Chapter 62: The Barbecue Stand Next to God

Walk with me through the streets of Rio, woo-woo-woo, until the edge of the ghetto. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

In Rio, you have to remember two things.

First, don't go to the slums.

Second, don't play football.

The former will make you feel stupid afterwards, and the latter will make you feel stupid before, after, and after.

"It's really enough, in Rio, you don't need to play BGM in the live broadcast, there is music everywhere."

Samba, jazz, has its own music, and there are also things that have been passed down from Lao Mei.

"This is the City of God, or rather, the City of God not far away. Here, Brazil is carrying out a series of plans to move all the poor out of Rio and into a separate district, which is named the City of God, and the film of the same name has been hailed as the greatest film of the century. ”

"God's way is to move the poor out?"

"That's enough."

Fang Hong was helpless: "Can you see the back of Christ, Christ is here forever in the Atlantic." In fact, Brazil is facing a calm Atlantic. ”

The 38-meter-tall statue of Christ is huge, with a 23-meter spacing between the fingers of the left and right hands. Jesus Christ, dressed in a robe and with his arms raised, affectionately looks down the hill over the beautiful panorama of the city of Rio de Janeiro. The image of Jesus faces the rippling blue Atlantic Ocean, with open arms looking from a distance, like a huge cross, looking solemn and majestic. Built at the top of this high mountain, the huge statue of Jesus can be seen from most of the city day and night, making it the most famous symbol of the famous Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro.

Fang Hong walked on a dirty street.

"Brother Gun, didn't you say that you can't come to the slums, you're not afraid of being robbed?"

Fang Hong walked to the side of the road, next to an elevator: "Landscape elevator, follow me up and have a look." ”

The elevator was raised ten meters, and Fang Hong took the camera to another world.

The world below is filthy, full of mixed-race blacks, and the streets are full of tattered cars.

Just ten meters above is a huge man-made square.

There were tables on it, and a large number of white people wearing sunglasses and hats were sitting and drinking coffee.

Nearby, tourists come and go, and you can see half of Rio's scenery here.

Ten meters drop, heaven and hell.

Only in Rio, where God himself is presence, can there be such a scene.

But isn't it, under the divine light, it is naturally the upper class that is illuminated.

Fang Hong stroked his hand: "This piece of people, ten of them, two lawyers, two doctors, two bankers, two managers, and two, one is an official and the other is a foreign tourist. ”

"Nine of the ten are highly talented graduates from the United States, and the afternoon here is the most leisurely and beautiful afternoon in Rio, where the sea breeze comes from the southeast and blows here, and although the sun is very strong in the savannah climate, it is not as hot as the coast of our country or the southern United States. The dove of peace is very fat to eat here, and it should be fragrant and crispy when roasted. ”

Beach? The beach has too many other people of all walks of life.

The people here are probably only white people in Rio and tourists.

Of course, those who can spend money to travel to Brazil are rich people, so ten out of ten people here are rich people, and even the wages and tips of waiters are better than the world below ten meters.

In this world, only sports and art are not limited by class, and other things are firmly in the hands of the upper class, just like the past of the Golden Bull Hotel, which only received foreign guests and people from the Ministry of State, and after the opening, only the richest people can spend in the Golden Bull Hotel.

"Let's have a coffee here and we'll go see Brazilian barbecue in the evening."

Whether it's coffee or Brazilian barbecue, this is the place to see the real taste.

The waiter came, and Fang Hong ordered a pot of yerba mate and a cup of coffee.

A short time later, the waiter arrived with freshly ground coffee and a teapot on the plate.

"It's a very small, very strong coffee that requires a lot of sugar to avoid bitterness, and Brazil is the least sugar-hungry place in the world, and hundreds of years ago, it supplied sugar to the whole of Europe."

Why does Lao Mei like to eat sweet and excessive things? Because when their ancestors came to the Americas from England and France, Europe was leaving cakes with more sugar than butter flour.

As a poor people, when they arrived in the Americas, they became rich all at once, and the style of serving sugar was widely spread.

Time passed, the French began to pursue quality, the British also abandoned thick sugar pastries, and the Americans still loved sugar.

The same goes for Brazil.

Taking a sip of coffee, Fang Hong turned it in the direction and carefully observed the waiter making tea.

"Hello."

Well? This waiter spoke Chinese, which still surprised Fang Hong: "Hello, do you know Chinese?" ”

The waiter spoke a lot in Spanish, and I could understand it without interpreting Fang Hong, which probably meant that there were many Chinese tourists, and I learned to say hello, but I didn't know much Chinese.

Professionals making yerba mate are indeed different from Fang Hong.

The tea leaves are thick and full of silver pot spouts, two filters work successively, oozing out a pot of water, and then a pot of water, mixed with sugar, the waiter touched the temperature: "Please use tea." ”

Awesome!

This is very similar to domestic airlines, when meeting tourists, especially foreign tourists, they are very enthusiastic and patient.

Fang Hong spent the most leisurely afternoon in a while.

"Brazilian barbecue!"

When he arrived at the reserved restaurant, Fang Hong showed the note prepared in advance and recorded the order information.

The waiter led Fang Hong to his position.

Fang Hong still went to the place where the chef was busy, and explained in sign language that he wanted to film the production process.

The chef gave a very warm introduction, but the ghost only understood.

The various parts of beef are not uniformly priced in Brazil, as they can be used as different roasts.

"I've eaten Brazilian barbecue in China, and I think the biggest feature is less salt, which shows that they want to make sure the meat is tender when grilled, but they can't solve the problem of salt making the meat old."

The grill is layered, some are sandwiched on an iron rack and smoked, and some are skewered and hung vertically on top, and all kinds of meat are different.

The white chef picked up a huge piece of roast, put down the plate, sharpened the roast with a knife, put the roast on the plate and hung it back, then took out two of the skewers, one roasted tomato, two sections of roasted corn, some broccoli, and put them on the plate.

After bringing it over, the chef grabbed the apron in front of him with one hand, bowed slightly, and said something, Fang Hong guessed that it should be enjoyed.

Fang Hong said a Spanish thank you, and then began to observe the food.

"This piece is the shoulder of the cow, this piece is the tenderloin, these two pieces are tendon meat, and this piece is shaved off the ribs, and there is a characteristic, that is, there are no bones."

The way foreigners eat it, having bones means not being able to eat them, after all, they can't spit out bones: "Domestic Brazilian barbecue should have undergone various improvements, such as the current Brazilian barbecue salt taste is also appropriate, it should be improved by spreading sauces, and there are also bone-in things, including grilled chicken heart rabbit legs, etc., which should be unique to China." ”

Fang Hong lit up his wine glass: "The doctor told me not to drink, this is for everyone to see, it contains the Guarana we met in the wild." ”

Fang Hong cut off a piece with a knife: "Probably the most cooked of all the foreign beef food I have eaten, because they will cut off the roasted part, and then spread the sauce to continue roasting, which is somewhat similar to Turkish barbecue, and I will have the opportunity to take everyone to see Turkish barbecue in the future." ”

Turkish barbecue is more awesome, the meat is rolled into the size of an oil drum, and it is grilled and peeled at the same time, and the taste is more than Brazilian barbecue, but the disadvantage is that it is not tender enough.

Fang Hong ate a piece of beef shoulder: "For the methods of frying steak and grilling steak, not cooking is indeed the key to ensuring tenderness, but Brazilian barbecue is also powerful to keep it so tender when it is fully cooked." ”

The waiter brought a second course, grilled cod, or rather, grilled air-dried cod.

The dried vegetables are powdered and sprinkled on the brown and white meat of the cod, and the fresh aroma is particularly attractive in the barbecue restaurant.

"Maybe I'll study some recipes for grilled Sichuan cuisine in the future."

Sichuan cuisine, accommodating the four seas, and integrating good cooking skills into Sichuan cuisine is something that no Sichuan chef has been doing all his life.

Fang Hong chewed the meat: "What is our slogan?" ”

"Abduction ......"

"Fuck off!"

"Appreciate the magnificence of mountains and rivers, taste the essence of delicious food, feel the true meaning of ordinary life, and walk with me!"