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What’s up fellow Steemians! Here’s my coloring work of a Chinese dragon(龍 lóng). The original black and white drawing was done by a talented artist @pgr. He created this figure for @ericet, one of the founders of @team-cn. Have a look and tell me what you think of my coloring! =)

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大家好！这是我参加金龙涂色的活动帖。起因是老艺术家@pgr创作了新手村长的黑白肖像，号召小伙伴们涂色。别问我为啥@honoru和@softmetal叫虎豹，而@ericet是条龙🐉，知道的欢迎留言告诉我~

这是才华横溢的老艺术家的黑白原图：

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我觉得一天到晚对着电脑已经够久了，而且很想试试新买的彩色铅笔，所以决定还是返璞归真，用摸得着的铅笔来涂色。It’s all about the feel of the pencils!

不知怎的，正欲泼墨挥洒之时，脑海里突然蹦出“蓝正龙”、“变色龙”这些词，😏 所以我就给村龙衣服涂成了蓝色，龙体弄成了变色。希望他觉得似曾相识~

同时村龙貌似是个很热心的人，应该有一颗红💗，虽然红心有点老套，我也不敢涂成黑心或花心，怕被拖出去打死。

然后，在这个币价跌成狗的寒冬（刚瞄了眼，Steem单价继续$0.38），我们需要些亮色来温暖人心！而我觉得花色太多会很丑，所以只用了红蓝黄这几种基本的颜色。云朵只是轻涂了部分，因为这样会显得飘逸。别跟我说五彩祥云，我真的买不起那么多颜色的笔！

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于是，就有了下面的结果：

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你觉得怎么样？尽管留言把你的想法砸过来吧！

Thank you for reading. Please tell me what you think in the comments. Until next time! =)

感谢阅读！你的关注/点赞/留言/转发就是对我最好的支持~ 下次见！:)

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以下为2018旧帖：

前几天，我回答@team-cn访谈问题后发布了庆祝一岁的“跨文化”活动，有留言和征文两部分供选择参加。如果你没看懂我上次写的，请不要怀疑人生，也不要被“跨文化”这几个字吓到~ 😆 我用它来命名活动，因为三个字比较简洁，可以笼统概括。不用在别国生活或旅行过，也可以比较自己所处的同一国家的不同环境，比如你所经历的其他民族，或者邻村、邻市的某一方面的不同（这一点留言中还没有出现哦）；或者拿电影、音乐、书报、网络等处接触到的其他国家或地区的东西来比较。

也就是说，日常生活、旅游见闻、影评书评…… 随便你聊什么，只要加入比较的元素就可以啦！因为有比较才有鉴别，可以帮助我们更好地认识自己习惯的文化或生活环境。我觉得不管哪里，人性都是一样一样的，只是文化的各方面有些差异。在我看来，包容差异、接纳不同并为我所用，就是正确的打开方式。

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这次我就来点补充说明，也整理一些这几天的留言供想参加的朋友参考。

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• “文化”并非只是哲学、艺术等貌似高深的东西，而是无处不在，无所不包。所有文化都为生活所用，除了精神层面的哲学、宗教、文学艺术、信仰、风俗习惯、社会关系、价值观念、审美情趣、思维方式、思想道德、时间取向、生活节奏、解决问题的方式、制度等，也包括衣食住行的日常用品等物质方面。（我列出这么多关键词，不是在吓唬你，而是在提供灵感……😃）

• “跨”是指留言或征文里需要你来比较至少两种东西，看得见的、摸不着的，都行。你也可以说说对你有什么启发，有没有给你的生活带来改变。下面一些例子供你参考：

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你可以选两个大的文化圈，比如，
@starrouge在留言里说到中国和法国，具体比较的方面可以归为上面那些文化关键词里提到的“社会关系”：

拿法国人和中国人来做比较，我所认识的法国同学，大部分性格比较外向开朗，而大部分中国人还算比较内敛、或者是只是在自己的朋友圈放得开。
比如参加party，法语叫soirée，法国同学可以跟大部分人玩在一起，一聊可以聊上一个晚上，玩的很high。而中国人多半不习惯这种节奏，可能礼貌性的体验一下，就回自己房间了。
当然，我这里不是贴标签，只是描述我经历的一种现象^_^

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^{P.S. 我很赞同@starrouge这里说到的只是描述自己的“经历”，并非“贴标签”。毕竟我们不可能接触其他文化或地域的所有人，每个人也是不一样的，只能说说自己眼中多数人的共性。我也说了活动本意是比较差异，获得启发，并非贴标签或辩论孰是孰非，因为各地有别，无谓对错。}

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@sasaadrian在留言中讲到香港和法国、北欧人在“时间取向”、“生活节奏”方面的差异：

從小媽媽就教我們買東西時她排一條隊，我排另一條隊，這樣買東西便快很多了。這就是香港人冠絕全球的”效率”，是從小培養出來。香港人做什麼都比較快人一步，荷李活拍一段片要10日，給香港人拍一日搞定。
我以前公司是法國人的公司，跟法國人最大差異的地方就是食飯，他們食一餐午飯可以食上四個小時以上，這種差異大得難以想像。
不過忙了半生之後，人就會反思，為什麼我們做事要這麼快？
我從北歐人的慢活生活中產生了些啟發，就是自由，他們追求真正的自由，不受人擺佈只做自己喜歡做的事，真正的自由是不需要競爭，不需要太多的競爭就不需要超高效率，下一步我就是追求自己真正的自由，這就是我最大的思想改變。

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类似的还有@yanyanbebe的留言：

對我來說….應該是香港跟澳洲的life style吧！香港什麼事都是要快狠準…有時候也真的很大壓力很壓迫…坐車要快點上/吃飯要快點吃..要不會被不停盯著/要走快一點，說所有都是快
但是去了澳洲…大家都真的是很懂享受生活！早點工作..準時下班！可以多享受跟朋友跟家人的時間…而不是下班再在家繼續做
吃飯時也是慢慢享受..可以真的好好享受那個胖餐環境跟食物！ :)
香港是多元化…但是真的變得越來越不吸引了

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你也可以选同一文化圈中的亚文化来比，比如同属中华文化圈的内地、香港、台湾、大马、新加坡等其他华人文化间也是有差别的。然后再选具体的某一方面来举例，同样可以从上面列出的那些提示词里找灵感，比如比较：衣食住行、风俗习惯、审美情趣、思维方式、生活节奏……

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最近看到@alvin0617结合自己亲身经历来比较台湾和香港的教育、衣食住行等方面的差异。

印象中，@honoru等几位朋友也说到过香港和台湾的繁体字、用语之类。

3）🌞
你还可以聊聊自己从各种媒介看到读到听到的跨文化跨地域的东西，推荐让自己受到启发的这方面的书籍、电影、视频、音乐等。

比如，
绘画能手朱师傅@angelina6688就聊到：

我觉得中外画画最大的差别是想象力和脑洞。可能因为教育环境不同，太多创造力和想象力被扼杀在应试教育中。

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人间稀有女码农@shine.wong说：

美剧爱好者，婚后家里的饮食种类增加了很多西方菜肴，几个西方节日，也会瞎凑热闹！

最近在看《iZombie》给这次万圣节大餐造就了不少灵感~昨天又去宜家败家很多圣诞装饰！

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@kona在留言里提到几位华人朋友合作的@ccp-hk:

通过唐詩多媒體制作，希望透過音樂、圖畫、文字、翻譯賞析，用一個全新的方法，向不同國家民族的朋友，認識中國文化，以及保留廣東話，作為一個香港人，其實很害怕，在不久將來，廣東話會完全被抹殺，香港文化會完全被融合消失，所以希望在 steemit 繼續可以保留一些香港文化特色。

这是个很有意义的文化项目，我也有关注，只是在这条留言里好像并没有比较的成分。

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类似的活动还有@aaronli的”A City a Story”，和@kimzwarch的@archisteem，大家也来踊跃参加吧！

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华人圈还有什么文化活动/项目我刚才没提到的，欢迎各位留言补充哦~

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新手村长@ericet发来一些访谈的问题，回答时发觉时间过得好快，不知不觉自己在Steemit上已经是个一岁的娃了👶。我去年10月加入，但是到12月下旬才开始活跃，所以现在11月算是个折中的一岁吧。我想正好借这个机会回顾一下过去一年在Steemit上的历程，也来组织大家玩个跨文化活动，送出35+ Steem回馈社区。🙂

先来几段节选，@team-cn会发布完整访谈。

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加入原因

因为在世界各地的创业孵化器里工作，周围常有ICO，所以对虚拟货币产生了兴趣，同时有很多经历和影像想要分享，正好比利时留学时的校友@joythewanderer（在此鸣谢我的Steemit mama 😁）去年跟我聊到Steemit, 介绍我来了，我想内容创作有点收益也可以给我这个懒癌患者增加点动力。刚聊到时我还在环球旅行中，后来拖了几个月终于在10月入坑，然后忙工作搬家又到快圣诞节才开始发文。

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据说当时Ned刚收回给CN区的代理没多久，一些用户跑了，我正好来补充点新鲜血液。 还算幸运，刚写了几篇就收到@sweetsssj等前辈的点赞鼓励，虽然远比不上传说中CN全盛时期的巨额点赞，也是偶尔发生，但作为新人我已经感激涕零，毕竟没谁有义务给我点赞，仿佛天上掉钱，好兴奋啊~😇。当时在澳洲工作，正赶上圣诞新年假期，自驾南下，每晚睡旅游车里，经常是荒郊野外没信号，热得睡不着就写文章，然后第二天很早就被火辣的阳光刺醒，有时醒来会突然发现被@curie、@ocd之类的curation团队点赞了（当时并不知道这些项目和那些SP、SBD数字的含义，是后来才渐渐了解的），😃 很有意思的经历。

同时也抽空和世界各地的用户互动交流，还参加了一些感兴趣的活动，比如摄影、绘画、文化/旅游/建筑征文、做菜、合唱等，还有中文区的@tvb姐组织的几个活动，和大伟哥@rivalhw牵头的cn-reader专栏和月旦评，得到了很多小伙伴的鼓励支持，继续感激涕零。哪怕是一句话的留言鼓励，或一分钱的点赞支持，对于那时刚加入的我来说都很暖心，我不会忘记。想感谢的人太多，也难免遗漏，我就不一一点名兴师动众了。套用英文中常说的一句话：You know who you are. 🙂

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分享内容

主要是跟兴趣爱好有关的，比如旅游、随拍、做饭、画画、设计、手工等。这些我在去年的自我介绍帖子里写得很详细，也配了很多图。除了自己的原创图文，后来也陆续在 “世界旅游地图”、“飞鸽传书” 收集分享其他作者的好内容。有时在 “乌托邦” 翻译些开源项目。也组织过照片游戏，给照片配音乐、猜拍照地点、拍摄参数之类。想起之前硬叉20时，@anomadsoul发起过“选10篇帖文了解自己”的活动，我们中文区的猫女@catwomanteresa也有翻译宣传，但当时没空参加，现在才整理了一小部分这一年来写的文章，大致分个类，每类列出几贴。

旅游文化：

• Explore Easter Island with Me (1) 🗿🇨🇱 复活节岛摩托之旅（一）
• Traditional Clothing in Peru’s Colca Canyon 👗🇵🇪 秘鲁大峡谷山民的传统服装
• Zodiac Animals Workshop in Australia 澳洲孩子的生肖灯手工作坊
• Colorful Caminito 阿根廷首都多彩的文化街区
• Exploring Aryapala Meditation Temple 蒙古禅修之旅
• Follow Me to Grey Glacier (2) 智利格雷冰川初探（二）
  …

美食烹饪：

• Cook with Donica - Satay Fried Rice 🍛 一起来做简单美味的沙爹炒饭
• Foodie’s Photo Journal of Sydney Fish Market 🐠 带你逛悉尼海鲜市场
• Vietnamese Street Food - Mini-Pancakes🥞 🇻🇳 越南街头美味的迷你煎饼
• Dirty Duck Restaurant in Ubud, Bali 🦆 🇮🇩 脏鸭馆的美食故事
  …

摄影杂谈：

• Stories of Shadows 光影交错的瞬间
• Some SMILE Portraits in My Travels 旅途中的微笑
• Some “Framed” Photos from My Travels 自带边框的旅途剪影
• Train Cemetery in the Atacama Desert (1) 大漠中的火车墓场（一）
  …

绘画设计：

• Draw with Donica - Raccoon & Potato Cannon ~ 🥔 🎈来画小浣熊和土豆炮
• Paint with Donica - 4 Treasures of Chinese Painting + Recreating Film Characters 来画国产动画角色 + 文房四宝小知识
• Painting Easter Eggs with Kids 🎨 和孩子们一起画卡通版复活节彩蛋
• About Chinese New Year + My Greeting Cards 我做的春节贺卡~祝大家狗年大吉
  …

故事随感：

• 金色布拉格随想 🏰 🇨🇿 Golden Prague
• 我被遣返科索沃 So I Was Sent Back to Kosovo
• 土耳其咖啡占卜的暧昧 A Story About Turkish Coffee Fortune Telling
• 埃塞机场惊魂记 My Misadventure in Addis Ababa Airport
  …

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手工制作：

• Batik Stories (1) - My First Batik Work/Failure in Indonesia 蜡染系列（一）我的蜡染处女作
• DIY with Donica: Make a Plant Saver 🎍DIY环保小物~自动给水花瓶
  …

摄影活动：

• Musical Monday - Photo Games 来给我的照片配上音乐 赢取SBD
• Truthseeking Thursday - Photo Games 一起来猜~3真3假游戏 赢取SBD

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科技环保：

• A Magical Light Show of Vortices Created by Movement 💡🌀酷炫奇幻的漩涡光影秀
• The Wild Cuban Beach and Dying Mangroves 鲜为人知的加勒比海滩 & 濒危的红树林
  …

建筑掠影：

• Cube Houses in Rotterdam 探秘鹿特丹的立体魔方屋
• Niemeyer’s Artwork Through My Lens (1) 🇧🇷 内梅耶巴西建筑实拍（一）
  …

语言翻译：

• Learn Chinese Idiom on Mother’s Day 孟母三迁
• Chinese Translation of Quasar Framework Documentation (2) ✍ 开源框架教程翻译

编辑分享：

• Travel Digest #372
• 飛鴿傳書 cn-curation #077 - 推薦cn區博文 穩定幣VS港幣 + 出租EOS賺錢
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现在轮到你啦 —— 来参加跨文化活动，赢取Steem!

活动规则和奖励请看此贴

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^{来举几个栗子🌰}：

^{走过这么些地方，我觉得不管哪里，人性都是一样一样的，只是文化的各方面有所差异。在我看来，包容差异、接纳不同并为我所用，就是正确的打开方式。}

^{对我来说很有意思的一个改变是饮食方面，比如我在各地旅行或居住时都受到当地菜肴的启发，会把很多新的食材和做法融入到自己的日常烹饪中，虽然中国菜本身已经异常丰富，而我骨子里的亚洲胃也不会改变，但这样一来，吃喝的多样性和营养来源都大大增加。这些其他的可能性为什么不多多尝试呢？}

^{刚才是具体的物质方面，或者你聊点精神层面的也行，比如，我在拉美住过后，被很多当地人的乐观天性所感染，发现包括我在内的东亚人大体来说真的是容易焦虑紧张的一群，经常在和时间赛跑，赶着完成很多任务。当然，各地有别，无谓对错，这些拉美人民也会因为同样的乐天和时间观念而造成工作时过于懒散拖沓的问题。经常是到了最后期限还远远没有完成指派的工作。}

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^{还有，比如@cn-malaysia有“中马文化大不同”的专题，@alvin0617有结合自己亲身经历来比较台湾和香港的教育、衣食住行等差异。我刚加入时也参加过culturevulture的征文活动，很多朋友写的游记中也有提到各种文化现象，只是我这次的活动侧重于差异、比较、启发和改变。}

Thank you for reading. Please tell me what you think in the comments. Until next time! =)

感谢阅读！你的关注/点赞/留言/转发就是对我最好的支持~ 下次见！:)

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Greetings everyone! Today I’d love to show you the Port House of Antwerp I captured in the evening. Antwerp is the capital of Belgium’s Flemish region. It is not as known as big shining cities like Paris, London or New York, but it is a gem. Lonely Planet calls this city:

The country’s capital of cool.
A powerful magnet for everyone from fashion moguls and club queens to art lovers and diamond dealers.

I once wrote a post about the beautiful Groenplaats in this city, and another post about a disappointed girl By the Scheldt River of Antwerp (1). Check them out if interested. This time, let’s have a look at a striking architecture by the Scheldt River!

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The Port House is Antwerp Port Authority’s head office. It houses over 500 employees and acts as a meeting place for the international contacts of the port community. Besides the open-plan offices, it includes meeting rooms, a restaurant, a 90-seat auditorium, and an observation room. Wondering how it feels like working here? You can join a guided tour inside the building during daytime.

It is designed by the famous architect Zaha Hadid, whom was born in Iraq and known for her unique bold style in architectures. Unfortunately, she passed away just a few months before this Port House was completed. To remember her achievements, the square in front of this building was named after Hadid.

So when you look at my photos here, what’s the first thing you notice? The eye-catching glass-covered façade I guess? This sparkling modern structure refers to Antwerp, the diamond city. It also symbolises the dynamic and innovative nature of the port, a port that is ready for the future challenges.

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The facade of this huge “diamond” is made up of triangular window panels, some of which are reflective and some of which are transparent. The panels shimmer like rippling waves, and they reflect the interaction of changing shades and colours in the sky. It is a referral to the building’s location surrounded by water.

The house you see under the modern expansion is an old fire station in Hanseatic style. Since it’s requested to group the technical and administrative services in one location, this house had to be integrated with some extra space. So Zaha Hadid eventually worked out this design of stunning two entwined volumes in 2009. From my photos, you can also see an external bridge connecting the existing house with the new structure.

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The window design helps in regulating the amount of sunlight entering the building, and plays a role in the sustainable nature for the construction, such as a bore hole-energy-storage system that takes care of the heating and the cooling, and an optimum daylight linking system that limits the need for artificial lighting. Sounds pretty cool right?

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What do you think of these shots and the building? Have you been to Antwerp or Belgium? Feel free to share your comments below.
Stay tuned and see you soon! :)

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安特卫普一直是我很喜欢的欧洲城市之一，也是常被短期玩欧洲的游客忽略的地方。《孤独星球》把它称为“比利时的酷都”，说它“强烈吸引着时尚艺术爱好者、酒吧俱乐部迷和钻石经销商”。我曾经写过这座城市迷人的绿色广场，和斯凯尔特河边失望的小女孩。

前几天刚去了安特卫普港口的办公大楼，今天就来结合我拍的几张照片给大家展示一下。这座酷炫的建筑是建筑设计界的“女魔头”扎哈·哈迪德在2009年完成最终设计的。可惜的是，就在2016年办公楼完工前的几个月，她在迈阿密因心脏病离开人世。

这位出生在伊拉克的“解构主义大师”经常标新立异，大胆运用几何结构，在世界各地留下众多新奇的建筑。中国也有不少她的作品，比如：广州大剧院、北京银河SOHO建筑群、上海凌空SOHO、南京青奥中心，还有香港的理工大学建筑楼等。

看到这座大楼时，你最先留意到的会不会也是顶部那颗巨大的玻璃体呢？因为在水边，我第一眼看到它时觉得有点像一艘大船，一般解释是说这块闪耀的现代结构寓意安特卫普这座以钻石著称的城市，也象征着这个开放的港口城市充满活力和创新，做好准备迎接未来。还有人说这块大玻璃看上去像挤出的一条牙膏，躺在下面的牙刷上。这想象力，我不得不服啊！

下方的老房子是一座废弃的消防站。由于融合和扩展办公空间的需要，扎哈几经修改设计方案，最后很创新地在古典风格的旧屋上加了一块水晶石般的新结构，建成了让我们叹为观止的这座大楼。这处现代化办公空间可以容纳500多人办公，也是港口社区召开众多国际会议的地方。内部还有餐厅、礼堂和瞭望台等。如果你想看看在这座大楼里办公是什么样，可以参加白天组织的讲解导览团，进去走一圈瞧个究竟，还能远眺一下港口的风景哦~！

除了新颖的外观设计，大楼的可持续建造标准也很高，比如建筑中安装的调控冷热的钻孔式能量存储系统，和可以调节人工照明的日光优化系统。是不是很酷？

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你觉得这座港口办公大楼怎么样？去过比利时或安特卫普吗？欢迎留言评论~ =)

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How’s it going my Steemit friends? Today I’d like to share with you my awesome lunch experience in a Japanese restaurant in Germany.

Japanese food has been so popular not only in Asia but all over the world. I’ve seen Japanese restaurants in almost every major city I traveled to across 6 continents, but many of them in the West only sell sushi rolls, and quite a lot are opened by locals or Chinese. What a great shame!

I know, we Chinese people seem to have a reputation of running restaurants everywhere, selling localized shitty Chinese food or even Japanese food! ;p Although not all of them is bad (like the best fries/chips shop here in Belgium is said to be run by Chinese), I believe when it comes to Japanese food, most foodies still want to try the authentic one made by Japanese people who have an intimate cultural connection with it. And I was lucky to have this chance during our recent trip in Germany. :D

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你听过德国的中世纪古城罗滕堡吗，这个有着童话色彩的小镇处处是五彩缤纷的尖顶房屋，位于有名的浪漫之路和城堡之路的交界处，所以受到各国游人的青睐。尤其是亚洲的访客，被这里迥异的欧洲古镇风情所吸引，很多人前来一探究竟。

因为日本游客数量众多，当我看到这里的一家日式餐厅时，立刻预感会是一个不错的选择。毕竟在西方世界，尤其非亚洲移民聚居的地方，能找到一家比较正宗的日餐，还真不是件容易的事情，通常看到家所谓的日式餐厅，结果进去一看，除了卖寿司卷，就是卖卷寿司，很多时候的区别只是在于卷法的不同，很难指望能吃到碗热气腾腾的豚骨拉面或亲子盖饭之类的抚慰肠胃和心灵的暖食~

那么罗滕堡的这家小餐馆怎么样呢？现在就请大家跟我一起来看看吧：

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It was in the fairy-tale dream place - Rothenburg, a well-preserved medieval town on the crossing of Germany’s famous Romantic Road and Castle Road. I will show you this lovely town in my coming posts with loads of photos and drone videos, but wait, this time it is about a restaurant there. :)

When our car was about to enter the town, our stomachs started to rumble. Having tried plenty of German specialties through the years, it’s time to return to the Asian destiny. So I typed “Asian Restaurants” on Googlemap, and this Japanese restaurant - Louvre popped up, together with a few other Asian ones. My immediate thought is we should try this one out, as I read that Rothenburg is quite popular among Asian tourists, and there’s a great number of Japanese visitors each year.

And we happened to enter from the northern gate of the ancient town wall, where it’s very close to the restaurant. Perfect! So a few minutes later, we came to this street:

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The entrance is pretty small with a Japanese flag on the lamp. I was happy to see the Japanese characters on the black board and some typical decor inside - all good signs showing its authenticity!

On the other side of the wall, you see its name - Louvre Galerie Restaurant. So a Chinese and a Belgian are going to have lunch in this Japanese restaurant with a French name in Germany. Hmmm, sounds international? :)

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As we came a bit too early, there were no other customers yet, so we just picked a table close to the door. It’s not a big space, but nice and cozy. You can see almost all corners of it from my 4 photos below. That means no table was far from the windows, which ensured the bright natural light.

I was fond of their traditional Japanese elements with a modern twist. It also fit in the centuries-old German house, and the paintings inside reminded you that it’s also a “galerie”. Look at the black wooden table and the ancient stone seats. What a smart and wonderful match!

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A girl came to greet us with a big smile and lots of bows, like what Japanese waitresses normally do. She was super sweet and friendly, and spoke English with a Japanese accent. Another great sign! =) They also offered brochures for tourists, and even a few books to read when waiting to be served. Very considerate, weren’t they?

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So now let’s have a look at their menu! There were 2 set meals, named respectively after “crane” and “turtoise”, the 2 creatures seen as ausbicious in Japanese and Chinese cultures. Since summer was gone and it’s already getting chilly, we didn’t feel like eating sushi. And sushi rolls are easy to be found, but not this type of genuine Japanese restaurant in the Western world. 😊

When I saw the wide selection of real Japanese food on their menu, I felt exhilarated. If you are also an Asian foodie fanatic, you know I’m not exaggerating! :) It’s not that easy to find Ramen, Udon or Don(rice bowl) in a localized Japanese restaurant in Europe.

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So we ordered a portion of Gyoza (homemade dumplings) and 2 warm meals. You will see what they are soon! ;)

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And of course they had various rolls too! The list went on, but I thought it’s enough to take 6 pictures of the menu to give you a glimpse of the food there. Have you noticed that they applied a different color name to each Maki set? Also, a plant name was given to each Sushi set including Nigiris. If you are wondering the difference between Maki and Nigiri, they are 2 types of Sushi - Maki is usually rolled or wrapped with seaweed and other ingredients, while Nigiri is mostly made with only raw fish slice and rice.

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First, the girl served us 2 cups of tea. We ordered sencha and genmaicha, both Japanese green tea with whole leaves, the later had roasted popped brown rice in it. It was the exact refreshing grassy flavor I expected.

They placed a squash on each table, and I loved this yellow one. Do you feel the slight autumn touch? :)

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Soon, the pork with ginger sauce was ready. It came with rice and soup at 9.3 euros. The price was actually on the lower end, comparing to the average cost in a Japanese restaurant in this part of Europe, like in a big city in Germany or Belgium or France, where the same set is easily over 15 euros. Together with its great quality, friendly and fast service, cozy atmosphere and amazing location, I had no idea what else we could ask for.

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It’s hard for me to resist the temptation of eel rice whenever they offer this choice on the menu. Unfortunately, it has always been more expensive than most other meals. I’m actually a fan of hot and spicy food, but this meal is one of the exceptions. Fortunately, the eel rice here didn’t let me down. When the smooth eel and rice dipped in sweet sauce touched the tip of my tongue, it felt like in heaven! And I devoured it in less than 5 minutes like usual. ;) Yes, this is the magic of eel rice - nothing else exists when I’m eating it. :D

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After we finished the gyozas, pork rice and eel rice, an older lady in apron came out to greet us and asked if everything was good. This was a sweet personal touch - if you can’t kiss the cook, at least you get to talk to her ;). We were very happy with the food and service, but I still felt a bit hungry. No, that’s not the problem of their food portion, it’s just I could eat a lot, plus I didn’t have breakfast, haha. ;)

So… I ordered fried rice with seafood (9.5 euros). I know I was crazy, but I had to grab this opportunity when there’s anthentic Asian food. ;p The lady chef smiled and nodded, and she went back to the kitchen. In a few minutes, my last serving was out. It tasted as divine as the eel rice: fresh seafood and tender prawns, sticky rice and crunchy vegetables, all combined to a yummylicious treat. I was so stuffed! 😋

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The cost of this meal was less than 50 euros, and it could be less for 2 people, as we simply ordered too much - 2 cups of tea, gyozas, and 3 rice meals. As I mentioned earlier, it was excellent in terms of food quality, service, value for money, atmosphere and location. I especially liked the intimate family feel in its small but cozy space. Later I found it’s rated 4.7 on Google Review and 4.5 on Tripadvisor based on hundreds of customers’ experience. I highly recommend this gem to you if you visit Rothenburg and would love to try some genuine Japanese food. 😃

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Hey my Steemit friends! Do you love walking in the woods or on the tree-lined paths?

Here are some photos I took in autumn in Belgium (the first 2) and the Netherlands (the last 2). The fall colors of red and yellow look pretty impressive, don’t they?

I’ve always enjoyed this feeling of embracing nature: step on the fallen leaves and inhale the fresh smell from the soil. It feels so relaxing! :) What do you think?

万里飞霜， 千山落木， 寒艳不招春妒。

秋意正浓时，你有没有体验过在树林里或林荫道上漫步？气温渐“寒”，色调却暖。脚踩在厚厚的落叶上，吱吱作响，吸进鼻腔的空气带着泥土的清香…… 这种和大自然亲密接触的感觉非常美妙~ 不是吗？

前两张照片拍于比利时东北部，后两张在荷兰南边的一片森林里。可惜的是这些低地国家大都一马平川，看不到“千山落木”、“层林尽染”的景象~

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