H.W.Chen Life blog: When Trikalinos meet Rises Delicacies

首先當然是非常開心被Rises Delicacies邀請參加這個他們與Trikalinos一同舉辦的活動。

Rises Delicacies是一間充滿希臘美食的店。在這裡每一樣商品都是老闆娘精挑細選來自希臘當地的製造商。而Trikalinos 是來自希臘的食品公司，是以製造Bortago起家同時也以這個產品聞名於世。

那什麼是Bortago？

英文寫成Bortago (or Bottarga)，基本上簡單的說他就是像我們在台灣吃的烏魚子一樣，是魚卵的加工食品。我查到的一個英文的網頁寫說，Bortago也常被稱為是窮人的魚子醬。

First, I'm very glad to be invited to join this event by Rises Delicacies which is to introduce the Bortago from Trikalinos.

Rises Delicacies is where you can find all the delicious, local food from Greece. Trikalinos is a food company which produced Bortago since 1856 and is well known for this product.

What is bortago?

Easily to say, it's something alike karasumi in Taiwan, is a food product made by mullet roe.

“Often called the poor man's caviar, bottarga (or botargo) is the Italian word for a dense cured fish roe made from tuna, gray mullet or swordfish. ”

http://www.cookthink.com/reference/831/What_is_bottarga

Trikalinos 所製作的 Bortago外層是用天然的蜜蠟包裹裡面的魚卵，吃的時候要先記得把蜜蠟剝掉。在他們的網站上可以找到詳細的食用介紹以及一些料理方式。

Bortago單吃的時候魚的味道會比較重，小小口地吃還是可以吃出一顆顆的魚卵，這點和台灣的烏魚子相當的不同。當天所享用的食物是由Trikalinos的老闆娘為我們所預備的，以麵包作為基底，將Bortago配上蛋以及蔬菜，或是豆泥，不僅僅是顏色很美麗也非常的好吃。我們也嘗試了單純用Bortago加麵包沾橄欖油吃，可以吃出Bortago的鮮味。

此外，Rises的老闆娘也提供了非常好喝的希臘白酒，很搭。

Trikalinos provide the bortago which is wrap by natural bee's wax. Therefore, be sure to take it off before you taste it. You can find the detail of how to enjoy it and some recipe in their website.

If you taste the Bortago pure, the taste of fish is relatively stronger. You can still tell the single roe from taste it carefully, and this is the most different from karasumi in Taiwan. All the food are provide by the Mrs. Trikalinos. The combinations with bread, eggs, vegetables or with mashed beans are really tasty for eyes and stomach. We also tried Bortago simply with olive oil and bread, it's also nice.

Besides, the boss of Rises provided us the white wine from Greece. It matches the food very well.

老闆以及老闆娘還有一位翻譯，為我們用希臘文、英文以及德文對他們的產品以及他們的理念進行了簡單的介紹。從1856年到現在，已經是第三代的事業了，老闆秉持著不添加防腐劑，提供最真實的食物味道在進行這個事業。

以下是一些當天活動的照片。

Mr. and Mrs. Trikalinos and one translator made a brief introduction with the food and the concept of this company in Greek, English and German. Mr. Trikalinos is the third boss since 1856. They insist to serve the real taste of the food and no preservative.

Photos of the event are below.