Chapter 34: The Sword in the West Lake (2)

After the group set off from the airport, it took more than two hours to arrive at the Louwailou where tonight's meal was made, because the traffic situation in Hangzhou was too worrisome.

Li Xiaoming couldn't imagine why the traffic situation in Hangzhou, which was so difficult at the beginning of the 21st century, had not collapsed in later generations, which was also a miracle......

As soon as the car stopped, a figure next to him quickly rushed over to help Li Xiaoming open the car door.

After Li Xiaoming and Ma's father got out of the car, Ma's father enthusiastically pulled this person and introduced to Li Xiaoming: "Mr. Li, this is Wang Juntao, he has admired your name for a long time!"

Li Xiaoming looked at it, and in front of him was a literary young man who was more than half a head taller than himself and wore a pair of gold-wire glasses.

At this time, this literary and artistic young man followed Ma's father's introduction, enthusiastically stretched out his hands to hold Li Xiaoming's hand and said: "Mr. Li, I have heard of the name for a long time, and when I see it today, I am fortunate to have three lives!"

The corners of Li Xiaoming's mouth twitched, and when he heard such a routine greeting, he felt a little funny for a while.

However, he still had to play an official tone, and said sincerely: "Mr. Wang, you are, a young talent, and an extraordinary bearing!"

Wang Juntao said modestly: "Mr. Li, you really tormented me, now who in the industry does not know your Mr. Li's feats and great name!

"Okay, Mr. Li is not a sycophant, let's go, let's go in and have a good drink today!" Ma Yun interrupted the conversation between the two at the right time, leading everyone into this century-old store, outside the building.

The building outside the building is full of the warmth and delicacy of the Jiangnan water tank, carved beams and paintings, pavilions and pavilions.

The glazed tiles glowing with golden light tell the charm of history in the soft October sunshine, and the red lacquered wood door with heavy bronze handles reveals the vicissitudes of time.

Stepping into it, the simple and solemn decoration style inside tells the story of the thousand-year-old inheritance of Chinese culture, a screen, a picture scroll, a carving, and even a table and a chair, all revealing a strong yellow atmosphere.

Li Xiaoming stood in it, and what he felt was not the impact of history, but the endless regret after the decline of this place in later generations.

In later generations, it was full of perfunctory and copper stench. The poor service attitude, the dishes without new ideas and substances, the high prices and the value that could not match the price at all destroyed the reputation of this century-old restaurant.

Seeing Li Xiaoming standing motionless at the door, Father Ma asked in surprise, "Mr. Li, what's wrong?"

Li Xiaoming came back to his senses, and quickly shook his head and explained: "No, no, I was just shocked by the taste of the thick inheritance here, it's a pity, it's a pity!"

"What a pity?

"It's nothing, let's go. ”

It's useless to think too much, at least before it falls, Li Xiaoming is lucky enough to experience the true inheritance, and that's enough.

The group soon came to the private room that had been booked long ago and sat down in turn.

However, when they sat down, there was a little dispute, and Ma's father wanted Li Xiaoming to sit down, and Li Xiaoming refused to obey under the excuse that he was too young.

In the end, Li Xiaoming's mind turned and pushed Zheng Shuang to the upper seat and sat down, and the dispute came to an end.

Wang Juntao shook his head helplessly and said, "Mr. Li, you are really ......"

Li Xiaoming said as a matter of course: "My age is not enough for me to sit in that position, if I am 4 or 50 years old now, if you don't give me that position, I will have to grab it, and now it is not appropriate to hold me up." ”

After hearing this, Ma's father laughed and said: "Mr. Li, what you said makes sense, why are we a group of people who do the Internet so pretentious? The high-tech industry has to break the old customs!"

Li Xiaoming nodded in approval with a smile, but he secretly slandered in his heart: "Cut, I don't believe in a single punctuation mark on what you say, you will still learn qigong in two years, you are poisonous!"

"This time, I licked my face and asked Dad Ma to take me to meet Mr. Li, just to hear what you think of our industry, and I will give you advice later!" Wang Juntao said with a smile on his face.

Li Xiaoming nodded seriously: "If you don't say that I will do the same, the country is now relatively backward in all aspects, but the development of the Internet is the smallest gap compared to foreign countries, if we can work together, we may not be able to compete in the world!"

Father Ma listened to Li Xiaoming's words and said quite approvingly: "Li is always a person with great ambitions, we can listen to your teachings, and we will benefit a lot." ”

"Don't, two brothers, you are all more courageous than me, and the temporary revenue is not as good as mine, which does not mean that the future is unexpected. Let's communicate seriously and make progress together!"

"Okay, then Mr. Li, if you say so, we won't beat around the bush, to be honest, we have long been annoyed by dealing with officials and masters!"

As soon as Wang Juntao finished saying this, several people felt a sense of sympathy, glanced at each other, and laughed.

While a few people were talking, the door of the private room was pushed open.

Li Xiaoming looked back and saw an elderly man wearing a chef's hat slowly walking in with a dining cart.

The old man was dressed in a neat chef's suit, his tall chef's hat was almost against the door frame, his slightly chubby figure held the chef's suit round, and he had a kind smile on his face, and his eyes were like a pool of bottomless water, making it impossible for Li Xiaoming to read his emotions at all.

Seeing this, Wang Juntao immediately introduced to Li Xiaoming: "Mr. Li, this is the head chef of Louwailou, a national first-class chef, and Master Jiang. ”

Li Xiaoming was taken aback when he heard this, quickly stood up and nodded slightly to the chef, and then said strangely: "Master Jiang, shouldn't the national first-class chef serve there?"

With that, his hand pointed slightly upward.

Master Jiang smiled slightly and said, "Hehe, Xiaoyou, I have already retired. Moreover, my master is only worthy of cooking for the old leader, and I am not ready enough!"

Li Xiaoming nodded clearly, and Master Jiang continued: "It's just that I am not good at learning, so I have to come back and pass on the skills I can learn!"

After that, he shook his head regretfully.

Li Xiaoming immediately smiled and said: "Mr. Jiang, although we have not had the opportunity to see your master's craftsmanship, I have admired the craftsmanship of the old gentleman for a long time, and it is really worth the trip to be able to taste the craftsmanship of the old gentleman today!"

Chef Jiang responded politely and let the waiter who came in with him start serving.

"This first dish is a snack, called a dry fried bell. ”

As the waiter helped to serve the food, the old gentleman seriously introduced it to everyone present.

A plate of beautifully presented dishes was put on the table, Li Xiaoming looked at it carefully, and found that this was a fried tofu skin, with a sauce that could not be concocted, just when he wanted to ask, Mr. Jiang introduced himself.

"This dish is actually made of tofu skin rolled in fine minced meat, cut into inch pieces, and fried. The color is yellow and bright, and the fresh fragrance is beautiful. In ordinary Zhejiang cuisine, this stack of dipping sauce is generally used tomato sauce, but I learned to use hawthorn sauce from the master, and the flavor is more unique. ”

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Next, with the introduction of the old gentleman, one after another famous dishes were placed on the table one after another.

West Lake Yipin Pot, West Lake Vinegar Fish King, Song Sister-in-law Fish Soup, Abalone Buckle Duck, Calling Huatong *** Bao Man Mouth, Dongpo Braised Meat, Longjing Shrimp, Garlic Eel Roll, Yuan Fish Simmered Pigeon, Fire Boy Fairy Duck, Honey Fire Fang, Braised Spring Bamboo Shoots in Oil, Fire Ding Broad Bean......

A table full of special dishes feasted Li Xiaoming's eyes!

"So, shall we have a table?"

Li Xiaoming said, took the lead in taking the chopsticks and moved his hands.