"Brother Zhang, I invite you to dinner today, why did you choose such a place, it won't be because I'm afraid that I won't be able to afford it!" Xu Yang and Boss Zhang came to a roadside stall. There are many places in the capital where you can set up roadside stalls at night, of course, this is only in specific places, and thus the formation of a special 'color' snack culture.

"Brother Xu, you won't think I'm saving money for you, let me tell you, delicious things are not only available in those big hotels, you Brother Zhang and I have a lot of 'faults', I love antiques, I like to gamble on stones, and one of the biggest 'faults' is to eat, I am a famous gluttony in the circle!

I don't understand you like this, then I'll tell you about the experience of eating, first of all, those big restaurants, the dishes in them are delicious, but they are too easy to say, to put it bluntly, those chefs are systematically trained, and the dishes made in the end are almost the same, you can eat a few times, and eating too much is like chewing wax!

Of course, this can't kill a group of people with a stick, there are also those famous chefs among the big chefs, but those big people are like Taishan Beidou in our antique world, and they may not be able to eat once a year.

In fact, if you go to taste these snacks, you will find that each snack has a story and history, although there are many wild histories, but it will also sound very interesting, the person said, roadside snacks, the same snacks, each family's flavor is different, and there are many obviously the same things, but the difference is really great!

These snacks are delicious and cheap, and the amount is large enough, so in addition to the necessary entertainment, I still like these snacks, and tell you that you have eaten many famous snacks in the country, and you will have the opportunity to take you to see more in the future.

Just the one I brought you here today, the famous seafood food stall, do you feel that this kind of food stall often eats nothing new, today I will let you see your brother Zhang, my gluttonous name is not called in vain!

After Boss Zhang said a lot of food culture to Xu Yang, he began to ask the waiter to eat and drink! Listening to Boss Zhang ordering the same kind of food like a few treasures, I don't know if it was the reason for the conditional back-shooting, Xu Yang felt that his mouth was drooling.

"Spicy fried razor clams, pan-fried bayu, braised abalone with tomatoes, salt-and-pepper fish, fried fish in XO sauce...... A dozen beers! You're ready, what do you need to call me!"

Xu Yang looked at the dishes that came up, the aroma was overflowing, and he swallowed his saliva and said: "Brother Zhang, I'm really convinced, I didn't expect you to study eating so much, in fact, I used to like these snacks very much, but I couldn't find those delicious places!

"Hahaha, Brother Xu, the more I look at you, the more you taste, not coquettish, our brothers still have a lot of the same preferences, no problem, what kind of snacks do you want to eat in the future, call my brother, sweet and sour, spicy and salty, south and north! As long as you say it, brother can tell where to eat and eat authentic!"

"Come on, eat quickly, let's see how the things introduced by Brother Zhang taste first, and whether they have smashed my gluttonous brand!" said that he sandwiched a piece of fish 'meat' for Xu Yang, and he also ate a piece of Meimei!

The two swallowed the fragrant and tender fish 'meat', Xu Yang stretched out his thumb, which meant that it was absolute, not that he didn't speak, but that he had already eaten another piece in his mouth. Now his mouth was struggling to eat, and he had put his words aside.

Eating seafood and drinking beer! A great event in life! Xu Yang originally wanted to invite this Boss Zhang to a big hotel for a meal today, but he didn't expect to call him when he got off work, and Boss Zhang said that he was looking for a place! I thought it was a place, but when I went to the place, I found that it was a roadside stall.

What Xu Yang didn't expect the most was that the things here were so delicious, this semester, Xu Yang worked late at night, and often bought some snacks to go back to the dormitory, but compared with today's food, it was really too much.

"Brother Zhang, I'm really convinced, I didn't expect the food culture to be so talking!" Xu Yang took a sip of beer and sat there and said to Boss Zhang.

"That's it, Brother Xu, it's rare to meet such a bosom friend as you, let me tell you, these are nothing, to say that the best dishes in the capital are not those in hotels, nor these roadside stalls, but also the legendary palace dishes!" Boss Zhang said mysteriously, which aroused Xu Yang's curiosity.

"There is also such a place, you have to talk about it well, Brother Zhang, and you can see it if you have a chance!"

"If you want to say that this palace dish is a Li family dish, brother, you are not from the capital, so it is estimated that you can't find that place, even if you find it, it's not that Brother Dang underestimates you, you go to place an order now, if you want to eat that authentic palace dish, it will be at least half a year later!" Boss Zhang said with a sigh.

Xu Yang was stunned when he heard Boss Zhang's words, he didn't expect that there were so many exquisite, which made Xu Yang's curiosity even heavier, and he immediately poured wine into Boss Zhang's wine glass and continued to listen.

"If you want to say that this Li family is a terrible family, the ancestor of the Li family is the legendary queen chef of the Empress Dowager of the West!

Let's not talk about this old lady for now...... Uh~" Speaking of this, Boss Zhang hiccuped, Xu Yang saw that this Boss Zhang drank a little too much, and the old ladies said this.

"No matter what this old lady says in history, whether it's good or bad is none of our business, let's talk about her contribution to the development of the food industry. If you want to say this Empress Dowager Cixi, your brother and I may not know anything about other aspects of antiques, but I have really checked the information and studied about this old lady brother!

If nothing else, just for food, it is said that the Empress Dowager Cixi is a famous "luxury empress dowager" in history, which is particularly prominent in terms of diet. For example, the Shou Dining Room, which was in charge of Cixi's personal diet, was located on the east side of the Grand Theater of the Summer Palace, consisting of 108 houses, occupying eight courtyards, and with 128 cooks working in them! Such a large-scale cooking class was more than enough to serve one person, not to mention serving one person!

According to the food system of the Qing Dynasty court, the emperor's standard food for a day includes: 22 catties of 'meat' on a plate, 5 catties of soup 'meat', 1 catty of pig 'meat', 2 sheep, 5 'chickens', 3 ducks, 19 catties of cabbage, spinach, coriander and leeks, 60 radishes, 1 of each kind of melon, 6 catties of amaranth and closed cabbage, 6 catties of green onions, 3 catties of sauce and clear sauce, 4 taels of 'jade' spring wine, 2 catties of vinegar, 100 catties of cow's milk', 1 catty of 'milk' oil, 1 catty of sesame oil, 1 kg of sesame seeds, 5 spoons of sesame seeds, 3 pieces of Chengsha, 12 taels of white sugar, walnuts and black dates, 12 cans of 'jade' spring mountain water!

。 Empress Dowager Cixi's food standard was basically the same as the emperor's at first, but later, as her enjoyment of 'desire' accelerated, her food standard gradually surpassed that of the emperor. In terms of quantity, there are 100 bowls of different dishes for the two main meals a day, and there are at least 20 bowls of dishes for the two "snacks" outside of the main meal. As for the quality, there is no need to choose, these 128 fireheads are all famous chefs in the country, and their skills are 'fine', but they have their own specialties. The raw materials used are procured from all over the world, including "poultry eight treasures", "sea eight treasures", "grass eight treasures" and other "fine" products. When cooking, there is even more attention to it, such as bean sprouts, which require all the whiskers on the roots of the bean sprouts to be removed one by one, and at the same time, the sprouts themselves cannot be 'broken'. Cixi eats a top-level state banquet every day, gathering many famous chefs and famous dishes, as for the value, it is no exaggeration to say that she eats absolutely "real money"!

This old lady of a ruined family, what he ate and drank at that time was the hard work of the common people! "Speaking of the 'excited' place, Boss Zhang also slapped his big 'leg', as if he was too strong and painful, and he grinned and Xu Yang wanted to laugh, but he also sighed in his heart, this person! As long as he really specializes in one thing, he will definitely achieve something, just take Boss Zhang's knowledge of food culture more than himself, Cixi herself has read it when she was studying, and it is indeed not so detailed.

Then the old boss Zhang said: "In addition to the daily dishes, Cixi also has her own preferences, and when she is hungry or hungry, she will designate a certain chef to cook at any time." Famous chefs who cooked for Cixi included Wang 'Yu' Shan, Xie Er and Zhang Yongxiang. Among them, Wang 'Yu' Shanshan is good at "grasping and stir-frying", which is known as the "four major grasps"——— grabbing fried tenderloin, grabbing fried fish fillets, grabbing fried waist 'flowers', and grabbing fried shrimp. Cixi also has a hobby is to eat dim sum, in her 60th birthday dim sum are: 10,000 character cake, longevity cake, Fu character cake, Lu character cake, auspicious cake, Fu Shou cake, Chang 'Chun' cake, Crane Year cake, Seven Star cake, pine cake cake, Ruyi cake, 100 'flower' cake, three peach cake, 'flower' peach cake, pine nut cake, etc.!

Hehe, I have told you so much, in fact, I just want to tell you one thing, the ancestor of the Li family was the head chef of Cixi's 'private' room at that time!"