Punch: From third-rate anchor to top chef

Chapter 13

The original lake tour plan had to be put on hold temporarily because of the delay in saving lives.

Li Xiao could only briefly tell the audience about the history of West Lake and some landscape features.

As for the on-site visit, we can only wait for the next time.

Holding the camera, he walked southward along West North Road for about half an hour, and Li Xiao finally stopped.

A single and magnificent cherry blossom-style building appeared in front of Li Xiao.

In an area like West Lake in Hangzhou, where land is so expensive, a single building can be used as a restaurant. It seems that the owner of this restaurant is very powerful.

White walls and gray tiles, and two rows of asparagus bamboos half a person's height are planted beside the walls.

Bamboo symbolizes a gentleman, backbone, and longevity, which is a perfect complement to Zhizhu's vegetarian philosophy.

Behind the arc-shaped gate is a screen composed of a row of 2 meters by 2 meters high black bamboo. The branches and leaves of black bamboo are few and straight. Using black bamboo as a screen partition will look very neat.

The whole body of black bamboo is dark green, most of which are slender, and the bamboo body is full of elasticity. It is also a very good bamboo weaving material.

Bypassing the black bamboo screen is a rockery made of lake stones.

People in Sioux City, Hangzhou, like to use lake stones to create landscaping in their gardens. Although the style here is closer to the cherry blossom style, they cannot escape this habit.

Li Xiao took the camera to show the audience in the live broadcast room the scenes in [Zhizhu]. A girl in a pink cherry blossom suit stepped on clogs and came to Li Xiao's side, slightly sideways, with a professional smile, whispered asked

"Hello, how many guests are there today?"

Li Xiao quickly stretched out a finger,
"Just me."

The girl in the cherry blossom suit kept smiling, raised her hand sideways,

"This way, please."

After speaking, he turned around and led the way ahead.

"Wow, it's really Miss Sakura Suit, amazing!"

"Tsk tsk, young people don't know what young women are like, and mistakenly regard young girls as treasures. I still like the young woman in cheongsam yesterday, you young people."

"Just ask, I'm only 16, and I also like the young woman in cheongsam yesterday, is there any help?"

"Don't worry, I'm 56 and I like it just the same."

"The one upstairs is hopeless."

"I also like young ones. I am a dedicated person, and I only like good-looking ones, hehe"

Li Xiao shook his head helplessly, a group of LSPs, but in order not to get lost, he couldn't take his eyes off the little sister in the cherry blossom suit.

After all, with such a big storefront, if I lost my mind and lost my mind, it would be embarrassing.

Well, the reason is reasonable.

The passenger flow in Zhizhu is obviously much less than yesterday's Xie Family Yard, and it's already lunch time.

Only less than a quarter of the seats in the store are occupied.

And most of the guests are young ladies wearing Hanfu or cherry blossom clothes. It is estimated that the reason for coming here is just to check in and take pictures, not to really want to eat.

After all, 258 servings of vegetarian food is indeed a bit expensive. If it wasn’t for the fact that the environment is suitable for taking pictures, and the food’s appearance is also very good, it is estimated that there will be fewer customers.

Guided by the lady in the cherry blossom suit, I came to a single seat, a futon, and a knee-high square table next to the futon.

A small pot of asparagus bamboo is placed on the table as a decoration.

After taking off the shoes and putting them into the shoe box that the store had prepared, Li Xiao sat on the futon uncomfortable.

After waiting for a minute, the lady in the pink cherry blossom suit who led the way just now handed Li Xiao a menu made of bamboo slips and a cup of tea made from bamboo buds.

The menu is very unique, and this is the first time Li Xiao has seen the actual bamboo slips.

Each piece of bamboo has been carefully polished, without any burrs, and feels very warm to the touch.

Text is burned, not simply printed.

There is only one set meal in Zhizhu,
A package called Twelve Hours is priced at 258.
Guests can choose, only the dishes inside.

Here is a set meal, there are twelve dishes, each dish has two choices, these twelve dishes are

Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai
[Zi Shi] midnight, also known as midnight: (23:01 to [-]:[-]).

Optional menus are: Qingxin Lotus Seed Cake and Osmanthus Hawthorn Cake

[Ugly Time] Rooster Crowing, also known as Desolate Chicken: (01:03 to [-]:[-]).

Optional menus are: Hibiscus Green Tea Cake and Melaleuca Carrot Cake

[Yinshi] Pingdan, also known as dawn: this is the time when night and day alternate. (03:05 to [-]:[-]).

Optional menus are: Yuqian Longjing Tea and Wuyi Dahongpao

[Maoshi] Sunrise, also known as dawn: refers to the period when the sun just shows its face and slowly rises. (05:07 to [-]:[-]).

Optional menus are: Pan-fried Vegetable Dumplings and Bazhen Vegetable Dumplings

[Chenshi] Shishi, also known as morning food, etc.: the time when the ancients "cooked food" was also the time for breakfast (07:09 to [-]:[-]).

Optional menus are: Hand-rolled Mushroom Noodles and Tomato and Potato Noodles

[Sishi] Yuzhong, also known as Riyu, etc.: when it is near noon, it is called Yuzhong. (09:11 to [-]:[-]).

Optional menus are: Mapo Tofu and Black and White Tofu

[Noon] Midday, also known as Rizhengwai: (11:13 to [-]:[-]).

Optional menus are: Mushroom Matsutake Soup and Dictyophora Clear Soup
[Weishi] Riyi, also known as Riyi: Riyi is when the sun is westward. (13:15 to [-]:[-]).

Optional menus are: Crispy Scallion Pancakes and Multigrain Five Flower Pancakes

[Shenshi] Afternoon time, also known as evening food: (15:17 to [-]:[-]).

Optional menus are: Jiuniang Yuanzi and Peanut Ciba

[Youshi] Sunset, also known as dusk: it means when the sun sets. (17:19 to [-]:[-]).

Optional menus are: Lotus Root Box or Fried Eggplant Box

[Xu Shi] Dusk, also known as Rixi: At this time, the sun has set and the sky is about to get dark.The sky and the earth are dim and everything is hazy, so it is called dusk. (19:21 to [-]:[-]).

Optional menus are: Cardamom Bitter Gourd Stuffed and Cardamom Winter Melon Stuffed

[Haishi] Rending, also known as Dinghun, etc.: At this time, the night is dark, people have stopped activities, and rested in sleep.Man is still. (21:23 to [-]:[-]).

Optional menus are: Wolfberry Tremella Soup and Eight Treasure Arhat Soup
The audience behind the camera and Li Xiao read the menu at the same time.

"Hey, hey, why are they all vegetarian? Don't you dare to ask for 258 for a single piece of meat?"

"The one upstairs is ignorant, but this Zhizhu is all vegetarian. I heard that the reputation is not bad."

"Uh, let me explain in advance that I'm not a sunspot. I traveled to Hangzhou in February and ate there once. It might not suit my taste. It feels average."

"I agree, the appearance is okay, and the taste is very ordinary. If you come to Hangzhou and want to eat vegetarian food, I suggest Wu Yuhua Zhai. The buffet costs 15 yuan per person."

"Yes yes yes, Yuhuazhai praised..."

……

"Do you want to eat Yuhuazhai? Tomorrow, I will go to Lingyin Temple and drop by Yuhuazhai tomorrow." Li Xiao said to the screen with a smile.

While chatting with the audience, he chose different dishes during the twelve hours.

(End of this chapter)