Chapter 81: The Touch of Food
Since it is a traditional ryokan, it is natural that as a meal as a companion, it should also be a traditional Japanese meal.
Sashimi with wasabi and soy sauce is served first, followed by the unique miso soup and deep-fried golden crispy tempura. The main dish is served with the sukiyaki nabe, which is also known as a Japanese hot pot, and the eel rice with teriyaki flavor and the almond tofu as a dessert.
The only thing missing is probably that it doesn't go well with the wine to accompany the meal.
However, it's not that the female general is not prepared enough, but Lin Zhicheng specially ordered - he will have to soak in the hot spring after a while, and he wants to imitate the scenes in TV series and movies, enjoying the hot springs while tasting the taste of sake.
All in all, the meal was enjoyable.
In addition, Lin Zhicheng also had a little other idea because of this meal - if only the exchange function in the system did not have the restriction of 'it must be used in a dream'.
When he was squatting at home as an otaku, Lin Zhicheng once watched some videos of RB food variety shows on the Internet. Without exception, in those programs, either directly with words and introductions, or with intensively cultivated pictures as evidence, almost every food program will convey the meaning of 'RB people are very particular about ingredients'.
In the past, it was just the identity of the audience, and from the standpoint of not caring about himself, Lin Zhicheng didn't have much feeling about the character of RB people, and even, because they were too detailed, Lin Zhicheng sometimes felt that they were nitpicking, and they were somewhat disdainful.
And now, after tasting the authentic Japanese cuisine in person, Lin Zhicheng's feelings are different.
Although the cooking techniques and the flavor of the food are different from his favorite Chinese food, it is undeniable that the dishes he just tasted are indeed commendable in terms of the selection of ingredients. Even though Lin Zhicheng is not a real gourmand and does not have any research on Japanese cuisine, he still tastes the unique flavors of those dishes.
The skillful craftsmanship of the chef certainly plays a big role, but the excellence of the ingredients themselves cannot be ignored. Without enough good and fresh ingredients, the food may not even be delicious, let alone a signal to new diners who have never been exposed to Japanese cuisine before to feel the unique flavors of traditional Japanese cuisine.
If Lin Zhicheng's rating of this Japanese meal is counted as 10 points, the links controlled by the chef such as heat and taste can probably account for three or four percent of the total score, and the remaining half of the score comes from the excellence of the ingredients themselves.
Diners' ratings of dishes are obviously directly proportional to the price of the food itself. The price of this Japanese meal that Lin Zhicheng just tasted was not cheap - it was only two people, and they ate more than 80,000 and nearly 90,000 yen. (You don't have to pay immediately, but you will wait until the two of you check out and leave, and then settle together, the reason why you will know the price of food so quickly is that Lin Zhicheng asked by the way.) )
On average, 43,000 yen per person, converted into soft sister coins, is about 2,500 yuan. Compared to Lin Zhicheng's assets, this little money is nothing, but in his consumption concept, eating so much money in one meal still makes him a little surprised.
Involuntarily, Lin Zhicheng sighed in his heart - RB's restaurant is really making money.
After sighing, I was somewhat envious in my heart. Unconsciously, Lin Zhicheng came up with an idea to open a high-end restaurant and make a lot of money by selling high-quality dishes.
In order to achieve this, in addition to hiring skilled chefs, it is more important to find the source of high-quality ingredients and arrange a stable enough supply channel.
Although it is not impossible to import ingredients from RB, however, considering that the shipping time is too long and the cost of air transportation is too high, Lin Zhicheng unconsciously gave up this idea and turned his attention to various materials produced in the Nalan Islands.
In comparison, the quality of all kinds of seafood is no worse than that produced in island countries. As for other kinds of ingredients, such as beef and pork, as well as various vegetables, it seems that they really can't catch up with the quality here.
I thought of several methods, the most convenient and trouble-free of which is to directly exchange high-quality seeds through the exchange function of the system, and then cultivate them in large quantities.
However, saving trouble is saving trouble, but there is a terrible premise stuck in front, that is, this function is not controlled and can only be enabled in dreams.
The devil knows when he will be able to have a 'suitable' dream? Moreover, even if he dreams correctly, the result may not be very ideal, for example, Lin Zhicheng originally wanted to exchange seeds for daily vegetables such as carrots, potatoes, spinach, etc., but in the dream, it may be sunflowers, cacti, or other plant seeds.
is obviously an extremely effective golden finger, but it can't be used freely, no wonder Lin Zhicheng can't help but complain.
"Charlie, I'm done, it's your turn~. In a whimsy, Catherine had already returned from a hot spring.
"Oh. Retracting his thoughts that had diverged into the constellation of Sagittarius, Lin Zhicheng stood up.
"Here's your yukata. Catherine handed over a set of yukata robes, which had been prepared in advance by the hotel.
Maybe it's because of a misunderstanding of the relationship between the two, or maybe it's the only one available in the hotel, and the color of the yukata and the patterns that adorn it are exactly the same as the one Catherine is wearing now.
"Thank you. While taking the bathrobe, Lin Zhicheng saw Catherine's face up close.
After soaking in the hot spring just now, Catherine's face was flushed, and combined with her already fair complexion, she suddenly had a delicate look on her body. There are also wet hair, and the curve of the back of the neck is exposed, which also makes people feel a little excited.
What's even more eye-catching is the contrast shown by Catherine. is obviously a foreign girl, but she is wearing a traditional style Japanese yukata, and the oriental subtlety is matched with Catherine's original European and American style, and this conflict and contradiction adds a touch of color to her.
Although it is already very familiar, it is the first time that Lin Zhicheng has seen Catherine like this. Inadvertently, he froze in place, and his face showed a slightly intoxicated expression.
"What are you looking at?" Catherine also noticed the look in Lin Zhicheng's eyes, and she was a little shy in her heart. While turning around to avoid his gaze, he scolded: "What are you in a daze, why don't you hurry up and take a shower?"
As soon as the words were spoken, Catherine found that her words seemed to be a little ambiguous, and in the next second, her face became redder like a crab in water.
Fortunately, she had already turned her back, and Lin Zhicheng also came to her senses and left the room in her 'scolding', not seeing her current face, otherwise, maybe something big would really happen.
"Are you going to the hot springs? When he went out, before he had time to calm down, Lin Zhicheng met a waitress who came up to provide guidance services.
Following her and walking along the wooden corridor for a while, Lin Zhicheng came to the hot spring located in the depths of the hotel.
Sending him outside the locker room, the waitress turned to leave. After thanking him, Lin Zhicheng also opened the curtain and walked to the dressing room.
Although there is only one water source, there are several hot spring pools in order to meet the different needs of guests. The largest of these is a communal bath, while a few smaller ones are private pools for guests with special needs.
The hot spring uses living water, but because it looks like a bathtub, Lin Zhicheng is still a little taboo in his heart. Out of the idea of not wanting to share a pool of water with strangers, he rented a personal pool at the same time as he checked in, that is, the one that Catherine had just used and was about to use.
Anyway, it has already been wrapped, and there will be no other guests to use it, so Lin Zhicheng simply ignored the principle that he must rinse his body before soaking in the hot spring, and immediately jumped into the warm pool water after taking off his clothes.
The temperature is about thirty-five, which happens to be the most suitable temperature for bathing. This soak, the warm feeling wrapped around his body, and Lin Zhicheng couldn't help but let out a pleasant moan.
Spreading his arms, his palms resting on the edge of the pool on both sides, and leaning his back against the bluestone slab that was the wall of the pool, Lin Zhicheng slowly slipped down, dipping his neck and chin into the pool water.
The warm humidity was felt between the wings of his nose, and with it, there was a smell, a little weird, Lin Zhicheng knew that it was the natural smell of the mineral components in the hot spring water.
The smell is very faint and not offensive, but in the end, it is a little weird, Lin Zhicheng still sat up honestly and let his nose leave the water.
I don't know when it started, but sparse raindrops fell from the sky, sparsely falling on the leaves.
Because it is a semi-open hot spring, there is a roof overhead, and the rainwater that falls does not fall into the hot spring. However, as the rain gradually increased, and the sound of raindrops falling on the leaves gradually became denser, Lin Zhicheng finally discovered the fact that it had begun to rain.
The light rain came with a gentle and clear breeze. The originally faint smell of sulfur was blown away by the breeze, and the head exposed outside the water suddenly became sober, feeling this oblique wind and drizzle, Lin Zhicheng's mood was not only not affected, but enjoyed it more and more.
"If only ....... ”
Before Lin Zhicheng could finish sighing, there was already a movement at the door: "Guest, the sake you want has arrived, is it for you to put it at the door?"