Chapter 355 Overworked Ke Qing (page 12)
In the morning, at the Moonlight Tavern.
After some renovations by Saffir, the Moonlight Tavern is no longer just a tavern. It also has a separate kitchen for making dishes for guests.
This place was gradually compared with Liuliting Xinyuexuan.
Similarly, Manmin Hall is also among those being compared.
However, there was no business friction between Safire and Master Mao. On the one hand, the menu prices at Moonlight Tavern were higher than those at Wanmintang, so people with less money would not choose this place.
On the other hand, because Manmin Hall does not serve alcohol, drinkers will give priority to Moonlight Tavern. Therefore, it can be said that these two places are in harmony with each other and live in peace.
Today, Xiangling, Hutao, Zhongli and Saphire came to the dining area of the Moonlight Tavern. Xiangling cooked a table of dishes for several people to taste.
Now that their dinner party was coming to an end, Hu Tao gently put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hands and patted his flat belly with satisfaction: “Oh, I’m full, I’m full!
Xiangling, I’m really glad you could come up with a new way to eat grilled fish with dipping sauce, especially that bowl of dipping sauce, it tastes so good! "She is a food-loving person, and she will naturally not hesitate to praise her when she eats dishes that satisfy her.
After receiving Hutao's high praise, Xiangling put her hands on her hips proudly and said, "Hey, that's my special dipping water. Of course it tastes good!"
"Dry and grind Jueyun pepper into powder, add minced garlic, scallions, mix well, then add salt, vinegar, soy sauce, and finally boil oil to flavor. Behind the seemingly rough technique is the chef's precision in the proportion of taste and seasoning Understand. One point more is more, one point less is less. This is called the 'Jingdao'." Zhongli rubbed his chin and gave his evaluation.
The others looked confused and harsh after what he said. Only Safire, who was drinking heavily, choked on a mouthful and couldn't help coughing.
After finally recovering, Safire looked at Zhongli with a strange expression: "Who did you learn this nonsense literature from?"
"Hey! How can it be called nonsense literature if you just praise Xiang Ling?" Zhongli said calmly without changing his expression.
Hu Tao squinted at the interaction between the two, and then looked at Xiang Ling: "I think Ke Qing's praise is quite good, Xiang Ling, what do you think?"
"Me? Um... Haha, I don't know either. Anyway, I can only hear Mr. Zhongli's words as a compliment." Xiangling scratched her head in embarrassment.
Zhongli was a little helpless. Safire was good at everything, but he didn't give him any face, and he was hard to fool. Facing children like Hutao Xiangling, he would always give the best compliments, but this time Sets don't work on Saffir.
If he dared to use such words to fool Safier, he would definitely get a look of contempt, followed by a deceptive comment.
This made Zhongli sigh silently in his heart: Oh, what should I do if my old friend is too clever to fool? Waiting online, quite urgent.
"Actually, this idea comes from Saffir's hot pot." Xiangling didn't understand all the twists and turns and explained the source of the idea of dipping in water. "She asked us to eat hot pot once before. At that time, I Got interested in that sauce dish.
Then I thought that chili oil was born by splashing chili noodles with hot oil. So if I use a similar method and add various seasonings to the chili noodles, can I also make a sauce dish with chili oil? things. "
Liyue and Daozu had hot pot, but without exception, their hot pot was just a stew, without shabu-shabu, and they prepared their own sauces, so it was the first time for Xiangling to eat a different hot pot. It feels very novel when I do it.
So she brought the sauce plate and made some improvements, and today's grilled fish dip appeared.
Zhong Li heard this and quickly took over the conversation: "So that's it. The ingenuity of Boss Phil and Xiang Ling resulted in today's grilled fish dipping. It's really not easy. It's indeed a great innovation."
Safire silently watched Zhongli change the subject without saying a word, not knowing what he was thinking.
But Hutao opened her eyes wide: "What? Hot pot? Sauce plate? Xiangling, you are so mean, you didn't call me for such a fun thing!"
"Uh... Hahaha, well, I wanted to call you here, but you weren't here, so..." A drop of cold sweat ran down Xiangling's cheeks, and she turned to Safire for help.
Safire rolled his eyes and looked at Zhongli again.
Zhongli felt something bad for a moment and realized that he might be sacrificed, so he pushed it out to attract fire.
However, before he could think of a way to change the subject, Safire had already spoken: "Speaking of which, Zhongli and I had hot pot at the Fog Sea Islands last year, and he didn't take you with him that time."
"Ke Qing..." Hu Tao's plum-blossom eyes stared at the sweaty Zhongli, "Are you dissatisfied with this hall master? Why didn't you call me for these fun things?"
Zhongli held his forehead. At this moment, he felt the pressure very clearly. This pressure was greater than most battles during the Demon God War. As the man standing at the top of Liyue, he only had two women in the entire Liyue Port to cope with it. Not coming.
But unfortunately, these two women were now at the same table, staring at him with the same fake smiles on their faces.
"What delicious food are you eating?" Just when Zhongli was thinking hard to find a way to break the situation, a voice like the sound of nature reached everyone's ears.
Zhongli immediately looked in the direction of the sound and saw Ying and little Paimon standing not far away looking at them.
Without waiting for Zhongli to say hello, Hutao took the lead in returning to his innocent look: "Hey, aren't these Ying and little Paimon? What kind of wind brought you here?"
Before the two of them could answer, Hutao said in a serious tone: "Wait a minute, don't talk yet, let me guess...are you here to celebrate the Lantern Festival?"
"We have been helping Qixing prepare for the Sea Lantern Festival for so long! Everyone in Liyue knows what we are doing, right? What kind of conjecture is this?" Little Paimon said with his hands on his hips.
Hu Tao smiled happily and said, "I'm familiar with you, I'm just kidding."
Xiangling took the opportunity to invite them both: "You are here just in time. I am inviting everyone to try a new dish. Mr. Safire, Hutao and Zhongli all gave good reviews, but I think we need to invite more people to try it." Okay. How about it, do you want to give it a try?"
Hearing the food tasting, Ying subconsciously took half a step back.
walnut:…
Zhongli:…
Safire:…
Xiangling:?
Are you serious about taking half a step back? How can such a small action cause so much harm? !
Little Paimon had not experienced the special dish-testing hell training of the last Lantern Festival, and had long forgotten the horror of Xiangling's soul cuisine, and immediately shouted happily: "Eat it, eat it!"
Safire pulled out the chair next to her, walked over to her and sat on the chair.
After hesitating for a moment, Ying still did not choose to try Xiangling's new dish, but instead talked about more important things: "The purpose of my coming here this time is to find Mr. Zhongli."
Hearing Ying's words, little Paimon was a little frustrated: "Huh? Don't you want to eat? Well, business is more important."
Safire and Zhongli looked at each other, silently silently waiting for Ying's next words.