Emergency Doctor Mercenary Road: Chapter 114 Food culture has a long history
Chapter 114 Food culture has a long history
July 7th afternoon.
The wild fox brothers, Monica and George took the hotel bus to the small airport in Serengeti, boarded a small plane, and went to Kilimanjaro Airport for a company charter flight. They took off at 16:00 in the afternoon. Arrived in New York after a 13-hour flight. Because there is a 7-hour time difference between Tanzania and New York, it was 12 noon on July 8 when I arrived in New York.
Harvey brought two commercial vehicles to pick up the plane and took the group to the company dormitory in Manhattan. Bell chatted with him for a while and gave him the bag of diamonds. After Harvey opened it, he checked a few carefully and smiled happily. They hugged and greeted the wild fox brothers one by one, and left after a while.
After a short rest, everyone wants to go shopping in the city center. Mainly the brothers live on the west coast and rarely come to New York. Recently, a large amount of money is in hand, and the desire to consume is very high. Besides, Monica fled from Africa in a hurry and has nothing to do with her, and Captain Bell also has to replenish his girlfriend.
The group went straight to Macy's for shopping, and later moved to Fifth Avenue to scavenge the goods. Lu Fei bought himself some summer T-shirts and pants, and he was done. When he was building a new home, he had already filled up his wardrobe. I won't buy it for myself and Leverry this time. S's aesthetic is much stronger than his.
Others are less restrained.
"This is the exhibition area of Chanel's new shirts this fall, can this lady take a look?" the clerk in the Chanel boutique on Fifth Avenue asked eagerly.
"Dear, do you think it's okay? We men don't understand this." Bell patiently accompanied Monica.
"Very good, it's just too expensive, a shirt costs $2,000." Monica shook her head.
"This one is not a good color, this one has a weird style, I don't like this one, and the other styles, all sizes S of various colors are wrapped up for me. The matching skirt looks good to me, and I also wrap it up, everything in size S I want all the colors." Bell opened his mouth and the clerk's eyes widened in shock, for fear that he had heard it wrong and missed the big order.
"Don't, I've already bought so much at Messi. Don't be so extravagant. How much money is this, you risk your life to earn it, how can you spend so much money, besides I don't know you yet, you're a big spender , I've been doing PMC for so many years, and I haven't saved much money." Monica hurriedly stopped him.
"We've been apart for too long, there are too many things you don't know. Come, come over." Bell told Monica his family background in a soft voice.
"Million? When did you get rich? Robbed a bank?" Monica joked in surprise.
"Go back and tell you, buy clothes now, has the waiter packed them?" Bell asked proudly.
After a big sweep, until the trunks of the two commercial vehicles could not fit, everyone stopped sweeping the goods and transported them back to the dormitory. Captain Bell buys Monica the most, all year round, from the inside out, from head to toe, and from major brands, as if to fill Monica's cloakroom at one time.
Monica smiled happily, snuggled up to Bell, lamented her pretentiousness and willfulness when she was young, and left a good man who was so dedicated to her. Looking at Lu Fei, he was also envious, so he hurriedly called Levery and wanted her to have a meal with everyone and get to know Monica.
Levery knew that Lu Fei was back, but she still had a role to play, and it was estimated that the filming would last until seven or eight o'clock. Lu Fei made an appointment with her to visit her class later, and then go to dinner together. Anyway, the company's apartment is not far from the Upper East Side of Manhattan, where it was filmed.
A group of people giggled and returned with a full load. After returning to the apartment to put away their things, they followed Lu Fei to visit the class.
arrived at the filming location and was brought into the set by Levery’s assistant. Levery and Leighton came over to say hello when they were in a spare time. Leighton’s throat was completely healed, and he thanked Lu Fei. Be sure to find time to invite him to dinner to express your gratitude.
Levery and Monica greeted each other warmly and asked to take her to buy something. She has a good cooperative relationship with major brands and can get the latest and best items and discounts.
The brothers waited until 7 o'clock, and went to Flushing for Chinese food at Lu Fei's suggestion. Levery invited Leighton to go with them. They filmed dramas for a long time, lived, ate and drank together, and often went out to fight teeth. But without the master, I can't play Chinese food, I can't order food, I can only order steamed buns and dumplings, and the others can only order the sweet and greasy General Tso's chicken (is that considered Chinese food?). This time, it will definitely be eaten by my Chinese boyfriend.
After driving about an hour to Flushing, Lu Fei chose a Huaiyang restaurant to invite everyone to dinner. After a while, everyone sat down in the box on the second floor.
Ordering food is naturally Lu Fei's business. He fully considered the acceptance of the American people, so he didn't order dishes such as braised pig's head. Maybe there is no such authentic dish here. I found some dishes that everyone likes and ordered a table, such as crab powder lion head, Yangzhou dried silk, Wensi tofu, Yangzhou fried rice, Huaiyang meat, drunk chicken, etc., and ordered a lot of snacks, crab yellow sesame cake, Bazhen la cake, Wine-stuffed cakes, xiaolongbao, etc.
The burly men and the beautiful trio of wild foxes had little stars in their eyes, and everyone was full of praise after they started eating. Lavery had eaten Chinese food made by Lu Fei, and asked him to explain why he came to eat Huaiyang cuisine.
"I will tell you about the history and practice of this dish. In fact, Huaiyang cuisine has a history of 4,000 years. In various periods of China, scholars and writers have praised it. Among them, there is a poem about fireworks going down in Yangzhou in March, which is quite famous. In fact, Huaxia's state banquets for foreign leaders are mainly Huaiyang dishes. The reason is that, first, because of its exquisiteness and finesse, including knife skills, heat, matching, modeling, etc., all of them reflect kung fu; second, The ingredients are simple and easy to obtain, unlike Cantonese dishes that use raw seafood, or even internationally protected animals, such as shark fins and other foods that are now banned; third, the taste is mild or sweet, unlike Sichuan cuisine and other heavy flavors, Guest discomfort may occur.
Huaiyang cuisine has a fresh and peaceful taste, moderate salty and sweet, suitable for both north and south. And the selection of materials pays special attention to freshness and tenderness; the production is fine, pay attention to the knife work, especially the melon carving is famous everywhere; the seasoning is light and flavorful, emphasizing the original flavor, attaching importance to the soup, the flavor is fresh; the color is bright, refreshing and pleasing to the eye; the shape is beautiful, unique and novel , vivid and lifelike; various dishes, huge system; fine workmanship, especially pay attention to knife work, pay attention to the shape and carving of dishes; good color, fragrance and shape.
Look at the Wensi tofu, which is very thinly sliced and completely transparent. Of course, this is the United States, and the sculptor is not very particular. Otherwise, you can still see the ingenious melon carvings. The American culture still pays attention to practicality. "Lu Fei explained it to everyone in great detail.
When he was about to eat, he ordered a pot of chrysanthemum tea for everyone, and talked about the purpose of chrysanthemum tea to dissolve greasy after meals.
Eating a meal brings out a strong cultural heritage, everyone feels novel, and arouses a strong interest in Chinese culture. They asked Lu Fei to talk more. He finished pouring tea for everyone one by one, leaving his own tea cup alone.
"Honey, please pour me some tea."
Levery poured the tea according to his words, Lu Fei placed his right hand on the table, and tapped the table twice with **** while facing Levery who was pouring the tea.
"Just now you saw the movement of my right hand. This movement in Huaxia means thank you, thank the other party for helping you pour tea. This little movement has a history, and I will tell a little story.
An emperor in modern China, Qianlong, was a king about 200 years ago. He likes to move or not. He went everywhere to visit in private, often bringing ministers to the people to visit the people. One time, I went to a private micro-service for a private visit. After walking a lot, I was thirsty and went into a teahouse to drink tea. In order not to let outsiders see that he was the emperor, and to show his approachability, Qianlong took the initiative to pour tea for his ministers. . The ministers were terrified and did not dare to accept it, and outsiders were not allowed to kneel and kowtow in thanks. One of the wise ministers replaced himself with his hands and made this kowtow, simulating his kneeling and kowtow in gratitude. Later, this gesture of gratitude spread to the folk of China. Every time someone offered tea, the other party expressed their gratitude with this gesture. "
"Wow, it's so interesting, I'm here to learn, Jack, do it again." Levery was very interested, and followed Jack to the gesture of kowtow.
"Interesting legend, will we also use this gesture in the future, at least when we go to Huaxia, so that people won't think you don't understand anything." Dewey sighed.
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Everyone was chatting happily, and there was a commotion downstairs, the sound getting louder and louder. After a while, three Asian-looking thugs rushed upstairs with iron rods and daggers.
"All the people who eat are let me out. This is the territory of the Vietnamese Gang. The Chinese people don't pay protection fees. If they want to open a restaurant here, we want them to look good. Give you a minute, get out." A Vietnamese shouted arrogantly. road.
The man who looked like a boss stepped forward and smiled and asked them to go down and have a good discussion. He was pushed away by the Vietnamese and began to smash and overturn the dining table.
Everyone was still immersed in the warm atmosphere of the dinner table, and they were suddenly disturbed and disappointed. Especially Lu Fei, who occasionally takes everyone to a Chinese restaurant for dinner. The Vietnamese are so arrogant in the Huaxia restaurant. As a Chinese, he is naturally angry.
Lu Fei walked to the door of the box and scolded loudly: "Stop, I don't know what kind of grievance you have with the hotel. Now we have disturbed our meal. Get out." He waved his hands like chasing flies.
The leading Vietnamese was stunned for a moment, let out a grin, and rushed to the door of the box with his two younger brothers. Before speaking, he saw the beauties in the box and a few burly men who had already stood up.
Vietnamese recognized girls S and B, and immediately realized that this was the posture of the stars who came out to eat and the bodyguards accompanied them. A little stage fright, but unwilling to be kicked out, he glanced at Lu Fei, who looked gentle, and wanted to say a few harsh words.
"Huaxia, don't look for trouble, this is not something you can manage, understand?" As he spoke, he stretched out his right hand and patted Lu Fei's face.
Lu Fei stretched out his right hand, grabbed his hand, and looked at him contemptuously.
"You still dare to call me Huaxia? Dare to slap me in the face and give you a chance to apologize and get out."
The leading Vietnamese became angry and struggled desperately to break free. Lu Fei exerted a little force, and suddenly the bones of the Vietnamese made a creaking sound. He cried out in pain, sweating profusely, and squatted down involuntarily.
Lu Fei's strength has already been exercised to the top level, comparable to a world-class Hercules. However, he is a doctor with a gentle personality. He usually does not use violence when something happens, but when he does something, he often uses guns and knives. There are fewer opportunities to do it with bare hands, but that doesn't mean he can't.
"I'm sorry big brother, I was wrong, I'll go now." The Vietnamese had to soften, and their hands were about to be broken.
"Get out, get out of the restaurant, don't disturb me and my friends eating." After Lu Fei reprimanded him, he threw him out.
A few Vietnamese went downstairs in despair. The biggest skill of the little gangster is to understand the situation, otherwise they will not live long. He obviously knew that the two of them were going to fight, and they must be delivering food. It might be better to take a step back and settle accounts after the fact.
(end of this chapter)