Chapter Seventy-Eight: Dinner
As he spoke, the waiter who had left before pushed the door back in, and on the tray in the messenger's hand lay two martinis.
"This is a blend of white wine that I make at my own winery in California, and it tastes great." Claudia introduced Jester to the pale yellow glass of martini in front of him, somewhat like champagne, but with a thick layer of white foam on top, "This is made with fresh grapefruit juice and white wine, and this layer of foam is apple foam to adjust the taste." ”
Jester took a sip of his goblet when he heard this, and immediately felt a sweet and sour fragrance fill his mouth, giving him a feeling of endless aftertaste.
"Very good." Jester put the goblet down and gave him a heartfelt sigh of admiration.
"What to eat?" Claudia smiled faintly and said nothing, then asked, picking up the menu from one side and handing it to Jester.
The cover of the menu is made of calfskin, deliberately old-fashioned, so that people can take a look at it, it produces a simple and elegant feeling, Jester reached out to take the menu, there is a warm feeling when you start, in the lower right corner of the menu there is the English LOGO of the restaurant, the LOGO is obviously designed by someone else, there is a classical feeling.
But Jester didn't look through it, but put the menu directly on the table, and he smiled and said, "I'm not familiar with French food, so you should come." "He only knows that eating French food is divided into appetizers, main meals and so on, but he is not familiar with that.
Claudia nodded and readily agreed.
Then she spoke to the waiter in a series of languages that Jester didn't understand, and though she couldn't understand them, Jester could tell that Claudia spoke French.
When Claudia had finished speaking, the waiter bowed slightly again and left.
"I have two older brothers." Claudia picked up the martini in front of her and took a sip slightly, her tone became a little sarcastic, "Well, they can't do anything but play with women every day, and they can go to college because of their family connections, when I graduated from Oxford with honors at the age of twenty, they had just been able to enroll, I was much better than them, I never hid this, but the future Robert family, the moment I was born, was destined to never belong to me." ”
Jester just listened quietly, although he didn't know why the other party was telling him this, but he believed that the woman in front of him would definitely not be untargeted.
"Ever since I was born I knew I was going to work harder than everyone else, because I was an illegitimate daughter and I didn't even know who my mother was, I hadn't seen my mother since I could remember, and I wasn't treated well by my father, no matter how good I looked." Claudia's mocking tone became more and more intense, and her beautiful face was vaguely covered with a look of resentment, which looked a little hideous, but it was only a moment later, and she returned to normal.
She continued to say lightly: "And no matter how bad my two brothers are, they are ten thousand times better than me in the eyes of my father. ”
At this time, the waiter who had left before returned, this time not alone, but two, each holding two trays in their hands, with two dishes on them.
"These two dishes are pre-dinner skits, which are appetizers before the official serving, mainly to let diners know the chef's attitude towards food, and to clear the taste buds of customers who have long been impatient, so generally this kind of dish will use some ingredients with a pungent taste, either sour or sweet, or a combination of sweet and sour."
After the waiter put the food in his hand on the table, he originally wanted to introduce the way to eat, which is also the rule of a Michelin-starred restaurant, but Claudia just waved her hand and let them out, and she could introduce it to Jester herself.
Jester listened to Claudia's explanation, nodded, and then looked at the first course beside him, which was only a mouthful of food, to be exact.
In front of him was a white porcelain spoon with a red, round jelly-like thing in it, and beside it, there were two sliced cream-like things.
Claudia explained as she showed Jester how to eat it.
"It's an Amuse-bouche dish with grapes, pistachios and goat cheese. The thing you see looks like jelly is actually covered with a thin layer of transparent gelatinous skin on the outside of the grape juice, which breaks when you touch it, and it is sprinkled with chopped pistachios, and the red filling inside of this cut in half goat cheese is grape juice, and the outside is also chopped pistachios, you eat grape jelly first, and then eat this, you just need to suck it. ”
Jester listened as he learned Claudia's appearance, but no matter how much he studied, he couldn't learn the grace of the other party.
However, Jester inhaled it, and the grape jelly actually produced a burst of pulp in his mouth, and a sweet and sour taste instantly rushed into his mouth, stimulating his taste buds, making him feel like he wanted to eat again, but this kind of pre-dinner snack is only used to sober up the taste buds, obviously there will be no more.
His wish could only be temporarily disappointed.
Jester was also a little surprised by the goat's cheese, as he took his first bite and felt the peculiar sweet and sour aroma of goat cheese, then the sweet and greasy sensation of grape juice gushing out of the outer wall of the broken cheese instantly filled his mouth, and finally, after swallowing the dish whole, he felt the unique saltiness of chopped pistachios.
The aftertaste is endless, and Jester can only summarize it like this.
Claudia then began to introduce the second course, Amuse-bouche, which is a fried salmon skin served with a special dipping sauce made by the restaurant, which, according to Claudia, is made with onions, garlic and smoked salmon mousse, but she doesn't say what is special.
After eating this dish, while waiting for the appetizer, Claudia recounted her experience.
"My father was the kind of stubborn old aristocrat, he was a staunch anti-Thatcher, and he always said that even a woman can be prime minister? Are all the eggs - eggs of all men in the British Empire eaten by dogs? At the mention of Margaret Thatcher's name, Claudia had a rare look on her face, a look of reverence.
"Thatcher was my idol and I was a staunch supporter of her, but it annoyed my father completely." At this time, Claudia's tone became a little excited, her eyes wandered, she looked at Jester, and said seriously, "Then, I have long been fed up with wiping the butts of my two brothers every day, so I proposed to split up. ”
This surprised Jester, and he admired the other party a little, because Claudia was likely to leave the house directly.
"I thought my father would let me get out of here, give me a few months at most and then come back and ask for his forgiveness when I couldn't take it anymore, but what I didn't expect was that my father, after much thought, agreed to my request and gave me four million pounds, a stake in a luxury company, plus this restaurant and a winery in California. The price is the complete loss of my father's right to inherit the property after his death, although I can still use this name, but the future property of this family has nothing to do with me. ”
Claudia sneered and said her end.
Seeing that Jester still didn't seem to understand what she had said, she continued, "You think he gave me a lot? This is just to deprive me of the right to inherit, although the Robert family is not very famous, but the heritage accumulated in the UK for hundreds of years is still very large, for example, 9% of the shares of the Rolls-Royce company are in the hands of my father, and this is not the property under the title of Earl Robert, if my father dies, according to British law, I also have the right to inherit. ”
Jace nodded to show that he understood, he knew how big Rolls-Royce was, this is one of the best aero-engine companies in the world, the Mustang fighter jet, known as the king of fighters, uses engines made by Rolls-Royce, they are as famous as GE, Pratt & Whitney, and of course, the famous Rolls-Royce car, that is, Rolls-Royce, and Bentley, which is also the brand of this company.
"But I'm not reconciled." Claudia said word for word, gritting her teeth, and Jester could read the message clearly in her eyes.
And Jester also understands the reason why the other party is looking for him.
She wanted to return to England to prove that she was much better than her father had imagined, and that the industry she had her eye on was the video game industry she was in.
It's just that Jester is a little strange, so many industries, such as personal computers, which are hot now, why does she only fancy the video game industry?
Because she was reborn, she knew what kind of huge industry the video game would be in the future, but what about her? This made Jester a little confused, he didn't believe that the other party just liked the game he made.
At this point, the waiters who had left before returned, this time four waiters, each with a completely different dish.
Jester was also a little impatient to look at these extremely delicate dishes, which caused his index finger to move, he couldn't help but lick his lips, so he directly suppressed the previous thoughts in his mind for a while, and it was imperative to be the first to taste the food of this French restaurant that claims to be the best in Los Angeles.
"This is the appetizer before the main meal, and this is the famous dish here, Santa Barbara prawns." Claudia's face was as normal as she pointed to two bright red prawns in front of Jester that had had their heads cut off, and then showed how to eat them with grace.
Following Claudia's elegant demonstration, Jester cut open a piece of prawn with a knife, then forked it with a fork and dipped it slightly in the sauce on the plate, filling it in his mouth, he chewed it slowly, and then swallowed it. Then he couldn't wait to pick up another prawn and stuff it into his mouth, and his face couldn't help but show a look of enjoyment.
"The meat is sweet and plump, and it is full of elastic teeth, and it seems that lemon juice is used as a seasoning?" After filling the dish into his belly, Jester was still a little unsatisfied.
Claudia nodded in acknowledging Jester's guess, but she didn't elaborate, and then she pointed to the second dish: "This beef tenderloin made by vacuum cryogenic method is also the signature dish here, and it is very delicious. ”
Then, she also demonstrated how to eat it.
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