It's early autumn, the sky is clear, the mountain air is fresh, and the green is dotted with light or thick autumn leaves.

On this morning, Nong Tianyi and Wang Ziwei came to Ningzhao'an with great interest, one is to make a wish to play, and the other is to taste the unique food banquet here.

Ningzhaoan is not only lush with flowers and plants, but also a collection of religion and leisure, full of legendary fairy mountain.

Visitors in the nunnery are in twos and threes, there is the joy of appreciating flowers and praying for blessings, and there is also the fun of making wishes. The sun walks among the flowers and trees, through the mottled jungle, and splashes on this pure land.

Coming up the mountain, they have entered the nunnery, first praying for blessings and vows, and then going to visit the hostess, after the ceremony, they look forward to tasting the food banquet of Ningzhao Nunnery Xianshan.

Wang Ziwei said that this is really a great joy in the world.

The hostess personally accompanied, and at this time, they sat down at an antique table of eight immortals. When waiting for food, they first drank the homemade green tea in the nunnery, which had an elegant fragrance.

Wang Ziwei said, this tea is so elegant, sweet and light.

Nong Tian took a sip of tea and said "mmmm".

Later, Wang Ziwei said again, this is the first time I have eaten vegetarian food, and I heard my mother say that it is very delicious.

Nong Tianyi accosted and said with a smile, I have eaten some in other temples, and it is the first time I have come here to taste them.

The hostess said that the food is full of color, flavor and flavor, and it is similar to the shape, especially the god, which is the same as the real one, with the unique charm of our nunnery.

They were looking forward to it and nodded their heads repeatedly.

At this moment, they were both full of curiosity, and they were waiting patiently like anticipation before the start of a grand banquet.

They sipped tea and chatted, and after a while, the food was served.

The two of them hurriedly took a look, and the first dish they served was a plate of shiny chicken thighs, which was wafting a thick fragrance.

Wang Ziwei was puzzled, pointed to the chicken thighs and asked rashly, "Aren't monks who don't eat meat?" Why are there still chicken legs? Can't we break the rules of the nunnery because we are two laymen! ”

The hostess glanced at Wang Ziwei and said with a shallow smile: "How dare the poor aunt break the rules? You'll know if you taste it. ”

Wang Ziwei picked up a chicken leg and looked at it carefully, only to know that it was made of bean skin. Wang Ziwei's reckless words made everyone laugh. She herself felt that what she had just said was a bit excessive.

The hostess said: "This is a hospitality dish in the nunnery, called vegetarian chicken." ”

It turns out that this vegetarian chicken is fried in sesame oil, and it tastes more flavorful than real chicken thighs, and the entrance is tender and smooth, refreshing.

When the second vegetarian dish was served, Nong Tianyi didn't recognize it, it was as thin as silk, white as jade, accompanied by chives and green peppers, and it was delicious at first glance.

Nong Tianyi hurriedly grabbed a chopstick and sent it to his mouth, which looked like meat but not meat, like vegetables and not vegetables, and was very chewy.

With previous experience, this time, Nong Tianyi didn't dare to guess the meat dishes, but he couldn't help but ask the hostess: "What is this?" ”

The hostess in turn asked them to guess, and after guessing for a while, neither he nor Wang Ziwei guessed what it was made of.

The hostess smiled again: "This is made of very ordinary eggplant." ”

They first said "oh", and then Wang Ziwei was surprised and said, "How do you make eggplant so delicious?" ”

They chewed slowly, and gradually found a hint of the taste of eggplant and the feeling of vegetables. So, Wang Ziwei asked the hostess for advice on how to make it.

The hostess told Wang Ziwei: "Peel the newly picked tender eggplant, cut it into thin strips, blanch it, dry it and soak it in sesame oil." ”

Wang Ziwei couldn't help but praise: "This is really amazing." ”

While eating, while talking, the third dish came up unconsciously, which is the traditional famous dish of Nanyi County - Chong (cage) cuisine.

This dish is pickled with green cabbage, yellow and green, moderate sour and salty, crisp and refreshing, hidden momentum, can make people's nose itch, sneeze again and again, and at the same time double the joyful atmosphere of the feast, it is a good dish to accompany wine and rice.

The two of them frowned one by one, and Nong Tianyi shouted, "It's really enjoyable."

Daogu served the fourth course, which was a plate of fried coriander. It is made by deep-frying the batter with coriander leaves, which is very crispy and delicious.

This is the first time Wang Ziwei has seen this practice, so she asked: "How do you do it so exquisitely?" ”

The hostess replied: "The fire should not be too fierce when frying, and it should be necessary to pay attention to the moderate heat, because the coriander is tender, and if you don't pay attention to it, it will be overfried." ”

Wang Ziwei nodded again and again.

Nong Tianyi said: "This cooking technique is just right, wonderful! ”

It can be said that the fifth dish is a big dish, called "Buddha's hand". I saw a large plate of chubby little Buddha's hands. It is quite like a Buddha's hand, vivid and lifelike.

They ate the "Buddha's hand", perceived it with taste, touched it with piety, and comprehended it with their hearts. It turns out that this "bergamot" is made of flour and is cooked by baking. It's a must.

As he spoke, the sixth course came up again, and it was a large plate of kimchi: green peppers, garlic, ginger, Sichuan peppercorns, radish, and yuanhe.

Wang Ziwei has entered the role and is becoming more and more experienced, she said while eating: "Especially this yuan lotus, fresh and watery, like a budding lotus flower." ”

Nong Tianyi looked at the plate full of vegetables and vegetables, and then said, "It's really colorful, very beautiful, even the kimchi water is red and gorgeous." ”

Nong Tianyi loves to eat kimchi on weekdays, and this Ningzhao'an's kimchi is full of fairy spirit and is particularly delicious, so he eats a lot and praises "delicious!" Delicious! ”

Wang Ziwei teased: "Look at your greed." ”

Everyone laughed.

After that, a few side dishes were served, namely: spiced dried tofu, fried bean sprouts, and fried shredded potatoes, all of which were very elegant, exquisite, and had a unique taste.

Finally, there is the "finale", that is, the "fairy soup" of a sea bowl. It is made with turquoise spinach, bright red wolfberries and tender yellow enoki mushrooms, and it is exceptionally delicious. These ingredients are treasures from the mountain.

Nong Tianyi praised while drinking the soup, and he described it in four words: "fresh, clear, fragrant, and smooth." ”

The wine used during the banquet is the chrysanthemum wine soaked by the hostess with the rice wine of Nanyi County, which is fragrant and sweet, and the chrysanthemum fragrance and wine aroma are integrated, and the aftertaste is mellow and long after tasting.

Nong Tianyi first smelled it, then took a sip, and then drank three cups in a row, and kept praising it: "It's so fragrant!" Yellow and oily liquor. ”

The hostess said: "The nuns in the nunnery regard wine as medicine, which can play a role in maintaining health and beauty, so only meat is avoided. ”

Wang Ziwei felt that this chrysanthemum wine was very good, so she smiled and said: "Tianyi, do you hear it, when you go home, get more rice wine to soak chrysanthemums to drink, maintain health and beauty, kill two birds with one stone." ”

Nong Tianyi drank chrysanthemum wine, and said while drinking: "Okay, everything listens to Madame!" ”

Everyone is happy again.

At this point, it's time for the staple to come in. The nun has already served it, it is a bowl of longevity noodles for one person, with seven or eight kinds of "pretty heads" such as shiitake mushrooms, fungus, yellow flowers, mung bean sprouts, and bean tendons. They are scattered in the bowl of longevity noodles as thin as silk, like a world of flowers, blooming on the white velvet snow, and when you see it, you can't help but drool, which is extremely attractive.

Nong Tianyi said: "The more you look at it, the better it looks, just like a colorful grand view garden." ”

After dinner and a short rest, they said goodbye to the hostess.

When going down the mountain, they were full of praise for the Ningzhao Nunnery Zhai Banquet all the way, this Jingchu Famous Nunnery not only has beautiful scenery and fairy atmosphere, but also the Zhai Cuisine Banquet is also very exquisite, which is really worthy of its name.

They were also immersed in a feast of delicious food. Their interest was not reduced, so they began to compose a poem, one sentence by Nong Tian, one sentence by Wang Ziwei, and after a while, they became a poem:

The scenery in Ningzhao Nunnery is happy,

Seven bowls and eight butterflies.

A table feast for longevity,

Three cups of chrysanthemum wine swept the heart.

Don't talk about Daogu's extraordinary people,

He was the best chef in the world.

After chanting the poem, Nong Tianyi asked Wang Ziwei: "What's the question?" ”

Wang Ziwei pondered for a moment and said: "How about "Ningzhao Nunnery Pinzhai"? ”

Nong Tianyi praised: "Good question." ”