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A food writer has discovered a surprising new dish at Symphony Hall - the legendary Brummie bacon cake.

一位美食作家在交響樂廳發現了一道令人驚訝的新菜餚——傳奇的布魯米培根蛋糕。

The heavy, scone-like bakes, made with ketchup, Worcestershire sauce and bacon and topped with cheese, are said to date back to the 1860s, though no one really knows who first started making them.

這種像烤餅一樣的厚重烤餅由番茄醬、伍斯特沙司和培根製成，上面撒上奶酪，據說可以追溯到1860 年代，但沒有人真正知道是誰第一個開始製作它們的。

Now they're serving them up warm at the B:Eats cafe, which is at the Symphony Hall, though you don't need a ticket to a show to try it out.

現在，他們在位於交響樂廳的 B:Eats 咖啡館為您提供熱騰騰的美食，不過您無需購買演出門票即可嘗試。

I was trip-trapping over the bridge at Brindleyplace, trying to make a decision on what to have for lunch, when the sign promising the classic Birmingham bake winked at me from the ICC spot.

當我在 Brindleyplace 的橋上迷迷糊糊地想決定午餐吃什麼時，ICC 地點上承諾經典伯明翰烘焙的標誌向我眨了眨眼。

As well as bacon cakes, the cafe menu features a few distinctly Brummie dishes. The Birmingham Soup (£9.50), a spin on that broth Matthew Boulton made for city workers in the 18th century, wasn't quite what I was looking for on a hot day, but the veggie version of the bacon cake (£6.50) was too alluring to resist.

除了培根蛋糕外，咖啡館的菜單上還提供一些獨特的布魯米菜餚。伯明罕湯（9.50英鎊）是馬修·博爾頓（Matthew Boulton）在18世紀為城市工人製作的肉湯的改良版，不太符合我在炎熱的天氣裡想要的東西，但素食版的培根蛋糕（ 6.50英鎊）太誘人了，無法抗拒。

Given it was such a beautiful day, I ordered my bacon cake to go. There's a big risk when you're in B:Eats on your lunch hour that some amazing musician is going to start playing music and the next thing you know, you've lost hours of your life being happy and your boss is ready to flog your earhole off. That's my warning, keep your wits about you.

鑑於天氣如此美好，我點了培根蛋糕外賣。當你在B: 午餐時間吃飯時，有一個很大的風險，一些出色的音樂家將開始演奏音樂，接下來你知道，你已經失去了生活中快樂的時間，而你的老闆已經準備好鞭打你了你的耳孔關閉了。這是我的警告，保持理智。

When they handed over the to-go box, it weighed significantly more than I'd imagined. The massive whopper looks like the rock cake of my dreams, but it was still warm and giving off the smoked scent of bacon.

當他們把外帶盒子交給我時，它的重量比我想像的要重得多。巨大的皇堡看起來就像我夢想中的岩石蛋糕，但它仍然溫暖，散發著培根的煙燻香味。

I took it and stood in the glow of the Golden Boys, that statue of Boulton, Watt and Murdoch outside the cafe. "Cop a load of this," I said to Boulton, but he didn't react. I imagine he's seen a lot of bacon cakes. Cheese was baked into the top, as golden as his face.

我接過它，站在金童獎的光芒下，金童獎是咖啡館外博爾頓、瓦特和默多克的雕像。 「請注意這一點，」我對博爾頓說，但他沒有反應。我想他見過很多培根蛋糕。上面烤的是乳酪，和他的臉一樣金黃。

Though the cake is normally served with butter, they'd forgotten to put mine in. It could have done with it but even without, it was ace. It really was like a savoury rock cake, beautifully crisp on the outside and bouncy and flavourful inside, I felt like a proper Brummie eating it.

雖然蛋糕通常是配上奶油的，但他們忘了把我的放進去。它真的就像一塊美味的岩石蛋糕，外面酥脆，裡面有彈性，味道鮮美，我感覺就像一個真正的布魯米人吃它。

It took about an hour for me to finish the thing, that's how big it was. I nibbled it in the ICC, scoffed another chunk near that cloud sculpture beside the canal, stood snacking looking over at Black Sabbath Bridge while a passing narrowboat played The Cure and had another mouthful on Brindleyplace where a toddler wobbled near the fountain, sparkling in the sunshine.

我花了大約一個小時才完成這個東西，就是這麼大。我在國際會議中心啃了一口，在運河旁的雲雕附近又嚼了一大塊，站著吃零食，看著黑色安息日橋，一艘路過的窄船正在演奏《治愈》，在布林德利廣場又吃了一口，那裡有個小孩在噴泉附近搖搖晃晃，在燈光下閃閃發光。

B:Eats is at the ICC, Broad Street, B1 2EA. This review was conducted at random and food and drink was paid for by the reporter.

B:Eats 位於 ICC，Broad Street，B1 2EA。本次審查是隨機進行的，食物和飲料均由記者支付。