. The most requested combination is “Roast Duck with a small serving of Signature Northeast China Style Sour Cabbage Pot”﹙NT$980﹚. That means 1/2 roast duck will be carved into pieces, saving the other half to be cooked in the sour cabbage pot. It is economical and delicious! “BBQ Chicken and Bean Thread Sheets”﹙NT$258﹚is an appetizing cold salad and pair it with “Sticky Rice & Corn Congee”﹙NT$35﹚is tasty, healthy and nutritional. “Baked Sesame Sauce Cake with Beef”﹙NT$35﹚, “Steamed Vegetable Dumplings”﹙NT$80﹚and “Steamed Pork Dumplings”﹙NT$80﹚are voted as the must-order specialties on the menu and they’re perfect to share for group dining.