用食物幫助回憶

用食物幫助回憶



記得我一篇 舊文，談我旅美的舅舅一家回港渡假，吩咐 嗜悲 多找老店用膳 。。。。最後，嗜悲感言：


他們不是找尋最好吃的﹐而是找尋最能帶回他們當年﹐不論是好的壞的回憶﹐他們是要利用食物﹐去重溫一段一段的往事。



去年某月去了《東京閑遊 8天》時，竟然想不起去《阪急》or《高島屋》or 甚至《ATRE 》買羊羹，因為是怕她太甜，沒有掛在心上吧。


回來後幾個月的某夜，到銅鑼灣與舊同事們飯聚（哈哈哈，又是去吃日本菜：“穴”），嗜悲 早了到銅鑼灣，便去了《崇光》地庫層的超市逛逛。


銅鑼灣鋪租貴超市實在是太狭窄了，不過欣逢貨架上有《杉本屋》羊羹幾款，嗜悲 揀選料《栗子》和《抹茶》各一塊。於是就在某星期日的下午，嗜悲 品嚐着《栗子羊羹》和《抹茶羊羹》，一面在讀網誌，並記返起年前：


有幸到日本鄉間作客﹐主人家除了奉茶外﹐還拿出「羊羹」當作點心﹐雖然不是正式「日本茶道」﹐但也是煞有介事﹐正襟危坐﹐接過茶杯﹐和主人家一家﹐圍在一起﹐坐在《塔塔米》上閑談。

為遷就我﹐全部英語對白﹐並奉上已經切開一片片﹐和小粒粒﹐和小三角﹐顏色頗為相近的不同「羊羹」﹐方便釋別分別不同味道﹐可見主人十分細心﹐令一向嗜鹹﹐絕少吃甜的我﹐因為好奇﹐也分別試食了。

不過﹐真的甜到飛起﹐要用茶來幫忙送下肚子﹐又要有禮貌得體的﹐不讓主人家察覺。



口中喉嚨仍然殘留着羊羹過甜的餘韻，腦海中翻起多年來，去日本公幹和浪遊，遇到碰到見到的 人、事、和 物，一幕一幕的畫面不斷換轉，又記得吃 壽喜燒 司蓋亞蓋 sukiyaki すき焼き，也是甜到飛起，雖云往事只能回味，但卻是點點滴滴在心頭！



後記：
除了食物，最能引起人去回憶就是歌曲和音樂，談起 sukiyaki すき焼き 有這首歌 。。。。。。。


Jewel Akens 唱的 Sukiyaki



【維基百科】"Ue o Muite Arukō" (上を向いて歩こう?, "I Will Walk Looking Up") is a Japanese-language song that was performed by Japanese crooner Kyu Sakamoto, and written by lyricist Rokusuke Ei and composer Hachidai Nakamura. It is best known under the alternative title "Sukiyaki" in Anglophone countries. The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the United States in 1963, and remains the only Japanese-language song ever to have done so.

In addition, it was and still is one of the few non-English songs, other than Italian, French, Spanish, and German, to have reached the top of the US charts. It is one of the best-selling singles of all time, having sold over 13 million copies worldwide.


原曲 坂本九 唱的 上を向いて歩こう Ue O Muite Arukou



【維基百科】The original Kyu Sakamoto recording also went to number eighteen on the R&B chart. In addition, the single spent five weeks at number one on the Middle of the Road charts. The recording was originally released in Japan by Toshiba in 1961. It topped the Popular Music Selling Record chart in the Japanese magazine Music Life for three months, and was ranked as the number one song of 1961 in Japan.

Well-known English-language cover versions with altogether different lyrics include "My First Lonely Night" by Jewel Akens in 1966 and "Sukiyaki" by both A Taste of Honey in 1980 and by 4 P.M. in 1994. There are many other language versions of the song as well.


調子很輕快的呢！




我的舊文：
美食～回憶
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