v7 Chapter 5： Gossip and Mariko

Under the arrangement of the store, lunch quickly opened. Because none of Li Jie's three people can sit on their knees, all of them in this tatami room are sitting next to a low table in a sitting manner.

Traditional Japanese cuisine also maintains a divided meal system. There are many types of dishes in Kaiseki cuisine, so the three people are full of dishes in front of the table.

Is a high-end cooking kiosk with Michelin stars. This shop has also done a lot of work on the dishes.

For example, serving tea for Li Jie's three people is the Yaotian Tianmu tea bowl. This is a kind of porcelain that is formed by the glaze kiln transformation during the firing process, because the result is uncontrollable during the kiln transformation process.

So no matter in terms of appearance or quality, there are few works that can reach the usable level. And there are very few that can be regarded as works of art.

This process originated in the Southern Song Dynasty in Zhejiang area, but due to the yield and other various problems, it quickly lost its way. It was only in recent years that kilns started firing such porcelain again. And because Toyo likes this kind of kiln-changed porcelain, the research is earlier than that from China.

Therefore, the process of this kiln-to-ceramics research is rather better than that of Toyo. But even recently, firing has resumed, but the first-class kiln-to-ceramics are still expensive.

And the kiln-changed porcelain used in this kiosk is obviously of the first-class quality. The dishes used to hold the dishes are obvious, and the chef has worked hard.

Is different from the flamboyant porcelain bowl of Tianmu tea bowl. The chef used a large amount of solid-colored porcelain with blue and white glaze. These porcelains are only in the position of the mouth, and there are some decorative patterns in the decoration.

And most of these patterns are in response to the season, it is spring now, so these patterns are also spring patterns. The simple porcelain gives a very quiet and elegant feeling.

After serving the three people respectfully, they bowed to the corner of the room and waited for the tea or the dishes when they needed to be summoned.

Perhaps President Yasuda already knew that Harry prefers a bit more flavor and does not like cold dishes. So this lunch kiosk made some special preparations for lunch.

Although the dishes still look like the traditional Japanese cuisine, they are fresh and elegant, but after eating it, the taste is very rich. The same is true of the seafood soup that should look very light, although the oil is not visible on the surface, the soup is clear like white tea. But the taste of drinking throat makes people feel the rich and fresh fragrance.

"Well, this is the best Toyo cuisine I have eaten in Toyo these days." Peter Parker nodded with satisfaction after trying a few small dishes. I am very happy to laugh.

"After all, Michelin stars are still useful." Li Jie also nodded approvingly, and dishes like this are finally given to people. If the guests do n’t like it, then the chef ’s persistence is unnecessary.

According to different customers to adjust different tastes, this is a long-term business. Especially this kind of high-end cooking kiosk that can't receive several guests in a month.

"I'm more curious about why Toyo wanted to make this dish Kaiseki. What's so special about it? How is this different from ordinary dish banquet?" Harry took a bite of mackerel eel, It's called eel, but it's actually a type of moray eel.

The chef used sauce roasting to process this mackerel eel. The chef's heat was very good, giving its fish skin some crispy taste, but the fish meat is still soft and tender. While being able to eat the rich flavor of the sauce, it has not robbed the umami of the moray itself.

Li Jie is also savoring the taste of various foods. He is using his tongue to record these memories of taste. A good chef will not only cook his own dishes, but also taste the most important ones.

Especially can record all kinds of tastes, and can separate these complex tastes separately. Know how the spices and sauces react together.

This is like an oil painter. It is necessary to know each color and another color, and what new color will be achieved through the proportion of the proportion.

This is the basic professional quality of an excellent practitioner.

Li Jie took a sip of soup after hearing Harry's question, and began to speak after washing away the food debris in his mouth. "Kaiseki, you need to take this word apart to understand it. In the context of Chinese, Huai is worth embracing, and Shi means stone."

"So, to explain it literally, it is a dish that embraces stones." Li Jie raised his eyebrows while supporting his chin with his thumbs, and said with a smirk.

"Hah? You mean the chef needs to hold a stone in his arms when he cooks?" Peter Parker heard Li Jie's explanation and almost spouted the food in his mouth. He quickly took a sip of soup before pressing it down.

"Are they playing Toyo's comedy?" Harry also wanted to laugh, just thinking of a chef holding a stone to cook. "You should praise Jason next time, hold the stone and make a burger."

"No, absolutely not. That's too stupid." Li Jieyi categorically rejected the proposal. "The real meaning of kaiseki is to use warm stones on the abdomen to fight hunger. The earliest was a practice method for monks when they practiced hard."

"Later, this concept was introduced because of the big tea party that Toyo started to prevail in modern times. The traditional Toyo tea party is an activity belonging to nobles and wealthy businessmen. It was until American Bailey knocked on the door of Toyo with a strong boat and changed the country After becoming a semi-colonial country. "

"This country divided into two factions and started a chaos fight. After that, the backstage faction won the victory, the whole country began to be fully westernized, and Toyo entered a period of rapid development. In this era, Shengdou Xiaomin began to have money, so the tea party also Begin to spread in the private sector. "Li Jie quickly told about the historical background of Toyo.

"However, drinking tea on an empty stomach, especially strong tea, is harmful to your health and prone to stomachache. So there were teas that will provide food. At the beginning, the amount of food was not much, far from the many dishes we eat now. At that time, the role of food Just pad your stomach. "

"Therefore, there is the saying of kaiseki. It means to incubate the stomach with hot stones to make the stomach less hungry. But today, after continuous changes. The kaiseki cuisine we eat becomes like this." Li Jie After that, he took another sip of soup.

"Are you saying that the United States once colonized the East? It doesn't seem to be mentioned in our history textbook." Peter Parker's attention as a school bully has shifted from food. He is now surprised that he hasn't learned this section about colonizing the East Historical knowledge.

Li Jie shrugged and said there was nothing surprising. "If you want to search for this information, it is still very easy to find. And the Orientals also erected a bronze statue to their conquerors to thank Governor Bailey for knocking on their country gate."

"And it seems that there are commemorations and performances about him every year, but I forgot where it was held." Li Jie spread his hands and said that he only knew so much.

"Well, isn't Bailey doing this is an aggressor? Why did he build a statue for the aggressor and mourn him?" Harry felt a little messy.

"Where do I know why." Li Jie could only roll Harry's eyes at this question.

"Strange country." Peter's mouth opened for a long time and he didn't know what he wanted to say, and finally he could only hold back this sentence.

The dining process is spent in a chat like this. And the woman who has been helping hand tea and clean up the dishes in the corner of the room will suddenly say something in fluent English at the end of lunch ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Mr. Li knows Toyo's culture and history very well. "

Ok? Li Jie didn't respond in an instant. After a pause, she realized that the woman was smiling with a smile on her lips. "Sure enough, the people around Mr. Harry are extraordinary."

Not only is the female fluent in English, but the tone of her voice is also very confident. Not at all as weak as her appearance.

Because the woman's momentum has changed, Li Jie's mind suddenly flashed to him, remembering where she had seen her.

It was a piece of information in the information provided by the Innocence. The woman in the photo is heroic, and her smart black suit is very eye-catching. She can see at a glance that she is a tough woman.

It is precisely because of the heroic spirit in the photo, and the softness in the cooking kiosk, these two very different temperaments that Li Jie did not recognize her in an instant.

And the woman in the picture, according to the information, is the current head of the Shishida Foundation, Mariko Shishida.