From Ancient Times to the Present Chapter 69: Absurd Soldiers
After finding a private room and sitting down, the waiter brought the recipe and asked them to order, and the razor motioned for Li Qingcang to take the recipe, and then reported some dish names in French for Li Qingcang to find by himself.
He also wanted to see Li Qingcang's current French proficiency, and today the two of them communicated with Li Qingcang in English, and Li Qingcang had no obstacles to communicate with them.
The razor gave out a series of dish names, and Li Qingcang quickly jotted them down, and then began to look up the beautifully made recipes.
After all, the cramming learning method in the past few months was not given in vain, and I quickly found the dishes that I ordered with the razor.
French snails, pan-fried foie gras, black truffle steak, pan-fried halibut, pesto grilled chicken, smoked duck breast, puff pastry onion soup, and some baguettes and Bordeaux red wine, the names of the specialties in the restaurant were basically reported by the razor, and seeing that Li Qingcang ordered without any mistakes, the razor nodded with satisfaction.
French cuisine pays attention to the use of materials, and the workmanship is also delicate and delicate, which has something in common with the Chinese's exquisite "not tired of eating".
Their meals are more delicate, and they are divided into meals, that is, they order one dish, and the restaurant will help you divide the dishes according to the head.
The first dish to come up was roasted agate snails, this dish should be eaten while it was hot, only to see the waiter bring three plates, each plate has seven or eight huge fat and tender agate snails, the shell is crystal clear, really like agate.
These snails are supplemented with vegetables and fed with flour, which makes their flesh fat and soft, sweet and delicious.
The snail shell is stuffed with a sauce mixed with cream, coriander, onion, fennel, minced garlic, pepper and other ingredients, and a small silver fork with two teeth to pick out the fatty and delicious snail meat. Tender and fragrant, it really lives up to its name.
Then the dishes are served one after another. Pan-fried foie gras is also a delicacy in France, but the process of raw foie gras is a bit cruel, the young goose is locked in an iron cage since childhood, and is forced to feed with an iron tube inserted into the stomach, and the liver of the goose is stimulated through artificial overeating, giving birth to an abnormally hypertrophic fatty liver, and the liver of the adult goose weighs one to two kilograms.
The foie gras fried over low heat is golden on both sides, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and with some crisp vegetables, it looks bright in color and luster, and it melts in the mouth with an endless aftertaste.
Known as the "black diamond", black truffles are an exophytic mass that grows underground, mostly near the roots of oak trees.
The way to harvest truffles is to dig them out of the ground when they are ripe, and animals are needed to find them accurately.
Generally, it is necessary to rely on specially trained pine pigs or pine dogs, but most of them are pine dogs, because pine pigs will eat the truffles they find.
Usually, when these animals find truffles, they will dig up the soil and carefully dig out the precious truffles from the soil with a small rake when the owner comes. Due to the scarcity of production and the inconvenience of picking, the price is very expensive, and the thinly sliced black truffles are paired with a crispy steak that tastes delicious and fragrant.
Dry-fried halibut has delicate flesh and is refreshing. Smooth and delicious, sprinkled with some chopped chives, the aroma is tangy.
The fat and tender pesto grilled chicken, the rich aroma of roasted garlic cloves mixed with the aroma of chicken is mouth-watering.
The red smoked duck breast is sprinkled with some diced mangoes, tomatoes, onions, cilantro and other fruits and vegetables, which looks colorful.
The puff pastry and onion soup that came up at the end was even more rich, and there was a thin layer of golden yellow shell on the soup noodles, no wonder it was called puff pastry. Known as the "Queen of Soups", this soup has a great reputation in French cuisine.
Li Qingcang was trained like a dog by the instructor every day in the barracks, and although the food of the regiment was good, the big pot of rice could not be compared with the well-cooked food after all.
Seeing these dishes with excellent "color, flavor and shape", Li Qingcang was also unkind, holding knives and forks at the same time, and feasted on them.
The three of them raised their glasses and drank together, Li Qingcang benefited from Hai Ruyu's teaching, and drank the ChΓ’teau Lafite Rothschild wine in the cup in his mouth, and held it on the tip of his tongue and swirled slightly, so that his taste buds could fully appreciate the taste of red wine, which was soft and pure, slightly sweet in sourness, and had an endless aftertaste.
The taste of this high-end product is indeed very different from some of the red wines drunk in China, no wonder the razor shouts red wine on the plane.
The three of them chatted while eating and drinking, and Li Qingcang asked, "How long do I have to stay here before I can go on a mission with you?" β
Razor replied: "Don't worry, you are just beginning to enter the state, and if you want to become a qualified soldier, you are not up to the mark at the moment." β
Li Qingcang said unconvinced: "But my physical fitness and various military skills are the best among this batch of recruits." β
"This is just recruit training, young man, there's still a lot to learn!" Do you know how to fly? Will you drive a tank? There are also wilderness survival, battlefield first aid, etc., you have to learn a lot, the instructor here has a good relationship with us, we know all your behavior during the training period is clear, I said a long time ago, when you can leave, we will naturally come back to pick you up. β
The fuse laughed at Li Qingcang and asked, "It is said that you protested like Instructor Tony, saying that he tortured you in a targeted manner, is there such a thing?" β
Li Qingcang blushed and replied: "When I first started practicing martial arts, I didn't let him fall, and then he trained me alone and kept increasing the intensity of my training, so I thought he was wearing small shoes for me!" β
The fuse smiled and said: "That's what Captain Fleming told him, receiving individual training, ordinary people don't have this treatment, this is also to speed up your training, but you kid is good, you have reached this level in less than two months, which is more than the normal training amount I used to do when I was in the Navy SEALs!" But don't be proud, this is nothing unusual in "Iron Will", basically anyone can do it. β
Li Qingcang said: "Since this is the case, then I can only continue to work hard and look forward to meeting your requirements as soon as possible." β
Razor continued, "If you are like a soldier, we also look forward to your joining the Legion as soon as possible." Here, cheers! β
The three of them were all sturdy men, eating and drinking like a storm. It didn't take long to wipe out all the food on the table.
After Razor told the waiter to settle the bill, the three of them left the restaurant, and then asked Li Qingcang what else he needed to buy now.
Li Qingcang thought about it and felt that there was nothing to buy, but he just felt that the meal he had just eaten tasted good, and he wanted to bring some to the two fellows to taste when he went back.
Razor nodded in agreement and said, "Anyway, I took a day off for you, and I have to eat out for dinner, and I will take some more to pack and bring back in the evening." β
Sitting on the Hummer, the fuse turned around, licked his thick lips, and a face that looked loyal showed that kind of lewdness. With a swaying expression, he looked at Li Qingcang and asked with a smile: "I took you to a French dinner, do you want to taste the taste of French beauty now?" β
Li Qingcang is still a conservative guy in his bones, he pays attention to the love between men and women, and he still can't let go of spending money to buy laughter, listening to the fuse saying this, his face turned red, and he shook his head and refused.
Unexpectedly, the driving razor laughed wildly when he saw him shaking his head, stretched out his hand to the fuse and said, "Damn! I guessed right. Give money, give money! β
Li Qingcang was puzzled by the action of the razor, and couldn't help asking, "Guess what?" What money to give? β
The fuse's obscene face was immediately replaced with a resentful expression, staring at Li Qingcang without praising it, staring at Li Qingcang with goosebumps all over his body, and he didn't know what he had done wrong, making these five big and three rough men stare at him like a dissatisfied resentful woman.
After a while, the fuse took out a stack of dollars from his pocket and slapped it on the razor's hand, and then said in a tone that hated iron and steel: "Li Qingcang, you really don't look like a man, you disappoint me too much, alas! β
Li Qingcang faintly guessed some reasons, and asked Razor with his eyes, Razor smiled happily, and said triumphantly: "I made a bet with the fuse, saying that I would take you to play with women later, I said that you would not go, he said that you would definitely go after holding back in the barracks for so long, and I won." Hahaha......"
Li Qingcang suddenly realized, and when he saw the fuse looking aggrieved and unwilling, he also felt funny, so he patted him on the shoulder and asked, "How much did you lose?" βγ
The fuse held up a finger and said, "Ten thousand dollars." βγ
Li Qingcang rolled his eyes and said, "! But it's really yours, this little thing is such a big bet, you don't say it earlier, next time you bet on me, please tell me, I promise you to win, and we will divide the money equally. β
The fuse said, "Damn! Is it still called a bet? But you kid really can bear it, Lao Tzu stayed in the barracks for a few months, and saw that the sows were double eyelids, are the Chinese like you? β
Li Qingcang thought of the leopard and Xiao Meng, and said: "That's not it, I still like to have a little emotional foundation, and I can't accept spending money to find a woman." β
The fuse said: "To tell the truth, sometimes you have to learn to relax, women and wine are the most able to relieve tension, but you need to vent after the battlefield, your Chinese beauty is far from quenching your thirst." β
Li Qingcang replied: "Habit problem, I can't accept it all at once, let's get used to it slowly!" β
The three of them talked and laughed, since they were not going to go to the Fengyue place. Razor led him around the attractions near the base.
went to the bar again, drank for a while, and then had a hearty dinner, until Li Qingcang's belly was swollen, and then sent him back to the base, and then drove away in a military vehicle.
Li Qingcang took the foie gras and truffle steak bought outside to the two fellows, and the two of them were smiling and happy.
Wang Weidong said: "This foie gras, truffles are not cheap, your two mercenary friends are really rich." β
Zhang Ziyu answered: "Otherwise, people dare to claim to be the first in the world, since it is the first to eat some of this thing, it is not pediatrics." β
The two of them were envious for a long time, fantasizing about when they would have the ability to join the "Iron Blood".
However, they all have self-knowledge, and after looking at Li Qingcang's training volume, they know what they are material, so they didn't grind Li Qingcang to introduce them.