Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 530 "A Collection of Famous Chinese Dishes"

Nowadays, Chinese people almost have a mentality of "if they are willing to come to our country, they think highly of us" towards foreigners. In the future, foreigners who come to China will be so used to it that they are afraid that their diplomatic relations will be affected if they don't pay attention. .

So Zhou Zhi and Fu Xia communicated freely and happily, which surprised everyone at the table. People like Fei Guan, who thought they knew Zhou Zhi very well, would never have imagined that he could communicate freely with foreigners. .

Gradually, everyone also got involved. When everyone was chatting in Chinese, Jiang Shuyi was in charge of translating with Fu Xia.

She has already discovered that Fu Xia's Chinese is actually not very good. When everyone communicates in Sichuan dialect, she is even less good.

Zhang Yuanfu is actually quite busy with work, and he came here to care about whether this table is an "insider" of Rongpai. Although it turned out not to be, but getting to know the author of "Sichuan Taste" is not in vain.

Thinking of one thing, my heart suddenly moved: "Master Xiao Zhou, you have a lot of experience and knowledge, there is something, I don't know if I can trouble you."

"Master Zhang, please don't be polite to me." Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "Don't call me Master Zhou, just like the uncles present, just call me Elbow."

"That's really too big."

"No, no, I'm more used to you calling me Elbow, after all, everyone calls me that."

"Then I dare to call after I finish asking about it."

"You really don't have to be so polite...please tell me, Master Zhang."

"It's like this." Zhang Yuanfu said: "Cooking is also sorting out and perfecting the recipes and historical materials of Sichuan cuisine. Of course, we dare not say that we have reached the literary level of Master Xiao Zhou. The main thing is to restore and sort out the recipes."

"This is a great thing." Zhou Zhi said, "Then how can I help you?"

"It's like this. Since we started cooking late, many of the master's skills have not been preserved. Many dishes are only known by name, and even the appearance and method have not been preserved."

"To be honest, I only found out about the chicken, sunflower and clear soup three-color rolls after reading the records in your book. These old Sichuan dishes have been lost in Sichuan."

Zhou Zhi understood: "Are you looking for old Sichuan cuisine recipes?"

"It's not limited to old Sichuan cuisine." Zhang Yuanfu said, "Including Nanguan cuisine, Gongguan cuisine, and the new Sichuan cuisine of the Republic of China, all are fine. Master Zhou, where did you get the chicken, sunflower, and clear soup three-color rolls in your book?" know?"

"The dish of Chicken Meng Kui Cai was obtained from a hand-copied cookbook in the Republic of China, but the three-color roll with clear soup was obtained from a large book, "A Collection of Famous Chinese Dishes". Don't you have it?"

Zhang Yuanfu shook his head: "Have you never heard of it?"

Zhou Zhi said, "Well, maybe not, because this is a set of island books."

"In [-], the Island Housewives' Friends Publishing House once published a set of books called "A Collection of Famous Chinese Dishes."

"At the beginning, this set of recipes was planned to be divided into eight volumes, of which we have one volume in Shuchuan, three volumes in the capital, and two volumes each in Guangdong Province and Shanghai City."

"At that time, our provincial government worked hard on the reception work, mobilized the resources of chefs in the whole province, and dispatched each other to provide the best accommodation and catering services for the journalists from the island nation."

"Because there are too many good dishes, the islanders were forced to adjust the total number of rolls from eight to nine. The dishes in Shuchuan doubled and changed to two rolls."

"There are many lost Kung Fu dishes recorded in it."

Zhang Yuanfu immediately salivated: "Then Master Zhou has this set of treasures?"

"Yes, but I can't give it to Master Zhang." Zhou Zhi said, "This set of books is extremely exquisite, and the cost is high. In 12, the price in the island country was as high as [-] yen, and it was sold in Hong Kong Island." , it would cost [-] yuan a set in RMB.”

"In 18?!" Zhang Yuanfu couldn't help being speechless: "In 800, it was still a Hongqi restaurant, and I got [-] yuan a month! I have to work for [-] yuan for [-] yuan, and I have to work until... I have to work... ..."

"Don't eat or drink until [-]." Zhou Zhi laughed.

"It's so expensive..." Zhang Yuanfu couldn't help cursing.

"However, for the Sichuan cuisine part in this set of books, I can make slides for Master Zhang, and the slides are also used for teaching."

Zhang Yuanfu couldn't help being overjoyed: "That's very grateful to Master Xiao Zhou!"

After finishing speaking, I remembered a big event: "Is it more expensive to shoot the slide show than to buy this book? But it doesn't matter, I will find the school and ask them to find a way to pay for it!"

"Actually, it's not too expensive. The main reason is to use negative film technology to shoot twice. Now we roll our own movie film to shoot, which is much cheaper than buying photographic film." Zhou Zhi said with a smile: "Master Zhang doesn't have to worry about these details. Now, let me, a lover and beneficiary of Sichuan cuisine, make a small contribution to the cause of Sichuan cuisine in Sichuan."

"Thank you elbow!" Zhang Yuanfu reached out to hold Zhou Zhi's hand again: "Thank you so much!"

"No thanks, no thanks," Zhou Zhi said with a smile, "Maybe it will be my turn to beg Master Zhang the next day."

Zhang Yuanfu patted his chest: "I've made a deal with you, little brother. If there is anything I can help you with in the future, it's just a matter of one word!"

After saying a few words on the occasion, Zhang Yuanfu went to work on his own, but only Fu Xia's little sister was left behind. He really didn't consider himself a guest, so he just ate there.

Everyone was very curious about foreigners and kept asking questions. Jiang Shuyi was responsible for the translation.

Fu Xia used to eat some miscellaneous sauce noodles, one-pot stir-fried home-cooked dishes at the entrance of the Panda Building, but now this table has never seen high-end dishes, and the food is delicious.

"Aren't you going to taste the dishes you cook?" Zhou Zhi felt so strange.

"It's okay to taste." With something stuffed in her mouth, Fu Xia's words turned into a mutter: "But you can't eat too much, the students' works will be sold to the masses in the cafeteria."

Zhou Zhi clicked his tongue: "The masses are simply opening blind boxes..."

"What is a blind box?"

"It's a kind of box for betting on luck." Zhou Zhi smiled and explained the concept of the blind box, and Fu Xia leaned forward and back together happily: "Some, some, the students' control of the heat is like a person, and Teacher Zhang is so angry I often call them idiots!"

"You British people eat like this?" Fei Guan couldn't help being a little confused when he saw Fu Xia eating: "Is this different from the one shown on TV?"

"Oh!" Fu Xia quickly took a sip of the soup, and then suddenly regained her ladylike image, even her expression and tone of voice changed: "In fact, in Oxford, our family eats like this..."

"That's because the food is so delicious, and, when you go to the countryside... do as the Romans do."

"This Chinese language is really good!" Fei Guan didn't care about Fu Xia's extremely awkward pronunciation, and gave him a thumbs up to praise: "This idiom is a whole class!"

Fu Xia pointed at Zhou Zhi: "He also knows a lot of English idioms!"

(End of this chapter)