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2007/04/01 第43期 Maritime Capital Kaohsiung

Authentic Thai Cuisine Wassana Chen/ 泰式料理的原味秦珊娜

◎Text and Photo by Jian Jhang

秦珊娜

People often associate Wassana Chen's big eyes, wavy locks, and friendliness with sunny southern scenery. The diversity of traditional dishes this Thai restaurant offers, further demonstrates Wassana's passion for introducing authentic cuisines from her hometown.

　Born and raised in mid-Thailand, Wassana met her husband at a local company which conducted foreign trade. She later moved to Taiwan after 4 years of marriage. Weather and lifestyle in Kaohsiung were quite similar to that of Thailand, so she had little problem fitting in. The only thing she missed was the traditional dishes from her home region. Her husband took her to several Thai restaurants, but she felt the food was more like a mix of Vietnamese and Burmese styles. Having gained experience through her family running a food business, Wassana began to think about opening her own bistro.　Wassana worked at the Thailand Trade and Economic Office as a nine-to-fiver in her first two years in Kaohsiung, where she picked up the language quickly. Her aspiration for opening a bistro has never faded.

Motivated by her enthusiasm for cooking, Wassana later obtained a cuisine certificate and became eligible to work in the food industry. In 2001, Wassana finally opened a restaurant on Fusin Road near the City Government and has built a solid customer base over the years.opening a bistro has never faded. Motivated by her enthusiasm for cooking, Wassana later obtained a cuisine certificate and became eligible to work in the food industry. In 2001, Wassana finally opened a restaurant on Fusin Road near the City Government and has built a solid customer base over the years.

　Wassana describes herself as a simple person. The place she visits the most in Kaohsiung is Shoushan Mountain, where she can embrace nature. Mountains and trees make her relax while crowded city streets give her a headache. She enjoys talking about Thai food with customers from different places and shares her zeal for cooking with them. Thai cuisines are not new to her customers, no matter if they are local or from abroad - Japan or Canada. The Thai bistro allows Wassana to carve out her own future and comforts her nostalgia for her hometown.

泰式料理的原味秦珊娜
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大大的眼睛、一頭浪漫的捲髮、親切的態度，秦珊娜給人一種陽光的南國風情，正如這家泰式料理店的菜色，充滿豐富的色彩，更有秦珊娜對於家鄉菜投入的熱情。

　老家在泰國中部地區，秦珊娜在當地外商公司上班認識先生，成為台灣媳婦，但到台灣來定居則是結婚四年後的事情了，初到高雄無論是氣候型態和城市生活的方式都讓她甘之如貽，唯一比較不適應的是吃不到最愛的家鄉菜。家中曾經開餐館的秦珊娜到高雄後，先生帶她吃了幾家泰式料理，但總覺得吃不出家鄉味，有更多是混合了越、緬的口味，讓她萌生了自己開店的念頭。

　來到高雄前一、兩年秦珊娜在泰國辦事處任職，過著朝九晚五的日子，很快的學會了國語，但開小吃餐館的念頭卻沒消失過，熱愛料理的她甚至也取得了丙級廚師的証照，而且跨入了餐飲這一行。2001年秦珊娜在市府附近的復興路上開了一家小吃店，也吸引了許多忠實客戶。

　秦珊娜形容自己是簡單生活的人，這幾年在高雄最常去的地方是壽山，對她而言有山、有樹、有大自然的風光，就是好地方，對於人潮擁擠的活動反而是避之唯恐不及。她也很喜歡和來自各地的客人討論泰國菜，處處展現對於泰式料理的熱情，她說到店裡消費的客戶，無論是日本人、加拿大人或是高雄人，因為旅遊的關係，對泰國菜多半不陌生，接受度也很高，一家泰式的小店不但讓秦珊娜在高雄找到了興趣與事業的一片天，也在料理中找到了來自家鄉的慰藉。

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