Chapter 13: The Great Diet
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However, the first thing that comes to mind for the cooks of the temple must be the "Imperial Household Agency" and the "Great Dining Office", two Japanese bureaucrats that most people have never heard of.
These two "institutions", to put it simply, are equivalent to the internal affairs office and the imperial dining room during the Chinese imperial period.
But unlike China, Japan's "Chrysanthemum" dynasty is still alive today, so their Imperial Household Agency and Daisanko are still preserved to this day. The Chinese Interior Office, the Imperial Dining Room and the Guanglu Temple have disappeared.
I have long heard my squad leader and Lei Ren say that during the Republic of China, China's civil strife continued, and Western powers such as Japan, Britain and the United States were ready to move, infiltrated and studied all aspects of China, and cultivated their own spheres of influence.
Among them, the Imperial Household Agency, which is the largest bureaucracy in Japan, is naturally not idle.
Before the start of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Imperial Household Agency carried out the most frequent espionage activities against China, and in the name of "academic research" and "imperial diplomacy", they sent many special personnel and "inspection groups" to cooperate with the spy operations of the Kwantung Army and the Black Dragon Society, and carried out a large number of espionage sabotage against China.
On the one hand, they bribed the Manchu remnants and traitors in an attempt to restore and establish a puppet regime, while on the other hand, they attacked and excluded people with lofty ideals and patriotic business groups, and tried to disrupt China's economy by controlling China's economic lifeline.
And the collision between the Five Organs Temple and the Great Dining Profession took place in that context.
Back then, the story of that big "battle" ...... Very, very much.
Zhao Qingshan, Lei Aniu, Qin Qianshou and so on...... A large number of well-known masters and abbots of the Five Organs Temple have all been involved in the "fighting food" dispute between the Five Organs Temple and the Great Dining Staff. Some people even bloody cooks and splattered their lives in restaurants.
In short, the "competition" between China and Japan in those years can really only be described as bloody.
But, after all, it is not the Republic of China now, and the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression has long ended, and I have already judged from Yahai Nanzi's words that there is no connection between her and the Great Diet.
I just want to remember this hatred, but I can't remember her, and she is now Hongye's stepmother, so I have to give some face no matter how I say it.
Therefore, although I was in my heart, I didn't say anything after all, and after saying "too much", I didn't say anything more.
However, I clearly remembered that this "mongrel" woman had a background in Japanese court cuisine. Get along with her, and have one more eye for everything!
Under the simple greetings to each other, the Japanese stepmother of Hyun Momiji was silent. From this woman, I felt the traditional atmosphere of Japanese women.
When the men are around, they don't talk much.
At this time, the rich man raised his glass, walked over to me, and toasted alone: "The illness of the family girl is thanks to your help. This glass of wine is I take the whole family to thank you, after drinking, you are my friend of Xianyuhe, and you will always be the benefactor of Xian Hongye! ”
Xianyuhe is a person with excellent upbringing, and he can also be a man. Two or three sentences pointed out the theme of today's feast, and at the same time praised me very highly, and I was even more flattered.
I hurriedly stood up, respectfully called "uncle", returned to the etiquette, and said, "Everything is easy to say, stick a knife in both sides" and so on.
In a harmonious atmosphere, everyone has come a lot closer.
The guest and the host held the cup, and after sitting down again, Momiji was not very happy.
Maybe I was stimulated by something, but after I sat down, she "pointed at me and scolded Huai" and said, "...... That's it, fortunately, I have a good life, and Lao Tian helps, otherwise, I'm afraid no one will care if I die. ”
Xian Hongye's words are obviously accusing his own father, which is also completely understandable.
Between life and death, the person closest to him is not around, and no one will say the same.
Listening to Xian Hongye's words, the face of the rich man Xianyu Crane naturally couldn't be hung up.
His face was red and white for a while, but then he suddenly quieted down, and he smiled brightly, and his white hair moved slightly, and he said something "jaw-dropping" to me and Momiji.
He actually said, "Daughter! Your understanding Dad, I negotiated in Japan, how to say that it also represents us Chinese, right? You can't disgrace the country. ”
"Hehe," Hyun Hongye sneered, noncommittal.
Seeing the situation, the rich man continued to boast at his daughter: "Since I represent the Chinese, I will win glory." The glory of this country is also a big thing in a small way! Family matters, this becomes a small matter in a big way...... So, you just forgive Dad this time, right? Hehe. ”
…… The words of the virtuous and rich man, I listened to it suddenly! What is a three-inch tongue? I've learned it thoroughly.
In a few words of rapping, the virtuous and rich man talked about his family and country all over the world, and made Momiji speechless. The speed with which he changed his concept and the thickness of his face were unheard of, and I asked myself that even the profiteer Lei Ren was far beyond it.
This virtuous crane is worthy of being a "master" in the business field and at the negotiation table! admires it tightly, no wonder people can become billionaires.
At this time, between the dinner tables, Xian Hongye listened to his father's faceless words, so he naturally didn't do it, I watched Hongye's face become redder and redder, and my emotions were about to get out of control.
But in the current environment, I feel that if their father and daughter continue to quarrel, they can only get more and more stiff, and in the end, the only one who can benefit is the Japanese woman who is smiling on the side.
Therefore, before the red leaves "erupted", I hurriedly stood up, replied a few kind words to Xianyuhe, and said a few words of innocuous nonsense between the two people, so that I could barely let the two sides be dumbfounded.
After the incident passed, Xianyuhe gave me a grateful look, and then hurriedly ordered the waiter to serve the food. At this point, the main topic of the banquet began.
Eating is what I am most happy about.
I'm a person who is not blessed, I have cooked all my life, but I have never eaten in a five-star hotel. Therefore, this time, I also came with the attitude of "learning and observing" to get a glimpse of what is going on.
And the pomp of this big hotel is really exquisite.
As soon as the food was served, I found that the rules of this big hotel are very strict. The way of serving the food is also very scientific. It's not like our small restaurants, where you can do what you want.
They come in strict accordance with the order of "food etiquette" such as cold salad, sweets, head soup, and hot stir-fry. Each dish is named and evenly distributed by the waiter to the diners before eating.
Of course, I also know these etiquettes, but I definitely can't do them so meticulously, and the service of people is really "absolute", even the cold dishes are in accordance with the order of vegetarian first meat, sweet and then salty, very reasonable and scientific.
In short, so far, although they have only served eight cold dishes and a soup, I have seen a lot of ways from them, which can be regarded as an "eye-opener".
After the cold dishes were served, everyone was slightly polite and began to move the chopsticks.
Those foods are very delicate and exquisite, there are "five-flavor dried silk", "two-color silver silk", "salted duck", "Huai'an crystal jelly", etc., mainly Huaiyang cold dishes, the taste is light, is the favorite of the rich.
In addition to this, it may be to take care of the taste of the Japanese stepmother Ya Nanko. There are also two Japanese dishes in the cold cuts, "tempura" and "lion root", and those small fish and shrimp are fried golden and golden, which makes people salivate.
Looking at it, there are many dishes, the amount of dishes is very small, and it is very delicate in baked silver plates, like jade carvings on flower plates.
These all let me see that obviously the owner is not an extravagant and wasteful "dirt bun", but also in line with the scholarly family of the virtuous family.
But as I ate, I still felt a little "strange" from the dishes.
So, I put down my chopsticks and whispered to Hyun Hongye, "This meal is not that simple. I'm afraid your father has another purpose for entertaining. ”
Unclear, Hyun Hongye asked, "What purpose?" What do you see again? ”
I stretched out my chopsticks, scanned the tabletop, and said, "The current dish is 'waiting for the lord'." To be knighted is to wait for more important people to come. ”