Chapter 28: Bargains

After letting Xia Long get out of the way, he recalled the beauties he had recently come into contact with, the mature and intellectual Tang Hong, the cold and glamorous Ling Na, the elegant Ding Mengyao, the youthful Su Yun, and the Miao Rui who had just met, and even the hot massage technician.

Yan thin ring fat,

Each has its own charm.

I can clearly feel it, I have a good impression of myself, and if I have a snack, I should be able to communicate in depth.

Especially Su Yun, as well as Miao Rui, needless to say, massage technicians, book a hotel, make a phone call, and come soon.

Johnson's heart is a little hot, he is not a moral model, and his blood is strong. I also have a lot of experience, although I am not a big beauty, but I am also an old driver.

The biggest obstacle is still feelings, the more people lack something, the more they value something.

From childhood to adulthood, I longed for feelings but couldn't reach them. Whether it is family affection, friendship, or love, Johnson is accustomed to dealing with indifference and distance to hide his inner inferiority complex and fear.

Because of the fear of losing,

So don't dare to start!

Drink the wine down, bite into the ice, cool it down, and calm down. Leaning on the sofa, closing his eyes, struggling inwardly, standing up violently, and talking about it when he is full!

chromophobia also,

Three meals a day.

When he returned to the car, he asked Xia Long, "What do you usually like to eat?"

"As an old capital, I like to eat roast duck. Xia Hu likes shabu mutton the most, the kind of copper pot charcoal. ”

"Duck from the bargain?" said Johnson with a smile, "As for the copper pot shabu or Donglai Shun?"

Seeing Xia Long nodding, he waved his hand and went straight to Hade Gate, aiming for a six-hundred-year-old store and a cheap shop.

"If you want to talk about ducks, I'm kind of experienced. Xia Long rarely took the initiative to be a tour guide and introduced: "There are eight branches of the cheap shop, except for the roast duck in the oven, other dishes also have their own characteristics. ”

"For example, the sauce and vinegar elbow of Hademen, the plum fragrant gold medal tofu of the Happiness Cheap Place, the thick sauce Buddha jumping over the wall of the Anhua Cheap Place, the foie liver of the pagoda of the Jade Fly Bridge, and the rising step by step of the fresh fish mouth. ”

"If you don't go to the Great Wall, you're not a hero, and if you don't eat roast duck, it's for nothing. Whether you really love to eat or join in the fun, outsiders must eat roast duck when they come to Beijing to travel, or the popular Quanjude, or the historic Benyi Fang. ”

Johnson took the red wine glass handed by Xia Long and asked rhetorically, "Which one do you think is better?"

Xia Long pondered for a moment and said solemnly: "First of all, the cheap shop, founded in the Ming Dynasty, has a history of more than 600 years, and inherits the smoldering furnace technology of Jinling sliced ducks. ”

"Instead of roasting with an open flame, put straw and other fuels into the oven, extinguish the fire when the inner wall of the oven is heated to a certain extent, and then use a fork to fork the duck and put it in the oven, close the door, and bake the duck by the heat of the furnace wall. ”

"Don't open the furnace door in the middle, don't turn the duck body, put it in at one time, and bake it at one time. The simmering furnace is built directly from the ground with bricks, pay attention to the upper three lower four middle and seven layers, there is a furnace door under the furnace wall, and the furnace can roast five to seven ducks. ”

"Quanjude opened in 1864, is considered a later generation, different from the oven roast duck, the founder Yang Quanren hired Chef Sun, who made the imperial roast duck for the palace, as the chef. The original small oven was changed to a hanging oven with a large furnace height, a deep and wide hearth, and each oven could roast more than a dozen ducks. ”

"One side is roasted, and the other side can be filled with duck. Specially roasted jujubes, peaches, pears and other fruit tree branches, roasted duck, has a special fragrance. The firewood heat is shot on the top of the stove and the wall of the stove, and reflected on the duck, which is cooked and cooked. ”

"The skin is roasted to an even, translucent jujube red. In fact, this is not the original of the palace chef, but it is just a transplant of the method of roasting suckling pig in the imperial dining room during the Qianlong period. ”

Johnson didn't expect Xia Long to have a lot of research on roast duck, so it can be seen that he usually eats less, so he continued to ask: "What's the difference in taste?"

Xia Long touched his nose and said embarrassedly: "I am not as professional as you in commenting on food, I can only talk about my feelings." ”

"I think there is a difference between the texture and the taste. In the process of roasting, the temperature in the oven is high and then low, and the fire is not strong, so the surface of the duck is heated evenly. ”

"The fuel consumption is small, the duck breast is noisy, the skin is crispy and the meat layer is plump, the meat is white and tender, the meat is obvious, the taste is delicious, and the bite is enjoyable. ”

"There is no door for the roast duck in the hanging oven, the fruit wood is fully burned, the duck is heated evenly and the fire is strong, the subcutaneous fat is melted off, the surface color of the roasted duck is golden and buttery, the dry charred skin is crispy, the taste is burnt and fragrant, and it is closer to the taste of crispy duck in the south. ”

"As far as the habitual taste of the old capital is concerned, I am still used to eating the smoldering oven roast duck of the cheap shop, the duck skin melts in the mouth, the duck meat is tender, just one word, fragrant!"

After hearing the applause, Johnson quipped: "I didn't expect you to have the talent to be a gourmet, not bad!"

Old Xia Long's face was slightly red, and he said politely: "What kind of gourmet?" It's just that you're greedy, and you eat a lot." ”

SC Johnson laughed heartily, he liked the feeling, it was too boring to have a straight face all day, and it was good to talk and laugh.

"If you want me to say that Quanjude is for outsiders to eat, the cheap shop is the mouth of the locals themselves. ”

The car stopped at a red light, and the driver Xia Hu couldn't help but answer: "Quanjude has become a business card, tourists from other places come to Beijing to know, and they don't know much about cheap roast duck, so they go to eat Quanjude, and what they actually eat is fame." ”

"The locals don't like to join in this excitement, of course, relatives from other places, in order to save face, there is no way, and they can only grit their teeth and go to Quanjude to have a treat. ”

Zhuang Chen saw that Xia Hu, who was usually taciturn, was also active, and said with a smile: "This kind of thing is also normal, Quanjude, as a gold medal roast duck, the price is also relatively high, and tourists from other places will not have too many complaints and complaints because they occasionally eat a meal." ”

"But as a native, it's all about the taste when you eat roast duck. It is not only authentic, but also affordable, compared with the height of Quanjude, is the cheap shop relatively cheaper and more affordable?"

Xia Long echoed: "You are right, and the Lu cuisine in the cheap shop is very distinctive, and the dishes are wider than those of Quanjude, which is more suitable for family gatherings with rich and thrifty people." ”

"If it is said that outsiders know how to eat cheap shops, they have a share, they are also good and cheap, and at the same time they can eat the famous Shandong cuisine by the way, it is a double win. ”

The three of them chatted while walking, came to the Hade Gate branch, got off the car and entered the store, antique decoration, just arrived at the hotel, there were not many people, and went directly into the private room.

Johnson sat down first, saw Xia Long and Xia Hu checked the safety of the environment, pointed to the seat, and ordered: "Sit down and eat today, eat roast duck here at noon, go to Donglai Shun to eat copper pot at night, let go of your stomach, don't save money, it can be regarded as a consolation for your brothers." ”