There is the mystical Da Hong Pao, the most expensive tea in the world.It has just gone on the menu for the first time at the Royal China Club in London, a swish Chinese restaurant in Baker Street beloved of wealthy connoisseurs of oriental gourmet exotica.

　　这是世界上最贵的大红袍茶，这种茶是第一次登上伦敦皇朝中餐厅的菜单上。皇朝中餐厅是伦敦贝克街上一家时尚高档的中式餐厅，它备受诸多富有、讲究的东方饮食家的喜爱。

　　restaurant n.餐馆。现代意义上的餐馆出现于1765年的巴黎，卖汤食的小贩Boulanger在摊位前立起了标牌，上面写着"Boulanger débite des restaurants divins"，意思是(Boulanger sells divine restaurants)。这里的restaurant本来指的是能让人“restore”精力和活力的“汤”，后来词义转为能用餐的饭馆。

　　Here, the Da Hong Pao is served reverentially by pretty girls wearing fuchsia lipstick; brought forth on a bamboo tray and poured from a £400 hand-painted clay teapot. It costs £180 a pot, which means it is about £40 for one tiny porcelain cup of tea.

　　价格180英镑一壶的大红袍放在竹托盘上，被涂着紫红色口红的漂亮女服务员端上来。茶壶是手工上色的陶制茶壶，价值400英镑。女服务员小心为你斟满一小陶瓷杯，就是这一小杯平均下来相当于40英镑。

　　Yet that seems cheap, compared with what is to come. The tea is part of a £1,500-per-head menu, surely the most expensive in the country, which the restaurant serves to its most demanding customers. It must be arranged in advance, according to availability of ingredients, and features six courses of the most exotic and highly-prized Chinese dishes.

　　不过比起接下来要端上桌的料理，这算便宜的了。这茶只是皇朝中餐厅人均消费需1500英镑的菜单上的一部分，这份菜单是为那些对饮食挑剔的顾客准备的，堪称是英国最贵的一份菜单。其特色是六道最具中式风情的珍馐美味，而且由于食材的时令性，所以必须提前预定。