Above the Pirate King

Chapter 649 The Simplest Way of Cooking

High-end ingredients often only require the simplest cooking methods.

The hot pot, which only needs the bottom of the pot and chopped ingredients, is such a simple cooking method.
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Today, Arthur, who had been busy for several days, had a rare day of rest.

As for how to deal with this day, he also found the answer in his heart, that is to eat hot pot!
With the leisure brought by the rest time and the expectation of delicious food, he came to the very beginning of hot pot - spicy chrysanthemum hot pot!

The place where spicy chrysanthemum hot pot is located is the food street in St. Martin.

This is a street with a long history, where it has stood since the founding of the Kingdom of St. Martin!

However, the food street at the beginning was not a food street. It was just a few civilians pulling carts to sell food to earn enough money to survive!

Later, as St. Maarten's life got better and better, and the place developed better and better, more and more people gathered here, and more and more merchants gathered here. Unknowingly, this place became a so-called food street!
From No. [-] to No. [-] on the east side of the food street, there are four shops with wide frontages together, which is where the spicy chrysanthemum hotpot is located!

At this time, the time came to eleven o'clock in the morning, and seeing that the lunch time was about to come, there was also a long queue at the entrance of the spicy chrysanthemum hotpot restaurant early!
Without exception!

Arthur, who visited privately on Weibo, felt a little headache about the long queue, but he still lined up with the public.

Of course, he was not idle during the queue, but as an ordinary person, he asked the people around him why they came to eat spicy chrysanthemum hot pot!

In this regard, most of their answers are relatively uniform, all for the spicy and delicious hot pot soup base, for the original taste of the ingredients cooked in the simplest way, and for the lively atmosphere when everyone eats together.

But there are also different answers among them. A small number of people want to experience the loneliness when eating hot pot alone!

The loneliness when eating hot pot alone?

This answer was beyond Arthur's expectation, but after a careful taste, it penetrated into Arthur's heart again!

Eating hot pot alone, isn't that loneliness?

When you are in a hot pot restaurant, there are crowds of people around you, eating hot pot in full swing, but you are sitting alone at a table, eating hot pot slowly, that kind of out of tune with the world The feeling is loneliness!
And while Arthur was savoring it carefully, a lot of lines lined up in front of him!
"Are you alone, sir?" the clerk asked very politely.

Facing the clerk's question, Arthur was a little puzzled, but nodded politely.

"Then do you mind sharing tables?" the clerk asked politely again.

Arthur was taken aback for a moment, then reacted, shook his head, and said, "I don't mind!"

Sharing tables is one of the cultures of this store!

It is specially provided for diners who come alone!

As long as they don't mind, the store will arrange guests who also don't mind, and who come by the same person, at the same table.

Then you won't feel lonely when you eat it again!
Of course, when eating, the two sides still order their own, and each has a hot pot!
"Okay, sir, please come inside!" After asking, the clerk politely made a gesture of please, and then took the lead to go inside!
Seeing this, Arthur hurriedly followed

Soon, under the guidance of the clerk, Arthur turned around and came to a corner of the hot pot restaurant lobby.

"Sir, this is your place!" The clerk said to a table that had just been cleared in the corner, and then pointed to the menu on the table and said, "Sir, this is the menu. You choose the dishes first, and we will immediately Here you go!"

After speaking, the clerk left.

And Arthur picked up the menu in front of him and looked at it!

As a king on the surface, but a gourmet in private, he naturally knows how to eat hot pot is the best!

After looking at it for a while, he naturally chose the most popular spicy chrysanthemum pot bottom in this store, and ordered several plates of high-quality beef, high-quality fat lamb rolls, duck intestines, and duck blood , Neptune meat, Neptune blood, fish balls, shrimp slips, etc. A series of meat and a variety of fresh seasonal vegetable platters.

After that, he specially ordered the best partner of hot pot, iced Coke!

Although it is winter and the weather is very cold, for eating hot pot, no matter how cold the weather is, Icy Coke is always the best partner!

After handing the ordered menu to the clerk, Arthur waited patiently!

And while Arthur was waiting, the clerk led another person to his table!

This is a girl with beautiful long brown hair, only 1.6 meters five, well-proportioned figure, fair skin and a melon-shaped face!
Seeing this, Arthur smiled and nodded at her politely, and although the girl didn't smile, she nodded in response to him!

"Miss Emma, ​​there are no other tables, so I can only wrong you to share a table with this gentleman!" the clerk said with a smile.

Emma!

Following the clerk's words, Arthur immediately knew the name of the girl opposite him!

And from the clerk's words, Arthur could roughly guess that this girl should not be here for the first time.

What would this lady named Emma order?

Arthur is a little curious!

He wanted to know what the old customers liked most about the spicy chrysanthemum hot pot!
However, before he knew what the lady named Emma ordered, his order came up!
"Grumble!"

Accompanied by the boiling soup base, before the hot pot reached the table, the spicy and delicious smell entered Arthur's nose, making him gulp!
Just smelling the smell, you can eat three bowls of rice!

Thinking of this, Arthur's expectation for hot pot was raised to the highest!
But even so, he was not in a hurry to eat!
After the clerk brought up the soup base of the hot pot, all kinds of high-quality meat he ordered, and fresh seasonal vegetables, Arthur did not rush to do it, but first picked up the iced Coke and opened it!
"hiss--"

"Grumble!"

With the sound of gas release, Arthur poured the iced Coke into the cup.

"Gulong!"

"Uh--"

After picking up the cup and taking a sip, Arthur burped, showing a face full of comfort!
Life needs a sense of ritual, and before eating hot pot, drinking a sip of ice-cold Coke is Arthur's unique ritual of eating hot pot!
After putting down the Coke in his hand, Arthur picked up the chopsticks!

After inspecting the table, he locked his eyes on the beef!

Without the slightest hesitation, he picked up the top-quality beef next to him, dipped it in the hot soup for a few times, then immediately picked it up again, dipped it in the dipping sauce twice, and ate it in one bite go down.

The whole process was done in one go!
And this is how to eat hot pot!
When eating hot pot, there is not only a sense of ritual, but also strict control over the time the ingredients are in the pot.

The first-class beef should be picked out immediately after a few simple rinsing, so as to ensure that its meat quality will not be old, and ensure that it enters your mouth when the taste is the best, so that you can taste the best ingredients. The original taste.

"Gulong!"

After chewing for a couple of times, Arthur unconsciously showed a beautiful expression as the beef tucked into his belly.

This is a kind of enjoyment!

And while Arthur was enjoying it, Emma's food in front of him was also served!

Arthur's eyes lit up with the same spicy chrysanthemum hot pot as his and almost the same dishes as his.

Sure enough, for those who like to eat, their opinions on food are the same!

Seeing this, Arthur couldn't help talking to the lady named Emma in front of him!

Originally, Arthur thought that this chat was just a simple chat, a kind of kindness released by one food lover to another food lover.

But unexpectedly, the two hit it off unexpectedly.

Emma was born in a merchant family. She has traveled extensively since she was a child. She knows the scenery and food of various places in the West Sea. As the king, Arthur also knows the customs and food of various places in the West Sea. They have the same topic in this regard. The two of them chatted while enjoying the delicious food.

However, as time passed, the two of them had to stop their chat after eating the hot pot.

"Let's have dinner together next time!"

After a simple farewell, the two chatted happily because of the delicious food, exchanged contact information, and agreed to taste the delicious food together next time!
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sunset.

Arthur, who returned to the palace, looked at LeBlanc and said with a smile, "Today's food is really good!"

Upon hearing this, LeBlanc looked at Arthur with resentment on his face, and kept complaining, "You bastard, you eat well, but when my mother led a group of people to take pictures, she was so greedy that she was drooling." ! Moreover, you bastard is still so happy chatting with that vixen named Emma in front of me!"

Hearing her complaints, Arthur smiled, walked to her, hugged her, and whispered in her ear, "Stop complaining, I'll let you eat as much as you want at night, no matter which one it is!"

Hearing this, LeBlanc's face turned completely red with a "swish"!

(End of this chapter)