Chapter Forty-Six: Table Manners

An Chen and Qin Xiao had a playful "debate" on the topic of "whether the rocket structure group should obey the arrangement of the satellite control group", while Jace had been lecturing Luo Qingye.

Because the Zhen Cui's risotto hung up the "urgent" card, it was quickly ready. Jace placed the four small white porcelain cups in front of the seats of the four seats, then sat down in his place, lifted the white porcelain lid and set it aside.

In the white and flawless porcelain cup, a round table-shaped dish of royal balm mixed with biochemical powder is held, in which the shavings of the royal balm are crystal clear, like petals made of amber. The sauce has an attractive honey colour and is served as a side dish with sea urchin yellow and black caviar.

Although the risotto is made with royal jelly as the main ingredient, it uses seafood as the overall flavor, and it contains a lot of biochemical powder, which tests the chef's skill in preparing the soup. If the flavors of royal jelly, sea urchin yellow, caviar and biochemical powder are harmoniously blended by pouring the sauce, this is where the SHKP Hotel's floating restaurant is a top-notch hotel.

An Chen came up and scooped a spoonful first, tasted it and said, "The quality of this new batch of royal balm is okay." ”

Luo Qingye had never eaten royal balm before, and he also picked up the spoon and stretched it out into his porcelain cup, but was stopped by Jace: "Hey, don't worry." According to etiquette, you can't eat it so directly. ”

He picked up the chopsticks that were placed aside and demonstrated to Luo Qingye, and first dipped the tip of the chopsticks in the soup without biochemical powder and royal jelly in the porcelain cup, put it in his mouth and sipped it.

After that, Jace explained to Luo Qingye: "This action is a taste. In the feudal era, when the lords of different countries met, the host of the treat did not put seasonings in the soup in order to show that the food was clean, so as to show that the original taste was not concealed. Guests should taste the original flavor of the soup before instructing the waiter to add the appropriate seasoning. ”

"But this rare risotto should be seasoned, right?" Luo Qingye asked suspiciously.

"Of course, the food we eat now is seasoned, but the 'taste' is part of the etiquette." Jace explains, "The porcelain chopsticks on the far right are used alone for tasting, which is also considered to be a recognition of the host's way of seasoning. ”

"It's the same as when you go to someone else's house for dinner, and they ask you if the food is salty or not, you have to answer." An Chen added, "It's just that the 'taste' is done by action, after all, it is impossible to ask the guests one by one on a formal occasion whether the food is salty or not." ”

As soon as she said this, Luo Qingye understood. It's just that he secretly thought that the aristocracy was really good enough to set up music when eating, that is, to taste the taste, there must be special etiquette and matching chopsticks.

Luo Qingye also noticed that although An Chen ate it when he came up, Qin Xiao unconsciously dipped the juice with chopsticks before starting to eat the risotto. From this point of view, he is actually more accustomed to the table manners of the upper class than An Chen, and An Chen is still a little marketable. But this is a bit strange, if Qin Xiao's family is higher than An Chen's class, then why does he please An Chen so much?

Then he was a little annoyed, why did he pay attention to An Chen's affairs frequently? An Chen has nothing to do with him, and anyone else wants to please her, and it has nothing to do with him.

Luo Qingye "tasted" the "taste" of the sauce in Jace's example, and then Jace picked up a white translucent spoon and said, "This is a spoon made of shellfish nacre, which is specially used to eat seafood dishes." However, you can't use it for foods with a sour soup, so you need to know the flavor of each dish in advance. ”

Luo Qingye picked up the white spoon with water ripples in his hand, if he didn't know, he thought it was a porcelain spoon dyed with polarizing pigments, but he didn't expect it to be made of shellfish nacre.

"By the way, Aoba, it's best to chew a little more slowly when you go to the tea party." Jace added, "Although there are no etiquette rules in this regard, nobles generally do not go hungry, so few people are in a hurry to eat. Then try to finish the risotto and side dishes at the same time when eating, which is also an affirmation of the arrangement of side dishes. ”

"This side dish...... What is it? Luo Qingye was a little scared and poked the sea urchin yellow in the porcelain cup with a shell spoon.

"It's sea urchin yellow." Jace said apologetically, "Because the sauce is seafood-flavored, the side dishes of the Treasure Risotto are usually some seafood." ”

Luo Qingye scooped a spoonful and said with some hesitation: "This looks like it's undercooked......"

"This is raw, and it's the gonads of sea urchins." An Chen told him bluntly, "You grew up in the hinterland, and you must not be used to eating these things. Personally, I don't think it's necessary to finish the side dishes at all, it's normal to be a picky eater as a 'Chino'. ”

Jess objected calmly, "But the Greco family's jurisdiction is by the sea. ”

"What's wrong with the beach?" An Chen spread his hands and said, "Chino is a holy son, even if he doesn't eat pollen, it's forgivable." ”

Jace thought for a moment and had to admit that Anchen was right. The noble son of the nobility didn't need any reason to be picky eaters, and this was at the Xindi Hotel, not at Corzidu Diana's house, so there was no need for "Master Chino" to give the chef of the Xindi Hotel so much face.

"Then pick what you like and eat it. Just keep in mind that the side dishes of the risotto, sea urchin yellow and black caviar, are all raw. When the time comes, don't touch it if you don't eat it, and if you accidentally eat it and swallow it, don't eat it and spit it out. Jace had no choice but to say.

"I'm sure I know." Luo Qingye nodded. He wouldn't be so rude as to spit out what he had eaten in his mouth, after all, it was a formal occasion, and even if it was unpalatable, he would have to swallow it forcibly.

"Alas, the gonads of sea creatures actually taste very good." An Chen scooped a small spoonful of black caviar and put it in the risotto, "Aoba, if you don't eat it, you can give it to me." ”

Luo Qingye was about to scoop the sea urchin yellow with a spoon and hand it to her, but was held down by Jace.

Jace frowned at An Chen and said, "Don't interfere with our teaching, okay?" As the 'Holy Son of the Greco Family', you can't be so unparticular, even if you don't eat a bite of side dishes, you can't scoop them out to the people who accompany you. ”

"Sister An Chen," Qin Xiao took the opportunity to push his porcelain cup in front of An Chen, "If you want to eat, mine will be given to you!" ”

Jace covered his face a little painfully, he thought that this holy son of the Qin family could set a standard for Luo Qingye, but he didn't expect that when An Chen was there, Qin Xiao's behavior pattern also changed with An Chen.

An Chen smiled and stretched out his hand and pinched Qin Xiao's cheek: "No need, there are still more dishes in the back." And you eat more, why do you feel a little thinner? ”

"Ah, Sister Anchen, you think I'm thin." Qin Xiao deliberately took her hand and said coquettishly, "My sister used to laugh at me for being too heavy, and she was tired of the moon wind, so she would have known that I wouldn't listen to her." ”

He was telling An Chen about the "black state" again, anyway, it was impossible for An Chen to discuss her brother's weight problem with Qin Sheng.

However, to say that Qin Xiao's weight will tire out the fireworks hornet, isn't it lying when he opens his eyes? Although the firework hornet is slightly smaller, it has a lot of weight capacity. Moreover, the Qin family's fireworks hornet is a special domesticated species, and it is no problem to ride five Qin Xiao.