Chapter Twenty-Eight: A Hot Spring Journey for Two (2)
After a short stroll, they returned to their hotel, which was a relatively old hotel, and the Japanese style exuded a quiet Zen feeling, especially when passing through a transparent wooden lattice window corridor, Xia Youran really realized that he was in Japan. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 The design of the info hotel is simple and atmospheric, and the service is even more meticulous, although the consumption of the hotel is a little expensive, but all of them are Yan Yi holding Bai Ze's card in the brush, and she doesn't feel distressed.
"Ah, it's so comfortable to take a bath!" After Yan Yi returned to the room, she took a bath in the indoor hot spring for a while, and walked out of the shower room in a bath suit.
Compared with soaking in the hot springs, Xia Youran is still looking forward to the authentic kaiseki cuisine in the hotel, she can't wait to change into her bathclothes, and wait for Yan Yi to come out of the bath and go to the restaurant. After all, the two of them went out early in the morning, and they have been changing trains since then, and if they don't eat enough, I'm afraid they won't even have the strength to speak.
After the two of them sat down, Yan Yi ordered the food well, and then began to wait there. The speed of serving is not as fast as expected, but I am willing to be able to eat authentic kaiseki cuisine. Before coming to Japan, Xia Youran had seen an introduction to kaiseki cuisine in a brochure, even if it was ordinary kaiseki cuisine, the price was not cheap, and a working-class person like her might spend more than half a month's salary on a meal. However, it is rare to go abroad once, and how can you go back willingly without eating authentic kaiseki cuisine once?
It's a high-end hotel, and there is even a mother Sang who serves the two of them during the meal, although I'm a little unaccustomed to having someone next to me when I eat, but then I slowly began to get used to it. Dining in Japan has their habits, for those details, Xia Youran is not very understanding, when she encounters the dishes she brings, she always takes a look at Yan Yi first, how she does it, and she imitates how to do it, otherwise she is afraid of losing the face of the Chinese people.
In the beginning, the hors d'oeuvres were small, but the seasoning was light and the texture was fresh, and even the utensils for the side dishes were particularly delicate. This is followed by sushi and a few smaller side dishes, followed by sashimi and simmered in small pieces of vegetables, meat, fish, tofu and other ingredients.
Kaiseki cuisine is limited to seasonal ingredients throughout the year, and the color, aroma, and flavor of the food are maximized while emphasizing the sense of the season. Blanch or cool the container properly, so that guests can eat hot food while it is hot and cold dishes can be eaten while it is cold.
After eating those, Mama-sang took the soup with the lid, and when they were almost finished, they served the fish barbecue and the vinegar-pickled side dishes, which were very suitable for adjusting the greasy feeling caused by the barbecue, and then the cooked food served in a chilled tableware, including pasta, cold vegetables, shrimp and crab meat, etc.
Each dish looks very exquisite, which makes Xia Youran can't wait to see what the main course will look like.
However, the next dish is not the main dish, but a sour soup, and after the soup is the main dish, which is a high-end Matsusaka beef, and the heat of the beef is just right, and it is soft and not fishy when eating. After the staple food, Xia Youran was almost eight points full, and she had no appetite for the dishes with rice as the main ingredient, but after eating the pickled vegetables, she had a great appetite again, and she ate the bowl of rice to the fullest, and she didn't let go of the miso soup after the meal. Of course, the fruit that was delivered at the end also made her eyes shine, and she was even reluctant to eat it on the spot. After being full of wine and food, Xia leisurely touched his belly and leaned back.
"It's really delicious...... she says, satisfied.
"Well, the kaiseki cuisine here is really good, I come to eat it every time I stay here, it's so delicious, it's not too much to come every day." Yan Yi took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of his mouth and said with a smile.
"So where are we going next? Or soak all the Hakone seven soups? Xia Youran is not familiar with life here, although she can speak some broken Japanese, but she is self-taught, and her pronunciation is not very standard, she is not very good at natural direction, and it is easy to get lost, so she feels that it is more reliable for her to follow Yan Yi, the tour guide, with peace of mind.
"Next, you can visit the surrounding area first, Owakudani didn't have much to visit before coming back, there are some nice places nearby, such as 'Hakone Kowakien', 'Hamamatsunaya', the pirate ship of Lake Ashi, and there are also some good places, Hakone Shrine, Narukawa Museum of Art, Sculpture Forest Museum, Sculpture Art Museum, etc." Yan Yi's familiarity with this area is like being in his own home, for those scenic spots, you don't need to look at the map to know where it is, how to take the car, and what is interesting in it.
"There are so many places, how can we be in time today, and Hakone Seven Soup ......" After eating, Xia Youran remembered the real purpose of this trip, but she didn't dare to have too many opinions, if Yan Yiyi was unhappy and threw her down, then hehe.
"We stay here for a few more days, anyway, there is no limit on the time, and it is more convenient to go back and forth by tram, you can visit these scenic spots and soak in those more characteristic hot springs by the way."
"Ah, that's fine, it's all up to you." Xia Youran said with a smile, trying to stand up, but the Japanese-style cross-legged sitting had already made her legs numb, and when she stood up, both legs were trembling, and she was staggering when she walked.
"Xia Youran, why are you here?" Out of the door of the restaurant, Xia Youran saw Nanshan, who was wearing a gray bathrobe and his hair was still a little wet, greeting him. It looks like I've just been in the hot springs for a short time.
"Hey, why is it so coincidental that you're also here for a tour?" Xia Youran looked at Nanshan in surprise, I don't know when, she felt that she could talk to Nanshan normally, and she didn't have the embarrassment she had before, just like she was greeting an ordinary friend. Maybe it's thanks to Xiaoxi, the two of them can talk so normally now. It's just that she remembered what she said to him when she was in Guangzhou before, and hoped that the two would not meet in the future, and she didn't want Bai Ze to misunderstand. However, it should also be regarded as a kind of fate to meet in this foreign country, and there is no reason for her to turn around and leave. Besides, Nanshan also helped a lot in that incident at that time, and he hasn't thanked people well once.
"The recuperation organized by the company is going to stay here for about a week, what about you?" Nanshan has been looking for an opportunity to get close to Xia Youran before, but since the second half of the year, the airline has been very busy, especially some time ago, so busy that he didn't even have a chance to breathe. The recuperation arranged by the company is not at a certain time, but divided into several groups to go to a certain time for a period of time and then go back, like Nanshan now, it is with seven colleagues in their company, of course, basically they are all at the level of captain and co-captain, all of them are men, and everyone has been complaining that this is not interesting at all. (He tacitly didn't mention the original thing, as if Xia Youran hadn't said it at that time, and he hadn't heard it.) )
"I didn't expect your company's benefits to be so good?" Xia said with envy.
"Well, it's okay, who are you playing with? The one named Bai Ze and the little ghost? Nanshan looked around and didn't find the two of them, but he noticed that there was a woman three steps away from Xia Youran who had been staring at him.
"Uh, is that someone you know?" As soon as his eyes met, Yan Yi probably guessed the intention in the other party's eyes, and immediately stepped forward to ask, maybe this sentence was exactly what Nanshan wanted to ask.
"Well, this is my high school classmate, Nanshan." Xia Youran pointed to Nanshan and said to Yan Yi.
"Then this is ......" Looking at the age of this woman, it seems that she is in her thirties, but she has not heard that Xia Youran has a sister or anything, so in Nanshan's heart, she also thinks that it should be a colleague or a friend or something.
"Oh, this is Bai Ze's mother." At the time of the introduction, Xia Youran avoided the key point by mistake.
"I'm Xia Youran's mother-in-law, it's nice to meet you!" Yan Yi was smiling all the time when she said this, but Xia Youran felt super cold, and it was obvious that she was very dissatisfied with what she had just introduced.