Chapter 74 Small Restaurant
After seven hours of long high-speed train ride, Jiang Feng finally arrived at the provincial capital of Shudi at eight o'clock in the evening.
The lunch boxes on the high-speed rail were too expensive and tasted bad. Wu Minqi found it unpalatable, and Jiang Feng was simply short of money. In addition, the two of them had not eaten lunch in order to catch the train. It was already past the meal time, and both of them were hungry. .
As soon as she got off the car, Wu Minqi took Jiang Feng to the small restaurant she recommended. After taking a few subway stops, walking through several streets, I finally entered an old-fashioned tube building. This small restaurant is located on the third floor of a residential building. Jiang Feng would not have been able to find it if Wu Minqi hadn't led the way.
"This restaurant was opened by another chef from the state-owned hotel where my grandfather used to work. You can call him Master Chen. His son works in our restaurant. Grandpa Chen just opened this small restaurant because he couldn't keep busy. The restaurant only serves regular customers and is open until ten o'clock in the evening." Wu Minqi led Jiang Feng upstairs and introduced him.
It is a very old Tongzi building. The walls are covered with small advertisements. The layers are thicker than the wallpaper. The units are also very worn and the exposed walls are mottled.
Wu Minqi walked to the third floor and knocked on the door on the left.
The person who opened the door was an old man who looked to be in his seventies. His hair was gray but he was in good spirits and he was wearing an apron.
"Qiqi, I came to grandpa's house for dinner during the university break. Come on, come in. It's cold outside. This is..." Master Chen looked at Jiang Feng.
"He is my friend. His name is Jiang Feng. He is the president of my university club. He is on the same train with me. He is from Z City and came here to find someone." Wu Minqi introduced Jiang Feng.
"Hello, Master Chen." Jiang Feng said, looking inside and seeing no guests.
"Qiqi went to college and made friends. Not bad. Come on, Qiqi's friend, come in quickly. There is no one there. Qiqi, you are in luck. This morning I met a wild grass carp weighing more than 13 pounds in the vegetable market. The meat is not good. I have to say, there were several tables of guests here today and I didn’t want to cook it. I originally wanted to wait for Uncle Chen to get off work, and grandpa went to make boiled fish for you. It’s still in the pot,” Master Chen said with a smile. Go back to the kitchen.
It's a very ordinary family restaurant. There are three tables in the living room, and both bedrooms are used as private rooms. There is no decoration and the decoration is very simple. Jiang Feng and Wu Minqi found a table by the window and sat down. Jiang Feng took a peek at the kitchen. The decoration in the kitchen was newer than outside.
"You can't order here. It depends on what Grandpa Chen bought in the morning. He cooks whatever he has, and we eat whatever he cooks. There is a dedicated cleaning lady here every morning and evening. It's very clean. Here. "Wu Minqi told Jiang Feng the rules here, "Let's ask Grandpa Chen first. He might know your grandpa's brother."
After waiting for almost half an hour, Master Chen came out with a large bowl of boiled fish.
The fish soup is all red, with a lot of dried chili peppers, Sichuan peppercorns and bean sprouts floating on it. You can faintly see the white fish meat underneath. The overbearing spiciness goes straight to Jiang Feng's ears and nose, overpowering him, who doesn't usually eat spicy food. Got to cough.
How could two young people be indifferent while watching an old man bring out a big bowl of vegetables? Jiang Feng rubbed his nose, stood up, and took the boiled fish with Wu Minqi and brought it to the table.
He didn't know where Master Chen found such a big and heavy bowl. Jiang Feng estimated that the large bowl, including soup and bowl, weighed more than ten kilograms. The two of them were not happy to help Master Chen, and complained: "I'm not too old to carry things. You are customers, how can you ask customers to carry food!"
"But I am your junior first. How can I let my elders serve the food?" Wu Minqi smiled and said, "Grandpa Chen, what else are you hiding? I can smell it."
Jiang Feng looked confused. What did he smell?
He could only smell the Sichuan peppercorns and pepper in the boiled fish. Well, there was also white wine. Master Chen was very interesting, using Erguotou to boil the fish.
In the end, Jiang Feng didn't control his mouth and said it.
Master Chen was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "Qiqi, your friend has a good nose! Among all my regular customers, you and he are the only ones who can smell that I added a little Erguotou to my boiled fish."
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"His family also owns a restaurant, but the scale is a bit smaller, just like mine." Wu Minqi said, "Okay, Grandpa Chen, stop hiding it. I can smell it, spicy rabbit head, right in the kitchen!"< br>
"I'm so impressed with you girl. Your Uncle Chen is out of supper today!" Master Chen reluctantly went into the kitchen and gave Wu Minqi the spicy rabbit head.
A white disk with two hideous-looking rabbit heads covered in fennel, Sichuan peppercorns and dried chili peppers.
"Jiang Feng, you are in for a treat today! The spicy rabbit head made by Grandpa Chen is second to none in the whole province. Even my grandpa can't compare with it! Come on, come on, try it!" Wu Minqi went to the kitchen to get it with ease. Chopsticks, he brought out two bowls of rice and handed the chopsticks to Jiang Feng.
Seeing the red everywhere, Jiang Feng hesitated.
This dish doesn't seem to be particularly spicy.
It looks much spicier than the food Wu Minqi cooked at Chenfeng Elementary School before.
"It's okay, Grandpa Chen's food looks spicy, but it's actually not that spicy." Wu Minqi said.
Jiang Feng believed her words for the time being and tentatively stretched out his chopsticks to pick up a handful of bean sprouts.
Jiang Feng was so moved that he burst into tears on the spot.
A twenty-year-old good young man was defeated by two bean sprouts.
He burst into tears on the spot.
Wu Minqi was shocked.
As a native of Shu, Wu Minqi had never seen Jiang Feng being so intolerant of spicy food. Before, in the cafeteria of Chenfeng Elementary School, Jiang Feng was still in the primary stage of drinking water because of the heat, but now his face was filled with tears after just two bean sprouts.
Jiang Feng looked at Wu Minqi with tears in his eyes and just wanted to say.
I believe you!
"So exaggerated?" Wu Minqi hesitantly picked up two bean sprouts and chewed them twice, but there was no reaction.
"It's okay, it's not very spicy. Did you eat dried chili?"
Jiang Feng: ...He doesn't want to discuss spicy or not with Shu people now, thank you!
Thank you Yi Jinyuan, Liu Chenyu for the reward of 500 starting coins, and Bloody Utah for the reward of 1,000 starting coins
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