Chapter 126: Victoria Harbour (Part 2)
The passenger plane that Qin Fan and Qiao Zhenzhen were on landed at Xiangjiang International Airport, and as soon as he got off the plane, Qin Fan obviously felt a wave of heat rushing towards his face, and he didn't go far under the scorching sun, he was already sweating profusely, if he wasn't afraid that Qiao Zhenzhen would laugh at him, he really wanted to rip off all the clothes on his body. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Due to the relationship between frequent visits to Xiangjiang, Qiao Zhenzhen prepared a vest and hot pants early, wiped sunscreen on her fair skin, and wore big sunglasses, just like a world supermodel who came to Xiangjiang to participate in the catwalk, which attracted the male animals in the airport to look sideways.
Standing with Qiao Zhenzhen, Qin Fan was like a little follower with luggage.
Didi!
As soon as the two walked out of the airport, a Porsche Cayenne drove over and stopped in front of Qiao Zhenzhen.
"Sister Qiao, is the plane late again, I've been waiting here for more than forty minutes, you see that my little face is tanned." The driver was a very cute little girl with fair skin, pouting and complaining.
Qiao Zhenzhen smiled and pinched the girl's soft face, "Xiao Yun is sorry for you, wait for my sister to invite you to eat your favorite typhoon shelter fried crab." ”
This Xiao Yun is also a snack, as soon as she heard that Qiao Zhen was really going to invite her to dinner, her eyes were shining, and she hugged her arm and said coquettishly, "Sister Qiao, I want two ......"
"Qin Fan, let me introduce you, this is my junior sister Zhang Yun at Hong Kong University."
Hearing Qiao Zhenzhen say this, Qin Fan knew that she was a graduate of the University of Hong Kong, no wonder she was so familiar with Xiangjiang. And this Zhang Yun is a native of Xiangjiang, and she speaks standard Cantonese when communicating with Qiao Zhenzhen.
Although Qin Fan likes to listen to Cantonese songs and can understand two sentences of Cantonese a little, if he wants to understand the meaning of a sentence, he has to work hard, and he still needs to guess in many places.
In order to take care of Qin Fan's feelings, Qiao Zhenzhen changed to Mandarin when communicating with Zhang Yun. Qiao Zhenzhen grew up in Luzhou and received a standard nine-year compulsory education, whether it is Mandarin or dialect, it is not difficult for her. It's just that Zhang Yun's Mandarin pronunciation is a bit non-standard.
"Qin Fan, it's your first time coming to Xiangjiang, what do you think of here?"
Zhang Yun thought that Qin Fan was an ordinary friend who came to Xiangjiang with Qiao Zhenzhen to travel, but later learned that he was the appraiser invited by Qiao Zhenzhen for this auction, and couldn't help but have a trace of curiosity about this big boy who didn't seem to be as old as himself.
"The only thing I feel right now is it's hot, it's so hot in here."
When he came, Qin Fan deliberately only wore a long sleeve that was not too thick, but it was tragic as soon as he got off the plane, and he was almost not steamed by this heat wave.
Qiao Zhenzhen and Zhang Yun, the two beauties, laughed wildly when they heard Qin Fan's words, and turned down the air conditioner in the car a little.
"If you feel hot, take off your clothes, and we promise not to peek." Xiangjiang used to be a British colony, and the people here received Western-style education, and the way of thinking was close to that of the West, and they were more bold and unrestrained in the affairs of men and women.
Since Qiao Zhenzhen and Zhang Yun didn't mind, Qin Fan had nothing to twist as a big man, so he stripped off the clothes on his body in the car, and quickly changed into a refreshing short-sleeved T-shirt.
"Tsk, I really can't see that Qin Fan, your figure is quite good, better than those in the previous school swimming team, you must be exercising usually." Qiao Zhenzhen glanced at Qin Fan from the rearview mirror and said with a smile.
Belch...... Say okay and don't peek? What about the most basic trust between people?
Qin Fan felt that his young mind had been hurt.
Heung Kong is a highly prosperous and cosmopolitan metropolis comprised of three major regions: Hong Kong Island, the Kowloon Peninsula and the New Territories, with the third highest population density in the world.
It can be said that Xiangjiang is a place where Chinese and Western cultures blend, and is famous for its clean and efficient government, good public security, free economic system and perfect legal system. It enjoys the reputation of "Pearl of the Orient", "Shopping Paradise" and "Food Paradise" in the world.
At the same time, Hong Kong is also one of the world's three major financial centers, along with New York and London, and is the world's freest economy and the most competitive city, enjoying a high reputation in the world.
It's just that in Qin Fan's opinion, although this international metropolis is prosperous, it is a bit too crowded. The road was lined with tall buildings, and there was a constant stream of people, each with a similar indifference and numbness written on their faces, and they walked in a hurry.
After driving for more than half an hour, Qin Fan saw a beautiful royal blue harbor through the car window.
"This is Victoria Harbour." Zhang Yun drove the car and pointed to the harbor outside the window and introduced to Qin Fan, "The name of Victoria Harbour comes from Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, and it is also one of the three major natural harbors in the world. At night, you can see the night view of Victoria Harbour, which is known as one of the three largest night views in the world. ”
Victoria Harbour is a deep-water harbour located between Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula, with its wide water, stunning scenery and unique natural conditions to moor ocean giants, it is the gateway for ships to enter the Hong Kong River and the heart of the city.
During the Qing Dynasty, the British saw the excellent potential of Victoria Harbour to become a large port in East Asia, and did not hesitate to launch the Opium War, forcing the Qing government at that time to sign an unequal Sino-British treaty and occupy Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula.
After the British occupied Victoria Harbour, many buildings and streets from that period were built on Hong Kong Island. Today, you can still see many British buildings left over from the semi-colonial period on Hong Kong Island.
Zhang Yun drove Qin Fan and Qiao Zhenzhen to a restaurant in Causeway Bay that specializes in fried crabs in typhoon shelters.
As Hong Kong is struck by typhoons every summer, there are a number of typhoon shelters in Victoria Harbour for ships to take shelter from typhoons and berth. In addition to being a mooring point for yachts, the Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter is also famous for its typhoon shelter dishes, which are mainly spicy and rich seafood dishes, among which the stir-fried crab in the typhoon shelter is a famous authentic delicacy in Hong Kong, which is a must-eat dish for many people in Victoria Harbour.
The restaurant that Zhang Yun took Qin Fan to go to is very famous in Causeway Bay, and it is said that there are many celebrities who patronize it, and several people have a place after waiting in line for a long time.
As soon as she sat down, Zhang Yun couldn't wait to order two typhoon shelter signature fried spicy crabs. This restaurant is famous, and the price is not cheap, a typhoon shelter fried crab costs about 700 Hong Kong dollars, plus other dishes and snacks, this meal has to eat at least 2,000 Hong Kong dollars.
However, Qiao Zhenzhen and Zhang Yun are both small local tyrants, and they are not short of this money at all, although they let go of their bellies to eat.
A plate of fried crabs in the typhoon shelter came up, Zhang Yun couldn't wait to stretch out her claws and grab a crispy crab claw, and when she bit down, the umami of the crab mixed with the garlic fragrance and spicy flavor bloomed on the taste buds, and her face couldn't help but show a happy expression.
Stir-fried crab in typhoon shelter is a traditional Cantonese dish whose essence is the unique flavor of minced garlic. The uniqueness of this minced garlic lies in its burnt, crispy but not mushy texture. Stir-fry crab with ginger, shallots and garlic, the aroma of garlic soaks the crab meat, the crab pieces are spicy, the taste is rich, and the teeth and cheeks are fragrant, and even the fingers have to lick it again.
Qin Fan took a bite of fried crab in the popular typhoon shelter in Xiangjiang, from the appearance of the fried crab oil color is red and bright, the crab meat is golden in color, and the mouth is full of burnt aroma, which makes people appetize.
In fact, typhoon shelter cuisine was originally a seafood dish and boat porridge cooked in the sea kitchen, but later after several large-scale reclamation projects, the waterfront highway was built, resulting in the area of the Causeway Bay typhoon shelter becoming smaller and smaller. Coupled with the increasingly serious marine pollution, many boaters have complained bitterly.
Today, the former Qinhuai scenery of the Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter is gone, and many of the offshore kitchens have been moved to the shore, but the delicacies of the Typhoon Shelter's unique water town fishing village have still been handed down.
After eating and drinking, Qiao Zhenzhen took him to a five-star hotel in Kowloon.
There are many places on Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula that overlook Victoria Harbour. Residences, hotels or office towers with sea views of Victoria Harbour are regarded as a symbol of affluence in Hong Kong.
The room that Qiao Zhenzhen opened for Qin Fan in this five-star hotel is an invincible sea-view room overlooking the beautiful scenery of Victoria Harbor.
"This sea auction will be held tomorrow, stay here for one night tonight, this is your ticket." After Qiao Zhenzhen handed over the ticket to Qin Fan, he didn't forget to add, "Also, this hotel does not allow recruitment girls to enter." Don't think that you can do anything bad when you get to Xiangjiang. ”
"Dude, do you look like that?"
Qin Fan has a black line, he hasn't done anything bad.
"Hmph, don't think I don't know anything, you men are all virtuous." Qiao Zhenzhen's personality is relatively bold and open, and he is not taboo about the little things between men and women, and said jokingly.
"I've never thought about it."
Qin Fan had a resentful face, with such a lively beauty as Qiao Zhenzhen by his side, how could he go to find a recruiting girl.
"There is a saying in China that you know the face but you don't know the heart, who knows what you think in your heart." Qin Fan has always been calm and calm in front of Qiao Zhenzhen, often making people forget that he is just a big boy who has just graduated from high school.
At this time, Qin Fan showed an embarrassed appearance like a big boy, which made Qiao Zhenzhen feel a lot more kind. The relationship between the two has become closer, and their speech is not so polite, like a close friend.
Qin Fan and Qiao Zhenzhen had a nonchagratory conversation, and Qiao Zhenzhen, who had been on the plane for so long, was a little tired, went back to the room to make up for sleep.
When night falls, Qin Fan overlooks the high-rise buildings on both sides of Victoria Harbour through the floor-to-ceiling window glass of the hotel, lit up with colorful lights, and the lights of thousands of homes echo each other, forming an unforgettable and magnificent picture.