Chapter 7 – Chinese Cuisine

When Li Yao led the Stanford people to a Chinese restaurant in his memory, looking at the picturesque dishes on the menu, the Stanford people said that they could no longer control their salivary glands, and the constant exclamations made Li Yao's heart full of pride.

"Boss, stick to the specialty dishes, by the way, don't fool me with those things that fool the gringos, bring me a table of standard Sichuan food." Li Yao walked directly to the boss who was sitting in front of the bar, smoking a dry cigarette and playing with his mobile phone.

The boss, who was still immersed in his own world, was awakened by Li Yao's standard Mandarin, and looked at the yellow-skinned young man in front of him with some stunned.

"Okay, no problem, it's rare to meet a Chinese fellow in this place, I'll cook it myself today, you can take a look, and make sure to blind the dog eyes of these foreign devils." The boss patted his chest and assured that he had not been able to cook authentic Sichuan cuisine for a long time, and had been improving his own dishes in order to cater to the appetite of the gringos, so he almost forgot the authentic Sichuan cuisine handed down by his ancestors, and now he had such an opportunity to show his skills, how could he let it go?

"Hey, let the boss cook by himself, it seems that we have enjoyed it today." Hearing the boss's words, Li Yao was also a little excited, after all, these people who dare to come out to make a restaurant with a signboard, who doesn't have one or two good things in their hands? Now it is estimated that the boss will personally cook because he is also Chinese.

"By the way, boy, are you Chinese or 'banana man'?" Just when the boss changed into a formal chef's outfit and was about to walk into the kitchen, he suddenly asked a little sad for some reason.

Li Yi obviously also heard the sadness in the boss's tone, and it seemed that he was also a person with a story, and then said to the boss with a solemn face: "The kid only knows that he will only be Chinese in this life, and he will be in the next life, and he has never heard of any 'banana man'!" ”

"Good boy, good, good, good! Today, labor and management will show their housekeeping skills to make you have a long face in front of these gringos, but are you sure you want to eat standard Sichuan food? You must know that the taste of gringos is very light, if not, give them the same, and when we have the opportunity to get together, I will bring you a complete set of authentic Sichuan cuisine? Hearing Li Yao's answer, the boss was particularly excited, and even there was a slight tremor in his tone, and Li Yao seemed to see the moistness in the corner of the boss's eyes.

"No need, the boss said that I would like to have a table of standard Sichuan cuisine, I am here today to let these gringos see what real Chinese food is, and those dishes that have been modified for their taste can still be called Chinese food? What's the difference between those dishes and the 'banana man'? Don't say it, boss, hurry up and cook, I'm going to starve to death, you must give me a long face! Li Yao immediately rejected the boss's kindness.

"Okay, good, good, boy, you're right, what's the difference between that kind of Chinese food and 'banana people'? From today onwards, only authentic Sichuan food will appear in my restaurant, as for long faces? Boy, just look at it, let the old man show you a hand today. Li Yao's words entered the boss's heart again, and the boss waved his happy hand to let Li Yao wait, and then walked into the kitchen with a high spirit.

"Lee, why does your Chinese food always look so good?" Jackson didn't take his eyes off the menu in his hand until this time, and asked Li Yao, who had just sat down, while swallowing his saliva.

“excuse me? What does it mean to look good? It's delicious, both in terms of looking and eating, okay? Li Yao couldn't laugh or cry when he was asked by Jackson's question, this person said as if Chinese food could only be seen but not eaten, how could something come out of this mouth's mouth There was always an urge to make people beat him.

"Lee, I'm looking forward to it, you know, I've eaten Chinese food with my friends a few times, but I always feel that there is a big gap with my impression of eating in China." Coach Trent Johnson also spoke at this time, and even made a look of nostalgia.

"Oh? Has the coach also been to China? Li Yao was also shocked by Coach Trent Johnson's words, and he didn't expect Coach Trent Johnson to have been to China and seemed to have eaten local food.

"Well, I remember that there was an academic exchange meeting between Stanford University and your Zhejiang University in China, and I happened to have nothing to do and went with you, but I remember going to eat Chinese food once under their leadership, oh my god, that delicious taste makes me have endless memories to this day, so after returning to China, I have also been to a lot of Chinese restaurants, but I no longer have that kind of aftertaste feeling, why is this? Is there anything different about Chinese food? Lee。 Coach Trent Johnson asked Li Yao with a puzzled expression.

"Of course, my coach, you know? There are eight major cuisines in China, as well as a variety of small cuisines, and the last time you ate it, it was Zhejiang cuisine among the eight major cuisines, and Zhejiang cuisine is one of the oldest cuisines in China, and it is also the third largest cuisine in the court. And what I am bringing you to eat today is the most distinctive cuisine in China, Sichuan cuisine, which is also the largest Chinese folk cuisine. Li Yao couldn't help but start popularizing the common sense of Chinese cuisine to this group of ignorant gringos.

"Oh my god, you Chinese will really enjoy it! There are so many dishes, one dish a day, how long does it take to repeat after changing meals! Jackson on the side still didn't raise his head, and continued to look at the photos on the menu and said. Li Yao was very speechless about this, you just look at the menu and show it, if the dishes come up, God knows what surprising moves this product will make.

"How long? If you want to eat all the Chinese food without repeating it, I guess you will be able to eat it until you are old. Li Yao looked at Jackson with a look of disdain and said, actually asked how long it would take to eat before repeating, and said something bad to eat until you die.

“excuse me? Lee, are you sure you're not kidding? Everyone was shocked by Li Yao's words.

God knows how these 'crooked Chinese people' who face vegetable salad, mashed potatoes, pasta, and steak all day long understand the greatness of Chinese cuisine, which is one of the masterpieces inherited from more than 5,000 years of Chinese history. Li Yao had to sigh at the greatness of China's ancestors.

Just as Coach Trent Johnson was lamenting, the first course had already been served to the waiter.

"Fish-flavored meat. Please taste the silk. After the waiter gave the name of the dish, he politely stepped aside.

"Lee, what kind of dish is this?" Everyone asked as they looked at the colorful delicacies on the plate and the tempting aromas that kept coming from them.

"Well, how do you explain this in English?" Li Yao was also asked, and he didn't know how to translate Chinese food in English for this group of gringos!

"You just need to know that this dish is called 'fish-flavored pork. Silk' on it. Li Yao, who thought about it for a long time, finally gave up, and could only helplessly say to the people who were looking forward to it.

"Lady snatching roses?"

“。。。” Li Yao was defeated by this group of people, and sure enough, he did it by himself, so he didn't bother with it.

"Waiter, bring us a bowl of rice." Li Yao didn't care about it, and the people who were full of curiosity asked the waiter on the side for rice, after all, what they ate today was Sichuan food, and if these people couldn't stand it, it would be good to have rice to press.

Then one after another the delicacies were served by the waiter, and to Li Yao's surprise, the deliciousness of Sichuan cuisine conquered everyone present, and the whole big table could no longer hear any other sound except the sound of eating.

One of the most speechless things for Li Yao is that because of the fact that foreigners don't know how to use chopsticks, the waiter prepared tools such as spoons and forks for them, and the result was that Li Yao didn't get a few mouthfuls of food in the face of a group of almost crazy people.

However, looking at everyone sweating profusely but still couldn't stop the dining tools in their hands, and kept pulling Sichuan dishes into the bowl, Li Yao felt a sense of pride in his heart, this is the charm of Chinese food.

Li Yao also stopped grabbing food from everyone, and walked to the boss who had come out of the kitchen, wanting to talk to him.

"Boy, what? I make dishes that don't match your taste? The boss couldn't help frowning and asked when he saw that Li Yao didn't eat, but walked over to him.

Li Yao didn't answer, pointed to the Stanford people who were grabbing food, shrugged his shoulders and said how could he eat in this situation.

When the boss saw it, he first laughed, and then said puzzledly: "It's not that there are no foreigners to eat in restaurants before, why have you never encountered this situation?" ”

"Because, today they are eating 'Chinese food', not dishes with no name. When foreigners want to eat Chinese food, but Chinese are considering the taste of foreigners and changing their most fundamental things, how can that kind of four dislike be welcomed? Li Yao pointed to the core issue and said.

"Looks like we've all taken a detour." The boss sighed.

"How do these gringos, who eat entirely for the sake of eating, understand that the Chinese enjoy food? Therefore, what you are doing is completely adding to the snake, not only has it not been recognized by foreigners, but it has also ruined the reputation of Chinese cuisine! Li Yao didn't know what to say about the phenomenon of opening a Chinese restaurant abroad, and could only say his truest thoughts. When I was still in my previous life, once Li Yao traveled to South Korea and ate the so-called "sweet and sour pork" and "fried noodles" in a Chinese restaurant. Think about it when I first looked at the sky upward, Xiao Wu once said that he had been eating Yangzhou fried rice for a week, and the reason was: it was so delicious. I have to make Li Yao sigh, sure enough, there is nothing to eat in South Korea except kimchi.

"That's right, how can these gringos understand the Chinese's enjoyment of food, the kid can't imagine that I have lived so many years longer than you, but I can't see through you, these years have really lived on dogs." The boss also figured it out and couldn't help but laugh and scold.