Chapter 1626: Dinner
Before returning to the Varmar family's estate, the rain outside stopped, but even if there was no rain tomorrow, it was not a good idea to go into the jungle after such a short period of heavy rain, and let the sun bask for a day or two.
The banquet that night made the people of the Valma and Jia Yin families have a good meal, Daniel's team combined the best of Chinese and Western cooking skills, and the richness of the dishes made the host stunned!
For a big feast, how can you be embarrassed to take out your hands without forty or fifty dishes.
As for the taste, a large pot of braised lamb whets the appetite of these brahmins, not to mention other delicate delicacies.
This braised mutton dish is not a dish from Zhang Nan's hometown, let alone an American dish, Danny learned it from Tang Gui, as for Tang Gui, he learned it from the army, not far from Shanghai.
Yangpu mutton, bar dripping!
However, there is one thing that makes these two Brahmins find it strange: for mutton, this Mr. Allen actually only eats a cold dish of white-cut goat meat that looks tasteless, and it tastes good when dipped in some Chinese soy sauce.
Zhang Nan doesn't like braised mutton, Danny will learn the dish of Yangpu mutton, that's because Xiang Weirong mentioned it once, and Mr. Chef himself thinks it tastes good, otherwise he wouldn't need to learn this at all.
This demonstration of cooking skills is just the right time to deal with these Indian Brahmins.
Indians are vegetarians, and the higher the caste, the more vegetarian they are. And even if you eat meat, you usually eat some mutton and chicken, and at most some pigeons.
Dani's team doesn't have much research on chicken because their boss only likes to eat stewed chicken in clear soup, and as for pigeons, they have studied roasted pigeons for hundreds of thousands of years, so they don't compete with their masters' strengths.
Zhang Nan likes to make soup with "dragon and phoenix fights", but if he gives a pot of soup with snake segments to a Brahmin like the Varma and Jia Yin families, people will probably be able to jump!
If there are people from the lower castes and untouchables who eat snakes, the Brahmins will never touch that, at least the Varma and Jayin families.
Having a treat in a place with a lot of taboos is just a lot of trouble!
Hindus can eat pork, but the quality of pork in India is not good, and the breeding environment is extremely unhygienic.
How about camels?
This is South India, there is no such thing, and Danny's owner is not a Prince of the Middle East, and the chef team has never cooked camel meat at all.
As for beef, can you eat the sacred cow?
Not necessarily, because the Hindus also seem to have a caste system for cattle - not all cattle are sacred cows, only the local Indian zebu cattle are called sacred cows, sacred cows.
There are quite a lot of cattle breeds, and there are more of them here, like India, where the number of buffaloes exceeds half of the world's total, but these buffaloes are not even cattle in the eyes of Hindus!
If it's not a cow, it's not a sacred cow, so it can naturally be slaughtered and eaten.
However, Hindus still basically do not eat buffalo, in addition to the need for arable land, the main reason for the large number of buffalo breeding is because of the huge demand for milk from Indians, as well as the government's vigorous promotion of the development of dairy industry.
After a significant drop in cow milk production, the female buffalo is sent to the slaughterhouse, like the less economically valuable male buffalo, to become the raw material for Indian beef exports. ”
Buffalo can be slaughtered, but it still doesn't eat much, and the theory that "buffalo is not a cow" seems to be just a reasonable reason for Indians to exchange for economic benefits - India, which is full of sacred cows, is actually the world's top three beef exporters!
Many people don't think that India is a big exporter of beef, and the relatively inexpensive Indian buffalo meat is quite popular in the markets of many countries in Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
But while zebu has a sacred status in India, faith in India today is also under the cue of economic interests and consumer trends.
There are only 3,600 legal slaughterhouses in India, but more than 30,000 illegal slaughterhouses, many of which make a profit by slaughtering and selling zebu beef.
Female oxen are also sent to slaughterhouses because they are too old to produce milk or because farmers suffer from poor harvests or droughts, where they can buy calves and make ends meet.
In addition, some young high-caste Hindus are starting to take an interest in beef!
The Varma family and the Jia Yin family are Indians in the new era, but at the same time, they are the supporters of the most conservative traditional forces, a combination of contradictions.
Before coming to India, Davenral even mentioned on the phone that if Zhang Nan likes to eat beef, there are also very good imported beef for sale in the high-end shopping malls in Thiruvananthapuram, and there is no need to bring it directly from the United States.
People of all faiths can coexist in harmony in Thiruvananthapuram, and naturally there is beef to sell.
Davenlar is a habit of taking care of guests, and if you feel that the beef from the local slaughterhouse is not hygienic, the expensive high-grade imported beef is a good choice.
They don't eat at home, but as long as they don't eat together, they don't mind if the guests eat some beef. This will make their family not care about the tenants below eating buffalo meat, and only after eating meat can they have the strength to work, as a landlord, this account will be calculated.
Out of politeness, Zhang Nan doesn't eat beef these days, and he doesn't touch the local buffalo meat in Kerala, you must know that in his hometown, this buffalo meat is not as cheap as yellow beef, the taste is poor, and there is no beef taste.
Pork is not good, although there is a good duck here, but the stewed duck in the hometown can't be made, because the plate oil and meat skin are used, and the sesame oil ginger duck without pork bones can only be used.
Pigs and cattle are wasted, and the four-legged beasts can only compete with sheep, which is also a way to do no way, you must know that according to the boss's eating habits, mutton is the least eaten.
As for game, these brahmins, who like to hunt, basically don't eat anything other than the water antelope, and really regard hunting as a sport.
Of course, prey is generally not wasted, and the people of the lower castes of the people still eat a lot of wild meat that can be eaten - except for beasts, unless it is specially concocted, the smell of any kind of beast meat can be so great that people can avoid it!
There is no choice for livestock, and there are large restrictions on poultry, but fortunately, there are many varieties of fresh seafood by the sea, and the quantity is enough!
According to the requirements, the housekeeper of the Valma family, who was in charge of purchasing, had several kinds of flounder prepared, and this strange-looking sea fish was not practiced much in Kerala, and I thought that there were not many tricks to play.
Indians don't know that different varieties of flounder can play with flowers, so Daniel and others have come up with several colors such as steamed, pan-fried fish fillet, braised and grilled according to different varieties.
If it weren't for the care of the owner's family, who can only use hands, knives, forks and spoons, there would be more colors.
Flounder is just one of them, Daniel made a point of asking about the variety of local seafood yesterday, and found out that there is a local fish that the boss likes.
Hairtail fish, so that the procurement staff got a lot of big guys almost the width of the palm, remove the head and tail, steam one, braised one.
Although the meat quality of the hairtail grown in the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean is a little thicker than that of the East China Sea, it is not bad, at least it tastes good after the taste.
The fish is big enough, wide enough, thick enough, and the bones on both sides are easy to pick up, which is convenient for a group of people who use knives and forks.
There are no vermicelli here, fresh lobster made of garlic, wrist-thick sea prawns cut and grilled on an iron plate, and slightly smaller varieties of hard-shell prawns are braised with braised seafood.
Some of the dishes are the first time that the people of the Varma family have tried, such as the red marinated cuttlefish in cold dishes, as well as the fried cuttlefish in sauce and the fried cuttlefish with green peppers.
Molluscans are not in the dietary taboo of the Varmar family, but they have not been seen before, and they don't even have the concept of anything to eat in their heads.
No concept, naturally it is not a taboo.
But when it really comes up, it still takes a bit of courage to eat.
But after eating it this time, the Tuwang family and Jia Yin's family both liked the taste of cuttlefish, and Davenraar simply said to Zhang Nan directly at the table: "Alan, you have to ask your chef to teach my chef how to make these dishes, and let my housekeeper know where to get these seasonings." ”
This will Zhang Nan is dealing with a pound of boiled red cream red star crab, boiled in water, big enough, the inside is full of paste, dipped in some seafood soy sauce, absolutely delicious in the world.
This is Zhang Nan's favorite way to eat, the pike crab is authentic when cooked in water, and the others, whether they are scallion oil or cut and steamed with condiments, are heretics in his eyes!
Because he has to use two hands to eat big crabs and take care of his friends' habits, Zhang Nan also wore plastic gloves on his left hand.
Some people immediately fell in love with the delicacy of the pike crab, but the old lady Walma didn't even dare to try it, thinking that the big pike crab was a monster!
Hearing Davenral's words, Zhang Nan put down the crab stock that was about to take a bite of Meimei, and said, "No problem, it's just that many spices are produced in Huaxia, why don't you re-export from me?"
Davenlar smiled and said, "That's not necessary, I can ask a friend from the embassy in Huaxia to purchase it, and your chef can make a list." ”
These are all minor problems, and what can be solved with money is not a problem.
Nowadays, there are a lot of fish in the sea, in order to take care of these brahmins, who are very accustomed to Western food, there are more than a dozen sea fish that are Western food practices, but because of time reasons, they are relatively rough, not as small as French meals, and more American roasted and fried.
On a large plate, it is eaten separately, which is also in line with the habit of India.
There are also a lot of vegetables today, braised eggplant, baby cabbage in soup, stir-fried broccoli with carrots and shrimps, boiled okra, zucchini but no shrimp skin, then also fried with shrimp.
The shrimp is not small, the chef team is not large, and some of the shrimp are peeled, and the servants in the palace kitchen who originally handled the ingredients are all under Daniel's command this afternoon, so there is no need to worry about hygiene.
There were enough shrimp peeled, and Daniel simply got his hands on it himself and made a sea shrimp version of Longjing shrimp.
If you don't have lard, you use olive oil, anyway, the boss of Longjing tea will always bring it, and this dish is still super popular with diners.
It's convenient, you can use a spoon to stuff it into your mouth, and you don't have to spit out a bone.
In the final stage of eating, the staple food is white rice, and there are no bells and whistles fried rice. In fact, everyone didn't have much appetite anymore, but they still ate a small amount.
Zhang Nan used his hands to eat crabs, and Davenlar and others finally gave up the slightly inconvenient knife and fork and grabbed it directly with their hands.
A large group of people eat with their hands, and they can't learn chopsticks at once, like eating cuttlefish and shrimp just now, they all use spoons.
This will use your hands, and Indians can also eat well.
There was no show for dinner tonight, but the nightlife had just begun, and when the restaurant was quickly cleaned up, a much larger cabaret show than yesterday would begin.
The professional team, in addition to the dance performance troupe invested by the Walmar family, there is also a Bollywood song and dance troupe, which is entrusted by Bollywood friends to Mr. Jia Yin.
They are all partners, although they have not been invited, but Mr. Allen is in India, and friends still need to show friendship.
It was lively and busy until midnight, and Yasuko Sawaguchi got out of the party, she learned a few tricks from Martha, the essence of Indian dance, and she was still presentable.
By the time I got back to my room and took a shower and went to bed, it was already a little after the middle of the night.
The next day, I didn't wake up until nearly 10 o'clock in the morning, and it was already 11 o'clock after breakfast, but this was not a problem, and today's lunch was definitely scheduled after 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
This is the work and rest time of the real rich and wealthy in India, almost always get up at 9 o'clock, then have morning tea in bed first, eat breakfast at 11 o'clock, and eat lunch at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and dinner is not earlier than 8 o'clock.
I went downstairs and saw the appraiser of the company who arrived last night.
Good guy, Zhang Nan asked for a few reliable mouths before, but I didn't expect to see that it was actually La Buse Brown who led the team, and there was also the company's chief jewelry designer Joshua Faure, Joshua's brother, top cutter Anton Faure, plus the company's chief cutter Douglas Valentino Jr.
This group of people was chatting with the familiar Manu Jia Yin, and as soon as Zhang Nan saw the person, he said directly: "I said Brown, are you here for a joint investigation, or were you served a pot when you were playing golf together?"
As soon as the boss appeared, Brown, who was questioned, smiled and said, "It's not golf, we were playing bridge when we got the call, and it was rare to get together."
As soon as they understood the situation, they all thought that such a scene was rare in a hundred years, and it didn't matter if they were alive for a while, so they all came. ”
This Joshua said: "Boss, the four of us are coming, and the company will immediately give the green light all the way, and no one will stop you." ”
Zhang Nan was amused by what Joshua said, "Who will stop you!"
No one stopped it, and Brown was in charge of the jewelry group.
Little Douglas took over and said, "Actually, boss, the most critical reason why we are here is that we were talking about where to go on vacation this year.
As soon as I heard that the boss paid for the tolerance of the first class back and forth, this is called the right not to use in vain..."
What a truth, good comrade!
This kind of difference is more important, and it definitely belongs to the beauty difference, since you have time to spare, why don't a few old guys come?
Before Zhang Nan could express his opinion, Manu-Jia Yin on the side said with a wry smile: "I said friends, we will start to inspect the goods after a while, let's talk about it, no one can look at each other's things."
One and a half. ”
Don't be nervous, these five are famous enough, known as the Four Heavenly Kings of Xingchen International, and their eyes are even more thieves!
"Say that one person is half, then half, this is not a nod to the steamed bun, you can rest assured!" Zhang Nan looked at the time, and didn't care if people understood the meaning of the steamed bun.
"Go, go to Davenral, he should be ready. ”
Davenral was ready, but not indoors, but in a large stone pavilion on the east side of the third floor of the main building.
The gazebo is connected to a small terrace, which together can accommodate several tables, which will place a long put together table with chairs on either side.
There is a 5600K desk lamp connected to the wires on the table, and it is waiting for everyone.
Today is sometimes rainy, but there is occasional sun at noon, and all kinds of gems and diamonds are traded, and the trade is the fairest and most assured in the outdoor environment: you will not be deceived by the light.