Chapter 321: Love Words
I don't know when it started, in the eyes of some Chinese people, when you go out to eat with your sister paper, you must go to a high-end Western restaurant, so that it will look romantic and forced.
In front of the sister paper, the whole process is ordered in French, and by the way, the waiter is tipped a lot, and the order of the knife and fork must not be made wrong when eating Western food, and the order of serving must also be carried out in accordance with Western food etiquette.
The most important thing is not to use chopsticks when eating Western food, otherwise it will make people think that you are very lo.
It seems that only in this way can it be regarded as a qualified Western food etiquette.
Neuropathy!
It's just a meal, where is there so much red tape, do you think it's the emperor's temple sacrifice?
The devil knows which one started to write like this, but the people who followed it also copied it with their eyes closed. If anyone dared to say this to Zhao Qian, he promised to spray the other party to death with saliva.
Authentic French, Western food etiquette is not necessarily as many as us Chinese, even if you eat in a Michelin two-star three-star restaurant, facing Asian customers, you will usually be asked if you need chopsticks.
In the end, it's just a meal, as long as you don't disturb others, you can eat whatever you want, and no one cares if you eat dessert or main food first.
If you eat a meal so uncomfortable, it's not called force, it's called beep.
Zhao Qian doesn't like to eat Western food, maybe it's a preconceived notion, after eating rice for more than 20 years, he has already formed personal eating habits and food memories, just like northerners like to eat steamed bread and pasta, and southerners like to eat rice.
Therefore, the store he brought Zhang Siya over to experience today is a Chinese restaurant.
Many people may wonder why there are more and more Western restaurants in China, but there are no or few exquisite Chinese restaurants.
Actually, it's not that there is nothing, it's that you can't afford to eat it, and you can't usually touch it.
It's really not blowing, Chinese food is exquisite, and Western food is really nothing.
Hehe, when my big foodie empire is fake?
One of the eight major cuisines will be brought out, and various foreign food genres will be beaten in minutes.
Not to mention anything else, tofu is shredded and does not dissolve in water, which is just a basic skill for chefs. As for the state banquet level, let alone the one.
A cooking master once carved a plate of eight immortals across the sea with tofu, which can be called a miracle.
By the way, if you have a friend in Nanyue, you can ask him if he has not eaten the village banquet, from the first day of the first month to the fifteenth day of the first month.
This sentence was said by Confucius 2,500 years ago, when foreigners were probably still living a life of drinking Mao Ru's blood.
As for Michelin or something, hehe, ordinary people can afford to eat it, and there is really nothing to brag about in China. Even if it's three Michelin stars, you can have a full meal for two or three hundred at a cheaper price, and one or two thousand at a more expensive price, as long as you don't order all kinds of drinks.
However, in some high-end clubs and private restaurants in China, you may not have a place if you have money.
For example, Lijia cuisine.
Located in the capital Houhai Li family cuisine, the ancestor was the Qing Dynasty internal affairs government manager, as the imperial chef, and later Li Shanlin, the contemporary owner of the Li family restaurant, will carry forward the Li family cuisine.
Lijia Restaurant has a place that is different from other restaurants, you are not allowed to order food here, and you can eat whatever the host does.
The first dish is a side dish, stir-fried salted shi, pickled cucumber, shrimp and celery heart, mustard dun, Beijing bacon, phoenix chicken, amber peach kernels, osmanthus sugar lotus, rose jujubes, and fried red fruits.
The second dish is cooked vegetables, braised shark fin, white grilled abalone, soft-fried fresh shellfish, live fish in sauce, roast duck and bird's nest vegetables in clear soup.
The third course is soup and sweets, bird, fish, egg and chicken soup, scrambled egg custard, walnut and sweet cheese.
Even so, there are still people who come here, dignitaries from various countries, celebrity bosses, etc., have patronized Lijia Restaurant, and the orders have already been lined up for half a year.
I don't know, I thought this was a proper urban version of the food protagonist template!
188A plate of egg fried rice, love to eat it or not!
As for other high-end clubs that have not been exposed, not to mention, the life of a rich person is a happiness that you can't imagine. If you have the money and want to experience it, you can pay attention to the places where the fallen big tigers often go.
Of course, it's not that you can belittle Western food or anything, but I can't see that some people like Western food and despise Chinese food, and they are still Chinese, don't forget what you grew up eating!
It's far away, back to the point.
Zhongyuexuan is where Zhao Qian and the others are going to eat today.
This is a Cantonese Chinese restaurant, the name is decent, the decoration is very elegant, without losing style, and the three words "Zhongyue Xuan" are hung on the wall at the door. The handwriting is good.
When Zhao Qian and Zhang Siya walked in, they were immediately greeted by uniformed waiters. Because I made an appointment in advance, the location is still there, and at this point in time, there are not many people to eat, and the environment is very quiet. The overall impression is good.
I chose a window seat on the second floor, sat down and began to order.
Zhao Qian looked at Zhang Siya and smiled: "Actually, it's the first time I've come here, and I don't know if it's good or not, but the reviews on the Internet are pretty good, I hope I won't be disappointed." ”
Zhang Siya glanced at him: "Actually, the taste of this kind of high-end restaurant is not much worse, it is nothing more than a matter of personal taste, you order what you like to eat." ”
The two sat facing each other, and she began to hold her chin to see how he looked down at the menu.
This feeling is a bit mysterious.
Zhao Qian slowly looked at the menu, the price is a little expensive for ordinary people, but if you have a loose hand, it is still okay to come once or twice once in a while.
Generally speaking, less than 100 per capita is considered low-end, 100-300 is considered medium-to-high-end, and more than 300 can be classified as high-end restaurants. Most of the five-star restaurants are high-end, and Zhongyuexuan is barely high-end.
Of course, this is only a reference in terms of price, or the premise of excluding the drink, and it depends on the decoration of the store, etc., after all, we are not a delicacy, so there is no need to introduce too much.
The two of them came over for the first time, and they didn't know what to eat, so they simply asked the waiter to help recommend it. At the end, I chose the chef's set menu of the week for two. Many high-end restaurants have this setting and set up a different theme menu every week.
I didn't ask for wine, I just asked for a pot of Pu'er.
Lobster dumplings with garlic sprouts, suckling pig pieces with sliced skin, roast goose in deep wells, and gold leaf seafood dumplings are sent one by one, and the portion of each dish is not large, but the taste is very good. Finally, there are special desserts in the store, and you can eat a lot of food all the way.
When picking up vegetables, Zhao Qian would always sneak a glance at Zhang Siya first, and then use chopsticks to clip them into his bowl.
Zhang Siya noticed his small movements and glanced at him: "What are you doing?"
"Nope. ”
Zhao Qian hurriedly lowered his head, and somehow, he suddenly laughed out loud, and said to himself: "This is the second time I have learned how to eat, the first time was when my mother taught me to use chopsticks when I was a child." The second time, in front of you. ”
When Zhang Siya heard this, her heart melted, and her eyes were like silk.