portable space

Standing on the street and looking at the buildings on both sides, you can feel the invisible and qualityless atmosphere.

Luoyang, standing between Heluo and Luo, is located in the world. It not only has the majestic and majestic atmosphere of the Central Plains, but also has the charming and romantic quality of the water towns of the South. After the creation of the world, since the Three Sovereigns and the Five Emperors, Luoyang has become a common place between heaven and man with its great beauty of heaven and earth.

Luoyang, the sacred city of envy, represents the earliest China, the most authentic China, and the deepest China.

Compared with Xi'an, although they are both imperial capitals with thousands of years of history, they give people different impressions. Xi'an is like a domineering emperor, while Luoyang is like a wise emperor.

Yang Wanli sighed with emotion: "Logically speaking, Luoyang is located in the Central Plains and should be an imperial capital that can be revived, but why is every dynasty here short-lived?"

The fat man said: "Because the geographical location is so good, in the hinterland of China, people often lose the toughness of the northerners. If you have a rough understanding of history, you will find that most of the emperors who lived here were arrogant and extravagant. This will not happen soon."

It would be strange if it perished."

"Well, the main reason is that Luoyang is too wealthy. It has been a granary since ancient times, so there are not many worries living here." Yang Wanli nodded and said.

"Stop talking about this." The fat man patted his belly and said, "Hurry up and find a place to eat first."

Yang Wanli said: "I have already booked the hotel, how about we buy a place to stay first and then go out for dinner."

The fat man shook his head: "No, no, haven't you heard that fat people are intolerant of hunger? You'd better eat first."

Zhang Taiping also said: "Anyway, we don't have the last name Li, so let's eat first."

Then a group of five people found a good restaurant and walked in. It was dinner time and there were many people inside. Under the guidance of the waiter, they found a table in the corner.

The fat man asked casually: "Have there always been so many people eating here?" The quality of the restaurant's cooking can also be seen from the number of people in the restaurant.

The waiter put the menu on the table and said: "There are usually a lot of people there, but not as much as during this period. During this period, a lot of people came to Luoyang mainly because of the Peony Festival, and suddenly there were more people. Listen to a few

Your accent is not local, but you are also here to visit the flower party?"

The fat man nodded: "I came here because of its reputation." It seems that this peony flower in Luoyang will have a great impact on the economy. I looked through the menu but didn't know what dish to order, so I asked, "What Luoyang does your store have?"

Do you have any signature dishes? If so, please introduce them." The waiter introduced with a smile: "The most famous ones in Luoyang are 'Four Sweeps', 'Eight Big Pieces', 'Really Different' Water Banquets, and 'Four Town Tables'

.They are all available in these stores.”

"Oh? Please tell me carefully."

"Okay." The waiter opened the menu and told several people one by one, "The four endings are 'Shark Fin Flower Arrangement', 'Golden Monkey Exploring the Sea', 'Opening Squids for Spring' and 'Bibo Umbrella Pills'..."

The 'Four Town Tables' are agar-agar, grilled tiger head carp with green onions, bean curd pork with cloud cover, and sea rice with a hundred colors."

Among them, the "really different" Luoyang water banquet making technique is a "national intangible cultural heritage" and is the only national intangible cultural heritage item in my country that is selected as a complete set of banquets. Fatty originally liked this the most, but it was a bit troublesome to make, so he The "Four Towns Table" was chosen.

There were a bit too many people eating, so the serving speed was naturally a bit slow. The fat man couldn't wait and asked for some desserts first.

Zhang Taiping took Xiao Zi out of the space when a few people were not paying attention. The little guy jumped on the table and sniffed the dessert on the plate, and then quickly ate the piece of dessert that the fat man was about to hold in his hand.

In his own mouth.

The fat man was startled by the sudden appearance of Xiao Zi. After seeing it clearly, he asked strangely: "Why is this little guy here? I remember not seeing it when I got on the train?"

Zhang Taiping replied with a smile: "It's not convenient to go through the security check inside the train station, so it's not in the train." His words were ambiguous, and it just depends on the imagination of the people.

"Is it on top of the train?" the fat man asked in surprise.

Zhang Taiping smiled but said nothing.

While she was talking, Xiao Zi quickly ate all the desserts on the plate, then jumped onto Zhang Taiping's shoulders, her eyes like black gemstones moving flexibly to look at the people eating around her.

"Hey, this guy has a quick mouth." The fat man looked at the naked fat man and said with a bitter smile.

It took about half an hour for the food to be served. The fat man said, "It's so slow. I almost starved to death."

The waiter said a little embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, sir, there are too many people today, please forgive me."

The fat man waved his hand and said it didn't matter. There were many people eating in the restaurant and he could see it. He just made a sigh and didn't mean to blame or cause trouble.

The waiter introduced the name of each dish before leaving.

The fat man said, "I'm too hungry today, so I won't drink. You can do whatever you want." After saying that, he took off his chopsticks.

Each of these courses has a small story.

Agar-agar, now the agar-agar in Luoyang is often called "Peony agar-agar". Because in October 1973, Premier Zhou Enlai accompanied Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau to visit Luoyang, and Luoyang city leaders entertained them with water banquets. Celebrity chefs carefully prepared a dish with eggs.

A peony flower was placed on the agar-agar. Premier Zhou was very happy to see it and said: "Luoyang peonies are the best in the world, and peonies are also blooming in the dishes." From then on, the agar-agar was renamed "peony agar-agar".

No matter how interesting these dishes are, the fat man can't take care of them now. It's better to fill his stomach first. The chopsticks come quickly.

Grilled tiger head carp with green onions. The carp is made of the long-bearded carp produced in the Mengjin Yellow River.

The person in the seat moves his chopsticks first to show respect and courtesy.

However, there was no distinction between seniority among the people, so there was no such particularity. Naturally, the fat man was the first to use the chopsticks. He was also the first to comment: "It tastes good, but I don't know if it is really the long rice produced by the Yellow River in Mengjin."

Bearded carp, it would be better if Dashuai used your fish to make this dish."

Zhang Taiping said with a smile: "Now that I'm done, I'll learn how to cook this dish and try it when I get back."

"Haha, that's good. I'll order this dish when I go to your house."

There is one thing to pay attention to when eating Yunmao fermented bean curd pork. The person sitting in the next seat uses chopsticks first.

According to legend, Wu Zetian was dissatisfied with all the four sons she gave birth to, but she was very fond of Princess Taiping. Later, Taiping married Xue Shao, and when she sent her daughter off to get married, Wu spread her own milk on the meat and asked her daughter to eat it.

Let my daughter never forget my mother’s heart.

The last dish is Hai Mi Sheng Baicai, which is braised cabbage with dried shrimps. It is called "Baicai" because it is auspicious and pleasing to the heart. The cabbage is a vegetarian dish and is actually used to sharpen the taste of the two previous meat dishes.

Naturally, these four dishes were not enough for four grown men, so they had to add a few ordinary dishes and several bowls of rice for each person to satisfy them.

After the meal, the fat man picked up a toothpick and commented on the dishes he had eaten. He can be regarded as half a food critic. It is estimated that his figure came from this. The conclusion drawn at the end of the review is that if these

It would be even better if the ingredients of the dishes were all produced by the Zhang Taiping family.

Zhang Taiping could only shake his head and smile bitterly.

Yang Wanli said: "I see that you ate so fast just now, just like Zhu Bajie ate ginseng fruit. How can you still taste the quality of the food?"

The fat man said proudly: "You don't understand this. Our dishes are already quite cooked. Even though you eat them quickly, you can taste all the colors, flavors and flavors."

"Does this count as a foodie?"

The fat man said proudly: "What's wrong with being a foodie? Isn't it a good food?"

"Okay, you are awesome." Yang Wanli had nothing to say.

After dinner, a few people checked into the hotel under the leadership of Yang Wanli.

Yang Wanli said: "I have set a time limit of five days. If you think it is not enough, you can renew it for a few more days."

Five days is probably just the time to finish visiting the flower fair. Zhang Taiping has other things to deal with after the flower fair. Five days is naturally not enough, but he may not necessarily live here by then. He said:

"Let's stay for five days and we'll talk about it then."

It was only noon now, and there was still most of the day. Naturally, we couldn't waste time by staying in the hotel. After washing up, they discussed going out to have fun.

The first person to raise an opinion was the fat man: "It's not far from the Shaolin Temple. Why don't we go there for a walk?"