Chapter 668: Bassard's Cafeteria (Part II)
After waiting for a while, the waiter pushed the cart over to serve the food. The first oysters are served on a small square plate, one serving per person.
"Alive?" Shan Jian was stunned.
There are three oysters of different sizes on the plate, and there seems to be seawater left in the lid of the oysters when they are pried open, and the snow-white oyster meat is sprinkled with black sturgeon roe, chopped truffles, and lemon slices for decoration.
"Well, French oysters are rarely cooked and eaten, and they can only be eaten raw to bring out their original flavor. Lin Xiao picked up a petal of lemon, squeezed it on one of the oysters, and then directly picked it up with his hand and swallowed it in one gulp.
"It's so cool!" Lin Xiao let out a long sigh of relief: "Shan Da Beauty, French oysters are considered to be the most flavorful oyster varieties in the world...... In order to give their oysters more flavor, many oyster farmers will send their oyster seedlings to different shores to absorb different nutrients, which is unmatched by other countries. ”
"I ......" Shan Jian hesitated.
She can accept Chinese fish and Japanese sashimi, but that's because the ingredients have been processed. But now the oysters on the plate in front of me are alive and still squirming slightly, so I always feel that there is a hurdle in my heart when I eat it directly.
"Well, it's really good! It's not a flavor!" He Donglin also picked up an oyster and put it into his mouth, and also praised it repeatedly.
"Master Shan Jian, don't look at it with your eyes, just put it in your mouth and chew it. Liu Mang said with a smile.
"Okay, I'll try. Seeing that Lin Xiao and He Donglin were both eating with relish, with intoxicated expressions on their faces, Shan Jian was secretly a little moved in his heart.
Squeezing a little lemon juice on the oyster, Shan Jian picked up the oyster and brought it to her mouth, closed her eyes and sucked it gently, and when the oyster meat was inhaled into her mouth, she bit it down fiercely.
"Huh, it's an amazing feeling!"
The oysters are smooth and complex, and the flavor is fresh and fragrant, and after a short period of crunching, it has a super rich and soft creamy texture. Then hazelnuts and iodine slowly appeared, and after tasting it carefully, it felt slightly smoky and lightly winey......
"How is it, is it delicious?" Lin Xiao snapped his fingers and beckoned the attendant behind him to pour everyone a glass of white wine.
"As you said, the palate is very rich, in addition to its own sweetness, it also has a faint salty smell of seawater, which is very moist. ”
"I think when I was in France, I had to eat three or four dozen a day, that day. Lin Xiao raised his wine glass: "Also, oysters must be accompanied by white wine, its taste is sour, which can better neutralize the fishy smell of seafood." ”
After eating the oysters, the waiter continued to serve the dishes, this time in a small bowl.
"Did Bassard know we were coming?" Lin Xiao stirred the thick soup in the bowl with a small spoon, took a sip lightly, and frowned.
"What's wrong?" asked Liu Mang.
"The first plate of oysters is not good or bad, and this soup tastes good, but it is not up to the level of Bassard last time on the show. Lin Xiao replied.
"This soup may have been made by someone else, after all, Basad is the head chef of this restaurant, and it is impossible to do everything himself. Liu Mang also tasted it and said.
The soup is a typical French soup made with chopped mushrooms and onions, topped with cheese slices and baked. The taste is not bad, but it is nowhere near amazing.
After everyone drank the soup, a few snails came up. The snails are not shelled, but are roasted directly in a baking dish, and the gurgling heat is still bubbling at the outlet.
"Chef, how do you eat this?" Shan Jian struggled again.
Along with the snails, there is also a whole set of shiny silverware. There are disc-shaped clips at the top and small forks with two teeth.
"It's simple. Lin Xiao picked up the clamp and picked up a snail from the plate. The meat is then picked out from the exit of the snail shell with a fork and brought to the mouth.
"The French are also elegant when eating snails, which is like us, just use their mouths to smack. Why is it so troublesome. ”
Liu Mang followed Lin Xiao's example, forked the snail meat in the shell and put it into his mouth.
"It's the first time I've eaten snails, but it tastes really good!"
Before eating, Liu Mang thought that the snail meat would be similar to snail and conch meat, with a tough taste and a slight sweetness and fishy smell. But I didn't expect that after actually tasting it, I found that the taste was completely different.
Snails are far more tender than snails and contain rich juice, which is somewhat similar to oyster meat, but when tasted carefully, it has a touch of fat and a sticky feeling compared to oysters.
"Everyone, how about this 'French baked snail'?" Lin Xiao asked.
I've always heard that French snails are one of the top four famous dishes in the world, along with our shark fin, scallops and abalone. I tasted it today, and it was amazing. He Donglin praised.
"Well, I like to eat too. Shan Jian nodded, and picked up another one.
"Okay, let's give each of us two more. "There are only five snails in one serving, which is not enough to eat at all, so Lin Xiao said to the attendant behind him.
After eating two servings of snails, the attendant refilled another round of wine, but the next dish surprised everyone.
This time, the dish was not served on a plate, but in a pot-like vessel. A variety of fresh flowers and vegetable seedlings grow directly in the black soil, and no matter how you look at it, it looks like a small potted plant.
"Lin Xiao, did they make a mistake?" He Donglin said in surprise.
"I obviously ordered a vegetable salad?" Lin Xiao asked in French.
"The waiter said yes, this dish is a specialty of their restaurant, called 'Everything Grows,' which is said to have been created recently by Basard after he got inspiration from China. After asking the attendant, Lin Xiao explained.
"It's kind of interesting that everything grows. Liu Mang dipped the soil in the basin with a fork, put it in his mouth, and immediately smiled: "It turned out to be chocolate powder, this trick is powerful." ”
"The more powerful thing is yet to come, the waiter said that this dish, it can grow on its own. ”
"Isn't it?" everyone was skeptical.
"Sir, let's get started. ”
Hearing Lin Xiao's reply, the attendant lifted a kettle and slowly filled it with water along the edge of the basin.
Something surprising happened, after pouring the water, it took about less than ten seconds to wait. The plants in the pot slowly arched out of the soil made of chocolate at a speed that was visible to the naked eye, and really began to grow.
"It's amazing, how did this happen?" Shan Jian was stunned for a moment.
"Inspired by China, plants grow on their own...... Lao Liu, what did you think of?" Lin Xiao thought for a moment and asked.
"This Basade, he learns quite fast!" Liu Mang stroked his palms and laughed.