At night, Nanshan City is brightly lit, and the Star Hotel is even more celebrity-filled and star-studded. Just looking at the parking lot is like an exhibition of famous cars.

"Dad, I just saw the new actress Zhao Yingying." Bao Wenchao is like a spring male dog, hanging his tongue, looking intently at the celebrity models in the crowd.

"Yu Bancheng has begun to invest in the film and television industry in recent years, using his influence in the real estate industry to acquire 70% of the cinemas in our province and surrounding provinces and cities, and the Nandi Cinema Line is already the second largest cinema chain in China. It is only natural that a celebrity director will come to his birthday banquet. Don't look like you haven't seen a woman. ”

"Who's that, the best!" Bao Wenchao pointed to a beautiful woman not far away as if he had discovered a new continent again.

Bao Mingfan raised his eyebrows, "Isn't this a little star, do you see the old man next to her?" That was Guan Tianping, the chairman of Shanhai Group. If I guessed correctly, she should be Guan Tianping's most beloved granddaughter, Guan Lingshan. ”

Bao Wenchao took a breath secretly, "Shanhai Group? The king of the ship, Guan Tianping? Yu Bancheng's face is not small. ”

Although Yu Bancheng is the richest man in Nanshan, and even the top richest man in the entire S Province, he is still more than a step behind an international large company like Shanhai Group.

"If you can deal with Guan Lingshan, then it is not impossible for us to surpass Nandi." Bao Mingfan's words, listening to Bao Wenchao's blood.

Such a superb beauty, such a family background, who really marries it, it is not that there is no less struggle for 30 years, but there is no need to struggle at all, and you will win while lying down.

Not only Bao Wenchao, but also the men around her who are either greedy for beauty or fancy her family background are all ready to move. It's just that after the banquet began, Guan Lingshan accompanied Guan Tianping to sit at the main table, and the others did not have a chance to go over to talk for the time being.

"I've heard for a long time that the executive chef of the Etoile Hotel is a Michelin-starred chef, but I haven't had the opportunity to taste the food he cooks himself, so this time I should be in good hands." The mayor of Nanshan City was also the guest of honor at tonight's birthday banquet.

"Yes, this time, in addition to the hotel's executive chef will cook in person, Lao Yu also invited a mysterious chef, I believe that tonight's birthday banquet must be a feast." Fu Hongshen, who was also sitting at the main table, said and glanced at Guan Tianping.

"Oh? Even Uncle Fu, who has traveled south and north and eaten all over the country, said that I have to look forward to it. Guan Tianping also jokingly called Fu Hongshen's nickname.

While talking and laughing, the lights on the stage turned on, and Yu Maolin walked on stage with a red face, and the audience applauded.

"Thank you for coming to celebrate Yu's birthday today, sixty years have passed in a flash, difficult and bumpy, struggle for half a life, looking back, the greatest wealth is actually to be able to meet all the friends here, life has a career, and friendship is priceless. Tonight we drink and talk merrily, and we don't go home if we don't get drunk. ”

On the stage, singers sang, danced operas, acrobatics and magic, and all kinds of wonderful performances were performed on stage. All kinds of exquisite delicacies in the audience, Chinese and Western delicacies are served to the table one by one.

One of the biggest differences between Chinese food and Western food is the split meal system, so the Chinese dishes at the birthday banquet are directly served on the table, and the Western-style plate is pushed by the waiter with the name of the dish on it, and a portion is served for each guest, if you don't like it, you can let the waiter remove it. So the plate of food in front of the guests is never empty until you are full.

"This is a Hong Kong-style Buddha jumping over the wall."

"It's a Kraft and beef eye steak."

"It's called fish and bear's paw, it's made with abalone and bear's paw, and it takes three days to stew the bear's paw part to make the meat soft and flavorful."

"This golden dragon treasure is made of Mozambican rose lobster, cooked with only shrimp claws, the shells and meat are stewed into a broth, then stir-fried with Dijian Gong eggs, shark fin and white truffle are added, and finally drizzled with a thick soup made of lobster stock before serving. It is a new dish specially designed by our Executive Chef, Mr. Boris, for today's birthday banquet. ”

Every time a variety of Chinese and Western dishes are served, the waiter will introduce this dish a little, especially this golden dragon treasure, which is the most expensive of all dishes today, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is 10,000 yuan a bite.

The golden dishes are gorgeous, the aroma is appetizing, and the white truffles hidden in the soup are as impressive as diamonds.

Although everyone here is rich or expensive, such expensive dishes are not something that can be accessed casually.

"Put cream in this broth to make the lobster taste more mellow, not bad." Sun Daoxian praised.

"If you can make the aquatic king think that this lobster is cooked well, it is really good." Yu Maolin also felt quite face-saving when he heard the praise.

Soon the guests were already seven or eight minutes full, and they were usually ready for dessert, but then another dish was served. But the strange thing is that the waiter can't tell the name of this dish, and when a guest asks, the waiter can't even tell what ingredients are used in this dish.

Yu Maolin was a little unhappy about this kind of faux pas, and the hotel manager on the side saw that the big boss drooped his face, and immediately sent someone to the back kitchen to ask, and the manager came over with a small note.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this dish is called eggplant (pronunciation: xiǎng). It is made with eggplant. It's a new dish made by a new chef. ”

"Eggplant?!" Just listening to the name of the dish surprised the mayor of Nanshan.

"This taste is fresh and smooth, chewy, but not old, the unique salty aroma of the oil wraps the fragrance of eggplant, it is obviously a vegetable, but you can eat the flavor of chicken, fresh bamboo shoots, mushrooms, as if every bite has a new flavor is released, I have never eaten such a complex taste level, such a delicate dish." Fu Hong took a deep taste and exclaimed.

"Sure enough, it lives up to its name!" The mayor also ate the stunning.

"Is this dish famous?" Guan Lingshan saw that everyone was fascinated by eating, and asked puzzled.

"President Wang is an expert in the Department of History, and it is most appropriate for him to introduce this dish."

"Haha, then I'll be ugly, this dish of eggplant is from the forty-first episode of "Dream of Red Mansions", the tea tasting plum blossom Xueyi Red Courtyard robbed the female locust." Wang Ming swallowed the food in his mouth, closed his eyes and tasted it again, and then said unyieldingly.

"Huh? It turned out to be a dish in "Dream of Red Mansions". Guan Lingshan covered her mouth and exclaimed.

"Yes, there are many famous dishes described in the Dream of Red Mansions, but only this dish is described by Wang Xifeng himself, you need to put the eggplant on the skin, as long as the meat is clean, cut into chopped nails, fried with chicken oil, and then use chicken breast meat and fragrant mushrooms, new bamboo shoots, mushrooms, five-spice dried curd, all kinds of dried fruits, cut into dices, simmer dry with chicken broth, collect sesame oil, add bad oil, and seal it tightly in a porcelain jar, when you want to eat, take out a plate, and mix it with fried chicken and melon seeds." Wang Ming is worthy of being a history expert, and he has memorized the content of the chapters of "Dream of Red Mansions" like a stream.

"Grandma Liu shook her head and stuck out her tongue when she heard this: 'My Buddha, I have to have more than a dozen chickens to match him, and it is strange and delicious.' Everyone was amused by Wang Mingxue's way of talking to Grandma Liu.

Around the main table of the birthday banquet, there is an endless stream of people who come to toast, and there is an endless stream of people who want to come to the set all the time, the legend of this dish is passed on by word of mouth, and some people took out their mobile phones to take a small video when Wang Ming introduced it and spread it in the WeChat group, and soon the guests knew that this seemingly ordinary diced eggplant turned out to be a famous dish of Red Mansion.

Why are these celebrities and super-rich people willing to spend a lot of money on eating, in addition to satisfying their appetites, it is also a kind of showing off. The rarity and preciousness of the ingredients can certainly reflect the compelling, but there is no doubt that if you can eat out of culture and history, you will be forced to be forced to do more, and you don't want to be awesome.

You see that many rich people like to put a wall of bookshelves in the office, on which all kinds of Shakespeare's complete works, the four masterpieces, Chinese and foreign classics, whether they read it in the end or not, put it just to tell the visitors, I am not only rich, I also have culture, everything is inferior, only reading is high.

This eggplant is like a storm that has brought the birthday feast that is nearing the end to a new climax. Everyone was discussing this dish, praising his taste and admiring his approach, as if after taking a bite, he accepted a baptism of red science and swept away his vulgar bones. I am not in the Star Hotel, but in the Grand View Garden to taste the words of Cao Xueqin's pen. Who doesn't say a wonderful word.

Yu Maolin also re-stepped onto the stage, pulling a young man in a snow-white chef's suit. Said into the microphone:

"I'm very happy today, I invited a good friend who wants to introduce to you, that is, the famous chef who restored this famous dish of Red Mansion 'eggplant', and also my New Year's friend - Chen Blade."