265 Beggar Chicken
In the afternoon, when he was free, Jiang Yang set up a plan. Time froze and it was dinner time again.
Jiangyang left the hotel and went out to find food.
While walking, Jiang Yang thought. When he arrived in Hangzhou, he had almost half of the journey he had originally planned.
I have seen half of the eight major Chinese cuisines here.
Jiang Yang is actually only thinking about one thing now, that is, whether he can still walk on the remaining journey.
After coming out for so long, he missed Rongcheng.
How to say, it’s okay to travel outside alone for a short time, but over time, I feel lonely. Especially when a person keeps coming to one strange city after another, the feeling of being alone and loneliness becomes heavier and heavier.
Therefore, Jiang Yang had only halfway through the journey and wanted to go back.
No matter what Jiang Yang thinks.
He has a detailed plan for dinner arrangements.
However, when he was halfway through, he was suddenly hit.
Walking on the road and being hit by someone is not a big deal, but everyone has times when they are distracted.
But embarrassingly, his clothes were wet.
In this weather, Jiang Yang is just wearing a casual T-shirt.
Although the weather is not particularly hot, pedestrians on the way are also wearing thin clothes.
Jiang Yang is in good health and doesn’t feel cold even if he wears a T-shirt.
What wet his clothes was a cup of milk tea!
Milk tea is not at room temperature, but is a little warm.
The person I bumped into was a young girl, and I still didn't understand the situation at this moment.
The milk tea has a lid and a straw is inserted on it.
When the two collided, the milk tea did not fall down. The reason why Jiang Yang's clothes were wet was actually because the girl was hit and squeezed out the milk tea with force after she was hit.
Jiang Yang frowned, his clothes were so wet, and it was a bit rude to go to dinner, so he had to go back to the hotel to change his clothes. However, it took even longer after going around.
Jiang Yang didn't say anything, turned around and was about to leave.
"Oh! That, I'm sorry!" The girl seemed to have reacted.
"It's okay, be careful next time you walk." Jiang Yang said.
"That..." The girl grabbed Jiang Yang's clothes suddenly.
"What's the matter?" Jiang Yang turned around and said.
"Well... it's that. I'll accompany you for how much your clothes cost." said the girl.
Jiang Yang was amused by the girl and said, "What? Are you very rich?"
"I'm not very rich, I just... I'm just wet your clothes. I'm very sorry." The girl said with her head down.
Somehow, looking at the cute girl in front of her, Jiang Yang's heart suddenly became much less uncomfortable.
"It's okay, the clothes are not worth it, I'll go back and change another one. You can go, be careful next time you walk, otherwise it's not necessarily as easy as me if I change someone." Jiang Yang said with a smile.
He didn't want the girl to pay for the clothes. The clothes themselves were bought in the wholesale market, which cost more than 40 yuan.
And it’s not that it can’t be washed off, so there is no need to let the girl compensate.
"Or... I'd better pay you one," the girl said.
Jiang Yang frowned and said, "I said you don't need to compensate me."
The girl was a little cowardly, let go of Jiang Yang's hand and said, "Okay, thank you. I'm sorry!"
Jiang Yang shook his head and returned to the hotel.
Fortunately, the hotel is not far from the hotel where Jiangyang is going to have dinner. Although it took some more time, it did not delay going to eat.
I changed my clothes and took a shower. The milk tea was a bit sticky, so it would be much more comfortable to take a shower.
There was no accident this time, and Jiang Yang successfully came to the restaurant where he was having sex.
This restaurant...or restaurant is very famous.
‘Xinghualou’, a very famous restaurant in the local area.
In Hangzhou, it can be regarded as a top restaurant, and there are not many in Hangzhou at the same level.
Restaurants like this are different from ancient times. Restaurants of this size in ancient times were all for wealthy families to enjoy, but poor families could not afford to consume.
Now that times have changed, this kind of restaurant can not only make it a good place, but also agrees to be suitable for Xialiba people.
Here, the cost of eating a meal is no higher than the cost of eating a hot pot and skewers.
Although they are suitable, they are divided into levels.
What level? The level of dishes!
Food is not divided into grades, but the dishes are divided into categories.
Can a portion of fried shredded potatoes be the same as a portion of abalone?
The rating standards of dishes vary between chefs and customers. Customers believe that the more expensive the dishes, the higher the rating. Chefs believe that the higher the difficulty of cooking, the higher the rating.
However, the chef's division method is not suitable for the public. So in the end, it is divided based on the cost of ingredients and the difficulty of cooking.
So eating a meal in a restaurant can be very cheap or expensive, making people doubt their life.
The same dishes are cooked by different chefs and the prices are also different.
For example, the boiled cabbage cooked in Jiangyang is sold purely for the purpose of making a profit. If it were replaced by old ginger, the price of that portion may be more than ten times that of Jiangyang.
Jiang Yang stepped into the door, and the restaurant was very lively. There was a breath of fireworks on earth.
With the bill, Jiang Yang didn't look at it much. He had already made a decision in his heart about the dishes he wanted to eat.
After closing the menu, Jiang Yang handed it back to the waiter and said, "Give me a beggar chicken!"
"Okay, are there anything else needed?" the waiter asked.
"Let's just do this first." Jiang Yang said.
"Okay, wait a moment, sir." The waiter said and left.
Jiang Yang drank free tea and looked at the restaurant.
The decoration is pretty good, with a quaint charm.
The use of space is also very reasonable. Jiang Yang studied silently, wondering if he could use anything in his small restaurant.
For example, decoration style, space utilization, etc.
After a while, a beggar chicken came up.
There is a clay ball on the round white porcelain plate, which can be vaguely seen from the appearance, and it looks like a chicken.
Jiang Yang knew that what was wrapped here was the delicacy he was going to enjoy today - beggar chicken.
The waiter used a special tool to smash the mud outside, revealing the beggar chicken inside.
The beggar chicken is actually called the beggar boy chicken! Because it is made of tender hens, wrapped with lotus leaves and mud in wine jars, and baked.
I believe many people know how to cook this dish. There is a famous martial arts novel that once described this dish.
Even later adapted TV series also appeared.
The whole chicken was baked in lotus leaves, with a faint fragrance of lotus leaves.
Wrap it in mud so that the heat of the baking is uniform and the temperature is constant and lasting.
When the chicken is ready, the surface of the chicken is shiny and the skin is slightly burnt brown.
Before the entrance, the index fingers were shaking.
Jiang Yang couldn't help but look at it anymore. The greatest enjoyment of such delicacies is to be vocal.
Of course, as a famous dish, how can there be no supporting story?
It is said that a long time ago, a beggar was wandering in a foreign land, hungry and cold, and fell ill on the ground. In order to save him, his friends set up a bonfire to keep him warm, and tried to get a chicken, but there was no cooking utensil. Someone picked up the pond mud next to him and wrapped the chicken and put it into the bonfire to bake. Later, the mud ball was knocked out, and not only did the chicken feathers fall off, but the chicken was tender and fragrant. Later, restaurants in Hangzhou followed suit and gradually formed the current beggar chicken.
There is another story, legend, when Emperor Qianlong visited Jiangnan in a concealed manner, he accidentally fled to the wilderness. A beggar saw that he was pitiful, so he gave him the "beghua chicken" that he thought was delicious. Qianlong was so tired that he naturally thought that the chicken was extremely delicious. After eating, he asked his name. The beggar was embarrassed to say that the chicken was called "beghua chicken", so he blew the chicken "Fugui chicken". Qianlong praised the chicken. Afterwards, he realized that this homeless man was the current emperor. This "beghua chicken" also became a "Fugui chicken" because of the emperor's golden mouth. It has been passed down to this day and has become a famous dish that has entered the elegant hall.
Chapter completed!