我有一段時間沒去便利商店找東西吃了，那一天，我又心血來潮，其實是發懶病了，我懶得走太遠，只為了找東西吃，所以，走到了離家近的便利商店覓食。
突然看到一個有意思的商品，叫做好多蒜燒豚飯，所以是真的很多蒜嗎？依照我對便利商店的了解，不可能，不過，好像我也好一陣子沒吃過燒肉飯了，就來試試看吧，加熱過後，一打開，蒜香氣息蠻濃郁的，肉片透過直火炙烤，果然有肉片的多汁口感，一口咬下，鹹香與蒜味層層堆疊，還不難吃，我三口併兩口，一下子就扒完了，吃完後還有些意猶未竟。
我突然想到，以前在便利商店好像吃過一款非常類似的燒豚飯，價錢好像是六十九元台幣，雖然只是便利商店的微波食品，但內容卻意外地不馬虎，除了主角燒豚肉之外，還有蛋及泡菜，泡菜拌著白飯及豬肉片一起吃時特別開胃，曾幾何時，那款商品默默地消失在商店的貨架上。
如今看到眼前這款新商品，外觀看起來確實有幾分熟悉，讓人不禁懷疑，它會不會其實就是當年那款燒豚飯的減量加價改版商品吧，真該死的物價上漲，便利商店可能為了生存，在熟悉與新包裝之間悄悄調整價格，而身為終端消費者的我們，也只能選擇妥協了，唉！不過是個燒豚便當而已，我會不會想太多了。
It had been quite a while since I last went to a convenience store to look for something to eat. That day, I suddenly felt like going again; well, to be honest, it was more because I was feeling lazy. I didn’t want to walk too far just to find a meal, so I headed to the convenience store near my home.
Then I spotted an interesting item called “Garlic Pork Rice with Lots of Garlic”. That name immediately made me curious—is there really that much garlic? Based on what I know about convenience store meals, probably not. Still, I realized I hadn’t eaten grilled pork rice for quite a while, so I decided to give it a try.
After heating it up and opening the lid, the garlic aroma was actually pretty noticeable. The pork slices had that direct-fire grilled flavor, and the meat was juicy just as I hoped. One bite in, the salty seasoning and garlic flavor layered together nicely. Honestly, it wasn’t bad at all. I finished it in just a few bites, almost without thinking, and when I was done, I still felt like I could eat a little more.
Then it suddenly reminded me of a very similar pork rice meal I had bought from a convenience store years ago. If I remember correctly, it only cost NT$69 back then. Even though it was just a microwave meal, the contents were surprisingly decent. Besides the grilled pork, it also came with an egg and some kimchi. The kimchi was especially good—mixing it with rice and pork made every bite extra appetizing, with that spicy and tangy flavor making the whole meal feel more complete. Somehow, that product quietly disappeared from the shelves over time.
Now looking at this new version, it really does seem strangely familiar. It makes me wonder if this is actually just the old pork rice meal brought back in a smaller portion and sold at a higher price. Damn inflation. Convenience stores probably have no choice but to survive by adjusting prices, portions, and packaging little by little, while customers like us can only accept it in the end.
Sigh... maybe I’m overthinking it. After all, it’s just a pork rice lunch box, but somehow, even a simple convenience store meal can make people start comparing memories with reality.
