澳洲港飲食

在澳洲中菜早已站穩住腳，成為很多澳洲人（不只華人）飲食的一部份。除傳統的炒飯、小炒外，澳洲人愛吃餃子已有多年，近幾年又愛上了刈包，英文簡稱bao，有時亦戲稱為Chinese hamburger，可能是這個原因所以打響名堂，甚至出現在很多酒吧的菜單上。

最近的聖誕聚餐，在海邊的西餐廳舉行，席上竟然也有中菜上桌！北京烤鴨對很多外國人早已不陌生，而且可以自己動手捲薄餅是挺好玩的，倒是那道「Pork and chives wonton with Szechuan chilli oil」令我意想不到，連紅油抄手也能浩蕩登上正式場合，看來餃子真的已深入澳洲民心了！

餐廳的無敵海景

紅油抄手和北京烤鴨

除了餃子和刈包，近兩三年也興起了火煱（尤其是麻辣，不過我倆no thanks），對港人來說，茶餐廳越開越多也是佳音，而且水準不錯，特別是其中一家號稱自己奪得香港的金茶王獎，我倆一試過其奶茶和駌鴦，即被其正宗的味道俘虜了我倆的心。

傳統的港式早餐，在澳洲也吃到真的感恩！

另一家茶餐廳的港式小吃

茶餐廳不只味道像，環境也像香港老家，牆上的佈置不計，但見狹小的店面，桌擠得滿滿的，座無虛席，而且還有一半顧客是講普通話的，要是連透明屏風也安裝了則跟香港遊客區的小型茶餐廳並無二致！

在家中要嗜到香港的味道也越來越容易，相比幾年前，本地連鎖超市的「亞洲食品部」擴張了不少，食品選擇日益多元，港人熟悉的品牌和食品也陸續亮相，每次發現新品都讓我倆驚喜。也許本地超市也意識到中式乃至亞洲食品在澳洲社區普遍都有需求，而且不是每個人都逛亞洲超市，所以便推出越來越多的亞洲食品滿足大眾，不讓亞洲超市專美吧。

臨到農曆年超市亞洲食品部張燈結綵

港人移民澳洲潮剛起，隨着中式甚至港式飲食選擇趨多，想一吃解鄉愁越來越容易，有意移民者大可少一重顧慮了。

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