Chapter 80: This Is Food
As soon as she left the teleportation array, she saw Sentini and another woman of her age waiting outside.
When Victor saw his mother, he immediately pounced, hugging Victor's sturdy little body, and Cantini's face bloomed with joy, and she couldn't stop kissing Victor's hairy little head.
Tina shouted "Mommy" and hugged the other woman.
Neo then learned that the other woman was Tina's mother, and after a warm hug, Tina's mother said, "Lord Neo, I'm bothering you." I'm Tina's mother, Jennifer Fisher. Tina didn't bother you. ”
Neo hurriedly replied respectfully: "Hello Aunt Jennifer! Tina is very capable and has helped me a lot, and several important things in my territory have been done by Tina, and they are all done beautifully. She's also the chief instructor of my territory. ”
Tina put her head on her mother's shoulders and smiled embarrassedly, and everyone laughed when they saw Tina's little daughter.
Salvatore also exchanged a few words with his two old friends, and everyone walked towards the palace.
The Shadow Demon Leopard Clan is not very populous among the Demonic Beasts, but almost every one of them is a powerful cultivator.
The Shadow Demon Leopard is naturally strong and agile, and is one of the twelve royal families in the Warcraft Forest. Their history far exceeds that of humans, and they have lived in the Warcraft Forest for hundreds of thousands of years, and almost every generation of kings is a well-known powerhouse on the continent.
Roaring City has been carved over the years, and its size is larger than any human territory.
The buildings in the roaring city are majestic and simple, and in the middle of the royal city is a building that looks like a demon leopard, which is where the palace is located, and people stand in front of the palace like ants, not knowing its size and not knowing its height.
Entering the palace, His Majesty Roglio was already waiting.
Taking Victor from Cantini, Roglio teased his son and said, "Good boy, you have grown so fat, this senior brother of yours is very good to you." Neo, are you tired? Are you still obedient little junior brother? ”
Roglio did not have the slightest pretension of a king, and spoke as easily as he himself said, like a family of relatives.
Neo also said: "Fortunately, the little guy is so fat is completely his own credit, he knows the people in my territory better than me, and he runs out every day to eat and drink." ”
As soon as Victor heard Neo say this, he jumped from Rogrio's arms onto Neo's shoulder, and pressed Neo's mouth with his little paws. Roglio picked up Victor again and said, "Yes, you have to be beaten." If he doesn't obey, you'll have to discipline him like a senior brother. ”
Tina said on the side: "The two of them are a pair of difficult brothers, and Victor is so greedy because he brought it out." ”
Neo also said: "What's wrong with gluttony? It's a good thing to be greedy, and only when you're full can you have the strength to cultivate, so I'll eat whatever he wants. ”
Everyone laughed, Victor heard this, jumped out of Roglio's arms, the Tiger Devouring Dragon Spell worked, the Tiger Phantom appeared in the air, and a fierce aura of an ancient beast also appeared, although this breath was still very weak, but it already made people feel the strong momentum of the two giant beasts that looked down on the world.
Victor showed off triumphantly, and Roglio and Cantini laughed, and Cantini took Victor into her arms again and kissed her a few times and said, "Awesome, my little Victor is so powerful, my mother loves you so much." ”
Tina had been away from home for so long and couldn't wait to be reunited with her family, and after a few people chatted for a while, Tina and her mother Jennifer got up to say goodbye.
When it was time for dinner, Roglio said, "Neo, your first time here, let's taste the specialties of our Warcraft Forest, these things are not common in our place, and they almost do not appear in the human world." ”
During the banquet, only Roglio and Cantini and little Victor, just like the family, are exactly what Neo wants, and there is less red tape to better taste the taste of food.
The first to come up is a soup, the fragrant fragrance from the exquisite porcelain cup, the light brown soup floats this ring-sized flower, the color of the small flower is plain and elegant, the petals are distinct, the center of the stamen several very thin tendrils are rolled up, the body is enchanting, and the extremely plain flower posture is brought out of the graceful demeanor.
The flowers are fresh and dripping, as if they have been plucked from the branches and put into the soup.
In the soup is a branch that seems to be full of coral flowers, the shape of the coral flowers is exquisitely complex, and the snow-white color is also mixed with a very fine peach-red filament, which makes the original white coral branches extremely charming, and the simple and enchanting flowers and delicate coral flower branches make Neo come up with the word beautiful and delicious, which makes people can't bear to start.
Neo picked up the spoon and stirred, in the light brown soup, the coral branches swayed gently with the stirring of the soup, and the white coral branches were full of elasticity, looking crisp and tender. The tangy aroma is mixed with this faint aroma of wine, which is simply intoxicating.
Cintini pointed to the coral branch and said, "Neo, this is a soup made from the tail of the pangolin turtle, which is often hidden deep in the mountains and soil, and is not seen at all on weekdays, and they love to eat drunken dragon fruit the most, whenever the drunken dragon fruit ripens and falls under the tree, the aroma of wine will lead them out, and only at this time can it be captured." The growth period of the drunken dragon fruit tree is extremely long, it does not begin to bear fruit until 160 years, and then it bears fruit every 12 years, and the wine contained in the fruit is so strong that many people and monsters cannot bear it, and it is regarded as poison. But the turtle can store the alcohol in its tail into nutrients, a process that also takes 12 years. Think about it, how long will it take. Buried deep in the mountains, they usually do not eat or drink, but only hold each other's tails, and their tails can also absorb the essence of the earth from the soil, and the two essences merge together to form a great tonic. If ordinary people eat it, they will die because they can't bear such a big supplement, and their meridians will be broken."
Cinnini scooped up the small flower on the soup noodles and said: "This flower is the jade cicada flower, a larva called the Ganoderma lucidum cicada, during the hatching period by the jade fern parasitism on its eggs, forming a compound spirit grass of this plant and insects, the spirit grass is rich in the essence of herbs, Mu Ke soil, the jade cicada flower can remove the earthy smell and dry hot wine in the turtle tail, and release the soil essence in the turtle tail. We cultivators can also refine our physiques and promote our cultivation after eating it. Because of the slight aroma of wine in the tail, this soup is called the wine of the tail of the spirit. ”
Neo scooped up a spoonful of soup and sent it to his mouth, the soup was clear but not light, thick but not greasy, and there was a faint astringency of plants in the very fresh soup, the two flavors came in cycle, always making people feel unfinished, the first sip had not yet been drunk and wanted to drink the second sip immediately, a faint aroma of wine was always integrated in the fresh fragrance of the soup, and finally, a warmth like after drinking spirits emanated from the Linghai realm, rushed into the limbs and flowed all over the body, the whole body immediately felt warm, the palms and soles of the feet were slightly hot, and it was extremely comfortable.
Neo couldn't help but praise, "Good soup! ”
After a few sips of soup, the first dish was served, this is a wild mushroom in the Warcraft Forest, the fungus is not big, only one circle larger than a person's thumb, the turquoise mushroom cap has not been fully unfolded, and the folds in the mushroom handle and the fungus umbrella below are snow-white.
Served with the wild mushrooms was a small red clay stove, in which the silver quill carbon was burned, but there was not a trace of smoke in the flames.
There was a metal grill on the stove, and Cantini put the lid of the wild mushroom down on the grill of the small stove, and in a short time, the fragrance of the mushroom wafted out.
Cinnini picked up a pinch of fine salt and sprinkled it into the folds of the mushroom umbrella, and the wild mushrooms began to emit a faint white smoke under the scorching, and the mushroom umbrella also contracted and curled slightly, and the curls turned brown, and a tempting fragrance also filled the air.
"All right," said Cintini. Then he handed the wild mushroom in his hand to Neo.
Neo took it and put it in his mouth, and the sweetness of the mushroom and the mellow taste like animal paste burst in his mouth, and the texture was crisp and glutinous, indescribable.
According to Cintini, this fungus is called emerald ant fungus, which is a fungus cultivated by the blue fire demon ants in the ant nest, which is specially designed for the queen ant and the young ants to eat.
The Blue Fire Demon Ant is a unique ant in the Warcraft Forest, the body fluids in the body will burn when the Blue Fire Demon Ant is angry, and the whole body will emit a turquoise flame, which will explode on the enemy, and the turquoise flame is extremely difficult to extinguish, and will always be attached to the target's body to burn, which is a difficult enemy to deal with.
One can imagine how much effort it takes to get the fungus from their nests.
The second dish is a bamboo shoot, the white and yellow bamboo shoot with a slight green color is more than a finger long, the chef's skill is extremely superb, the bamboo shoot on the plate still maintains its original color, and the tip of the bamboo shoot is stuck with a red fruit.
The plate is lined with finely cut meat grains, which have an attractive brown color, and bamboo shoots are inserted into the meat grains, as if they are still growing in the field.
The small red fruits on the tips of the bamboo shoots are exquisite, and at first glance, this dish looks like a work of art in nature.
Cantini picks up a bamboo shoot and shows it to Neo, who uses a spoon to fill the bottom of the meat into the shoot's hollow stomach and put it in her mouth.
Neo followed suit, the red fruit flowed out of the mouth of a faint juice, and then the bamboo shoots were chewed open, wrapped in the middle of the bamboo shoots The flesh particles bloomed with a rich meat aroma, after touching the crisp and tender bamboo shoots, the rich taste of the meat particles was diluted by the crisp and tender umami of the bamboo shoots, making the original meat aroma become light, without the greasy fat, and the bamboo shoots were also just right to neutralize, and the crispy flesh of the plant with the fresh fragrance of fat.
Finally, the original faint juice of the red fruit becomes sweet with the addition of the first two ingredients, and the sweetness is slightly sour, which not only does not destroy the original taste of the dish, but cleans the fat of the meat and the extremely fresh of the bamboo shoots, and only feels refreshing and pleasant in the mouth.
Neo picked up another bamboo shoot and tasted it, the extremely fine cut of meat particles of unknown animals, which became crispy after frying, then the sweetness and crispness of the bamboo shoot itself, and finally the refreshing taste of the fruit, three very different foods wrapped in the mouth, not mixed together, but clearly presented layer by layer, which was breathtaking.
Cinnini looked at Neo with a smile and said, "This is a green bamboo shoot, which usually only grows in the territory of the jade crested viper, and if you want to eat it, you have to risk your life. The meat below is the meat of the red feather partridge, and this small red fruit is famous as "charcoal in the snow", and it can not be afraid of the cold when eaten. These are things that are hard to see outside. ”
Centiny said lightly, with Neo's current knowledge, she had never heard of any of it.
Neo knew that this ordinary family banquet had cost the Roglio family a lot of effort. Next, the servant brought a plate of prawns that Neo had never seen before, the prawns had not been processed in any way, but were placed in a bamboo plate, and the whole body of the shrimp seemed to be carved from ice stone, and the whole body exuded a cold mist.
Different from the rounded body of ordinary prawns, the shell of this shrimp is as angular as real armor, and the shrimp guns and swords on the head are distinct, just like a warrior who is about to go to battle.
Then the servant put a purple-black vinegar dish in front of Neo, but there was no smell of sour vinegar wafting out, and in the center of the vinegar were put a few shredded ginger, the two ends of the shredded ginger were as earthy yellow as ordinary ginger, and the middle part of the shredded ginger was an extremely eye-catching carmine.
Roglio said, "Neo, do you know what this is?" ”
Neo shook his head, and Roglio laughed, "It's rare, there are actually people you don't know." But also, this dish has been absent from the human table for nearly two hundred years. This shrimp is a low-level magical beast, called "Ice Spike", which is the same as the name of the spell used by the mage, this kind of shrimp has a large two small shrimp spines on its head, and they will shoot those two small shrimp bones out when facing the enemy. These shrimp grow in extremely cold ice lakes, they have their own cold attributes, and their thorns will also bring cold additional damage to the enemy, so they are called "ice thorns". They are extremely delicious and have a very different texture from other shrimps."
Like the elders of the family, Roglio peeled a shrimp for Neo, and pointed to the dish of vinegar and introduced: "This ginger is called "Rouge Sprout", which generally grows in extremely deep and narrow glacier snow caves, only glacier ferrets can bring them out, and Rouge Sprouts are rare items on our trade list between Warcraft and humans, and cannot be obtained by money alone. Cochineal sprouts are unique both raw and as a seasoning. This vinegar is also brewed with the specialty "Flame Purple Flower Bean" in the territory of the "Spirit Diamond Blood Feather Pigeon", which is regarded as the best product in the aristocratic circle of mankind, and there is a saying that "one purple bean has ten grains of gold". You can hardly smell the sour taste of this vinegar, and it doesn't taste like a sour, but it has a natural mellow aroma in it. Together, these two things make a very wonderful taste, you can taste it, hehe. There is a famous ancient poet who has a poem "Sprouts, ginger, purple vinegar and cold ice", which is what he said. ”
Roglio peeled the shrimp while telling the story, showing the leisure and elegance of a generation of kings, Neo listened to it with relish, and the shrimp had not yet been eaten, and it was already difficult to control his tongue.
After Rogrio finished speaking, he put the peeled shrimp into Neo's bowl.
Neo put it in his mouth, the slightly transparent shrimp meat is mixed with extremely fine and extremely crispy meat like ice residue, and these extremely crispy meat is mixed with slightly glutinous shrimp meat, which makes Neo realize what it means to be truly tender and crispy.
Subsequently, the thick and rich flavor of purple vinegar filled the mouth with the shrimp meat, and at this time, the sprout ginger was chewed open, and the unique taste of the sprout ginger immediately burst out, first spicy with the light sweetness of the plant, and then a nasal smell overflowed the entire mouth and nose, making people can't help but want to sneeze out heavily.
Neo's mouth opened slightly, and he was about to sneeze, when the shrimp meat mixed with a thick vinegar fragrance came up, and a trace of cold breath intersected with the smell of bud ginger, and Neo's mouth and nasal cavity seemed to burst with hundreds of millions of bubbles, washing away the smell of nasal flushing.
The feeling of wanting to sneeze disappeared without a trace, and the entire mouth and nasal passages felt extremely refreshing and comfortable.
Neo couldn't help but pause his hand, closed his eyes and tilted his head back, leaning comfortably on the back of his chair.
Yes, how can such a famous dish make people sneeze and snort when they eat it, how can they still be worthy of the title of famous dish through the ages!
At this time, there are two words in the pores of Neo's whole body, comfortable!
In the end, there was a scorching but not hot breath in Neo's mouth, the previous coolness disappeared without a trace, this hot current echoed in his mouth, and the fresh shrimp meat suddenly seemed to be roasted, and the aroma after roasting appeared!
In this short moment, all kinds of wonderful textures and flavors are drastically transformed, layered and different, and it is truly a famous dish that has been passed down through the ages!
The dishes that came up afterwards were also delicious that Neo had never seen before, and Neo was addicted to eating. Roglio and his wife are well aware of Neo's foodie attributes, and specially prepared rare mountain delicacies for Neo.