Dishes that don’t shine are not good dishes

Memories of the Holy Night (Part 2)

Speaking of the apartment building where Xie Yunfei originally lived, the people who have the best relationship with Xie Yunfei are brother Xinyi, sister Xiaolan, grandma Ito, grandparents Matsuoka and others.

Among them, Xinyi brother and Xiaolan sister are still in college, Xie Yunfei can meet them once or twice a week, and Grandma Ito was taken to another hotel by Feifei’s parents during this period of time. Looking forward to the warm time of caring for the years, as for the last Grandpa Matsuoka and Grandma Matsuoka…

“So, Grandpa Matsuoka, because you saw the information I posted on the official website, you want me to make a meal for you and Grandma Matsuoka on Christmas Eve?” Xie Yunfei sat in the lobby on the first floor of a hotel where he was staying. In the middle, he looked at the old man with an apologetic expression on his face but a persistent light shining in his eyes. After hesitating for a moment, he added in a voice that only the two of them could hear, “Does Grandma Matsuoka know about this?”

“Eh…” Although he didn’t give a direct answer, Grandpa Matsuoka’s reaction already explained everything. But after all, he is not the young man he used to be. He was hesitant in his heart. On the surface, Grandpa Matsuoka just waved his hand after being dazed for a moment, “I want to surprise my family.”

“Surprise?” Xie Yunfei raised his brows, and a strange look flashed across his face, “Indeed, if Grandma Matsuoka finds out, she will be very happy.”

“Qian, don’t tell her in advance!” The fearless old man just now disappeared, “If Yunfei doesn’t succeed in the end, my family will definitely be sad.”

After Xie Yunfei heard this, he was a little dazed at first, but then, after realizing his cooking skills, a thought of not admitting defeat rose in his heart, “I haven’t even mentioned the type of dishes to be cooked, Grandpa Matsuoka, you think I’m It won’t succeed, isn’t it a bit too…”

“Ah! Sorry, I’m sorry.” Grandpa Matsuoka also realized at this time that he had said something wrong. Although he was sincerely apologizing, the hesitation on his face still did not disappear, “Well, of course Yunfei is very good at cooking. I also watched this dessert competition, and I believe that being able to enter the finals is not too far behind your father, but… a long time ago, I asked your father for help, but he didn’t make it to Christmas that year. The dishes engraved in my memory are cooked.”

“Have you ever looked for the old man?” Xie Yunfei took a sip of his coffee to dispel the sleepiness in his heart. He suddenly became interested, no longer leaning on the back of the chair, but sat up straight, with his forearms folded on the coffee table, “Tell me about it, the dishes you want me to cook, even the old man doesn’t Realized cuisine.”

“it is good.”

…

The matter started more than forty years ago.

At that time, Grandpa Matsuoka and Grandma Matsuoka were still two young people in their mid-twenties. The two met in the workplace, because they worked together, gradually developed into an ambiguous relationship that was more than friends and less than lovers. , the two of them often play around together, in the words of a certain Honnoji in the company – it’s really great to see a friend enlightened!

Regarding the relationship between the two, both Grandpa Matsuoka and Grandma Matsuoka are well aware, not to mention Grandma Matsuoka. At that time, Grandpa Matsuoka had a slightly introverted personality. I dare not, or I am afraid that because of my rash actions, he and Grandma Matsuoka will not even be friends in the end.

So, the situation remained stalemate until Christmas came that year…

“That night, Nobunaga and Akasaki who agreed to come out together released our pigeons because of a temporary incident, but the one from my family and I showed up in the end.” Grandpa Matsuoka shook his head and smiled wryly while revealing a look of reminiscence, “Those few Guys have done this before, and I understand their good intentions, but this last step…”

Grandpa Matsuoka did not continue, but Xie Yunfei could tellOvercome the opponent’s embarrassment.

“But in the end, you confessed, right?”

“…En.” After hesitating for a moment, Grandpa Matsuoka nodded slowly, “After shopping around the street, my family and I were going to go back to our respective houses, but we ended up sending my family to the waiting station. You may not believe it when you say Yunfei, but in front of the two of us, in an alley, a door suddenly appeared out of thin air.”

“The door?” Xie Yunfei couldn’t help but pause as he drank his coffee, as if he had thought of something, but he still maintained a curious look on the surface.

Grandpa Matsuoka didn’t notice the strangeness of the young man in front of him, “That’s right, the door. People of your age may not know that Japan was very chaotic at that time, and some unclear things often appeared, but these years have rarely appeared again. So it was gradually forgotten by many people. I also remember the situation at that time because it was so impressive.”

“That door seemed to have magical powers. By the time I realized it, my family and I had already opened the door and walked in.”

“Then it turns out it’s a restaurant?” Xie Yunfei interrupted and asked.

“Well, fortunately, it’s just a restaurant.” Grandpa Matsuoka continued, “Although I don’t know what the restaurant is like, the owner seems to be just an ordinary person. It was almost ten o’clock in the evening, and my family and I also Some were hungry, so I ordered a ramen set.”

“The owner’s action was very quick, one or two points faster than Yunfei’s performance in the dessert competition. In less than ten minutes, he returned to the counter with a tray in his hand.”

“The dishes on the tray are very rich – a bowl of ramen, an omurice, six takoyaki, side dishes with chocolate sauce mixed with squid tendrils, and yes, a piece of hamburger meat!”

As if recalling the deliciousness at that time, Grandpa Matsuoka swallowed subconsciously, “The ramen soup is very clear, at first glance I thought it was ordinary hot water, with shredded green onion, sugar-coated eggs, and char siu pork on it. There are also fish rolls and dried bamboo shoots. The noodles are also very chewy. When you bite down, the soup absorbed by the noodles bursts out in your mouth without losing the chewy texture. The squid silk mixed with sauce is really delicious, my family and I specially made it at home later, although it is not as good as that restaurant, but it is really delicious.”

“Takoyaki has six flavors, um, one of them gave me a big surprise.”

“There are three kinds of fried rice in the omurice. If my memory is correct, it should be the most common fried rice with diced cabbage, fried rice with curry, and fried rice with tomato sauce.”

“Finally, it’s hamburger meat…”