Chapter 585: Let's talk about it when I'm full
The hygiene of this small restaurant is good, and the wooden boards separating the seats on the walls are painted with simple patterns of flowers and plants.
It was the first time in this world that Charles had smelled such a strong aroma of beef.
Cattle are also used as farming animals, but not all cattle can be used to cultivate the fields.
The cattle that plough the fields must first be docile and will not take the initiative to hurt people, and secondly, they must be smart and able to understand people's commands, otherwise they can only kill and eat meat.
The animals of this world are fierce, and there are many short-tempered cows among them who go berserk at the slightest disagreement.
So the oxen, which could not be used to plough the land, were caught, cut off their horns from a young age, and kept in the cattle pen, and when the time came, they were pulled and slaughtered.
Charles sat just in time to see the back kitchen, where there were several steaming cauldrons and shelves filled with semi-circular bread.
I saw the proprietress take a few round breads from the shelf and cut them in half, and then took out a piece of fragrant tripe from the pot and cut it into slices and put it on the bread, then poured a spoonful of gravy from the pot, and then scooped a spoonful of red chili sauce and green vanilla sauce, and finally two slices of bread covered and sandwiched the tripe slices.
Then the proprietress took out a large piece of beef from another pot, cut it into thick slices, and poured the soup and sauce with bread like the tripe slices just now.
The last thing the proprietress used was beef offal, which was sliced and sandwiched into bread.
The restaurant has tripe, beef, offal and beef bone broth on the menu, and the proprietress daughter holds a wooden plate and puts six buns and two bowls of soup on the table.
Charles couldn't wait to pick up a tripe bun and bite it down, the fragrant gravy suddenly filled his mouth, I don't know how long the stewed tripe was full of meat, the crust of the hard bread was a little crispy, and the part of the bread had been soaked in the spoonful of rich gravy to be soft and flavorful, plus the sauce was just right to enhance the flavor, so he didn't have time to admire and ate the tripe bun in his hand.
Artoria asked, "Isn't it delicious?"
Charles picked up the beef bun with his left hand and gave a thumbs up with his right hand.
After eating, Charles shouted to the back kitchen, "Boss, three more of each!"
After saying that, he took out a crisper from the storage ring and prepared to pack it.
Artoria looked at the food box and thought for a moment, and asked, "Are you going to give it to Linda?"
Charles didn't speak and just nodded, the nobles of the Bischberg Kingdom all knew that someone had been giving Linda a gift every month for the past year, but only a few people knew that the only gift he sent was a bun.
After the two finished eating, Artoria led Charles to the door of a nearby bakery.
There were already a few ordinary women with baskets of vegetables in line, and Artoria, dressed as a lady, stood behind them with a parasol looking a little offbeat.
The shop sells fist-sized scones with butter and sugar in flour and common nuts like pine nuts, almonds and melon seeds.
Artoria bought five scones, and Charles took one, and after a few bites, he found that it was quite firm, because the more he chewed it, the more fragrant it became.
"It's called a fisherman's bread. "It was originally used as dry food for fishermen on the river, and later as military ration for the Duchy of Milan, and I borrowed a lot of it. ”
Charles wanted to eat another after eating one, but found that there was no more.
Artoria had already asked for directions just now, and she walked with Charles for about ten minutes to a restaurant, and after a few slight movements of her nose, she said, "The taste of this shop is not authentic." ”
So Charles followed her through the streets, but he couldn't satisfy her with a few stores.
When the sunset climbed into the sky, Artoria could only shake her head and say, "Forget it, let's go eat something else." ”
She said as she walked: "In the past, the Medici family in Florence City was very good at enjoying food, but I didn't expect this family to be extinct in front of two hundred, and the chefs of the family were scattered. ”
"The Medici family ruled the city of Florence for more than 300 years and supported many artists, and it can be said that this family made Florence the capital of art. ”
Artoria recounts the history of the Medici family as she takes Charles to a square in the center of the city, not far away.
The ancient buildings around the square exude a sense of heaviness brought by the precipitation of time in the setting sun.
Artoria pointed to a building to the west and said, "You should be interested there." ”
Charles saw a crowd of people pouring out of the three-story building, mostly young people.
He pondered and asked, "This is the Florentine Library?"
Artoria replied, "I think it's there, I've heard students mention it, it's one of the largest libraries in the human race." ”
So Charles's eyes suddenly lit up, he thought that Artoria had brought him here just to eat, but he didn't expect that the big surprise was put at the end by her. Meazza or something was suddenly left behind by him, and he didn't even want to care about Mordred.
Artoria smiled at him and said, "Let's go have dinner first, find a place to stay nearby tonight, and come back tomorrow morning." ”
Charles immediately nodded in agreement.
There was a very high-end restaurant near the square, and Artoria took Charles in and was led by the waiter to the box.
Artoria asked the waiter, "Is the steak recipe in your restaurant passed down from the Medici family's chef Zaza?"
The waiter thought that this young lady was knowledgeable, so he replied with a twelve-point spirit: "Yes, our steak is even said to be good by Queen Victoria of the elven clan, for hundreds of years, every chef of ours will go to Greentown to cook steak and present it to Her Majesty, and her Majesty will definitely be enough to be considered a master." ”
Charles thought about it on the side, as if he had really heard of such a thing, and there was more than one time-honored store that did this.
Artoria pointed to the one with the largest amount on the menu and said, "This set menu will be served in two, and there will be a bottle of today's recommended wine." ”
The waiter left, and a bard came in to ask if she needed help, but Artoria shook her head and declined.
The appetizer was quickly served, with a large plate of fruit and vegetable salad in the middle, surrounded by a circle of small croissants, slices of bread topped with cooked tomatoes and shredded basil leaves, pancakes sprinkled with cheese foam, braised meat rolls, salted cod fillets and ham slices, and two glasses of juice.
Artoria said to Charles: "The steak here takes more than half an hour to serve, so if you are hungry, you can eat something to cushion your stomach." ”
Charles looked at the salad in the middle of the plate and was curious, there are very few raw foods in this world, and the last time he ate raw food was at the cliff waterfall with the dragon Olympus eating sashimi.
He ate a little of each of the appetizers while listening to Artoria explain the characteristics of the restaurant's steaks.
The steak is made of very particular materials, and the beef is a special breed, and the beef is made with bone meat around the waist, that is, T-bone meat.
Before cooking, the meat is refrigerated in the freezer for at least half a month.
The charcoal used in the smoking and roasting is particular, and it is required that there should be no open flame, and no seasoning is put when roasting, and the baking techniques such as fire power and time are not passed on to the public.
The waiting time for the food to be served felt extremely long, and I finally waited for the box door to open again.
The waiters put away the empty appetizer plates and began to serve.
Charles pouted his lips on the label on the bottle of red wine recommended by the restaurant today, which was painted with gold paint, needless to say, the grape juice of the wine was stepped on by the girls with their smooth feet, and this method was still passed down from him.
The steak on the plate is not small, each slice of meat is more than 1 kilogram and about 5 centimeters thick.
In addition to the steak, this set also includes golden bread slices, fennel potatoes and lobster fried noodles.
This was the second time Charles had eaten seafood in the outback.
Because the Duchy of Milan was located on the edge of the river, and the domestic water transportation was convenient, some merchants brought in the fresh seafood they bought from the fishmen on the seashore in the seawater pool on the cargo ship.
The Duchy of Milan is also a country founded on commerce, and businessmen can afford to spend more money, and there is no need to think about other places.
However, now the logistics company under the Chaowei Blue Dragon Consortium plans to open up the market, and it is estimated that in the future, as long as the inland tycoons are willing to spend money, they can still eat seafood by air.
Not to mention that they usually eat seafood for three days and two days, the aristocratic lords serve a seafood main dish when they hold a big banquet, which is a very face-saving thing.
Last year, there were two major events in the food scene in the Northland, one was that Barnett I of the Kingdom of Philingen served a squid fillet at the state banquet when he invited Rose, the second princess of the visiting Biberach Kingdom, and secondly, when the "Wool Queen" Linda invited a big businessman, a shrimp pizza, these two dishes immediately shocked the guests from all sides.
Then there was the fact that Grandma St. Angel received a large pile of dried scallops, dried oysters, dried shrimp and dried kelp from her brother.
And Auston I, who tossed dried seafood in the kingdom of Ryric, was snickering and counting the money, and then preparing to toss new products such as canned oysters.
While Charles and Artoria lamented that Auston I was having a difficult time now, and that the king was going to make money by making dried seafood himself, he began to enjoy the steak in front of him.
This specially grilled steak looks hard and crispy on the outside, but when you cut it, you will find that the inside is only medium rare.
Cut a piece, add salt and pepper to your mouth, and you'll find it juicy and delicious.
Halfway through the meal, Artoria broke the news again: "Victoria liked this steak very much back then, and she ate it the first time she ate it, and it was Philip who carried her back to the room." ”
A flash of light flashed in Charles's head, and he asked, "Aunt Victoria must have been competing with you to see who ate more?"
Artoria ate the steak and smiled without saying a word.