Chapter 975 Family Dinner
The engine vibrated slightly and the vehicle sped away.
However, when I turned around and looked back, I saw a huge sea of people crowding the entire street. It felt like half of New York was gathered here. As the vehicles got further and further away, the turbulent The crowd is getting bigger and bigger, and the impact continues to rise.
So, is this the energy of Hollywood?
After a period of turbulent waves, Nora came back to her senses. Only then did she realize that even if Anson was worried, why was Lucas looking so calm?
And, more importantly, "Lucas, why are you here?"
Lucas looked in the rearview mirror and glanced meaningfully at Anson.
It turned out that Anson looked back with a matter-of-fact expression, as if he didn’t understand the meaning of his eyes at all. In the end, Lucas was defeated.
“Dinner.” Lucas’s gaze still stayed in the rearview mirror, but this time he turned to Nora, “I made a reservation for dinner in advance to celebrate Anson’s summit of the Golden Palm and the success of his European tour. It’s over.”
Sure enough, Nora immediately became happy, “Lucas, well done. I also told your dad that day that we should prepare a party and ask Darren to help invite special guests for Anson. Let’s celebrate.”
Anson looked a little helpless, "Mom..."
Nora patted Anson's arm, "I know, you will be working on the crew next, and you need time to read the script, not party."
“But if we have a dinner together and celebrate a little, that’s no problem, right?”
“Unfortunately, your dad is still in Los Angeles and can’t come over, but the three of us That’s enough, your dad is not important, we are the Wood family.”
Charles Wood:? ? ?
"Lucas, where did you make a reservation?"
Lucas, "Chef Keller."
Nora, "Oh, Thomas, that's good. It's really tasteful. ”
In New York, there are countless top restaurants, with different prices, levels and styles. There are aristocratic restaurants that focus on the middle class, secret restaurants that focus on private service, and flavor restaurants that provide special services, etc. Wait, choosing a restaurant is also a skill.
For most people, five-star hotels and Michelin three-star restaurants with "clear price tags" often mean top-notch restaurants. Popular restaurants that require reservations six months or even a full year in advance are often the first to enter. Means nobility——
This is true.
However, the truly knowledgeable elites more or less know some of their own secret restaurants, far away from the public eye. Ordinary people may not even know the existence of these restaurants if they have no access, and naturally have no way to enter them.
The Woods have not yet reached this level, and their background and capital are still not enough.
But thanks to the nature of their work, they are able to move among the top elites, and over time, they slowly open the door to the mysterious world.
Thomas-Keller, a French chef working hard in New York, his French restaurant "Buffet" in Hell's Kitchen is not in any guide or ranking, but it relies on fusion of the United States Southern-style French cuisine has made a name for itself among the elite.
The most important thing is that the privacy protection in the "buffet" is very good. The restaurant provides separate private rooms for each group of guests, ensuring that customers can enjoy the food alone without any interruption and have confidential conversations. In New York, where space is at a premium, This service is rare.
It is rumored that the capital behind Thomas Keller comes from a real estate tycoon who loves food-a rich man who owns his own building in New York.
But true insiders know that the real estate tycoon is too high-profile and cannot keep a low profile at all. Restaurants like "Buffet" are simply not in line with his character and taste; the real financial backer behind Thomas Keller is from Boston , a newspaper tycoon.
Of course, food is still the focus.
So, when people mention this restaurant, it is often not the name of the restaurant, but the name of the chef, just like calling a movie after its director.
"Luca, are you serious..."
In the private room of the restaurant with red, white and blue as the main colors, Anson sat down with a look of helplessness on his face.
“I just came back from France, and you picked a French restaurant?” Lucas said calmly, “You know there are French restaurants everywhere in New York. If you are eager to find a high-end British restaurant, As for restaurants, it’s not that easy.”
Anson, “Is there haute cuisine in the UK?”
Lucas, "Look, that's my point."
Unintentional complaints are the most deadly.
The relationship between the United States and France has always been quite subtle. The United States admires France, language, literature, movies, paintings, etc. France often represents heritage and quality; however, France despises the United States and is full of assembly-line fast food culture. The smell of copper, this relationship is also deeply embedded in daily life.
Of course, that also includes diet.
In New York, there are more than 6,000 French restaurants in a palm-sized area - slightly less than Italian restaurants. The main reason is that Italian family restaurants or pizza restaurants all rely on quantity, from haute cuisine to home cooking. Everything from specialty cuisine to fusion cuisine.
People often joke that if a man in the United States can speak French, he has conquered half of the women.
This is a joke, but it also represents part of the truth behind it.
There was a smile in Nola's eyes, "This is not authentic French food. Obviously, it is not as authentic as France; but it just so happens that what you taste on the Côte d'Azur is not authentic French food. It is combined with American food. The style of southern cuisine should also be a challenge."
Anson shook his head slightly. In just one sentence, the Parisian despised the southern cuisine represented by Marseille, and the French despised the American cuisine. , catching them all in an understatement, is this too busy?
"Mom, relax, relax, we are not complaining about the conference now." Anson tried to cool down.
Nora’s face was serious, “I’m not complaining.”
Kowtow.
There was a knock at the door——
The waiter had just left the menu and wine list, and now he came to ask about the selection of drinks. Is it too late?
The three people exchanged glances, and finally Lucas raised his voice and said, "Please come in."
The door to the room opened, and a middle-aged man in his forties appeared. He was wearing a professional chef's uniform, but without a chef's hat. His hair was neat and he was smiling, with the unique French charm.
"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen."
As soon as he opened his mouth, he obviously had a French accent and easily caught his ears.
The person in front of me is actually chef Thomas Keller!
He smiled broadly and bowed slightly to express greetings politely and gentlemanly.
Nora did not hide her surprise. In her impression, Thomas Keller was arrogant and aloof, with a temper that was as good as a stone in a pit. He would not bow his head easily in front of anyone, and his worldliness was a mess——
Talent and arrogance .
In the eyes of others, this is a manifestation of talent, no big deal.
The more so, the more popular it becomes.
However, tonight?
Nora quickly controlled herself and asked with the same polite gesture, "Chef Keller, good evening, I am very honored to come to dine tonight."
Thomas bowed slightly, "Welcome, I hope You have a wonderful night. Earlier, Mr. Wood said he wouldn't mind if I came to say hello..."
Huh?
Things, what’s going on?
(End of this chapter)