My courtyard shelter

Chapter 427 Western Desserts

After taking a sip of coffee, Xu Dong pretended to praise:

“Tastes great!”

Yang Lina echoed: "It really smells good!"

In fact, the couple rarely drinks coffee in their lives and cannot taste the good or bad at all.

"If you like it, I'll give you a can later, so you can take it home and drink it slowly."

Mrs. Mark said generously.

"No, no, it's not easy for you to get some coffee. You should keep it for yourself. Our family is used to drinking tea, so we just want to try something new with coffee." Yang Lina quickly refused.

"It doesn't matter. We can buy more coffee if it's gone. It's not that difficult."

Mrs. Mac insisted on sending it.

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Yang Lina really couldn't find a reason to refuse, so in the end she could only accept the offer. .

After some exchanges, with both parties interested, the few people quickly became closer to each other.

Mrs. Mike walked into the kitchen and brought over the desserts prepared in advance. There were two large boxes in total. The portions seemed to be quite large.

"Why did you do so much?" Xu Dong asked in surprise.

"Actually, it's not much. It only weighs about ten kilograms in total, which is not as good as the dried shrimp you sent." Mrs. Mike shook her head.

Yang Lina was already very interested in making dim sum, so she couldn't help but ask: "What kind of pastries are they?"

"I made two types in total."

Mrs. Mac opened one of the boxes, which contained a pastry that looked like a sandwich cookie. It was colorful and looked cute.

Yang Lina asked curiously: "What is this?"

Mrs. Mike introduced carefully:

"This is a macaron. Although it looks a lot like sandwich biscuits, it tastes crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. It is two different foods from sandwich biscuits.

It is mainly made with egg whites, almond flour, white sugar and icing sugar, with fruit sauce sandwiched in the middle. It is very popular in the West. "

"Can I have a taste?"

Yang Lina asked impatiently.

Mrs. Mac smiled and nodded: "Of course, this is for you. You can eat it however you want."

Yang Lina took a piece for her husband, then took a piece for herself and tasted it carefully.

"It's really delicious. Nicole and Mr. Mike, you should eat too!" Yang Lina gestured.

The two waved their hands at the same time.

"We've already eaten," Mrs. Mac explained, "and this is just for you."

After Yang Lina finished eating the macarons, she quickly turned her attention to another box.

Mrs. Mac made a "please" gesture.

Yang Lina didn't hesitate and opened the box gently. Inside was a square cake. The top was black and looked like chocolate, with many layers underneath.

Knowing that Yang Lina was not very familiar with Western pastries, Mrs. Mike introduced her directly:

"This is the Opera cake, which is a famous dessert in Gaul. It has a rich flavor of chocolate and coffee. Adults and children generally like it."

"It's so beautiful, it's like a work of art." Yang Lina praised.

"Want to try it? I'll get the cutting knife."

Yang Lina quickly stopped Mrs. Mike: "Nicole, no need, this cake looks delicious at first sight. We want to take it back and taste it with our family."

"Good idea." Mrs. Mac nodded.

Yang Lina closed the box again and asked casually:

"Nicole, are you making all these pastries yourself?"

Mrs. Mike shook her head: "No, I can only make some simple desserts, such as baking cookies and donuts. These two snacks are packed back from outside."

"Hey, is there a cake shop in Yanjing?"

Yang Lina said in surprise.

"There shouldn't be a cake shop in Yanjing City, at least I haven't seen one." Mrs. Mike shook her head, "These desserts are the work of the chef on the Diamond Princess."

"Diamond Princess?" Yang Lina was confused.

Mr. Mike helped explain: "The Diamond Princess is a super luxury cruise ship with a displacement of up to 115,000 tons. It is currently docked near the Tianjin Port."

"Did you make a special trip to Tianjin?"

"No, Mike just went to work on the cruise ship two days ago. It was just a casual thing, so you don't have to bear any burden."

Xu Dong asked curiously: "Mr. Mike, what's going on with this cruise ship?"

"Mr. Xu, there are dozens of luxury cruise ships parked in the entire Bohai Bay, and the Diamond Princess is just one of them. There is nothing surprising."

"Dozens of ships? Why haven't I seen relevant news reports?"

"Haha, Mr. Xu, these luxury cruise ships are all bought by the international rich, and the rich themselves, or their relatives and friends live on them. You should have heard that rich people like to keep a low profile."

Xu Dong immediately understood what was going on. Didn't he just come here to take refuge? This kind of thing has been very common since the big flare broke out.

There are also many people in China who have chosen to seek refuge abroad.

"Why don't they come ashore?"

"Capitalists are afraid of death. They only believe in themselves and will not place their lives on others or other countries. I explain it this way..."

Xu Dong nodded quickly and said: "I understand!"

"Only people like us would choose a relatively stable country to settle down. For rich people, their eyes have never been opened."

"Mr. Mike, from your tone, it seems that you are a little uncomfortable?" Xu Dong joked.

"That's right, these people are too selfish. They live a luxurious life and don't care about the life and death of the country. They should go to hell."

Mr. Mike suddenly raised his voice.

Xu Dong couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. It seemed that Mr. Mike must have been stimulated on the cruise ship, so that he was so out of control.

Mrs. Mike quickly reminded him: "Mike, there are guests!"

"I'm sorry, I'm rude." Mr. Mike apologized quickly.

Xu Dong waved his hand: "It's okay, I like to deal with people with true temperament."

"Haha, what a coincidence, me too."

Mr. Mike laughed.

After chatting for more than half an hour, Xu Dong looked at his watch. It was almost half past eleven, so he stood up and said goodbye.

Mrs. Mike took the opportunity to invite the two to have lunch together.

Yang Lina declined politely, saying, "The children are still waiting for us to go back home for dinner, so we won't stay. Let's go out for afternoon tea next time when we are free."

"Afternoon tea? Okay!"

"Then it's settled. Let's call each other." Yang Lina made a phone call gesture.

...

Twenty minutes later, the couple finally got home.

Before entering the yard, Xu Dong shouted loudly:

"Dad is back and brought you delicious food. Come out quickly!"

Soon, the children surrounded him. Lele took the big box from his father's hand and his eyes almost smiled.

"Second sister, can you open it and take a look?"

Dabao urged.

Lele was about to do it, but the box was "taken away" by Yang Lina.

"Open it after dinner, the food won't run away."

"No..."