在耶路撒冷圣城繁华的十字路口,乔治王5号大街与赫斯特大街连接处有一座外表极其普通的小灰楼。楼前竖着一块用英文和希伯莱文写就的“芬克斯餐馆”招牌,行人要不留意很难看出这是餐馆。一间面积不大的餐厅里设有一处酒吧柜台,柜台前摆着数张桌椅,看上去很像一家城镇小咖啡馆。餐厅墙面上挂满了啤酒杯和冷水杯,另一墙面上方挂着一幅普通的风景油画和一幅用镜框镶着的不值得引证的诗句。酒吧柜台的台面用浓艳的玫瑰色作装饰,看上去俗不可耐。然而令人不解的是,就这么个其貌不扬的餐馆,光顾者却络绎不绝。芬克斯餐馆在中东地区竟算得上首屈一指,深受欢迎, At the bustling crossroads of the holy city of Jerusalem, there is a very small, gray-gray floor at the junction of King George Street and Hirst Avenue. In front of the building a piece of “Finks Restaurant” signboard written in English and Hebrew is erected. Pedestrians should not be hard pressed to see that this is a restaurant. There is a bar counter in a small dining room, with several tables and chairs in front of the counter, which looks like a small town cafe. The wall of the restaurant was covered with beer mugs and cold water cups, with an ordinary landscape painting hanging above the other wall and a not-quoted verse framed by a frame. The countertops at the bar counter are decorated with rich rose colors that look vulgar. What is puzzling, however, is that there is an endless stream of visitors in such disgraceful restaurants. Finks restaurants in the Middle East actually be regarded as second to none, well received,