Derek is one of the senior commentators of Rodo Food Review Magazine, and is also recognized as the first person in the food industry to comment on vegetarians. As a vegetarian, Derek focuses on vegetarians' comments. He is the favorite commentator of vegetarians and an expert in this field.
At the invitation of Robert, he came to the city of chaos from LoDo to make a grading and ranking of vegetarian food categories for the completely revised food list.
When Derek was a child, he lived in the city of chaos for a period of time, and he had a good relationship with Lao Rui. It can be said that when he was a child, he was influenced by Lao Rui, and then he took the road of food commentator.
When Lao Rui was making the food list, he also participated in it for a period of time, which can be regarded as some feelings.
Because of this, Robert found him this time, and he agreed without much thought.
Before he came, he didn't have much expectation. The food atmosphere of chaotic city is far from Luo because of the lack of details and innovative chefs.
Although he hasn't been to the city of chaos for nearly 20 years, this morning, after eating a few restaurants according to the list given by the Food Association, as he expected, he didn't have any vegetarian food that could brighten his eyes. There are also many restaurants that use meat as their signature. They are almost perfunctory about vegetarian food, which makes his meals a little unpleasant.
Fortunately, he promised Robert that he would only score one issue, and then he would return to Luodu, the city of chaos. He probably won't come back again.
McMillan is the sixth restaurant he chose, because there is a small line at the back: "this restaurant has a large number of diners. Commentators had better queue up in advance to avoid wasting too much time in the queue." So he mentioned the restaurant in the lower row to the front. He wanted to see what kind of restaurant it was, and asked the food association to write a special reminder.
The restaurant opens at 11:30 and arrives at 11:00. I didn't expect that there were already guests standing in line spontaneously at the door of the restaurant. There were two teams, more than 20 people.
This really surprised Derek. There are several popular restaurants in lodu, and some guests will queue up in advance. However, they are all very famous restaurants with high reputation and strength, but there are only three or five such restaurants.
Unexpectedly, this restaurant in the corner of the chaotic city has such popularity.
And with the passage of time, more and more guests lined up behind him. Before the door was opened, the team had already lined up in the square, with three or four hundred people.
What's more, what makes him feel a little strange is that the two members of the queue don't seem to line up at random. On the contrary, they seem to be divided into gangs, because a kind of thing called "bean curd brain" is red in the face of argument, so they have to start.
"I didn't expect this restaurant to be so popular. I just don't know what the main dish of this restaurant is and whether I will cook vegetarians attentively." Derek thought curiously that as a vegetarian, he had not touched any meat dishes for more than 20 years.
"Little brother, it's my first time to come to this restaurant. Do you have any vegetables to recommend?" Derek asked, looking sideways at his brother.
"Vegetables?" The little brother seriously thought for a while, hesitated and said: "I don't know if sweet bean curd is a vegetable, but salty bean curd is definitely a vegetable. Uncle, if you come here for the first time, you will be in the wrong line. Salty bean curd is the right choice for you."
"Uncle, don't listen to him. Bean curd should be sweet. Only sweet bean curd can be called vegetable. Salty bean curd is heresy." The little girl behind daikeri said unconvinced. At last, she glared at the little brother.
"Salty and sweet bean curd?" Derek is thoughtful. It turns out that they have been arguing for a long time that "bean curd" is a dish, and the reason for the argument is just the taste.
Looking at the young man and the little girl arguing with each other, Derek was a little embarrassed. He even said, "in that case, I'll order one for each of the two flavors. You don't have to argue."
"Uncle, you think so well." The little girl rolled her eyes.
"Boss Mai has stipulated that everyone can only order one portion of bean curd. Uncle, if you want to eat, you have to choose a taste. Another bowl of this kind of thing, we all think about it. And 200 portions of bean curd are provided for each meal. If you're late, you can't eat it. " The young man explained.
"And the rules." Derek's eyebrow picking was a bit unexpected, but after a look at the long line behind him, it was clear that if there were so many customers, if we didn't limit the purchase volume, the customers behind would be in white.
"In fact, this bean curd can't be regarded as a vegetarian dish, it can only be regarded as a snack. If uncle wants to eat vegetarian dishes, he may not have enough to eat in Maimi restaurant. Even Yangzhou fried rice has eggs in it. You may not accept stinky bean curd, and it's also a snack." Said the little girl.
"Is it like this?" Derek smell speech slightly disappointed, it seems that this is also a meat based restaurant.
"Boss Mai has a new dish today. Maybe it's vegetarian." The young man comforted.
"Don't you see it on the sign? Today's "fish flavored eggplant" doesn't look like a vegetable, does it The girl broke the cold water immediately.
"This..." the boy pondered for a while and scratched his head. "It doesn't really look like a vegetarian dish."
"Well, I'll try the bean curd." Derek said with a smile. After waiting in line for such a long time, he couldn't even eat a vegetarian dish. It must be false to say that he was not disappointed at all. However, the bean curd that so many guests were arguing about must have its own special features. It's already about to start business. It's OK to try it and then go to the next dining room.
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"It's amazing. It's just eggplant. I don't see any fish at all. But why does it smell like fish and taste delicious?"
Abelmia tasted a mouthful of fish flavored eggplant and couldn't help exclaiming.
Other people are also amazed. They look at the half eaten fish flavored eggplant. The eggplant is cut into the shape of a fish, and then a fine knife is used to cut the edge like a fish scale on the back of the eggplant. The golden red fish flavored juice is poured on the eggplant, which is sour, sweet, salty and spicy.
"My father, I want to eat another bowl of rice. The fish flavored eggplant is so delicious." Amy brightened her empty bowl, put out her tongue, licked a drop of sauce at the corner of her mouth, smacked her mouth, and showed a sweet smile.
"Good." MEG took the bowl with a smile and got up to serve the meal. There was probably no more joyful compliment in the world than Amy's another bowl.