Chapter 32: The Luncheon
Some people's idea of good dishes is that they are particularly expensive, big fish, big meat, ginseng wings, abalone belly, and what good things are on top of what good things are.
But today's banquet is not like this, the dishes that come up only look good, and they are not so noble.
For example, the three small cold dishes that came up first. A piece of bamboo shoots, served in a black disk. It's not simple, but it doesn't make people think it's a big deal.
Take a bite and you'll know it's different.
The bamboo shoots are crispy, slightly sour, and soaked in cold, and when you put them in your mouth, you feel like you've been asleep before, and you've been woken up by this hors d'oeuvres.
Even Zhao Yuxi couldn't help but take a small bite.
It's really cool, sour and sour, it's too refreshing and appetizing.
This is followed by a serving of boiled fennel beans that can be seen in ordinary people's homes.
Most people have eaten this stuff, and this small dish of fennel beans looks unremarkable.
But when you peel off the skin and eat the beans inside, you can tell the difference.
The beans melt in your mouth, and you can feel the characteristic sandy, glutinous, and just right amount of fennel on your tongue.
It looks the same as before, but it's a little different.
I can't say what is different, I just ate one and wanted to eat it again, and the small plate in front of Liu Yan made her eat it up unconsciously-originally, there were not a few small plates, too little.
The others also looked surprised.
Obviously, they are all things that have been eaten before, and the method is not fresh, bamboo shoots, boiled beans, what's so difficult about cooking this kind of thing? Everyone has eaten it.
But what I ate today seems to be a little bit better than what I usually eat.
I have served cold dishes, not to mention the main course, which is not much of a surprise.
Steamed Chicken ......
Liu Yan felt that the people in the princess's mansion should not serve the wrong dishes.
So what's so surprising about this steamed chicken?
The taste of chicken is relatively bland, and the steamed and boiled chicken is not very woody, and it tastes like chewing wood. Of course, Liu Yan has never really eaten wood, but ...... To describe it, it tastes like bagasse that has been chewed out of juice, and it is not delicious at all.
It turns out that this steamed chicken is really different.
The meat is smooth and tender, with a salty aroma of soybean paste.
However, Liu Yan feels that this steamed chicken with wine and sherbet is a bit inappropriate, and it should be accompanied by a bowl of fragrant rice and rice, a bite of chicken and a bite of rice, so it will feel more fragrant.
Liu Yan's tongue is more agile, and he tasted the unique umami of mushrooms and mountain mushrooms in the steamed chicken.
The maid who served the dish said, "This dish is herb chicken." ”
Well, this should be made by the chef of Bao Zhen Building.
The fish is next, the snow-white fish is fried to a slightly charred golden brown, it does not taste fishy at all, and there is even a hint of sweetness in the aftertaste.
In a word, delicious.
Liu Yan was not distracted at all, and was engrossed in eating from beginning to end.
Zhao Yuxi really envied Liu Yan's good appetite.
And Liu Fang, she has always been a little unrelenting.
She didn't remember what she had eaten at luncheon today. She was in a trance, sitting there with a mouthful of food, and then she was in a daze with a glass of lotus wine.
What did she think?
In fact, her mind went blank and she didn't think of anything.
The figure of the young man he saw just now, his face, raised his arm when throwing the pot...... And smiles.
Her people had returned, sitting with wine in their hands and listening to the drumming of the rakko through the water. But her person seemed to be still standing on the embroidery tower just now, looking at the person who was throwing pots through the shade of the willow trees and the twelve-sided screen.
The banquet had come to an end, and the maids removed the table, and Liu Fang was shocked to realize that the meal was over.
She hadn't eaten anything, but she had drunk at least four or five glasses of lotus wine, and she was a little dizzy at this moment.
Liu Yan next to him said with a look of unfinished eyes: "Third sister, which dish do you like?" ”
Liu Fang didn't remember what was in the plates in front of her, so she coped and said, "It's all good." ”
"I think it's all good, too. I understand now that celebrity chefs don't brag about it, and they don't necessarily have to cook some dishes that others can't cook, but no matter how ordinary the dishes are, they can do something extraordinary. Alas, it's a pity that the imperial chef in the palace doesn't have this ability. ”
Liu Fang listened absent-mindedly, and turned her head to look at the shore from time to time.
She suddenly stood up and startled Liu Yan.
Liu Fang threw down a sentence: "I'll go to change clothes." ”
"Oh......"
Just change your clothes, and you don't need to say it so loudly.
As soon as Liu Fang went out, Liu Yu, who was sitting on the side, also got up silently and went out.
Liu Yan glanced at her a little strangely.
Liu Yu is also going to change clothes?
She lifted the pot and wanted to pour tea for herself, but Gui Yuan quickly took the tea.
Several cousins around me, Sister E, Sister Meixiang, Sister Fang and Sister Cui, they all went out.
What's going on?
All to change?
Did they eat badly?
Liu Yan glanced at Guiyuan suspiciously, and Guiyuan said with a smile: "Princess, drink tea, drink tea." ”
The matter of the big girls, well, their own princesses don't need to participate now, wait another two or three years, at least after the end.
However, as the biological daughter of the queen's mother, the princess will probably not be as free as her sisters at that time, and she can take such a great opportunity to see her husband well. The queen will definitely choose carefully and choose a good horse for the princess.
"Then let's go out for a walk." She was the only one left in Hefengxuan, and it was awkward to sit here alone.
What can longan do? She has never been able to persuade the princess to be honest and settle down in this work, and it is in vain to persuade her.
I remember that after Princess Fuyu got married, the little princess of her own family lost her temper for a while, and she couldn't climb down the tree, and Gui Yuan was anxious to die on the tree - who made her not climb the tree.
That time, it was Princess Fuyu who came and called her down from the tree.
Seriously, longan was a real eye-opener.
This is the princess, the nimble monkey.
Gui Yuan admits that she has never learned kung fu with fists and feet, and she can't do the work of catching cats, dogs, and monkeys.
"Princess, the sun is poisoning outside, go get an umbrella for the slave."
The sun outside was indeed big, Liu Yan covered his forehead with his hands and squinted his eyes to look out.
The sun was so bright that it was a little dizzying.
She saw the third sister.
Liu Fang's back flashed by the flower wall.
There is a rockery over there, Liu Yan has been here, and she knows the way.
Didn't you go to change clothes?
Liu Yan pulled his feet and ran.
Gui Yuan took an umbrella from the shelf and held it open: "Princess......"
Gui Yuan was not surprised to find that the princess had run away again.
She ran two steps, and felt that the big umbrella was a little in the way, so she simply threw the umbrella down and carried her skirt to chase it.
Liu Yan turned the flower wall and stopped.
The stone caves and paths under this rockery are exactly the same as spider webs, and Liu Yan can't guess which way Liu Fang went.
Gui Yuan panted and chased after him.
"Princess ......"
As soon as Liu Yan lowered his head, he went into the stone cave on the left, and Gui Yuan gritted his teeth and hurriedly followed.