Marlena -- 让我满是碎碎念的米其林

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周末和几个群友去吃了Marlena，一家new american的fine dining，

去之前由于最近染上的 “过度深挖美食” 综合症发作，也是对这家餐厅做了一下background check lol

发现了女主厨的 linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/serena-chow-fisher-49725396/

然后是一些这家餐馆的相关报道

https://sf.eater.com/2022/4/1/23006447/marlena-restaurant-closed-temporarily-san-francisco

https://sf.eater.com/2020/8/4/21354524/marlena-bernal-heights-north-slope-hillside-supper-club

重点摘录是：

湾区San Mateo 亚裔美女NYU 本科毕业不拘一格去学了个厨，变身烘培主厨，和出生厨师世家又有米其林三星背景的男主厨喜结连理，疫情三番开店，一炮而红，立刻拿下米其林星星。最近装修餐馆的同时也不闲着，到一个hotel 搞了这么一个summer camp。

餐厅位于酒店的地下室，楼层低矮，空间狭小昏暗，只依靠每张桌子上的几个假蜡烛和一些小灯作为照明，属于拍照不得不开闪光灯或者增加曝光时长那种。各处墙边都放了几本旧书，有一本是马克吐温的小说。整体给人一种优雅低调的感觉。

但是里面的顾客却似乎没有被这种气质感染，不像高档寿司店大家都压着嗓子说话，也不知是不是楼层太低矮导致楼房降噪能力低下的缘故，总之就让人感觉环境非常吵闹，让人完全无法静下心来品尝米其林一星级别的美食 ╯▂╰

整个上菜流程非常缓慢，7-8道菜大概花了2个半小时才完成，不像寿司店有主厨可以围观，上菜间隙略显无聊，不过也不是没有解闷的点，比如对面桌子有两个大胡子大叔，上菜间隙情意绵绵得看着对方，两人的右手臂互相缠绕，就像缠紧的藤蔓。还有隔壁桌的情侣，从一开始对着坐，发展到最后紧紧挨着搂着坐，让我见证了如何利用一顿米其林让感情迅速升温的过程，可惜听不清他们讲什么，无法深入学习 （´Д`） 周围这些有趣的“邻居”，真让人不由自主的怀疑他们不会是餐厅请来给大家解闷的群众演员吧φ(≧ω≦*)♪

不过要论现场颜值的话，感觉最高的还要数现场的服务员了，男的高大笔直帅气，女的精致漂亮，虽然都戴着口罩且有的有些发福 o(￣▽￣)o

好了，碎碎念完环境，接下来轮到食物了。

几张简图

菜肴看着都很精致，品相装饰都很好，不愧为米其林一星水准，但是吃到嘴里却感受不到视觉上的那种复杂的层次感，比如点缀的鱼子酱吃到嘴里就完全感觉不到。

接下来就是有很多酸甜口的菜，算是撞上了我的雷区了，比如图2的生蚝，图3的果肉菜，还有到酸酸的番茄。不过不愧为米其林，即使是不喜欢的味型，也能有出彩的让我喜欢的点。例如生蚝的鲜嫩，图3的果甜，番茄 吃完嘴里莫名留下的甘香。

要大赞的是图4的黑鳕鱼，鳕鱼做得很嫩，配上旁边清脆的蘑菇，脆和嫩的口感遥相呼应，同时鳕鱼块旁边立着的蘑菇在视觉上也很有意境，算是视觉味觉复杂度都上乘的佳作。

只是菜的量太小了。。。大家都表示吃不饱。恶意揣测也许是因为summer camp 不参加米其林评比？或者想要通过饥饿营销让你们等他家原址重新开业去吃大的？,,Ծ‸Ծ,,

最后一道需要自己“做”的菜，S‘mores，其实就是夹心饼干，只是那个心是一大块方形marshmallow，插在一根木签上，需要自己在它给的小火上烤软，再夹到饼干里。不知道为什么让我联想到了卷棉花糖，于是不同于他教的烤法，我用极高的速度在火上旋转着木签，像卷棉花糖一样，弄出来效果也不赖嘛，中西结合，呼应了这家new american 的主题 φ(≧ω≦*)♪

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