Chapter 140: In Japan

Looking at Catherine's disappointed look, Bruce asked strangely, "How does this egg taste?" ”

"Soft-boiled eggs without any seasoning."

"Really?" Bruce also cracked an egg, and when he finished eating, he also looked disappointed: "Further inside, the hotel also has a barbecue in the woods, maybe we can go there in the evening." ”

In addition to onsen eggs, there are other foods that Catherine is looking forward to, and that is sushi and sashimi.

However, Catherine was still disappointed.

The sushi is ok, but the sashimi ......

The taste of mustard is really unacceptable, this taste, spicy and choking, Catherine is directly defeated.

"Let's buy a bento!" Catherine turned her target again.

Bento, also known as a Japanese bento.

In Japanese factory cafeterias, there is no kitchen, only a hot water room for coffee and tea, a refrigerator, a vending machine, and tables and chairs for eating, drinking and smoking during meals.

As for eating, the company agrees to order the bento, and before the end of the day at noon, the bento shop delivers the bento, and then the clerk of the factory places the bento on the table one by one. After eating, everyone sends their own bento bowls and chopsticks to a unified basket, and after going to work in the afternoon, someone from the bento shop pulls them back to be cleaned.

Even though it was a working meal, it was clear that it tasted much better than any sashimi.

After eating, the next step is to soak in the hot springs.

The hot springs are divided into male, female, and mixed.

Catherine naturally didn't choose a mixed bath, so she and Elsa went into the women's bath.

The water temperature in the hot springs was just right, and there was no one in the pool at this time, so it seemed that Catherine was right to choose this remote hotel, although the price was a bit high.

"Wow~ It's so comfortable!"

Catherine stretched out in the hot springs refreshed.

"Elsa, what's wrong with you?"

Elsa seemed a little absent-minded.

"I just saw the ad and it feels good......"

"Advertising?" Catherine raised an eyebrow.

"I'll go to the hot spring later~" Catherine smiled, then took a deep breath, sank into the hot spring, and immersed her whole body in the hot spring.

Elsa tilted her head, then followed.

After soaking in the hot springs for about an hour, Catherine only felt that her whole body seemed to be half lighter.

After changing into a yukata, Catherine was then taken by Elsa to the place where the advertisement appeared to be an old photograph on the top, and the ad below was written in Japanese and English.

But...... Why does this woman look so familiar?

Catherine reacted suddenly.

This ...... It can't be Cixi, right?

"From the secret recipe and recipe of the mysterious Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing Dynasty......" is the advertising slogan below.

"It can rejuvenate the skin, make the skin delicate, the gray hair blacken, and the teeth grow back ......"

Catherine looked weird, how could this thing be so similar to those TV commercials and small commercials that she had seen in her previous life?

However, Catherine also vaguely remembers that many of the cosmetic formulas in Japan and Korea seem to come from the old lady.

Catherine really wanted to complain, just like Cixi...... Hehe, the weather is so nice today, it's just a little too good.

And when I waited for dinner, according to Bruce, I went to the barbecue in the woods, in fact, I ate barbecue.

Yakiniku restaurants in Japan usually have only two types of meat, one is beef, the other is chicken, and then there are various vegetables, mushrooms, etc.

The signs of Japanese restaurants are very interesting, and they like to use curtains as signs, like the guise of liquor in ancient China. The sign of this shop is hung on the counter inside the store. The Japanese like to have a drink at a different hotel on the same night until they get drunk or have their fill of it. Therefore, it is natural for Japanese people to go to different restaurants to eat the same meal in a row.

But for Catherine, eating is almost the same in one shop.

The owner is Japanese, but the menu is in English.

Although the Japanese are extremely non-standard in English, but fortunately they belong to dumb English, and the Japanese have a good grasp of the text.

The barbecue was a nice touch, especially with this special touch.

Although there is only chicken and beef, this beef is the legendary Kobe beef, which has a good taste and makes Catherine have an appetite. ,

After eating the barbecue, Catherine picked up a glass of cold beer.

Japanese people usually drink a cold beer before drinking other Japanese sake, and there are two traditional types of sake, such as sake and shochu, as well as foreign sake and wine.

"Kate, you're underage!" Bruce reminded Catherine.

"But it's something you can only eat in Japan!" Catherine protested.

"Uh......" Bruce scratched his head, "only this once, Kate!" ”

"Uh-huh!"

Catherine took a sip of cold beer, and it felt so good!

Although Catherine doesn't like to drink, it's enough to experience the atmosphere, especially now that the weather is so hot.

"Puff~"

It's nice to put down the cup and feel this indescribable refreshment.

I took a sip of cold beer, followed by sake.

Japanese sake has a very low alcohol content, with sake only 15 degrees, shochu only 25 degrees, and some places have 40 degrees of shochu, but there are very few. Catherine added hot water, ice cubes, lemon, and plums—the traditional way of drinking—and took a sip.

"Why doesn't it smell of alcohol?" Catherine scratched her head.

"Because it's been diluted a lot."

Bruce didn't add anything, but just took a sip.

Hot springs, barbecues, and cold beer are indeed a treat.

After another full day in the hot springs, Catherine will be in Tokyo, and with a few days to make her clothes made, Catherine decides to go to Kyoto first.

Kyoto was known as Heiankyo in ancient times, and was built by a guy named Emperor Kanmu to follow the pattern of Luoyang Castle in the Tang Dynasty. For more than 1,000 years, from the founding of the capital in 794 to 1868, it was the capital of Japan and the center of its economy and culture.

Unlike Tokyo, Kyoto doesn't have the modern atmosphere of Tokyo, but more of an antique atmosphere.

When Catherine came to Kyoto, the first thing that came to mind was food.

――Kaiseki cuisine.

Coming to Kyoto without kaiseki is like going to Beijing without Peking duck.

The so-called kaiseki cuisine was first spread from the temple in Kyoto, Japan, and there was a group of monks who practiced and ate very simply and lightly under the precepts, but they were a little hungry, so they thought of holding a warm stone in their arms to resist a little hunger, hence the name "kaiseki".

The real kaiseki cuisine can only be seen in Kyoto. Kyoto is a city modeled after the castle of Karaoyang.

"It's a pity that I can't go to Hokkaido to eat snow crab ......"

Time doesn't allow, and you can't ski right now, so if it's winter, it's not impossible to go there.

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