Chapter 006 Clear Water to the Soul, Kaiseki Cuisine (Continue to Invest and Don't Stop)
Qingshui to the soul of the Japanese restaurant is located in Xinghai Square, the structure of the store is a courtyard, this courtyard has a history of 200 years, was moved to Tailian City by the boss brick by brick, any piece of wood is older than Tang Xiang's age.
Stepping into the quaint and quiet courtyard, the wren brother at the gate of the courtyard said a welcome in Japanese, and every detail here made Tang Xiang feel as if he had penetrated the space to come to the book.
"ๆใใฎใผใ็ฉบใ่งไธใ"
(The plain embryo outlines the blue and white strokes)
"ใผใใใmemory ๅผใๅบใใ"
(The peony depicted on the bottle is just like your first makeup)
The melody of "Blue and White Porcelain" came from the izakaya on the right, the female voice was soft and muttering, and Tang Xiang hummed along with the tune, but what he didn't know was that in fact, the Japanese version and the Chinese lyrics were completely incompatible, but the melody was the same.
Just after the two were about to step into the door, Han Changlei's mobile phone rang suddenly.
"I'll answer the phone first. โ
The mobile phone he used was the latest iPhone3G, and after picking up the phone, Han Changlei's smile gradually became richer, and he said repeatedly: "Okay, good, good, I'll go over and pick you up right away." โ
"Love you, baby, mua~. โ
After the call, Han Changlei said in a hurried tone: "It's Su Wei, I can't accompany you, Brother Xiang, the location has already ordered the meal money, and I will reimburse you when I go back, eat it yourself~"
After speaking, Han Changlei ran out as soon as he slipped away, leaving Tang Xiang alone in the wind.
That's it?
Why don't you take me with you?
The mouth of the friend, the deceitful ghost!
He can afford the meal, but how should he eat Japanese food? He has never been in a high-end Japanese restaurant in this life or in the previous life, and the only food he has tried is a box of sushi on the street for eight yuan.
If you don't know etiquette, it's not good.
Qing Shui Zhisoul only receives sixteen guests a day, and Tang Xiang felt a little uneasy when he thought that he would have to eat alone in such a place.
However, he quickly adjusted his mentality, he is now also a treasure gamer, a man who has opened a hanging, and has nearly 200,000 pocket money, if this little field is still uncontrollable, it is too ashamed of the mysterious aura behind him that is big and round, bright and blind.
Tang Xiang found a bell on the door before knocking on the door, so he pressed it, and soon a female clerk in a kimono opened the door: "Hello, may I ask if it is Mr. Han and Mr. Tang." โ
Tang Xiang shook his head: "I'm Tang Xiang, Han Changlei has something to do temporarily, and he can't come." โ
The female clerk didn't know that Tang Xiang was actually mentally weak, but she just felt that he was dressed well, so she warmly invited Tang Xiang in, and then prepared the slippers that he should have changed.
Tang Xiang glanced at the female clerk when changing shoes, her appearance and figure were not outstanding, Qing Shui Zhisoul required the clerk to be proficient in Chinese, Japanese and English, and the cultural level was strict, and the image requirements were naturally lower, otherwise where would you recruit people.
It's not an easy task to be both talented and beautiful.
However, she can master three languages, and this female clerk is definitely a first-class talent in the service industry.
After entering the inner room, Tang Xiang realized that Qing Shui Zhisoul was not at all like a restaurant, and there were countless antiques collected by the boss in the room to arrange a small landscape, quite like an antique museum.
If it weren't for the chefs in modern attire standing in front of the cooking table, Tang Xiang might have thought that he had been reborn into a wealthy family in the late Qing Dynasty.
There are two cultural relics that impressed him particularly deeply: a gold-painted wooden plaque of "Virtue and Hongguang" is hung on the top, and a painted Fulu Shou Sanxian camphor wood screen stands below, and a two-meter-high yellow rosewood cabinet is placed next to it.
In another place, there is a plaque of the political costume hall, and three sandalwood chairs with gold dragon and phoenix patterns are placed below, and the back of the chair is framed with landscape paintings, and the wooden windows behind it are like a real ancient living room.
These cultural relics are more than 100 years old and must be worth a lot of money.
Tang Xiang looked at the exquisiteness of this room, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: it is worthy of being the soul of Qingshui, which is known as the benchmark of three Michelin stars, and these dazzling and countless antiques alone are enough to shock ordinary people.
Of course, he was still calm on the surface, just scanning the artifacts with a casual look.
While leading Tang Xiang, the female clerk respectfully introduced a few of the most eye-catching antiques, perhaps because the image of the female clerk was not very amazing, so Tang Xiang focused all his attention on the explanation.
"Mr. Tang, you are very lucky, Mr. is in the store today. The female clerk said with a smile.
The husband she was talking about was Akihiko Ikemoto, the chef of Shimizu Soul and over 50 years old, who was here about a week a month, and it was the luck of a diner to meet him.
Akihiko Ikemoto is a master of kaiseki cuisine, which is a high-end RB dish that is extremely exquisite, with small portions and expensive cutlery.
The total value of all the food utensils used in one meal per person is more than 100,000 yuan.
Tang Xiang sat in front of the table under the guidance of the clerk, and the five chefs cooked in front of him.
Kaiseki cuisine is divided into several proprietary steps, each of which is prepared by the chefs as soon as he orders it, and each process takes about 10 to 15 minutes.
"Pay first": That is, appetizer, Tang Xiang ordered a small plate of sweet and sour pickled cucumbers and mashed yams, the taste is light and soft and glutinous, without a little heaviness, as if he has unloaded all the equipment and heaviness on his body, and is ready to enjoy the next dishes with peace of mind.
"Eight inches": It is a few rolls of eel sushi, which tease the taste buds, and after the comfort, there is a craving for a meal.
"Xiang Fu": All the preludes are over, the nerves are like a baby waiting to be fed, kaiseki cuisine enters the main topic from this step, Tang Xiang points to the mid-abdomen position of bluefin tuna, the touch is like a fingertip tapping the skin, and it melts in the mouth.
"Cover": The tea bowl is steamed, a small teacup is filled with a blown and broken egg custard, and a shrimp is embellished on it, without too much description, it is so delicious that you cry, and you want to eat faster.
"Yangwu": Fried maple leaves, a very unique method, a maple leaf is blown to a glass state, not so much food as a work of art, both taste and ritual have been pushed to a high point, reaching an unprecedented peak.
"Grilled food": a few pieces of grilled fish, the crispy texture on the outside and tender on the inside make the taste buds beat, and after a light bite, the fresh and fragrant juice inside the fish blooms in the mouth.
"Cold Bowl": It is a simple bowl of clear soup and somen noodles, after the entrance is cleaned of all the sweet, sour and spicy before the entrance, the curtain after the peak, with a little taste of the clear soup and little water wiped away all the remnants left after the previous taste restlessness.
"Water": Just some tender and juicy fruits, the refreshing taste washes away the only traces left.
When each dish is placed in front of Tang Xiang, the chefs will introduce the taste, origin, and cultural inheritance of the dish in detail.
However, no matter how they introduced, the sky was shattering, and the sun and moon were dark, Tang Xiang only thanked or gave a faint oh, and remained silent the rest of the time, looking like he was familiar with the road.
However, Tang Xiang was only calm on the surface, in fact, both his taste buds and his heart were already happy, and he was afraid that he would say too much.
Fortunately, the clerk's service was meticulous, and the dishes were delivered to his mouth, and there was nothing worthy of his special attention.
The Japanese food of 2,000 yuan is really different.
Now that there is still one last step left, the "dessert" is not served, the kaiseki cooking process is complicated, and it takes at least an hour to finish all the steps after eating, Tang Xiang began to feel a little tired.
A chef noticed that Tang Xiang seemed to be tired: "Mr. Tang, you can use the private room for free, why don't you go and rest first, and when the dessert is ready, we will send it over." โ
"There's also a staff member who can help you sleep. He reminded.
Tang Xiang was indeed a little sleepy, so he followed the clerk to the private room and lay down.
A moment later, a waitress holding the "shamisen" opened the door and walked in, apparently she was the one who played and sang for Tang Xiang.
However, after Tang Xiang saw the waiter's face, he couldn't help but blurt out rudely: "Fan..."
In a trance, Tang Xiang mistakenly thought that he had come to the filming site of "The Adventures of Wu Datou".
No, it just looks like the female star surnamed Fan.
Tang Xiang suddenly fell asleep, and then he realized that the clerk who played and sang for him turned out to be the goddess of military training in the school's Japanese department:
Nguyen Lingling!
In any case, he never imagined that he would meet this girl who made all the first-year boys look at him in Qing Shui Zhisoul, but it was still a matter of luck with the relationship between the guest and the waiter.
Nguyen Lingling, dressed in a gorgeous kimono, turned around and slowly knelt on the tatami mat.
Although Tang Xiang was digging into the blueberry yogurt one bite after another, his eyes couldn't help but drift to Ruan Lingling's star face like a mold.
Hmm~ It seems that today's finishing dessert will be perfect.