Chapter 36: The Family Feast
In addition to being business partners, Scott and Xu Tianrui also have a very good personal relationship, Scott works for a securities company and is the general manager of the well-known Merlin Kay Securities New York Company. Pen Γ fun Γ Pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
The acquaintance of the two is also very interesting, Xu Tianrui inherited his mother's dressmaking skills, graduated from the New York Institute of Fashion, and later went to Paris for a few years of further study, where he met Catherine, who went to university in France, and opened a garment company in Queens after returning from school, Catherine also chased to the United States for love.
Scott was an ordinary employee of a securities company when he ordered clothes from Xu Tianrui, sometimes it is difficult to change a person's habits, Scott is tall and strong, and it is always uncomfortable to wear a standard suit, after getting used to Xu Tianrui's tailoring clothes, he has been wearing it for so many years, and now he can easily afford to wear the handmade suits of top Italian tailors, but he still likes to go to Xu Tianrui, and he has handed over the uniform orders of company employees to Xu Tianrui all year round.
Over the years, the two have also had a deep friendship.
"Ann, what did you study in college?" Andrea asked, Xu An had just taken his seat, and for the time being, he was the focus of the table, and Andrea especially wanted to know about this young man.
Xu An withdrew his gaze from Taylor, the girl had just winked at him, probably to express her gratitude, and when she heard Andrea's words, he replied, "I majored in journalism!" β
"Journalism? Columbia University's School of Journalism and Business School are among the top in the world, so you're now working in a media organization? Scott asked, saying that his securities firm has several Columbia Business School graduates.
"No, I just quit my job from the New York Times some time ago and am now writing full-time, and my first work will be published as soon as next week." Xu An said.
It is normal for journalism majors to embark on the road of writing, after all, most of them have certain writing skills and are relatively logical, although Xu An changed his career a little early, but Scott didn't think much about it, he picked up his glass and said: "That's great, come, a toast to our future best-selling authors!" β
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Everyone raised their glasses, and the rose-red wine flowed out of the intoxicating halo in the goblet, Xu An glanced at Taylor, and the two met their eyes and couldn't help but smile at each other.
Born into an aristocratic English family, Catherine valued etiquette and had no choice but to entertain her guests, with salmon custard, mushroom omelets, cheese baked oysters and foie gras salad, a huge Parisian lobster as the main course, and a few tempting desserts.
I have to say that Xu An has been very good since he was born, Catherine is good at European cuisine such as British cuisine and French cuisine, and although Xu Tianrui rarely cooks, Sichuan cuisine is very distinctive.
"Catherine, if I had known you were such a good cook, I would have asked Scott to bring me to the door, these dishes are so delicious, and the Michelin restaurant is nothing more than that." Andrea was full of praise for tonight's food, "Xu, you're so blessed." β
Xu Tianrui smiled proudly, and Catherine said modestly: "Michelin restaurant? Wow, Andrea, you're too much of an award. β
"No, no, no, Andrea is right, the taste of home is something that no restaurant can taste." "Andrea has a lot of time and likes to study cooking, but she's more good at Japanese and Chinese food, so you can talk to each other when you have time." β
Catherine knew that Taylor's mother, Andrea, had lived and worked in Asia with her father in her early years, and was now a full-time housewife, and she also loved cooking, and the last time she and her husband went to visit, they ate Kobe beef and sushi, which were very delicious, and the two women found a common topic, and you talked about cooking in a word.
Scott glanced at his wife, and then chatted with Xu Tianrui, "Xu, when are you going to open the company to Manhattan?" With your craft, you will be a great success! β
Xu Tianrui's garment-making skills are very high, and in recent years he has been trying to integrate traditional Chinese garment-making techniques with European skills, and he has begun to have more and more of his own characteristics, but he is keen to improve his skills and is not very concerned about the company's business.
The elders have their own topics, Xu An and Taylor glanced at each other, obviously, neither of them was interested in the topics of the elders, Xu An looked at the rich food on the table, and said, "Eat first, and then let's go out to talk?" β
"That's what I thought too!" Taylor laughed.
"Haha, come, try this oyster, this is my mother's specialty, but it's more troublesome, and I rarely make it." Xu An, as the owner, took the initiative to take on the task of distributing vegetables to the lady.
Taylor didn't refuse to come, and he was very happy to eat, "Well, it's delicious, I like this, and this foie gras salad, did Aunt Catherine add any special seasoning?" β
"Of course, she has her own secret condiment, but I don't know." Xu An said, and forked another piece of lobster to Taylor.
Soon, Xu An found that this girl was really able to eat, the fork and spoon did not leave her hand, but she chewed and swallowed slowly very ladylikely, giving people a feeling of not being in a hurry, but she could always bring the fork to her mouth when the food in her mouth was just swallowed, so that Xu An did not feel hungry.
Catherine prepared a very large amount of food in order to entertain the guests, but Taylor ate obviously not fast, but the things on the table decreased at a speed visible to the naked eye, Andrea pretended to warn her daughter inadvertently, and then turned her head as if she couldn't see, although Catherine saw it, she was very happy, this is the biggest praise for her efforts tonight, not to mention that Taylor eats a lot, but he is very gentle, and he is not rude at all.
Influenced by Taylor, Xu An also ate more food than usual, and after the two had eaten and drunk, they said hello to the elders and left the table.
"Going for a walk?" Xu An tentatively proposed, he felt that this girl had eaten too much, and she probably needed to digest it.
Unexpectedly, Taylor didn't care at all, it looked like he hadn't eaten much, which made Xu An can't help but look at her, wanting to see where she ate these things.
"No, I want to go to your room."
Taylor is so curious about this guy in front of him, majoring in journalism, he seems to be a member of the school basketball team, he is very good, even a muscular man like Derek can control it, and he dances very coolly, and the whole bar is crazy about him, and he can even write a book, and it will be published soon!
She felt like she found something new every time she touched each other.