臭到我想晕的驰名臭豆腐 ！！ - Night It Up 2009
星期五晚，不想在家里吃，才决定开车去Markham，和朋友们一起去才举办两晚的亚洲美食夜市, Night It Up。
去年在Harbourfront 举办的TaiwanFest令我们太失望，所以这次没抱任何期望。去也只是碰运气。心想，如果那里只是小档摊几个，小猫几只，我们也可到附近的华人餐馆吃。来到华人区Markham, 不怕没得吃的。
怎知，来到时，人潮的汹涌，不但不逊于亚洲任何大城市的夜市，甚至有过之！人逼人到举步艰辛。想要买吃的，都需排队至少十分钟才买得到食物。来的人99%都是华人，感觉好像回到了亚洲。
最要命的是，驰名臭豆腐臭气熏天，臭到我几乎晕倒。真不明白为什么排队买臭豆腐的人龙尽然长得惊人！在Night It Up的网站，特别介绍臭豆腐，很多人冲着它来吧？！我不敢恭敬。和我们一起来的洋人朋友竟然大胆尝试，我服了她 ！ 
坦白说，这些小吃在多伦多要找也可找到。为什么这夜市这么多人呢？在户外夜市吃的感觉就是不同，很有“家”的味道。而且，故乡里，这些夜市晚晚有，在多 伦多一年才这两天，哪会不多人的。虽大多数是中港台的小吃，没有大马小吃(如: satay, 大块面等，对了，只有一档， murtabak !! ), 可是，还是让我怀念起pasar malam。
新疆羊肉串 - Night It up 2009
我们尝了:－
- 新疆烤羊串 – 我不喜欢羊的味道，可是，特制的新疆香料把羊肉烤得香又辣，把羊味盖过，好好吃！
- 台式香肠和糯米肠 － 这个糯米肠我是第一次听，很特别，是糯米用包香肠的皮包好，拿去烤。Errr….我们不是太喜欢啰。我对Ed笑说，可能应该咬 一口台式香肠，同时咬一口糯米肠，一起咀嚼来吃才对，就像吃饭配菜那样。Ed还以为是真的。嘻嘻，那时我胡扯的啦。看网上资料，原来真有大肠包小肠 (糯米肠包台式香肠？) 的做法，和我建议的吃法异曲同工。我没去过台湾，下次有机会去，想要尝这种大肠包小肠！嘻嘻。
港式烤鱿鱼 - Night It Up 2009
- 港式咖哩鱼丸和烤鱿鱼 – Ed小时候在香港生活时，很喜欢”咖哩鱼蛋”。吃这个，让他想起童年。我去香港时，当然也有吃过。这里也很容易卖的到，只是没想到，昨晚我们吃到的咖哩汁竟和正宗的很相近。怀念怀念。烤鱼也不赖。
- 北京煎饼 – 我排队时，听到有位年轻女子，用很重的加拿大英语口音大声提到，她在北京吃的早餐就是这个。看她一副CBC (Canadian Born Chinese)的样子 , 我半信半疑。我排队排到闷了，和前面两位小姐以中文聊天。她们好像是从北京来的，告诉我，这档的做法和用料和正宗北京煎饼已很接近。在北京，有些煎饼有加个油条，和一些榨菜等佐料。这个还不错，我蛮喜欢的。有机会去北京的话，我要吃有加油条那个！
北京煎饼 - Night It Up 2009
虽还有很多食物我们都想试，如，日本章鱼小丸子，台湾鸡排等，可是真的受不了拥挤的人潮和长几条街的队伍。最后，我们去茶馆喝杯台湾珍珠奶茶来结束这个”完整“的亚洲体验。
回家时，Ed问，“妳看，妳看，墨尔本一定没这么大型的亚洲美食夜市”。
“好啦，好啦，我喜欢多伦多啦！”
“明年还要再来吗？”
“不要！人太多了，受不了。除非他们找个更大的场地。” Ed 点头赞成。
哎唷, 人一世物一世, 你應該鼓起勇氣去嘗試一下臭豆腐嘛, 聞到雖然是臭, 不過吃起來卻很香口的哦~~
不行啦！！那么臭, 怎么可以放进嘴里？？！！
我在香港吃过一次臭豆腐。买的时候真的臭死了！但吃进口里又不觉得臭。你或许可以试试看。
嗯 … 还是没勇气….
One of the many beauties of multiculturalism – culinary smorgasboard! Lunch time over here. Tummy growling extra loud now. The pics’ fault!
Hahaa…..hope you had a great lunch yesterday! So, what did u eat?
Thanks. Lunch was ok, as usual but downed with more gusto on this occasion
. Been having only the one same dish the past 5 years, whenever I visit this cafe (发纪) in Box Hill. Somehow, find myself addicted to this dish. It is called 时菜牛肉反. You should give it a try when you are back in town. 
Wow ! One same dish for the past 5 years !! Amazing ! I can’t even eat the same dish for more than 3 days !
Oh? 发纪? I know Box Hill quite well, but have not noticed 发纪. Speaking about Box Hill, if u like I can recommend you some restaurants !! Haha ! You probably know most of them, yet I will still list them here. When u r tired of your 时菜牛肉反, you can try something different
The following are a few of my favourite restaurants : –
1. Dumpling King – best dumpling in town ! A little more expensive but worth it. More like a sitting down place, rather than lunch quick eat. Noodles dishes are pretty good too. However, I find the quality of dinner dishes varies.
2. Dumpling Tempura – it is a small shop inside the Box Hill shopping center, close to the market place. They handmade their noodles ! I love their noodles ! The dumplings are pretty good though but quality is not as good as Dumpling King. But cheaper and good place for quick eat.
3. I don’t know what the shop name is, it is also inside the shopping center. You might know it. It is a store that sells 釀豆腐. You can order a few different kinds of 釀豆腐 and eat with a bowl of noodles. Good choice for lunch too. They sell 蒸肠仔饱、叉烧包etc. I like to buy them cool, and bring home to eat whenever I like. Their 萝卜糕is very good too ! Yummy !
Enjoy !
(Ps; haha ! Maybe I should just write a post for this ! )
I was born in the year of the Ox maa, so must support the beef industry! Hahaha! Guess you misunderstood me!
. I think I’d better clear the confusion before I drift off into slumberland. Emm, I actually meant I will always have 时菜牛肉反 if/when I visit 发纪.(maybe once a week). I have tried most of the other restaurants/eateries (including the ones you mentioned. I think it would be a good idea to write a post on them!). Strangely, 时菜牛肉反remains the dish that I like the best in Box Hill over the years 
. There are also quite a few Korean & Sichuan hotpot restaurants that have opened in Box Hill over the past couple of years. You might want to check them out when you return. Hope I didn’t shocked you just now. Hahaha! Goodnight fr Melb. 
I see I see…I understand now
Really? You like 时菜牛肉饭that much? I don’t think I have a particular dish that I like that much, I like variety and like to keep changing. Probably that’s why I will get bored with a place easily and want to move to somewhere else to live. 
Haha ! So, u know most of the restaurants I mentioned !! Great great ! Wow ! Korean & Sichuan hotpot, I remember them !! I have only tried one of the Korean restaurants in Box Hill, but never tried the Sichuan hotpot. Are they good ? When I was in Melbourne, there were no people there every time I walked past . And I remember there was a Sichuan (?!) hotpot in CBD got shut down because of mice in the kitchen or something !!!??? I was scared, so never tried
“You like 时菜牛肉饭that much?” Emm, yes, i do. If so much time has already passed, and i still do; that means it is no mere ‘infatuation’ with it. Tried to give up but no antidote to this addiction is available leh
Box Hill has become a little Korea as well. Many Korean hair salons (7), grocery shops (3), restaurants (4). Not to mention the many more HK/Taiwan/Mainland Chinese ones. As for the Sichuan hotpots, they are mostly fabulous. All you can eat at $18-$20 per pax. Must try!
Hahaha !! You even know the exact counts of how many hair salons, grocery shops & restaurants !! That’s cool !
I know one of Korean hair salons! I had been there once, and some of my girl friends love to go there. Heehee….
And I know one of the Korean grocery shops too. A not-very-close-friend of mine owns one ! heehee….
Yet, I could not recall there are so many of them when I was last in Melbourne. So, it gonna be interesting when I go back.
Ahhhh…….I miss Melbourne !!
大腸包小腸在台灣大街小巷都吃得到！
還蠻飽肚的，有人就這樣當作一餐。
至於臭豆腐，真的是嗅起來很臭，但吃下去香口的咧！
我吃過最好吃的炸臭豆腐在上海。
在台北則是吃過蒸的臭豆腐，媽呀，跟聞的一樣臭，完全吞不下去就吐出來！！！
至於香港，已沒有什麽地方有臭豆腐吃了，旺角的幾檔街邊小吃的，不過不失。
如果你來香港最想吃的是什麽咧？？
哗！大肠包小肠真的有。好！有机会去台湾时，一定要吃
臭豆腐….errr….还是不敢恭敬，尤其是那晚后，被那臭气熏到我，一想起来就想吐….
我来香港时…ummm….妳带我去吃最道地的，只有在香港才吃得到的！！我很喜欢在小巷内，吃老小贩为我做的“古老”食物，尤其那些可能会“失传” 的….
帶你去吃最地道的，有什麽問題呢。只怕我帶你去吃我平日最愛的手打肉丸粥，已經令你捨不得離開香港！！香港真的有很多這裡才吃得到的，譬如我在blog寫的順德菜，很多地方都吃不到。
只怕你的胃口quota有限！
好啊！好啊！吃吃吃！！yay ！！我的胃口虽不必男生不大，可是一定比一般女生好！
如果你真的來，記得要早點通知，好讓我先減肥10磅…….
嘻嘻！放心，一定会提早通知