LOVE OF TASTE | 与味道谈一场恋爱

有人说，生活就是艺术。就好比呼吸来说，呼吸是一种需要，但是如何呼吸却成了艺术的一种；吃是一种需要，怎样享受吃就是一门艺术了。同样的，对于从事饮食业的业主来讲，如何与顾客沟通，厨师烹调料理也是艺术。所以，生活就是艺术这句话说得一点也没错。在新山的Taman Mount Austin就有那么一家以艺术为主的日式餐厅 – 从食物到装潢，甚至到顾客自拍照，只要他们 认可，它就是艺术，更能有机会出现在餐厅里的一幅墙上。而这一副墙壁更餐厅里单一颜色装潢中唯一一道有艺术品的墙壁。此外，入选者更能在这里享用上一个星期的免费膳食。说到这里，也许你已经对它有耳闻一二了吧？没错，它就是LOVE OF TASTE，与味道和艺术谈恋爱的餐厅。

LOVE OF TASTE | FALL IN LOVE WITH THE TASTE
Some say, life is an art. Breathing for instant, it is a need but the way of breathing is an art. Eating is a need, culinary is an art. For those food and beverages entrepreneur, communicating with customer and food preparation are arts, too. So, the phrase “life is an art” is technically proven. At Taman Mount Austin, Johor Bahru there is a very special Japanese cuisine “Art” restaurant – from the food to interior design, even the selfie of the customers can be an art for them (as long as they approve it). And that piece of art is eligible to be hung on the “art wall” in the restaurant. This “art wall” is pretty special as it is the one and only wall in the house that having art pieces on it, while others are just plain. By the way, the chosen selfie’s owner is eligible to a week of free dine in. Does it ring a bell to you? Yes. It is LOVE OF TASTE, the restaurant where taste and art are deeply in love.

分量少，健康好；若不饱，添饭好
“分量少，健康好；若不饱，添饭好”是LOVE OF TASTE的标语。他们主张提倡健康吃法，也就是少量多吃。这也就是为什么你会发现到他们所端上的食物分量都相当有限。以艺术为主的他们更是在餐单上面创造了自己的日语 – “单膳”。单膳，就是一共结合了一碗，两碗，三碗的食物，其分量就是等于外头一份量的膳食，这样的做法就好像在市场上，西班牙餐的Tapas一样。业主特别强调说这样的安排的目的只有一个，那就是让顾客能够吃到分量刚刚好的食物，而不是为了金钱利益而怂恿顾客暴饮暴食，影响到健康。就如LOVE OF TASTE常说的：
一碗面：付的少，分量恰恰好
两碗面：付不多，吃的并不少
三碗面：一好，二妙，三份恰恰好

FOOD LESS, HEALTHY BEST; NOT ENOUGH, RICE ON THE HOUSE
“ FOOD LESS, HEALTHY BEST; NOT ENOUGH, RICE ON THE HOUSE” is the slogan for LOVE OF TASTE. They are emphasizing on the healthy way of eating, which is eating more with less portion. This is why you may notice their food portion is somewhat limited. As an art person, they even invented their own Japanese words – “tan zen”. Shin zen means the meal with the combination of three bowls of foods, its portion is actually the same as a meal portion out there, just like the Spain’s Tapas. Such arrangement only come with one purpose – eating less and healthy but not stuffing customers with food just to earn the penny. As LOVE OF TASTE always says:
A bowl of noodle: pay less, the portion is just right.
Two bowls of noodles: pay less, eat more.
Three bowls of noodles: “one”derful, S”two”pendous, three is nice

除了设定下业界里前所未有的“用餐份量”之外，LOVE OF TASTE的套餐更是以别出心裁和感性的方式来取代传统的命名方式。例如：一个人用餐有''一个人的快乐'套餐，两个人用餐有'爱'套餐，三个人用餐有'电灯泡'套餐，四个人用餐有'家庭式的幸福'套餐等等。

Other than setting the extraordinary rules of meal portion, LOVE OF TASTE set meal is being named in a special way, too. For example: Single person meal in is named as “happy single meal, two person meals is named as “the lover meal”, three person meals is named as “the light bulb” while the four person meals is named as “happy family” and so on.

艺术般的料理，让你无法招架的主打食物
在LOVE OF TASTE里，他们艺术般的食物料理方式有许多更是有别于传统料理，却恰恰改善传统料理的弱点，让食物更加美味。

THE ART OF CULINARY, THE UNDEFEATABLE DELICIOUSNESS MAIN CUISINE
At LOVE OF TASTE, their “art way” of food preparation method is even extraordinary as compared to the traditional one. However, such change is good for the scrumptiousness of the food.

SMOKE DUCK SUSHI
传统的烟熏鸭肉是用煤火把鸭肉烧至半熟至全熟。但LOVE OF TASTE利用烟气(smoking gun)来准备烟熏鸭寿司，其食物烟熏的味道堪称比传统的更为浓郁好几倍！

SMOKE DUCK SUSHI
Traditional smoke duck is being prepared by scorching it with stove fire. But LOVE OF TASTE’s smoke duck sushi is even better than that, by using smoking gun to smoke the duck. The aroma is said to be few times richer than the traditional one!

NEW STYLE SASHIMI
虽然新鲜的生鱼片是没什么味道，但由于生鱼片有一种让一部分的人难以下咽的口感，导致许多人都不喜欢吃生鱼片。为了克服这一点，LOVE OF TASTE使用橄榄油混合麻油再利用高温烫热生鱼片的表面，解决了那“难以下咽”的口感问题。此外，他们也是用比较fusion的手法，以青木瓜丝取代了传统的萝卜丝。原因是青木瓜丝比起萝卜丝更加香脆有口感，同时也解决了“装饰品”被“打入冷宫”的厄运。

NEW STYLE SASHIMI
Even though sashimi doesn’t has much flavor, its texture is somewhat making us difficult to put it through our throat. This is why most of us never eat sashimi. The creative LOVE OF TASTE is overcoming this weakness by painting the sashimi surface with olive oil and sesame oil and then scorching the surface with high temperature. Besides, they are using “fusion” way of preparing this sashimi by replacing carrot slices with the green papaya slices. The reason is green papaya has better gustatory advantage and crispier as compared to the carrot, which further eliminate its “fate” from being the thrown away side dish.

信州式•蒸本地鱼
采用本地新鲜的鱼只，搭配上日式信州的蒸法，让本来已经鲜甜美味的鱼肉进一步的升华。

NAGANO STYLE • LOCAL STEAM FISH
By using the fresh local fish, combining with the Japan shinshu style of steaming method, this will further enhancing the umame flavor and tenderness of the fish.

LOVE OF TASTE主打饮料
来到LOVE OF TASTE，你绝对要试试他的LOVE OF TASTE 冰咖啡。

LOVE OF TASTE冰咖啡的制作方式其实挺简单容易明白，但是会比较费工夫。首先，把煮好的咖啡凝固成冰。放入了杯子以后加上35-40度的热牛奶来融化咖啡冰。为了让顾客更能享受冰咖啡的香味，LOVE OF TASTE使用干冰来调合并降低冰咖啡的温度，减低了咖啡冰融化的速度，进而能确保咖啡在喝完之前都一直散发着迷人的咖啡香气。

LOVE OF TASTE MAIN BEVERAGE
It is a must for you to try LOVE OF TASTE ice coffee as you are there for food.

The way of making LOVE OF TASTE ice coffee is pretty easy actually but quite time consuming. Firstly, freeze the coffee into ice and putting them into the glass. Secondly, pour the 35-40 degree hot milk into the glass to melt the coffee ice. In order to allow more of the customer to enjoy the coffee aroma, LOVE OF TASTE has used dried ice to lower the ice’s temperature which in turn increasing the time needed to melt the ice. Such method is crucial so that the fragrance of the coffee is long lasting.

说到这里，是不是黯黯地觉得说确实LOVE OF TASTE里的食物都是厨师100%的精心制作而产生的美味和美丽呢？其实，黯里表态到最后只能吃得到白果，快亲临LOVE OF TASTE品尝这美味和艺术融为一体的终极料理吧！

Feeling that LOVE OF TASTE is the right place to dine in because of their 100% effort on the foods? Well, thinking about it in front of the screen doesn’t make the change. Just step intoLOVE OF TASTE and enjoy the bite for real!

Shop’s name: Love of Taste
Contact: 012 - 4187456 / 07 – 3508777
Email: loveoftaste.jb@gmail.com
Operation hours: 11.30pm-10.30pm (Monday off)
Address: No 21, Jalan Austin Heights 8/8, Taman Austin mount Austin, 81000 Johor Bahru.