Severn's words convinced Gaucy that he could eat authentic Chinese food here, but when the dishes came up, Gaucy found that he had obviously been deceived, and they were eating two so-called Chinese dishes that were very popular in the United States.

One is Kung Pao Chicken, and the other is Zuo Zongtang Chicken, both of which are asked for two servings, which is definitely enough for three people to eat.

However, what makes Gao Xi depressed is that this so-called Kung Pao Chicken is actually sweet, and sweet people are almost losing their teeth.

At this time, Severn smiled and told Gao Xi that in most places in the United States, you should not expect to eat authentic Chinese food, because it is basically sweet and sour.

But even though he said so, for a foodie with pursuit, such a thing is really hard to swallow.

This so-called "Zuo Zongtang chicken" is actually pouring sweet and sour sauce on top of the fried chicken pieces - if you change the sauce to a dipping sauce, the dish becomes McFragrant chicken in McDonald's.

But Zuo Zongtang chicken was originally a new Hunan dish created by Baodao chef Peng Changgui in the 50s of the last century. According to Peng Changgui's recollection, the original Zuo Zongtang chicken was "thick, sour, spicy and salty", which was a typical Nanhu taste.

In the 70s of the last century, Peng Changgui ran Peng Yuan Restaurant near the United Nations headquarters in New York, and this dish attracted I.M. Pei and Kissinger, and Zuo Zongtang's chicken became an instant hit in the United States. But later, in order to accommodate American tastes, the dish was changed to the same flavor as coo pork.

Severn asked Gao Xi to taste it, in fact, it tasted good, but can Gao Xi give in? Finally, the chef was called and asked if there were any other dishes, and the chef told them that they should try "Li Hongzhang chops".

Gao Xi was directly stunned, what the hell is this, it's not Zuo Zongtang or Li Hongzhang, he feels in his heart that this is definitely not a good thing. So I asked, and sure enough, it was true.

According to the chef, this dish was originally a chowder made of animal offal and vegetables, and it was originally the diet of Chinese workers in the United States.

After Li Hongzhang's visit to the United States in 1896, American society was attracted to Chinese culture, and fried offal also entered the field of vision of Americans. In the removal of animal guts. After being adapted to suit the taste of Americans, fried offal became popular in the United States with the rapid urbanization of American society at the beginning of the last century. Before the 60s of the last century, this dish became synonymous with Chinese food.

Sure enough, I still can't understand Lao Mei's taste.

"By the way, we have a dish here, you may like, it is spicy, it is called spicy pictorial, you can try it." This chef is a Chinese-American. seems to know why Gao Xi doesn't like the Zuo Zongtang chicken and Li Hongzhang smashed.

Gao Xi really didn't understand what a spicy picture cake was, so he asked for one, anyway, he asked for so many dishes, and he couldn't eat it after all, Gao Xi was ready to pack them all, and then put them in the pot during the picnic to make a hodgepodge, and adjust it to Chinese flavor, so it was exciting to eat.

However, he still plans to try this spicy painting cake. After all, you can't eat nothing right now.

When that thing came up, Gosse was dumbfounded. What kind of spicy cake, that's just pancake fruit, it's just that it's spicy, or fried, which seems to be a bit contrary to pancake fruit.

But after taking a bite, it tastes good.

The chef and owner was happy to see Gaucy eating. He smiled and said: "This spicy painting cake is definitely an authentic Chinese dish, it originated in the Three Kingdoms period. ”

"And such an origin?"

"Yes, it is said that in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao led his troops to attack Zhang Xiu and marched all the way. It was very hard walking. At that time, because the grain and grass were robbed, Cao Cao's army was very short of food, and the soldiers were very miserable, and they were about to lose their way, but the new grain team had not yet arrived, and the team was demoralized and on the verge of collapse. ”

"Some soldiers wanted to slaughter horses to satisfy their hunger, but these horses were meant to be used for battle, and if they were slaughtered, wouldn't they be able to fight, so Cao Cao stopped the soldiers. But here's the problem. There are barren mountains and bald mountains on this road, and there are no people, and there are no people in a radius of dozens of miles. The soldiers tried their best, but they couldn't get a single meal. Even the hares, which are very common on weekdays, are very few because of the years of war, and if they finally catch a vole, they can fight for their heads, and even the strongest warriors are almost unable to support them, and many people are starving to death on the road. ”

Cao Cao was very anxious when he saw such a scene. He rode his horse to a nearby hill, and looked far away from the hill to find a place where people lived. But he was disappointed to find that the cracked land stretched as far as the eye could see, and the arid area was very large. Looking back at the soldiers, they were staggering one by one, and they were already so hungry that they couldn't stand it, and it seemed that it would be difficult to go far. ”

"Cao Cao is a smart man, he thought in his heart: this is terrible, I can't find food, if I continue to consume it like this, not only will the fighter plane be delayed, but there will also be a lot of people and horses to lose here, what way to boost morale, encourage everyone to get out of this deserted area, find food?"

Cao Cao thought about it again and again, and suddenly an idea popped into his head. He was on the hill, drew his banner and pointed ahead, and shouted: 'There is a village not far ahead, but it will be a little while, and if you are hungry, draw a cake on your hand, and look at it and you will not be hungry, and we will have something to eat if we reach the village.' ’”

At this time, Cao Cao ordered his subordinates in front of him to light some cumin and chili peppers, and there was a very strong pungent smell, and the soldiers behind smelled it, and they really thought that there were cakes in front of them, and they immediately cheered up and mustered up all their strength to hurry forward. In this way, Cao Cao finally led his army to a place where there was food. ”

Hearing the words of this chef, Gao Xi was directly dumbfounded, this guy is afraid that he is mixing Wangmei to quench his thirst with painting cakes to satisfy his hunger, right? Haven't you ever heard that painting cakes to satisfy hunger can ensure that your stomach is not hungry? What's more, there is nothing to eat, where did you find cumin and chili, besides, were there cumin and chili peppers in the Three Kingdoms?

He really had to admire the chef, and he was stunned to piece together the story that couldn't be beaten with eight poles, filling in the lack of background for this so-called spicy painting cake.

But for the sake of the more delicious spicy cakes, Gao Xi didn't bother to hit the chef, he thought what he wanted, it is estimated that this is also a marketing method, many foreigners who don't know these things will definitely find it very interesting.

packed the chicken that had nothing to do with Zuo Zongtang, and eliminated the spicy painting cakes that couldn't be beaten with Cao Cao's eight poles, Gao Xi and his party got into the car again and continued to experience an unknown journey. With this restaurant episode, Gao Xi won't believe this guy anymore anyway, this time he was deceived badly.

However, this guy Saiwen actually said something uplifting: "If you don't go with me, how can you eat any fragrant and spicy painting cakes?" ”

Gao Xi was speechless, and then ignored the guy, leaned behind the car, looked at the scenery outside the window, and gradually relaxed his depressed mood.

Leaving the big city of Los Angeles, I feel that the field of vision has suddenly broadened a lot, at this time the car is actually not too far from Los Angeles, just arrived at the foot of the San Antonio Mountain, the road here is obviously much wider than in the city, and the most fundamental reason for the wide field of vision is that there are obviously fewer high-rise buildings, and there is no sense of depression in the big city.

For Yun Gaoxi, the big city is like a well, staying in it always feels like sitting in a well and watching the sky, Gaoxi sometimes really feels like a frog, doesn't understand anything, and has to follow the flow of everything.

Only when he leaves such a big city and arrives in this lush nature will he feel like an eagle has a place to spread his wings and fly.

The terrain is very similar to that of Bozeman, with plenty of pastures and farms, not particularly smooth roads, and large areas of jungle and wasteland.

Maybe it's because it's busy, or maybe it's because it's still close to Los Angeles and there are more cars, but it's rare for Gao Xi to greet an oncoming car.

He didn't know if it was because the people here were cold, but he thought it might be more normal, after all, the people he had seen in TV series and movies before were not like this, unless it was someone in a small town, everyone was more familiar with it, and because there were fewer people, they would often greet each other.

What's more annoying is that on the road, you often encounter some cars driving outside to play music, and the sound is very loud, in this valley, almost the entire road is resounded. These people may think it's nothing, but Gao Xi feels uncomfortable.

Gao Xi put on the earplugs, simply closed his eyes and rested, he had to go driving later, he couldn't let Saiwen drive all the time, otherwise if this fatigue driving hit the big car, it would be the lives of the three of them.

I don't know how long I slept, Gao Xi felt that his shoulders suddenly became heavier, and when he opened his eyes, it turned out that Dai Qisi was tired of reading, and actually fell asleep on his shoulder.

Gossi shook his head and smiled, took off the earbuds, and found that not only was there no music, but there were fewer cars coming and going, and he knew that this place was getting farther and farther away from Los Angeles.

He put Daisy on the soft sofa that he imitated in the back, and covered it with a blanket, and then walked to the front, sat in the co-pilot and chatted with Severn, he was mainly afraid that this guy would fall asleep because the car was too quiet, after all, driving is always accompanied by unknown dangers.

"Drink some water." Gao Xi opened a bottle of drink for Saiwen, then put it in Saiwen's hand, and drank it himself: "Where are we going, I don't know much about the United States, don't take it to the ditch." ”

"All the way north, target the gambling city of the US imperialists!" (To be continued.) )