Chapter 206: French Cuisine
"This is a French restaurant, and the taste is still very authentic." Li Xiaolu introduced.
"Hmm." Chen Qingdong nodded while flipping through the order list and said, "I look good." ”
After Li Xiaolu flipped through the order list for a while, she raised her head and glanced at Chen Qingdong, and found that he was drinking black tea with a cup, and looking at something with relish, so she smiled and said, "Xiaodong, what you want to eat, you can order it." ”
Chen Qingdong put down the order and said frankly to Li Xiaolu: "I'm really embarrassed to say it, it's the first time I've eaten in a Western restaurant, and I really don't know what to order except for steak." Xiaolu, you are more familiar, you should have it. ”
Li Xiaolu and the waiter standing next to them couldn't help but laugh lightly when they saw Chen Qingdong talking so frankly. However, there was no ridicule in their smiles, but they all liked Chen Qingdong's honesty.
They have all seen a lot of people who have never eaten Western food and come here for the first time, obviously they don't know the etiquette of eating Western food, but they want to pretend that they know everything, for fear that others will look down on them, but they make jokes everywhere, which makes people annoyed.
In fact, although the time for Western food to enter China is not short, but the time for ordinary people to enter Western restaurants is not too long, it is normal to not know the etiquette of eating Western food, there is no shame, and the kind of behavior that does not know how to pretend to understand but wants to make jokes is really a bit embarrassing.
Li Xiaolu was not polite, ordered French baked snails, vegetable soup and some side dishes and fruit salad, and asked for a red wine steak for himself and a sirloin steak for Chen Qingdong, which are the famous dishes of this Western restaurant, and finally asked for two glasses of red wine from Latour Manor to accompany the meal.
Chen Qingdong really doesn't know the etiquette of eating French food, but when he used to watch Western movies, he learned a little bit of knowledge from movies, and talking is better than nothing.
However, Chen Qingdong knows that he will definitely come to a place like a Western restaurant to eat in the future, this basic etiquette and knowledge still have to be learned, today to eat with Li Xiaolu, he doesn't understand anything, Li Xiaolu will not laugh at himself, but in the future, if he comes to eat Western food with a big man with weight, if he still doesn't understand, he will probably be despised.
Therefore, Chen Qingdong took out his motivation to learn economic and management knowledge in the office of Shuangshan Town, and regarded today's meal as a live practice for him to learn to eat Western food, and when the dishes came up, he said to Li Xiaolu: "Xiaolu, you can teach me the knowledge and etiquette of eating Western food in a while." ”
Li Xiaolu was a little surprised by Chen Qingdong's words, and soon smiled again: "Really fake? ”
"Of course it's true." Chen Qingdong smiled calmly, "If you don't understand, you have to ask, I really don't know the knowledge and etiquette of eating Western food, instead of going back to find information to learn by myself, it is better to ask you directly for advice today." Moreover, you can also learn and practice at the same time, and the learning effect is definitely better. ”
Li Xiaolu looked at Chen Qingdong and was really not joking, and she deeply admired Chen Qingdong in her heart!
Because she knows very well that many men will deliberately brag in front of girls in order to show their ability, experience, or show that they have seen the world, and they will deliberately brag in front of girls, praise themselves, in order to appear that they are awesome, and often say who they know, what they know, what they have been, or what books they have read, etc.
And the big people they know may have only attended a meeting presided over by this big man, and what they will know is just a glimpse of what they have been, and it is more likely that they have only passed by on a train, and as for what books they have read, they may have only occasionally seen the name of the book in some boring magazine.
Li Xiaolu has met such people since she went to work, and Li Xiaolu will always be very disgusted with such people.
However, like Chen Qingdong, who doesn't know the etiquette and knowledge of eating Western food, he clearly said that he doesn't understand, and he will definitely not pretend to understand, and he looks so calm, and even offers to learn these things from himself......
Such a man is so rare!
Li Xiaolu couldn't help but think, it seems that her vision is still good, and the man she likes is indeed different from others.
"What are you in a daze?" Chen Qingdong asked with a smile.
"Huh?" Li Xiaolu's face turned red, and she immediately said, "No, it's nothing." ”
"Hehe, do you want to be a teacher?" Chen Qingdong asked again.
"Well, for your sake." Li Xiaolu said happily.
"Thank you, Mr. Li." Chen Qingdong said with a smile.
"You're welcome." Li Xiaolu also smiled, "Let's start now." ”
"Before the food comes up, it starts?"
"Who said you have to wait for the food to come up? Now, I'll tell you about the tableware first......"
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After eating this meal for nearly two hours, Chen Qingdong had a bumper harvest both mentally and physically, not only tasting a delicious French meal, but also fully learning the etiquette and some small knowledge of eating French food.
Originally, Chen Qingdong felt that eating a French dish was just a matter of etiquette, and even if there were some etiquette, it would not be too complicated, and he would be able to remember it quickly.
But I don't know if Li Xiaolu talked too much and too carefully, or the etiquette of eating French food is really so cumbersome, Chen Qingdong couldn't help but feel very big after listening to Li Xiaolu's detailed explanation, and thought to himself, these things really have to meet again after they go back, because there are really a lot of taboos in eating French food, and if you are not careful, you may make a mistake. Although it is not a small taboo to make a mistake when eating French food with relatives and friends, it is probably not good to mistake this little taboo when you invite a very important guest to eat French food on some very important occasions.
In addition to lamenting that there are many taboos in eating French food, Chen Qingdong also felt the "people-oriented" spirit of Western culture from these etiquettes.
For example, when eating bread, it should be broken into pieces, and then dipped in butter to eat, instead of all the butter before eating, Chen Qingdong originally thought that Westerners did this in order to eat gentle, but Li Xiaolu told him that this custom was actually originally to give the rest of the food to the poor.
However, in addition to tasting a delicious meal and learning a vivid lesson, Chen Qingdong also paid more than 500 yuan for this sumptuous dinner.
That's more than a month's worth of his salary.
However, Chen Qingdong didn't feel sorry for the money at all, since the farm got a loan of 3 million from the credit union, they didn't need to worry about the money in a short period of time.
However, he still lamented the huge gap between urban and rural life, and he knew that this gap would not narrow in the next decade or so, but would widen and widen.
After walking out of the western restaurant, Chen Qingdong said with a smile: "Xiaolu, thank you so much today, you teach very seriously and well, I think you actually have the potential to be a teacher." ”
"In order to tell you this, I have searched my intestines and scraped my stomach, and you still ridicule me, I have no conscience." Li Xiaolu pursed her lips and said.
"Hehe, I'm serious."
"Seriously, this proves that you have no conscience."
"Well, I surrender ......"
"Surrender again? Do you count how many times you've surrendered today? This is a sign that you have no party spirit. ”
"Forehead ......"
"Why don't you speak? Are you absolutely ashamed? ”
Chen Qingdong thought to himself that today is really not good, as long as it is a fight, he will definitely lose to Li Xiaolu, he simply has no power to fight back!
However, Chen Qingdong felt that today's bickering with Li Xiaolu, although it seems normal on the surface, there is always a kind of ** hidden behind these words, and this ** also makes their bickering like an acting, just like a foreshadowing and monologue in front of a ** bridge in a drama.
Actually, it's just for a tacit subject.
The two fought a few more words, Chen Qingdong bowed to the wind, at this time it was already more than ten o'clock, most of the people had begun to go home, and the vehicles and pedestrians on the road became scarce again, Li Xiaolu asked: "Xiaodong, where are you going?" ”
"Let's go to the hotel and get a good night's sleep." Chen Qingdong said, but he couldn't help but feel a ripple in his heart.
"Which hotel you want to go to, I'll send you." Li Xiaolu deliberately kept her composure and said.
"Whatever, I don't pick." Chen Qingdong said, "Otherwise, it's the one opposite, it looks pretty good." ”
Li Xiaolu looked at the business hotel and said, "I'll accompany you." ”
The atmosphere suddenly became a little subtle and even ambiguous.
"Okay." Chen Qingdong said.
Neither of them spoke anymore and walked towards the business hotel.
Chen Qingdong completed the formalities at the front desk, walked to the rest area, shook the room card in his hand to Li Xiaolu, who was sitting there, and said, "Do you want to go up and have a cup of tea?" ”
"Sincerely?" Li Xiaolu looked into Chen Qingdong's eyes and asked.
"Sincerely." Chen Qingdong also looked at Li Xiaolu's eyes and said.
The two of them took the elevator to the seventh floor, and after entering the room, Li Xiaolu's heart was about to jump out of his throat, and he pretended to be calm and said: "Well, the environment here looks pretty good......
After speaking, as soon as she turned around, she was hugged tightly by Chen Qingdong, and the two immediately kissed wildly!
Chen Qingdong kissed Li Xiaolu's fiery lips while taking off Li Xiaolu's down jacket, Li Xiaolu, who was only wearing a tight sweater, was like a well-behaved cat, which made people fall in love infinitely!
"Xiaodong, I love you!" Li Xiaolu is already in a daze and can't help it!
Chen Qingdong didn't speak, but just threw Li Xiaolu on the snow-white bed, and took off all of Li Xiaolu's clothes domineeringly, and Li Xiaolu didn't resist at all like a lamb to the slaughter.
After stripping Li Xiaolu naked, looking at the intoxicating and beautiful ketone body in front of him, Chen Qingdong quickly took off his clothes and pounced!