Under the arrangement of the store, lunch was quickly served. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info because Li Jie and the three of them don't kneel, so in this tatami room, they all sit cross-legged next to the low table.

Traditional Japanese cuisine is still served separately. There are many types of kaiseki cuisine, so the table for the three of them is full of dishes.

It is an upscale restaurant with a Michelin star. The restaurant has also put a lot of effort into the utensils that serve the dishes.

For example, the tea served to Li Jie and the three of them was a Yaobian Tianmu tea bowl. This is a kind of porcelain formed by the kiln transformation of the glaze during the firing process, because the result is uncontrollable during the kiln transformation process.

Therefore, whether in terms of quality or quality, there are very few works that can reach the usable level. And there are even fewer that can be placed as works of art.

This craft originated in the Southern Song Dynasty and Zhejiang, but was soon lost due to yield and various other problems. It is only in recent years that kilns have been re-opened to make such porcelain. And because the East likes this kind of kiln type of porcelain, the research is also earlier than that of China.

Therefore, the process of this kiln-to-porcelain is better studied in the East. But even with the recent resumption of firing, the price of first-class kiln-transformed porcelain is still high.

And the kiln-transformed porcelain used in this cooking pavilion is obviously of first-class quality. And the plate used to hold the dish is obviously the chef has also put a lot of effort into it.

It is different from the gorgeous color porcelain of the Yaobian Tianmu tea bowl. The chef used a large number of solid colored porcelain with blue and white glaze, which was only in the position of the mouth, and was decorated with some painted patterns.

And most of these patterns reflect the season, and it is spring now, so these patterns are also spring patterns. The simple porcelain gives people a very quiet and elegant feeling.

After the female general on the side respectfully served the food to the three of them, she bowed and retreated to the corner of the room, waiting for the time when she needed to be summoned to serve tea or clean up the dishes.

Maybe Chairman Yasuda already knew that Harry preferred a heavier flavor and didn't like cold dishes. That's why the lunch at this restaurant has some special preparations.

The food looks fresh and elegant like traditional Japanese cuisine, but when you eat it, you find that the flavor is very strong. The same is true for the seafood soup, which looks like it should have a light taste, although there is not a single oil splash on the surface, and the soup is as clear as white tea. However, the taste of the drink is like a throat, and you can feel the rich aroma.

"Well, it's the best Oriental food I've ever had in Toyo these days. Peter Parker nodded in satisfaction after tasting a few side dishes. It's a lot of fun to laugh.

"After all, Michelin stars are still useful. Li Jie also nodded approvingly, the dishes are still for people to eat in the end. If the guest doesn't like it, then the chef's insistence is actually useless.

Adapting different tastes to different customers is a long-term way to operate. This is especially true of a high-end restaurant that doesn't have a few customers a month.

"One of the things I'm curious about is why Toyo wants to make this dish kaiseki. What's so important about this? What's the difference between this and a normal feast?" Harry took a bite of the wolftooth eel in the middle of the feast, and although it was called an eel, it was actually a type of moray eel.

The chef treated the eel with a sauce, and the chef handled the heat very well, giving the skin some crispy texture, but the meat was still soft. You can enjoy the rich flavor of the soy sauce without robbing the conger eel of its umami.

Li Jie is also savoring the flavors of various foods, and he is using his tongue to record the memories of these tastes. A good chef not only cooks his own food, but most importantly, tastes it.

In particular, it is possible to record the various flavors that have been eaten, and to be able to disassemble these compound flavors separately. Know how those spices and sauces react when they are paired together.

It's like an oil painter who has to know what kind of new color will be achieved by mixing and matching each color with what kind of proportion.

This is the basic professionalism of an excellent practitioner.

Li Jie took a sip of the soup after hearing Harry's question, rinsed the food residue from his mouth before speaking. "Kaiseki, you have to take this word apart and understand it. In the Chinese context, Huai Worth means embrace, and Shi refers to stone. ”

"So from a literal point of view, it's a dish with a stone in its arms. Li Jie raised his eyebrows on one side, supported his chin with his thumb, and said with a wicked smile.

"Huh, you mean the chef needs to hold a rock in his arms while cooking?" Peter Parker almost squirted out of his mouth when he heard Li Jie's explanation. He hurriedly took a sip of the soup before pressing it down.

"Are they doing Oriental comedy?" Harry wanted to laugh a little, just thinking of a chef holding a stone to cook. "You should praise Jason next time, hold the rocks and make the burgers. ”

"No, never. That's stupid. Li Jie righteously rejected the proposal. "The true meaning of kaiseki is to fight hunger with a warm stone placed on the abdomen. It was originally a method of practice for monks to practice penance. ”

Later, this concept was introduced because of the great tea ceremonies that began to prevail in the Toyo era in modern times. The traditional Toyo tea ceremony was an event for the aristocracy and wealthy merchants. It wasn't until the American Berry knocked on the door of the East with a strong ship and a cannon and turned the country into a semi-colonial country. ”

"The country split into two factions and started a brawl. After that, the Shogunate faction was victorious, and the whole country began to be fully Westernized, and the East entered a period of rapid development. In this era, the small people of Shengdou began to slowly become rich, so the tea ceremony also began to be popularized among the people. Li Jie quickly talked about the historical background of the East.

"However, drinking tea on an empty stomach, especially strong tea, is harmful to health and easy to have stomach pain. So there were tea parties to provide food, and the amount of food in the earliest days was not much, far from the so many dishes we eat now. At that time, food was just a cushion for the stomach. ”

"That's why there is a Kaiseki saying. It means to incubate the stomach with hot stones so that the stomach is not so hungry. Today, however, there are constant changes. That's what the kaiseki cuisine we ate turned out to be. After Li Jie finished speaking, he took another sip of soup.

"You mean that the United States colonized the East? We don't seem to mention it in our history textbooks. Peter Parker, a top student, has shifted his attention away from food, and he is now surprised that he hasn't learned this piece of history about colonizing the East.

Li Jie shrugged and said that there was nothing to be surprised about. "If you're looking for information on this, it's easy to find. The Orientals also erected a bronze statue of their conqueror to thank Admiral Berry for knocking on the door of their country. ”

"And it seems that there are commemorations and performances about him every year, but I can't remember where they were held. Li Jie spread out his hand, saying that he only knew so much.

"Well, isn't Berry an aggressor by doing this, why would he build a statue of the aggressor and pay his respects?" Harry felt a little messy.

"I don't know why. Li Jie could only roll his eyes at Harry.

"Strange country. Peter's mouth was open for a long time, and he didn't know what to say, and finally he could only hold back this sentence.

The process of dining was spent in the small talk of the three of them. And the female general, who had been helping to hand tea and clean up the dishes in the corner of the room, suddenly said something in fluent English at the end of lunch.

"Mr. Lee is very familiar with the culture and history of the East. ”

Li Jie didn't react for a moment, and after a pause, he realized that this woman was praising herself with a smile on the corner of her mouth. "Sure enough, the people around Mr. Harry are extraordinary. ”

Not only is this woman very fluent in English, but she also looks very confident in the tone of her voice. Not at all as weak as she looks.

Because of the change in this woman's momentum, Li Jie's mind suddenly flashed and remembered where he had seen her.

It was in the information provided by the Innocence Society, and there was a photo in it. The woman in the photo is heroic, and her smart black suit is very eye-catching, and you can understand at a glance that she is a strong woman who is not easy to mess with.

And it is precisely because of the heroism in the photo and the softness in the dining pavilion that these two completely different temperaments made Li Jie not recognize her in an instant.

And the woman in the photo, according to the information, is the current head of the Shishida Foundation, Mariko Shishida.