gourmet restaurant

Chapter 186
There are many people in a restaurant.

Zhong Yuli sat opposite Jiang Yang, with a bottle of beer, a pair of chopsticks and a bowl in front of him.

"Brother Jiang, come and drink!" Zhong Yuli got up and wanted to pour Jiang Yang a glass.

"No, no, I don't drink!" Jiang Yang quickly refused.

"Who doesn't drink!" Zhong Yuli said with a smile.

"I really don't drink." Jiang Yang said.

"If a man doesn't drink, he's going to live in vain! Come and drink!" Zhong Yuli said.

"I really don't want to drink it. If I want to drink it, I won't be polite." Jiang Yang refused again.

Zhong Yuli didn't try to persuade him any more, and there were only three things to do. Since Jiang Yang refused twice in a row, it meant he didn't know how to drink.

Pour yourself a glass of wine, take a sip, and say, "It's fate to meet Brother Jiang today! I don't know what Brother Jiang does?"

"I, I'm a vagrant now," Jiang Yang said.

"Coincidentally, me too." Zhong Yuli said.

Jiang Yang glanced at him, and didn't say anything else, just his clothes, he didn't look like a vagrant, but Jiang Yang didn't expose it.

"Really? That's really a coincidence." Jiang Yang said.

"Seeing Brother Jiang extending a helping hand to strangers today, I wanted to get to know Brother Jiang." Zhong Yuli said with a smile.The subtext is that when I see you helping others, I want to make friends with you.

Jiang Yang smiled and couldn't deny it.

Seeing that Jiang Yang didn't refuse, Zhong Yuli said, "I don't know how old Brother Jiang is this year?"

"It will be 24 in a while." Jiang Yang said, there is nothing to hide about this.

"I'm 32 this year, and I'm a few years older than Brother Jiang, so how about calling Xiao Jiang?" Zhong Yuli said.

"Brother Zhong can be called whatever you want." Jiang Yang naturally had no objection.

"Hahaha, don't call me Brother Zhong, just call me Old Zhong." Zhong Yuli said with a smile.

Jiang Yang was a little embarrassed, it seemed impolite to call him that.

"Between men, it always feels awkward to call Brother Zhong." Zhong Yuli said.

When Zhong Yuli said so, Jiang Yang stopped coddling and said, "Then I will be called Lao Zhong."

"That's how it should be!"

The two were chatting, and the dishes were served.

This is Jiang Yang's first time eating steamed meat with lotus leaf powder.I have eaten tamales before, but I have never eaten tamales with lotus leaves.Now it's time to taste the difference between this lotus leaf tamales and ordinary tamales.

"Xiao Jiang, do you know the origin of this steamed pork with lotus leaf powder?" Zhong Yuli asked suddenly.

Jiang Yang was about to taste it, but suddenly he heard Zhong Yuli's question. He recalled the knowledge in his mind, shook his head and said, "I don't know."

"According to legend, a scholar in the late Qing Dynasty loved to eat steamed pork. One day, while traveling with a friend, he saw a lotus pond. He was so happy that he sat on the ground with his friend and drank wine.

It's not very enjoyable to have wine but no meat.So he called the boy to buy a piece of meat and cook the tamales himself.

Just when everything was ready, he suddenly saw the lotus leaf was green and green, so he deliberately wrapped the lotus leaf with tamales.

After it is out of the pot, the fragrance of lotus leaves is integrated into the tamales, which not only adds a fragrance of lotus leaves to the tamales, but also makes the tamales fat and not greasy.

The scholar was overjoyed, so he recorded it.Later, it was handed down, and there was this steamed meat with lotus leaf powder. "Zhong Yuli said slowly.

Jiang Yang heard what Zhong Yuli said was serious, believed it, and said: "This scholar is also a genius, and he can come up with such an ingenious cooking method."

"Hahaha, don't you believe it?" Zhong Yuli said with a smile.

Jiang Yang was taken aback, and said, "Is this fake?"

"What do you think?" Zhong Yuli didn't answer.

"Is this story okay?" Zhong Yuli asked.

"I think it's real." Jiang Yang really almost believed it.

"Hahaha, who can tell clearly whether it is true or false? The history we know is nothing but the so-called 'facts' passed down from books and word of mouth! No one has really seen what happened in history. True and false How can I tell?

If the story I told today was written in a book, after thousands of years, perhaps future generations will think that it is history and something that happened in real life.But in fact... not necessarily! "Zhong Yuli said with a smile.

Jiang Yang was dumbfounded by Zhong Yuli's sudden philosophical statement, and he hadn't thought about these issues.What is the truth and falsehood of history, and what does it have to do with him?

"Actually, it's pointless to entangle the true and the false. Just like this dish, it doesn't matter what its origin is, as long as it tastes good." Jiang Yang said.

"Dishes with 'history' are different from dishes without history. With the origin and background, the value will be different immediately. When you say it, it will give people a different feeling. What's called a 'historical famous dish'!
In fact, isn’t it the same for people who value history so much?They are all in order to find their own origins and prove that they did not appear in this world for no reason.

Is the so-called historical trajectory really like that?Has something like this actually happened before?Maybe... our past existed only a second ago, and those memories and histories were implanted in our minds by others, just like the npc in the game. "Zhong Yuli said.

Hearing this, Jiang Yang couldn't help shivering.Thinking about these words was frightening, Jiang Yang couldn't help but interrupted: "Eat quickly, or the dishes will be cold."

"Ah, that's right, look at me, I forgot about the dishes. Don't mind me, I like to think about weird things on weekdays." Zhong Yuli said.

"It's okay, it's actually quite 'interesting'." Jiang Yang emphasized the word "interesting".

"Hahaha, I'm talking nonsense. Eat quickly, this steamed pork with lotus leaf powder is very good." Zhong Yuli said.

Jiang Yang sandwiched a piece of steamed pork, which was indeed delicious as Zhong Yuli said.

The meat is fat and thin, the fat is not greasy, and the lean is not bad.The rice noodles wrapped around the meat are fragrant and soft, fully absorbing the taste of the meat and lotus leaves.

Unlike ordinary tamales, this lotus leaf tamales seem to be more tender, and the fat almost melts in your mouth.What's more special is that the tamales have the fragrance of lotus leaves, which makes people feel like they are in the center of the lotus.

"The steamed pork with lotus leaf powder is delicious, but the chef's skill is not good enough. Otherwise, the steamed pork with lotus leaf powder should taste even more delicious." Zhong Yuli commented.

Jiang Yang couldn't help but glance at Zhong Yuli, this old Zhong is a person who knows how to eat.He also ate the heat issue, but it was due to his own cooking skills. If he only relied on eating, he might not be able to eat it.

Could it be that this old clock is also a chef?Jiang Yang was puzzled.

"Xiao Jiang, don't look at me like this. I have two hobbies in my life, one is traveling and the other is eating. I still have some experience in eating?" Zhong Yuli explained when he saw Jiang Yang's puzzled eyes .

Jiang Yang suddenly realized that he was not a chef!However, Lao Zhong can make up for the lack of dishes by just eating, and this strength is not weak.

"By the way, Xiaojiang, do you like to eat?" Zhong Yuli asked.

"I'm in Guilin, mainly to find delicious food." Jiang Yang said.

"Really! That's great. I'm also looking for delicious food. But I've always been alone. Now that I have you, we can go together and find the delicious food hidden in Guilin." Zhong Yuli said.

"No problem." Jiang Yang agreed.For him, there is actually no difference between one person and two people.Although he prefers alone, Zhong Yuli warmly invited him, and he did not refuse.

"Then it's a deal! In two days, I know there is a place where I can eat delicious food. Let's go together then?" Zhong Yuli asked.

Jiang Yang's eyes lit up, and he asked, "Where?"

(End of this chapter)