Chapter 749 Huaiyang Cuisine
Huaiyang cuisine is famous for its lightness, elegance and emphasis on the original flavor of ingredients.
Supported by top-notch culinary skills, with original flavors and colors as the top priority, and pursuing the goal of satisfying everyone's tastes, it can be appreciated by both the elite and the masses without losing its elegance.
Having said so much, the main point is: light and exquisite. Special attention is paid to knife skills and decoration.
Soon the first dish was served, "Braised Lion's Head".
Sun Shan looked over and saw that it was indeed a boiled dish with only a lion's head in the soup. The portion was very small and after one bite, he felt that he had not eaten enough.
Sun Shan knew that the portions of Huaiyang cuisine were not large enough, so when he ordered, he made sure everyone could have enough.
Jiujin sat next to Sun Shan, anxiously waiting for He Shilang to pick up his chopsticks.
After He Shilang moved, Jiujin quickly took a sip of the soup and muttered, "Uncle Shan, it's delicious. This soup is delicious."
Sun Shan took a sip and found it to be indeed refreshing and mellow.
The lion's head is plump, the meat is delicate and not loose, and it is wrapped with water chestnuts and shrimp roe. When you take a bite, the delicious meat will hit your nose.
Sun Shan praised: "Brother Chen's introduction was correct. This dish of stewed lion's head in clear soup is really good."
This braised lion head dish is a classic of Huaiyang cuisine. If you want to know whether a Huaiyang restaurant is authentic and delicious, just order this dish.
Like countless brands of milk tea shops, just by tasting a cup of their milk tea, you will know whether the ingredients they use are good and whether it is necessary to order something else.
Then one dish after another was served, such as yellow croaker with rice cake, white-cut chicken with green onions, braised pork with water chestnuts, stir-fried Taihu white shrimps, shrimp noodles, etc.
One of the dishes is: cherry hawthorn cake.
Just a few small desserts were placed on a plate, not enough for one person, and the price was extremely expensive, which further proved that Sun Shan was a small fry.
Jiujin, a fat kid, finished this small dessert and said it was not enough to fill his stomach, so he ordered the first plate. When it came time to pay for the stewed lion head, cherry and hawthorn cake, even with Chen Dongling's "VIP" card, the price was sky-high.
Sun Shan's heart was bleeding and his teeth ached from the meal.
In the end, I could only swallow my anger.
Try to comfort yourself: the He family's kindness to him cannot be measured in money, you should not be too calculative in life and work, you should be open-minded, and spend money on important people.
Sun Shan kept comforting himself and building up his own achievements, and soon he put the matter behind him.
Wait until the afternoon to go to the "Liyuan" to listen to opera.
Sun Shan felt that it was good value for money.
At least it’s much cheaper than eating out, and you can also watch a good show.
When everything was over, it was already evening.
Everyone hurried back to He's house for dinner.
He Shujun said with satisfaction: "Ashan, today's arrangement is good. Especially the lunch, which is fat but not greasy, and tastes really good. Light and refreshing is the best for my taste."
It was as if Sun Shan was inviting him to dinner.
In fact, Sun Shan really wanted to tell him: Cousin in name only, you are just a freeloader, you are a supporting role, don’t forget your identity.
He's cousin also ran over and said, "Brother Shan, today's lunch was good, but listening to opera in the opera garden was even better. The singing was high-pitched and passionate, and I liked it very much."
Sun Shan waved his hand and told He's brother to get out.
He is not the protagonist, but just a passerby. He can go wherever he wants and don't express the wrong feelings.
The nine-pound baby even clamored, "Uncle Shan, we still have to go out for dinner and to watch an opera tomorrow."
Sun Shan really wanted to slap the nine-jin meat squat.
What? You still want to go eat? Dream on!
If you don't manage the household, you don't know how expensive salt, rice, oil and salt are.
Such a meal would generate two to three years’ income for Sunjia Village.
I won’t go there to eat again unless someone treats me.
No, you should think twice before someone invites you to dinner. If you invite someone to a place where you can't eat, it means there is something fishy going on or someone wants something from you, so don't go easily.
After Sun Shan sent Jiu Jin away, Nanny He came over and said, "Uncle Sun, the old lady is very happy today. She specially asked me to come here to thank you."
Sun Shan waved his hands and said, "Mammy, if Grandma is happy, I am happy. If Grandma likes me, I am happy. As long as Grandma is happy, everything is worth it."
The nanny nodded with satisfaction. Since Master Sun was so considerate, it was easy for her to reply. So she left in a happy mood.
After everyone left, Sun Shan lay alone on the bed like a salted fish, crying silently in his heart.
Gui Ge'er, Sun Dingnan and Sun Dali did not go out to eat or listen to opera, but chose to go to the dock to move bricks.
Firstly, they felt uncomfortable having dinner with Minister He and others, and were afraid of embarrassing themselves.
Secondly, the three of us can save a lot if we don’t go out to eat. The famous restaurants in Beijing are very expensive, so the three of us can save a lot if we don’t go out to eat.
Thirdly, it would be better to go to the dock to carry sacks, which would bring you one step closer to buying a house in Beijing.
Ever since Sun Dali and Sun Dingnan learned from Gui Ge'er that Sun Shan had a 99% chance of passing the imperial examination and staying in the capital to serve as an official like Jing Ge'er.
The two were so excited that they couldn't express it in words.
They also learned from Gui Ge'er that if they stayed in the capital to be a high-ranking official, they would have to buy a house, so they worked even harder.
For example, if I usually carry 20 sacks, now I can carry 40 sacks as if I were injected with chicken blood.
Wishing to make the porters at the dock unemployed, the two of them emptied the sacks at the dock.
Gui Ge'er saw Sun Shan lying straight on the bed without saying a word, and asked curiously: "Brother Shan, what's wrong with you? Are you tired today?"
The He family's meal today was really delicious, with authentic boiled chicken to eat, and the three of them were all very satisfied.
Live at He's house, eat at He's house, eat and drink for free, life is so happy.
The three members of the Sun family would sigh from time to time that rich families are rich families, and the food is so delicious and full of oil.
Sun Shan did not sit up, but waved his hands and said, "It is indeed very tiring. It is too much work to invite people to dinner."
Not only is it hard physically, it's hard mentally as well.
If possible, Sun Shan didn't want to treat anyone to a meal. Unfortunately, there is no if, and human relationships must be maintained.
Sun Dingnan thought that Sun Shan was tired after a day of running around, so he said with a smile: "Of course you are tired. Walking around makes you tired. Especially for your small body, Ashan, you must be even more tired."
Sun Dali agreed and said, "The most tiring thing about inviting people to dinner is that you have to make good arrangements. If you don't make good arrangements, people will criticize you. Especially throwing a banquet, it's so tiring. You spend money and you're tired. If you can, I really don't want to throw a banquet. The last time I got married, I was so busy and exhausted."
Sun Dali recalled the scene of his wedding and said that treating everyone to a dinner was really tiring.
Sun Shan, Sun Dingnan, Gui Ge'er:.......
Sun Dali is really good at radiating thoughts. How many years ago was his wedding?
Why even mention the past events of the Xianfeng era?
If you really want to propose a banquet, you can also propose your son’s full moon banquet.
He actually mentioned his own marriage, and he has no shame at all!
Gui Ge'er put Sun Shan's legs on his own legs and massaged him, saying considerately: "Brother Shan, let me massage you, and you won't feel tired later."
After a pause, he continued, "Brother Shan, do you think Sunjia Village received the letter we wrote?"
Received, definitely not received.
As soon as spring came, Sun Shan would send letters home, according to the current unit of communication which is "year".
It is certain that he has not received it at this moment, and maybe he has never received it because the letter can be lost at any time.
Sun Shan couldn't help but fall asleep during Guiger's massage.