Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1005 Fujian Cuisine

"No, it's just that I can sense the changes in my body's condition from the taste of water. It's okay, I'm used to it. By the way, Miss Yanqiu, do you have milk-fed snails here? They're really amazing. This dish is too classic, and few visitors in Rome know how to make it."

Victoria didn't want the topic to stay on her physical condition, so she quickly switched to a new topic.

"Rather than saying it's classic, it's more like a stereotype?" Yan Qiu thought for a moment, "Our knowledge of Rome is quite limited, after all, you live on the other side of the world. So when it comes to Roman cuisine, the first thing that comes to mind is some stereotypes. For example, this milk-fed snail is a stereotypical Roman dish. If someone wants to taste the exotic Roman cuisine, they will most likely order this."

"I see. It's pretty much the same over here."

“Do you eat our food too?”

"Yeah." Victoria nodded. "Especially the dishes from Fujian and Guangdong. They are also very popular in our place. Because the Romans also like to make soup."

"Oh! I am from Fujian. Fujian is quite big, with many cuisines and many dishes. I wonder which Fujian dish Her Majesty Victoria likes?"

“I love mapo tofu!”

“???” Yanqiu was stunned for a moment, then immediately returned to normal.

Victoria noticed something was wrong with her expression, though only for a moment, and added, "It's Fujian-style mapo tofu."

Even Yanqiu couldn't hold back her expression now: "I thought I just remembered it wrong. Is there really Fujian-style mapo tofu? How is it made?"

"With fish sauce, of course! It's so delicious."

"Is there actually such a way to eat it?" Yan Qiu was still in shock. "Do you want to try it?"

"Eh? Can we order this dish here? It really is the temple of authentic Aurora cuisine, Jinling Hotel."

"Ah," Yanqiu thought for a moment before speaking, "It's not actually on the menu. But at Jinling Hotel, even if it's not on the menu, they can still make it if you order it."

Jinling Hotel is indeed qualified to call itself a "gourmet palace". If a hotel is compared to a martial art school, Jinling Hotel is a famous school like Wudang Mountain - this is a common concept.

There are five signs hanging outside the hotel, representing the five cuisines of Sichuan, Shandong, Guangdong, Huaihai and Southeast Asian cuisine, all of which Jinling Hotel can cook.

As for "Fujian cuisine", because Fujian is composed of multiple cultural areas, the broad sense of "Fujian cuisine" is divided into Huaiyang cuisine, Cantonese cuisine and Nanyang cuisine. Mainly Nanyang cuisine, because Nanyang cuisine is the "official cuisine" of the Yanping Marquis family, who are Fujianese. The entire Nanyang cuisine was promoted by the successive generations of Yanping Marquis.

But even the well-informed Jinling Hotel probably couldn't find something like "Fujian Mapo Tofu".

However, Yanqiu remembered that when she and Shangluo first came here, they did order the strange "stewed chicken legs in an iron can", which was even faster. Although they were regarded as challengers for a while because they put three big coins in the can, the kitchen still adapted to the situation and modified the "Javanese coconut milk curry chicken" from Nanyang cuisine and cooked the chicken legs in an iron can.

"Eh?" Victoria asked, "If I order something that's not on the menu, do I have to pay extra? I just happened to have brought some funds."

Victoria said as she laid out five large coins on the table.

"No, no, no, no." Yan Qiu recalled the last time she hired the head chef and quickly shook her head, "It doesn't require a lot of money. Wait, I can just talk to the outside. Wait a moment."

Because she was afraid that ordering "Fujian Mapo Tofu" here would cause the waiter to make further associations, Yanqiu simply stood up and went outside to find their manager. Yanqiu was also a regular customer of this kind. Jinling Hotel was like a cafeteria to her, and she knew who to find.

Not long after, Yanqiu came back with an expression that seemed a little unsettled on her face - it was obvious that the person who had just talked to her was also a little unsettled.

"Okay, it's time to order." Yanqiu sat back in her seat. "The kitchen said they recalled it carefully and they don't have this dish. But if you really want to order it, they will make it. But you have to wait a moment, they need to hold an expert consultation."

[I heard the phone line. They called the executive chefs of Sichuan, Nanyang and Cantonese cuisine together. Half of the chefs of Jinling Hotel are here. They don't know which one wants to order 'Fujian Mapo Tofu', and they are now in preliminary consultation to figure out what this is - because the guests are very important.] "Ah" Shangluo said helplessly, "Victoria probably can't taste it. Don't add chili peppers, and replace some of the sauces with fish sauce. I guess she can't taste it."

[Perhaps, the five signs outside are really important to them. As long as they look like someone is trying to challenge them, they will definitely respond carefully.]

"Why do you always act like you're challenging me every time you come here? Will you be blacklisted next time?"

[This is the Roman emperor. There is no greater foreigner than him, and you don’t encounter him every day.]

"Okay." They had assigned seats and had almost finished ordering the dishes. Shangluo finally looked up from his phone.

He looked around and first saw Zhu Ling across from him. He had noticed that Zhu Ling had been staring at her from beginning to end, with an interest similar to watching an animal behavior display. No matter what Shang Luo did, in her eyes, he looked like Feng Rong.

Seeing Shangluo looking at her, Zhu Ling stretched out her little hand and waved to him.

Shangluo was puzzled and didn't know how to respond to her, so he waved his hand.

Zhu Ling clapped her hands happily, her face full of joy. She was happy every second with Shangluo.

"Ah" How scary.

He looked to the side again and saw Phaethon staring at him from behind the menu.

Looking to the side again, Yanqiu was holding half of his cell phone sticking out from under the table.

He looked to the side again - this time with his neck twisted, he found Victoria drinking water.

Finally one that looks more normal.

"Oh, right." Victoria suddenly raised her head from her water cup. "Phaethon, have you written the report on Aotearoa?"

"Huh? What does it have to do with me? Shangluo has already set him off."

"You were there, right? Write a report. It's rare to hit so many targets at once."

"Let him write."

"The documents submitted to the Senate must be written in Latin. Can he write it?"

"You said this to me in Aurora, don't you want him to understand it too?"

"Huh?" Shang Luo looked up suddenly, "Is there anything about me?"

"Tsk." Phaethon looked over. "Since 'your Victoria' has mentioned it, why not help him write a report. Oh, by the way, why not let him attend the meeting as a nonvoting delegate? Isn't he the King of Rome? Let's set up a committee for him. I think a one-person committee is good. He is enough for the committee."

"Good idea. Then let's assign the Technobarbarian affairs to this one-man committee. I'll vote."

"I agree too." Phaethon raised his hand. "I'll contact the 12-member group later, and this matter is basically settled. Shangluo! Congratulations on your promotion! You see, it's really good to have dinner with big shots, right? You're on a meteoric rise. Wow, you've been promoted so quickly, and people who don't know would think you had some connections."

[Ah, it’s good to have dinner with the boss. I have made progress without realizing it. How many people want to be promoted but don’t have the chance. You are really lucky.]

(End of this chapter)