西多士 French Toast

說到港式茶餐廳我的最愛，西多士應該名列前三，要是大家知道茶餐廳的由來，大家應該知道是平民化的西式下午茶聚腳點，也是殖民地的產物之一，所以，所有的食物都是帶點東方特色的西餐（所謂的豉油西餐）。

“Cha Chaan Teng” is a type of restaurant commonly found in Hong Kong. In the old days, western cuisine in Hong Kong was a privilege for the upper class, not for the locals. “Cha Chaan Teng” was then developed to offer affordable western food for the lower class incomes. “Cha Chaan Teng” has also adopted the local taste which turn out to what we called it soy sauce western food i.e. HK-style western food. “French toast” is one of the classic western food in “Cha Chaan Teng” and of course also my favourite.

西多士就是西式French Toast的變身，其實就是煎香裹了雞蛋液的麵包（茶餐廳一般是炸的），淋上黃油和糖漿，茶餐廳的版本也有演變過程，我記得小時候吃的裡面沒有抹花生醬，當然更不用說現在更多的版本什麼一口西多士，坦白說，新不如舊！

家裡絕對能自己做西多士，簡單說一下做法，麵包邊切掉，抹花生醬，裹上蛋液，一定要確保吸滿了蛋液，煎鍋放少許油，慢火把兩邊煎香，放黃油和淋上糖漿。

我比較愛的版本是淋上煉乳，沒有糖漿當然也可以淋上蜂蜜啦！

“Cha Chaan Teng” version “French Toast” is basically 70% similar to the French “French Toast”. It’s very easy to make. You just need 2 pieces of bread, one egg, peanut butter, butter and syrup. Spread the peanut butter and make a sandwich. Beat the egg and then soak the peanut butter sandwich in the egg. Heat up pan and melt butter. Pan fry the peanut butter sandwich until both sides are golden brown. Serve with butter and syrup. I personally prefer to put condensed milk instead of syrup. This would taste even more “HK-style”. Now, in many “Cha Chaan Teng” outside of Hong Kong, they try to do some innovation of “French Toast”. I honestly still prefer so much more of this traditional HK-style french toast than any new innovation.

西多士一定要切成九塊才吃，為什麼？沒有為什麼，這就是香港獨有的特色！Besides, we always cut the french toast in 9 pieces like above. Don’t ask me why. This is just simply a HK-Style!