The two then talked casually, chatted about the recent hot topics, and got to know each other better.

Nana Hashimoto, who was relaxed, looked very lively, and the girl gushed about the various scenery and specialties of her hometown of Hokkaido.

Lao Tian also happened to have never been to Hokkaido, so he listened to her introduction with relish, and nodded his head from time to time to echo a sentence or two. He was especially interested in Hashimoto's recommendation, which was still alive one second and turned into roast lamb the next, well, it did sound a bit cruel.

It didn't take long for the waiter to serve several dishes to the table one after the other.

Nana Hashimoto greeted Toshinari Asada, and couldn't wait to scoop a spoonful of mapo tofu and put it in her mouth: "Hmm~~~~~" The girl closed her eyes and trembled slightly, for people who like to eat spicy, this dish does have an incomparable stimulation.

After the tofu completely disappeared in her mouth, she slowly opened her eyes, opened her small mouth, took a breath, and said with joy on her face: "Huh~~~ Sure enough, it is the No. 1 Sichuan restaurant in Dongying, just this bite, I feel that it is worth the trip, it is really good to be alive!"

She saw that Tian Licheng didn't move her chopsticks, and asked in surprise, "Hey, Panda Sang, why don't you eat it?"

"I've eaten at this restaurant many times, so if you like it, eat more, it's okay, don't worry about me. Tian Licheng said very graciously that ladies come first. But his real purpose is actually to reserve enough space for his stomach, after all, his long-awaited cooking should be ready in a while.

Hashimoto didn't think much about it this time, after all, Lao Tian had said it just now, and now it is the top priority to empty yourself and enjoy the food to the fullest.

This time, the girl picked up another piece of husband and wife lung, dipped it in the pepper oil on the side, and then smothered it into her mouth.

"Hey, be careful, this ......" Tian Licheng saw Hashimoto send the lung slices stained with pepper oil directly into his mouth, and hurriedly reminded him, but before he could say "very rushed", the girl had already been tricked.

Hashimoto's little face turned red, stretched out his little tongue, kept fanning it with his hand, and shouted in his mouth: "Water, water, ha, ha, it's spicy to me~~No~~"

Fortunately, Tian Licheng had already prepared when he ordered just now, and ordered a handful of freshly squeezed watermelon juice to put on the table, and when he saw the girl's appearance, he immediately poured a glass of juice and handed it over.

"Goo-dong, goo-dong, goo-dong", Nana Hashimoto didn't even look at it, and drank the whole cup of watermelon juice in one gulp.

After drinking, she hiccuped and let out a sigh: "Ah~~~ saved." Carelessly, Sichuan pepper is really a terrible seasoning. Just now I felt like the top of my head was about to be washed away by the smell of peppercorns. ”

"Don't underestimate Sichuan cuisine. Tian Licheng joked as he added juice to Hashimoto's cup.

"Watermelon juice, it's a waste, was that cup just now? I poured it all down before I even tasted it, Panda-san, it's too extravagant for you to order this." Nanami Hashimoto looked at the newly filled watermelon juice in front of her, and took another sip a little distressed: "Although it tastes great, it's really too wasteful, just call it an ordinary drink." ”

"Haha, I didn't expect you to be quite good at living. Lao Tian saw the girl's tangled expression and felt quite interesting: "The watermelon juice here uses Irizen Dongying watermelon from Toyama Prefecture, and the output is limited, and it is difficult to buy it in fruit stores outside, since it is rare to come once, how can you miss it?"

"This must be expensive, right?" Hashimoto asked cautiously, it seemed inevitable that today's meal would go over budget.

Tian Licheng waved his hand indifferently: "Don't care if it's expensive or not, it's worth the money, don't worry." It's still early, let's eat slowly. ”

In fact, it is not surprising that girls care about the price of juice, the price of this watermelon juice on the menu is an astonishing 1088, it can be said that Hashimoto's cup is poured down, but two hundred-dollar bills are drunk into the stomach.

All of this stems from the strange tariff system for agricultural products in Toei: for fruits imported from outside the island, there is no fixed percentage tax, but a reference to the shipping price of farmers on Toei Island. That is to say, if the mainland watermelon costs a pound, and the Dongying watermelon costs ten yuan a pound, then the mainland watermelon will be levied 900% tariff when it is exported to Dongying.

In fact, these measures are to protect the interests of local farmers in Dongying.

With a population of about 7 percent of the total population, the Dongying agricultural family is a rather grouped group, and because of its high degree of organization, the unified voice of the whole region and local agricultural associations, and the advantages of geographical distribution (due to the small rural population in Dongying, the voter turnout in the election is very high, and the vote of the peasants is more effective than the vote of the urban residents), so no political party dares to ignore the peasant groups.

The main task of the agricultural associations is to ensure the income of the peasants, and the Dongying government, which is subject to the agricultural cooperatives, accepts all the orders and implements "agricultural protectionism."

Therefore, the peasant uncle is an absolute wealthy class in Dongying, with an average annual income of more than 400,000 yuan, which is roughly the same as the middle-level civil officials of the government.

Of course, Dongying agricultural products are not sold so expensive for no reason, behind the support of expensive prices is the guarantee of quality, and will not arbitrarily use "high-tech" such as chemical fertilizers and pesticides, bulking agents and ripening agents in order to pursue yield. If the size and sugar content of the watermelon cannot meet the market level, it will even be disposed of at a low price, or buried directly.

In addition, the aging population and the serious decline in birthrate, and the heavy watermelon make it impossible for elderly melon farmers to engage in the highly physically demanding work of growing melons, so they will plant less or even not at all.

According to this trend, Dongying's watermelons will only become more and more expensive, and the price of an ordinary-sized watermelon in the supermarket is about 300 yuan, and the price of high-quality melons is even more exaggerated.

Although it was said that it was Hashimoto's treat when the agreement was made, Tian Licheng has never had the habit of letting the woman pay out of his pocket.

Although he and the girl had been arguing for a long time about who was the guest just now, he had already made up his mind to pay for it himself. Therefore, when ordering, Lao Tian was also lavish and did not think too much about the price at all.

Maybe it was Nana Hashimoto who didn't do a good job of the psychological construction of the wallet hemorrhage, and after Lao Tian finished speaking, the girl stopped worrying about the price, and then feasted and continued today's food journey.

After about ten minutes, the dish that Tian Licheng had been thinking about was finally served.

"One chilled crayfish and one steamed crayfish. ”

"One spicy crayfish, one thirteen spiced crayfish. ”

"Please try the chilled crayfish and steamed crayfish first, and disturb the two of you to eat. ”

A feast for crayfish!

Tian Licheng couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, Lisuo put on plastic gloves, and said to Hashimoto with a smile: "Hurry up, don't eat other dishes first, put on the gloves." Let's get this chilled out first. If you don't eat it right away, the effect of liquid nitrogen will pass after a while, and the taste will be poor. ”

This chilled crayfish is the kanban in the "menu" of SC Restaurant, and the processing process of lobster is very complicated, first fried quickly, then steamed, and sprayed with liquid nitrogen to freeze before serving.

The whole pot of crayfish is uniform, beautifully arranged, and surrounded by clouds, making people feel like they are in a fairyland.

Seeing that the dish that Lao Tian had been keeping secret to him was actually crayfish, Nana Hashimoto asked a little puzzled: "Panda-san, aren't crayfish generally kept as pets?

Hashimoto's favorite dishes are seafood and sashimi, but as a native of Toei, she really didn't expect that she had fished in the river when she was a child, and crayfish, which was a pet of children, could be made into a dish.

"Okay, the essence of the big food country, you can't experience it if you don't go to the mainland to take a good walk. Tian Licheng peeled a crayfish with practical actions, dipped it in mustard soy sauce, and put it in front of the girl: "You will know if you taste it, I ordered a total of 6 catties, which looks like a lot, but I am a crayfish specialist, if you move slowly, it will be gone in a while." ”

Hashimoto picked up the crayfish with chopsticks suspiciously, looked at the crystal clear shrimp meat, she instinctively resisted a little about eating the animals she used to keep as pets, but then thought that this was Tian Licheng peeled for herself, the girl gritted her teeth, closed her eyes, and put the shrimp meat in her mouth.

The shrimp meat that had been quick-frozen with liquid ammonia at minus 196 degrees Celsius quickly melted when it met the warmth of her mouth, and an unprecedented experience shocked her taste buds.

Hashimoto's eyes lit up and shouted at Tian Licheng: "Panda-san, it's melted, it's really melted! Unbelievable, crayfish are so delicious!"

"Haha, the first time I ate this dish, it was the same as you are now. The key is that the crayfish used here are all imported from Sweden, not to mention the size, and the meat is still very delicate. Why foreigners don't eat crayfish, crayfish are dirty and poisonous, that's actually nonsense. Americans, Mexicans, Swedes, it's not ambiguous to eat crayfish. As soon as the words fell, Tian Licheng peeled one off and put it in his mouth.

"So cunning, you've already eaten so much!" Hashimoto saw that most of the iced crayfish that had quickly disappeared in the basin, and saw the lobster shells that had been piled up in front of Tian Licheng, she didn't care about anything else, and angrily knocked out the "evil hand" that Tian Licheng stretched out again: "The rest is mine, you eat the other portions!"

"What, I've been reminding you to do it quickly, I'm a man who specializes in crayfish, and it's not for fun. ”