Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 641
On the last day in Italy, they ran out to buy some specialties here.

It is really impossible to carry pizza, and the journey is too long, otherwise the most wanted thing to bring back is pizza.

In this way, at night, they came to the airport.

Originally, An Hongdou wanted to visit the duty-free shop at the airport, but when they arrived, it was already 09:30 in the evening. After asking, they learned that the duty-free shop at Milan Airport closed at [-]:[-] pm.

There is no way but to miss it.

After waiting for the ticket to get on the plane, I sat in the seat.

Soon the plane takes off.

After the flight stabilized, the stewardess began to distribute meals.

They were flying Ethiopian Airlines, so the flight attendants were all black.

Although they are both dark-skinned, they are still very beautiful, but in terms of aesthetics, Chen Nian and An Hongdou are still not used to this look.

But the service attitude is still very good.

In-flight meals also have unique African characteristics. In addition to the appetizers of chickpeas, bread with butter, Italian balsamic vinegar and cream cheese, there are more types of main courses. There are cakes made of teff, which is a local Ethiopian food. Crops are also one of their main rations. In addition, they can also be paired with beef, muscle, and mutton-flavored curry sauce, which can be freely matched.

As for vegetables, potatoes are also made with curry, but the overall taste of curry is relatively light, and the meat is obviously the taste of pre-made dishes, which has completely lost its chewiness and crumbles in the mouth. A little bit similar to bean paste, probably some of their own seasonings are used in it.

After eating it like this, the most distinctive feature of aging is teff. If you eat it without sauce, the taste is a bit like corn tortillas, but there is no taste of corn after the entrance, only the slightly sour taste of the grain after heating.

However, the taste of food is still very obvious.

After chewing for a while, the fragrance of the grain itself will come out.

Red beans are a bit uncomfortable to eat, and the latter ones are eaten by old people.

But even so, the weight of the plane meal is not too much.

And because An Hongdou hadn't finished eating, he wasn't full either.

So they asked for another entree set.

Chen Nian chose beef with rice, An Hongdou chose shrimp, and they didn't choose fish.

The main reason is that the last set meal was not satisfactory enough, and the fish can be imagined even with the heel of the heel, which is definitely not good.

And just now they caught a glimpse of a passenger across the aisle.

What the other party ordered was fish meat. The fish meat looked dry and dry, and it was probably a local method, but Chen Nian really didn't want to try to make such fish taste like this.

After the new food came up, it was slightly better with rice this time.

But the beef is still the same.

On the contrary, the shrimp meat ordered with red beans looks very good. I tasted it and found that the shrimp meat is the best with rice.

This made Chen Nian couldn't help but sigh.

Why is there no direct flight from Milan to Chengdu?
If there is, I will definitely take Sichuan Airlines. I dare not say anything else. Sichuan Airlines will definitely not be bad in terms of food.

Desserts are served after the main course.

The stewardess said that you can choose cheese platter and cake for dessert.

The two looked at each other.

In the end, everyone chose one.

In the end, the cake was okay, just an ordinary cake taste, nothing special, but it was just a platter of aged cheese that was not good enough, the kind that was not high enough in quality, but not bad.

After much deliberation, Chen Nian should attribute all these to the taste of Africans.

Sure enough, food is regional.

But even if it wasn't very tasty, both of them finished their meal in the end.

The two of them first watched the movie on the screen in the seat with headphones, but after a while they became sleepy.

When you wake up, it's morning.

The plane announced that it would land in another hour, and then the flight attendant delivered breakfast again.

I thought it was the same as yesterday.

But soon Chen Jiu discovered that breakfast was much better than yesterday's dinner.

After questioning, Chen Nian learned that their breakfast was called pancake, that is, baked pancakes, and there were five or three of them stacked together.

You can choose to sprinkle jam or chocolate sauce, honey, or mix and match on top.

There are also strawberries, blueberries, and bananas around.

It looks very soft, but after the entrance, it is not full of air like a soufflé, but after opening it, you can see that the inside is not very solid, and it looks very textured.

The old age only needs chocolate sauce, but this fluffy scone is not too sweet or too greasy when paired with chocolate sauce. I can’t tell what the percentage of this chocolate sauce is, but the bitterness in it is too bitter, less One point would be too sweet.

Right now.

"This is not bad." An Hongdou not only said.

"Really, this is much better than I imagined." While speaking, the stewardess handed over the milk again.

After An Hongdou took it and said thank you, she looked at the old scones.

"I don't know what the flavor of chocolate sauce is. What do you think is the difference between yours and mine?"

"It's probably the difference between chocolate sauce and jam." Chen Nianming knew what his girlfriend meant, but he said it deliberately.

"Then try mine." An Hongdou said as she picked up her own and placed it on the small table in front of Chen Nian.

Then the old ones were brought over.

An hour later, the plane stopped at the airport in Ethiopia.

The two who were keen to find delicious food started to turn around in the airport again. The large luggage was still on the plane, so they just needed to bring their own backpacks.

Then they were pleasantly surprised to find that there is also a duty-free shop here.

It's just that it's too early to open the door.

When the time came, they went in for a stroll. Hongdou bought some cosmetics, but some of them were for their own use, and some were for friends.

"I have to bring a gift box for Miao Miao Wu, my manager also has to bring one, and I have to bring gifts for your mother and sister, as well as the employees in your store, most of them also have wives and girlfriends."

Listening to An Hongdou counting down the people who were going to give gifts, Chen Nian felt his head grow a little big.

"Didn't we buy both when we were in Taormina and Milan?"

But An Hongdou shook her head: "That's different. The ones we bought back then were considered gifts from you, but the ones we bought now are gifts from me. The meaning is different."

"Then it's fine if I don't send it, and it's the same for you."

"Can it be the same? If I gave it to you, some people will think that you bought it and gave it in my name. This won't work, so it's best to buy two copies. You have to let me show more performance."

Chen Nian nodded.

What An Hongdou said made some sense.

"Okay, just do as you say."

Finally, An Hongdou carefully selected some cosmetics and other accessories.

If it is convenient, An Hongdou would also like to buy all of them as cosmetics, but then it would be easy to be identified as a purchasing agent. After all, buying eight or nine cosmetic gift boxes would be worth tens of thousands, which is not within the scope of personal use at all.

Who would believe it if it was given as a gift?

After all, that's what those who engage in illegal purchasing agents say.

The best way is to separate, such as buying a bag for my cousin, a small jewelry for Aunt Hong Hong, some Lego toys for Xie Yu’s children, two sets of cosmetic gift boxes for Miaomiaowu and the agent, Buy some cosmeceuticals for Qiao Zhaomei and He Hai's girlfriend, and buy a game console for Li Ting.

This separation makes sense.

When I go back, I will ask again. If these things need to pay taxes, just make up for the difference.

After shopping around, they went to eat the specialties here.

Look at the menu after entering the store, which is somewhat similar to airplane meals.

But this looks more like a hand pie.

It is still teff who makes the cake body, and there are as many as a dozen kinds of ingredients on it.

And only then did Chen Nian know that this kind of bookstore also had a more formal name, Yingjila. Because of his accent, he didn't know how to spell it, but that's how Nian pronounced it.

There are all kinds of stews, meat, sauces, and vegetables on it, which are full and bulging.

It feels solid in the hand.

After one bite, a very peculiar taste rushed in the mouth, which made Chen Nian, the chef, not know how to describe it for a while.

But the taste is much stronger than airplane food.

While eating, he also checked the Internet.

It turned out that this thing is the traditional food of the Ethiopians. As the only African country that has not been colonized, their traditional food has lasted for thousands of years.

So this thing is also sold on the street outside.

But what about hygiene?
It is estimated that Yongzi can calm down.

After spending a day at the airport in Ethiopia, it's not interesting to go shopping.

They will go to rest in the living room.

At night, they really felt a little uncomfortable with the food here, so they had to eat hamburgers.

They didn't dare to run out for a whole day.

Although the possibility of encountering danger is not high, what if?
So that after boarding the plane again, the two of them quickly fell asleep.

The plane flew across the night sky.

Sometimes it passes through the clouds and glides steadily above the clouds, and sometimes the clouds clear up, and when viewed from the window, there is only a layer of silver light laying on the sea.

But soon it will disappear again.

The night scene at sea is always a bit monotonous. Just like when I came here before, I have seen these scenes countless times, and now it is just a different perspective.

Falling asleep like this, An Hongdou felt a little cold, and subconsciously hugged Chen Nian's arm.

When Chen Nian saw this, he took off his coat and covered An Hongdou, who was snuggling on his shoulder.

After an unknown amount of time, there was a sudden jolt.

The aircraft radio also quickly sounded.

Now it is affected by a certain amount of airflow, so there are some bumps, and the plane will arrive at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in one hour.

At this time, Chen Nian looked down again.

Below has become the city and mountains.

The sea has long since been left behind.

Looking at the time, it was already past one o'clock in the afternoon.

That is to say, they slept one night and one morning.

Chen Nian's arms felt numb.

After waking up An Hongdou, Chen Nian moved his arms.

The two began to look forward to the plane landing.

at the same time.

Red Hotel.

Feng Honghong has already made arrangements, and she will not be open until 01:30 at noon.

At this time, a commercial vehicle was parked at the entrance of Honghong Hotel.

"Brother Feng, thank you very much this time. We will bring Master back later, and we will have a meal with us before leaving." Xie Yu looked at a young man who was sitting in the shop and said politely.

The other party was Huo Fuyun's apprentice.

Full name is Feng Song.

When Chen Nian and the others set off a month ago, he was the one who drove to deliver them.

On that day, he and Xie Yu became friends on WeChat.

I also chatted for a month after that, and found that I was quite right-tempered.

So I went out to drink a few times after get off work in the evening.

In this way, those who come and go will become friends.

Aunt Hong Hong told me the time to come back this time, and then she asked who wanted to go to the airport.

As a result, everyone wanted to go.

Seeing that there were so many people there, Aunt Wen definitely couldn't fit in the car, so she took the initiative to say that she would not go and that she could stay to see the store.

But even so, there are still five people going.

Even if you drive, there must be someone who can't sit on it.

Finally Xie Yu thought of Feng Song.

So he borrowed the commercial car, although the car belonged to his master, but when he talked to his master, Huo Fuyun quickly agreed.

Today he also brought the car over.

And before going out, Huo Fuyun strongly told him that if someone from the Honghong Hotel could drive, he must not go with him to the airport.

Although he didn't know why, he still listened to Master's words.

Afterwards, Xie Yu drove and took everyone to Shuangliu Airport.

Feng Song planned to go out for a walk.

Aunt Wen stayed to look at the store.

After arriving at the airport, they checked the time, it was almost 02:30.

According to the normal flight of the flight, it should arrive at 45:[-] in the afternoon.

Plus the time to pick up your luggage.

Maybe around three o'clock.

So they started waiting in the parking lot.

At [-]:[-], they locked the car again and went to the arrival hall.

As a result, I waited until three o'clock and no one came out.

Feng Honghong made a phone call.

Soon the vintage was switched on.

"Hey, son, where are you? Your apprentices and I are already waiting for you at the airport!"

"Mom, I've arrived. I'm going to register at the customs now. But why are you here? Didn't you agree that I would go back by myself?"

"We all miss you, so everyone unanimously decided to pick you up at the airport, and Xiao Xie even borrowed a car." Feng Honghong said.

Obviously she didn't know from the beginning to the end that Chen Nian was with An Hongdou every day for a period of time afterwards.

It is also a good job of keeping secrets.

After all, if my mother knew that she was living with An Hongdou, she wouldn't think too much about it.

But right now, we can't let Hongdou go first, can we?
What does this look like?
"You guys." Chen Nian sighed, "Okay, Mom, then wait for me, we'll go out after finishing here."

"Okay, don't worry." Feng Honghong said.

After hanging up the phone, Chen Nian looked at An Hongdou: "Hongdou, my mother and the others came to pick me up. Originally, what we said was to go back to your home and send you back. Why don't we go back to the store for a while?"

(End of this chapter)