Wait for the dishes to be ready.

Chen Er took out the boiling mountain spring water and brewed twenty-five cups of tea for people to send over.

Zhao Jiuxiang knew the effect of this tea.

Chen Ercai gathered with everyone and made some home-cooked food to eat by himself.

Dou Yitong was very interested in the camel's hoof soup just now.

"The practice of camel's hoof soup is a secret that is not passed on by major chefs and restaurants."

"Teacher Chen, did you give us this method like this?"

Chen Er smiled, "I also put some spices in the pot when the camel's hoof soup was made just now, can you see what I put in clearly?" ”

As soon as they said this, everyone suddenly showed a confused look.

Chen Er's hand speed was too fast just now, and many people didn't see it clearly.

Dou Yitong scratched his head.

"Left is nothing more than salt or spice powder of Titian......"

Chen Er stopped talking.

He had just put only three things in the camel's hoof soup, salt, chopped green onions, and frosting scraped from the surface of the pickled oranges.

All three are indispensable.

At this time, more than two dozen well-dressed young men and women gathered at the banquet.

Mandarin duck vines cling to the shed, occasionally hanging a few green vines overhead.

It is covered with small pale yellow or snow-white flowers.

It exudes a faint aroma, and the aroma has a slight cold breath, like the aroma wafting through a deep pool.

There were more than 20 high tables in the shed, and some servants carried food boxes and fish into them, and put the dishes on the high tables.

Behind the high tables are half-human-height tripods, lit with a white energy-saving lamp and covered with colorful glass covers.

The white light hits the glass cover, and then through the cover, it falls outside.

Immediately, a small area outside was dyed with colorful colors.

The glass is translucent, and the light shines through, becoming light and thin, and gently sprinkled down, as if the colorful streamer is gently lingering.

The white porcelain vase on the high table is inserted with a large blooming moon season.

The pink flowers look more tranquil and gentle at night.

Zhao Jiuxiang was surrounded by several young people.

Chatting babblingly.

"Jiuxiang's banquet this time is a bit interesting, I've never seen this way of eating."

"I heard that Jiuxiang also specially invited Chef Xu from Lin'an to be the chef this time. Chef Xu's Jiangnan cuisine is simply a rare delicacy in the world! ”

Zhao Jiuxiang said, "There are some things at Master Xu's house, and I went back temporarily, so the chef has been replaced." ”

Now everyone is buzzing and they are clamoring to try the new chef's food.

The housekeeper came over and told Zhao Jiuxiang that the appetizers had been served.

Zhao Jiuxiang beckoned everyone to eat delicious food.

Each guest stood next to a tall table.

It is said to be a few high, but in fact it is not that tall, at most it is up to the knee of an adult man.

A mat made of bamboo was laid out on the lower side of the high table, and a boxy cushion was placed.

The inside is stuffed with goose feathers, and the outside is wrapped in smooth satin, which looks beautiful and is very soft and smooth to the touch.

"Everybody sit casually." Zhao Jiuxiang sat down cross-legged on the mat.

Everyone saw it and learned from it.

Several delicacies have already been set up on the high table.

Everyone sniffed the faint fragrance of flowers in the moon season, and then looked at the several delicacies that had been arranged.

The dishes in front of everyone are the same, the portions are not much, and each dish can be eaten in four or five bites at most.

That's it, but there are only five dishes in total, where can I get my fill?

What's more, while those five dishes look good, they are not fresh either.

It's a dish that can be eaten outside at a larger restaurant or restaurant.

Such a dish arrangement makes people feel a little perfunctory in the eyes of these guests.

It's just that the environment for eating food is not bad now, and everyone smells the fragrance of flowers and vegetables, but they don't have any objections.

When the butler on the side saw that everyone was seated, he raised his hand and called to the people who were waiting outside.

Then the guests in the shed saw about twenty servants with teacups come in.

Then the tea was brought to each guest.

Zhao Jiuxiang immediately understood.

He said to the puzzled guest, "This is the chef's habit, and before tasting the food, he needs to rinse his mouth with tea." ”

When Zhao Jiuxiang said this, there were already a few anxious guests who picked up the tea cup in front of them and were about to open their mouths to drink tea, but after hearing this, they silently took away the tea cup in their hands again.

As soon as everyone opened the lid, they smelled a very special aroma.

Several regular tea drinkers immediately concluded that the tea was white silver needles based on the aroma and the shape of the tea leaves.

And I also think that this tea is particularly mellow.

"The aroma of this cup of tea is very special, with a clear cold air in the aroma, but this cold is very light and light, if you don't feel it carefully, you can't feel it, I guess, this tea tree should be planted in a relatively cold place."

Another disagrees with him.

"You also said that the cold fragrance in this tea is very light. If the tea tree is really planted in a colder place, then the cold fragrance should be stronger. So, I guess, most of it has something to do with the water in which the tea is cooked. ”

After speaking, the two looked at Zhao Jiuxiang together.

Zhao Jiuxiang is not proficient in the tea ceremony, but he usually drinks more tea, so he can distinguish the varieties of tea.

But he really can't make any judgment on the method of cooking tea.

Just now, the housekeeper took someone to get the food, and he stayed for a long time, maybe Chen Er had already told him.

So Zhao Jiuxiang looked at the housekeeper on the side.

So everyone turned their attention to the housekeeper again.

The housekeeper, who had never been watched by so many people, was stunned for a while.

Then he began to speak, "Master Chen said, the water used to cook the tea is ice melt water from Changbai Mountain. ”

The butler was secretly glad that Chen Er had told him some of the sources of these materials in advance, and the special methods of dealing with them.

Otherwise, he would not be able to answer now.

Hearing this, the two guests just now applauded in unison.

One of them preemptively said, "The idea of using ice melt water to cook tea is wonderful!" Snow originally fell from the sky, and it was not contaminated with the smell of earthly fireworks, and after accumulating over time, it became ice that did not melt for many years. Using this water to cook tea can not only make the tea bring a faint cold, increase the freshness of the tea aroma, but also will not destroy the aroma of the tea because the cold is too heavy. ”

Another person also hurriedly said, "Yes, most varieties of tea trees are not suitable for planting in cold places. And the people who cook tea like to pursue a crisp taste. It is indeed a good choice to cook tea with ice melt water. ”

So everyone happily rinsed their mouths with the tea.

I only felt that at that moment, a cold aroma rolled from the tip of my tongue all the way to my mouth, and the aroma spread back and forth between my teeth.

It is refreshing and fragrant.