Taiwanese American Chef Surprises Cooking Show with Pig’s Blood Cake台裔廚師用豬血糕摘下英國烹飪秀冠軍！

Tiffany Chang, a Taiwanese-American chef, won big on a famous English cooking show with several Taiwanese snacks, including pig’s blood cake.

In the competition, Chang made the pig’s blood cake and served it in the style of American hot dogs. At first, the judges were hesitant to try it, but after they tried the pig’s blood cake, they were blown away by the taste and amazed at Chang’s bold choice.

Her inspiration was her Taiwanese roots, as Chang told the judges, and she also attempted to merge Eastern and Western cultures, in which she grew up. She feels comfortable with both cultures to which she belongs. At the end, Chang was awarded with the Golden Apple, the biggest prize of the competition.

友善讓你懂 │ 解說：

台灣小吃國際出頭天！

台灣出生、十二歲移民美國的張易涵（Tiffany Chang）日前在英國的烹飪秀「美味狂想（Crazy Delicious）中，以台灣小吃豬血糕奪下「金蘋果」最大獎。

比賽要求參賽者準備三種「外帶食物」，張易涵突發奇想，將豬血糕用美國熱狗的形式呈現，配上鹽酥雞、甘梅番薯條與花生醬麻糬。一開始，評審聽到豬血糕還有些卻步，但品嚐過後，立刻被豬血糕的美味征服，更佩服張易涵的嘗試。

張易涵說，靈感來自於自己台灣的根源；身為成長於西方文化的亞洲人，張易涵也試圖融合東西方文化。她在接受獎項時，更是喜極而泣。

輕鬆帶著走 │ 學習：

看到be blown away，可別以為是「被吹走」的意思，而是「感到非常印象深刻、非常驚喜」的意思。

例句：I am blown away by the show. 那場秀令我十分印象深刻

I was blown away by how good that movie was! 那部電影太棒了，令我驚喜！

也可以用主動法，blow someone away，意思就是使人印象深刻

例句：Her performance blew the audience away. 她的表演讓觀眾印象深刻

類似的片語還有blow one’s mind

例句：That concert really blew my mind.

不過，blow away，也的確可以用作「被吹走」，甚至還有「開槍殺人」的意思，要注意不要混用了。

其他單字：

• Competition 競賽
• Contestant 參賽者
• Hesitant 猶豫的
• Merge 融合