Chapter 385: Bad Japanese Food
The eating habits of the Wa Kingdom are still the same as the previous Tang Dynasty. Everyone has a low table and kneels directly on the tatami mat woven with straw mats, or cross-legged if the atmosphere is more casual.
Although I was not very interested in this habit of sharing meals, I came to sit down cross-legged behind the main table under the guidance of the widow who had obviously dressed up on purpose. It didn't take long for the food and drinks to be served.
In fact, if you really want to talk about it, the food in this wine shop is not bad, at least in terms of color matching and shape, it makes people appetizing. But the question is, whether the food is good or not is not just a good appearance.
Aside from the cooking skills, the ingredients used in the dishes also play a large role. But it is precisely this that makes Li Anran depressed, because the dishes in front of him are good-looking, but the materials are "simple" and scary.
Two pickles served on small plates, two sauces also served on small plates, and two vegetarian dishes made with kelp, seaweed, hazel mushrooms, and seasonal vegetables, while the meat dishes are all seafood, and there is no other meat in sight.
For example, the seafood chowder soup cooked with fish, shrimp, scallops, kelp, seaweed and other things, the only one that can be regarded as a hard dish in Li Anran's view, that is, a braised yellow croaker that is not too small, can be used for gods and horses not to remove the fish internal organs!!
has Li Anran's thoughts, and Zheng Chenggong, who came back to the country for the first time. Looking at the fierce ones in front of me, I really have a lot of appetite, but if I look closely, I am really speechless about the dishes. This person immediately looked at his housekeeper.
"Real person, young master, this is no way, the local custom is like this, the old slave has already picked up the best dishes." The middle-aged steward, who was a little flustered by his young master, hurriedly explained himself with a wry smile.
Hearing this, Li Anran remembered that Japan's eating habits seem to have continued this tradition of being good looking and not delicious since ancient times.
It is even more exaggerated that it began in the eighth century, that is, in 701 AD. Japan's Buddhist emperor has issued a ban on meat eating. Then successive emperors imposed additional bans, so the Japanese aristocracy was forced to stay away from meat and adopt a vegetarian habit.
And the commoners at that time also stayed away from meat after receiving the influence of the monks. It was not lifted until the Meiji Restoration in 1876. And because of the influence of inertia, Meiji can only lead by example and take the lead in eating meat. to change the original habits.
The most speechless thing is. A sumptuous feast for court banquets in ancient Japan. That is, a fish, a plate of pickles, and a small plate of boiled vegetables. A bowl of rice and a bottle of wine, this standard probably can't even reach the food standard of a seven-grade civil official in Datang.
Thinking of this, as a meat lover, Li Anran is very glad that he is still in the second year of Zhenguan in the seventh century AD. At the same time, because of this thought, it is obviously much more pleasing to the eye when looking at the dishes in front of me.
But it is pleasing to the eye, if you really want to eat like this, not to mention whether you will have stomach trouble, you will definitely be sorry for your mouth and stomach. He smiled and said: "Enqing, this matter has nothing to do with the steward, the local customs are like this, and I can't blame others." ”
After speaking, he turned his head and instructed Su Xiaomei beside him: "Mei'er, go, bring the ingredients in the car, and then borrow the kitchen of the store to get a few meat dishes, and save this clear soup with little water, it tastes tasteless." ”
"Yes, young master." It was not practical for Li Anran to order, Su Xiaomei had planned to do it. It's just that in front of outsiders, without getting an order, he didn't dare to mess around without permission, so as not to fall into the prestige of his own young master.
When Su Xiaomei came to the outside of the wine shop, she saw that her carriage had become the object of onlookers. Fortunately, the status of the Tang people in the Wa Kingdom is not low, but no one dares to step forward, let alone mess around.
Of course, in addition to the reason why Datang is the upper kingdom of the Celestial Empire, the Kunlun slave Obama who stayed outside is the main reason for this result. Nearly two meters tall, as strong as a bear, plus the two-handed broad-bladed war knife in his hand.
The whole person stopped next to the carriage, and pulled the strip directly, "I'm not easy to mess with, don't mess around if you don't want to die!" The banner also works. In addition, Kunlun Nu is still a "rare" thing for the Wa Kingdom in this period, and seeing that there is such a guy who looks like a yaksha, he dares to come forward to find trouble when he has a problem with his brain.
"Madame Mei." After seeing Su Xiaomei coming over, Kunlun Nu Obama, who was guarding the carriage with a knife and not even letting the widow from the wine store approach, hurriedly bowed down and greeted.
"Obama, you've worked hard, I'll have someone bring you food when I get back." Zhi Lu Dao, Su Xiaomei, who was also a confidant of his own young master, would not be despised because of the other party's appearance and slave status, and said with a smile.
"There's Mrs. Law." After the "brainwashing" of the spaceship, Kunlun Nu Obama is not only physically stronger and more powerful, but even the Tang dialect is becoming more and more slippery, even more standard than many people in the surrounding areas of Chang'an.
Su Xiaomei, who was still worried about her young master's meal, nodded and got into the carriage. I opened the refrigerator in the carriage and took five pieces of the best sand from it, and then two pieces of the best blue flag tuna's cheek raiser meat.
Considering the amount of food her young master, Su Xiaomei hesitated for a moment, and then took two large pieces of the belly meat second only to the cheek raiser meat, and at the same time, there were the most delicate lamb chops and the ham meat that was not small in size and had been cut.
Although there are not many varieties, the advantage is that there are many portions and the quality is excellent. As a foodie, the ingredients that can be carried with you naturally cannot be those ordinary goods, but the best goods that have been improved for several generations after time and space travel.
In the case of the five sirlang steaks, the milky white fat evenly covers the entire dark pink steak like silk threads. In comparison, just in terms of visuals, you can throw that Wagyu beef out of the road, I don't know how many streets you can go to.
What's more, this kind of improved beef cattle eats the same improved pasture and various grains after time and space travel. In this case, the quality of beef cattle is definitely not as simple as one plus one equals two.
Especially after obtaining the multi-functional exploration spacecraft, after the inspection of the above testing equipment, it was found that these improved varieties not only grow faster, have higher yields, and stronger adaptability, but also have a lot of improvements in nutrients and taste.
That is, Li Anran was getting a multi-functional exploration spacecraft, which interrupted the original development plans. Otherwise, just after this kind of green cattle is pushed to the market, the situation of Wagyu beef and Angus cattle in the world of high-end beef is bound to be completely broken.
After taking out enough ingredients, Su Xiaomei put the things into the water incubator, considering that there are no ingredients and no seasonings, the taste is inevitably insufficient. So I took the thirteen spice packets that had been ground again, and then got out of the car and walked directly to the wine shop.
Although the proprietress of the wine shop at the reception before also saw that this should be a subordinate, she did not dare to slack off because of this. Hurriedly stepped forward with the small broken steps unique to Japanese girls, speaking a somewhat stiff Tang dialect, and greeted him politely.
And what surprised the proprietress who was already a little older, but still charming, was that the subordinate next to the scholar of the Heavenly Empire in front of him was actually so authentic that he couldn't be more authentic, and for a while, he was not a little stunned.
Especially when I heard that the other party wanted to borrow the kitchen of his own wine store, the proprietress of the wine store was a little confused. After Su Xiaomei explained, this person realized that it turned out that those distinguished guests from the Heavenly Empire thought that the food in their own wine store was not good.
In the face of such a statement, the proprietress of the wine shop was still a little uncomfortable. It's a pity that people are from the Heavenly Empire, and they still carry a guard like a yaksha with them, no matter how you look at it, it is not what a small person can do.
At that moment, he politely led the person to the kitchen in the rear, but after the person arrived, the proprietress of the wine store did not rush to leave, but found an excuse to stay, wanting to see what good things the people of the heavenly kingdom could make. (To be continued......)