回憶中的「白酒蜆肉意粉」— 消失的長洲人情小店 “Spaghetti with clams and white wine” in memory: a closed down mom-and-pop restaurant in Cheung Chau

在一個偶然的機會下，幾日前我回到長洲。

I returned to Cheung Chau a few days ago.

到達碼頭後，我想起一間以前附近經常去的西餐廳，卻遍尋不獲。我記起西餐廳後面有一條小巷，我便從這條小巷開始尋找，最後卻發現西餐廳己變成連鎖店。

When I arrived at the pier, I remembered there was a mom-and-pop restaurant I frequently went to in the past. But I could not find it anymore. Then, I remembered there was an alley behind the restaurant. I started looking for this alley, and finally found that the restaurant has become a chain grocery.

那一刻，思緒突然湧回來。

At that moment, my thoughts burst back suddenly.

第一次到訪這間西餐廳時，看見內裡裝飾得清雅，而且環境清靜（在長洲找間清靜又價廉物美的餐廳卻很困難呢！）我們便入內進食，並點了一份「白酒蜆肉意粉」及一杯熱咖啡。價錢上與一般西餐廳的價錢相若，但食材新鮮，確是味美。東主蘇太走過來跟我們聊天，我們對食物讚不絕口，原來平日都是她和拍擋親手下廚，便暢談食材和烹調技巧。

When I first visited this restaurant, I saw that the interior was elegantly decorated and the environment was quiet (it was very difficult to find a quiet and cheap restaurant in Cheung Chau!) We entered the restaurant and ordered " Spaghetti with clams and white wine "and a hot cup of coffee. The price is more or less with the restaurant in downtown, but it is more delicious that the ingredients are fresh. The owner Mrs. So came to chat with us. We were full of praise for the food. Mrs. So said that she usually cooked with her partners, and shared with us about the ingredients and cooking skills.

自此，我們取了蘇太的聯絡電話，以後來長洲都會順道來這間西餐廳，漸漸變成了熟客，有次言談間知道那天是我們生日，還送了一份自製芝士蛋糕給我們呢。亦有次在突然懸掛八號風球下，蘇太特意為我們烹調食物後，便急忙地乘搭街渡離開，她其實也是離島居民呢！

Since then, we have had Mrs. So’s contact number. Whenever we went to Cheung Chau, we would take the opportunity to come to this restaurant. Gradually, we become regular customers. Once it was our birthday, Mrs. So gave us a piece of homemade cheese cake. And Once there was under the typhoon signal No. 8, Mrs. So still cooked for us and then took a ferry back home. In fact, she lives in an island.

但近兩年，我們都沒有再去長洲。雖然半年前因工作關係再到長洲，但只是匆忙地來回，卻沒有留意西餐廳是否仍在。

But in the past two years, we did not visit Cheung Chau. Although I went to Cheung Chau six months ago because of business, I only made a trip back and forth without noticing whether the restaurant was still there.

直到前幾日發現西餐廳己經結業，只能感概時移世易，一間人情小店亦逃不過現實，被大財團取代了這個鋪位，可能是長洲的美食主打始終都是街頭小食和本港特色食物，這類西餐廳反而開在市中心仍有生存空間。

Until a few days ago I found that the restaurant has been closed down. A mom-and-pop restaurant is driven out by big businesses. Maybe one of the reasons is that Cheung Chau is familiar with the street food rather than western dishes. If the restaurant had opened in the downtown, it would not have been closed down.

Source: Open Rice

有些事情一直沒有為意，但轉過頭來卻發現原來己經失去了。

Something has been losing without being realized.

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