"Ya Jing, this is a bit embarrassing!" Zhou Pengfei replied, following the rehearsed lines.
Sure enough, Jiang Xuanxuan was very pleased to hear Zhou Pengfei's "disdainful" words. Zhou Pengfei wasn't going to let Yang Yajing lose face, so she deliberately played along!
Jiang Xuanxuan opened the sign-in book and pointed out several names, including the signatures of the Xia family.
After noting down the page numbers, Yang Yajing stopped being curious and exclaimed, "Wow! So high-end!" ending Jiang Xuanxuan's show-off.
Guests did not need to sign in. After Jiang Xuanxuan signed in, the receptionist had someone usher them into the Lotus Hall.
I received the order booklet, which was still covered in hardcover.
Zhou Pengfei opened the package and flipped through it, looking puzzled: "Why are these dish names so strange?"
“Brother Pengfei, this is for good luck!” Jiang Xuanxuan, despite having a menu in her hand, insisted on coming closer and talking to Zhou Pengfei while looking at the menu in his hand.
"Auspicious omen?" Zhou Pengfei took a step back; the perfume on Jiang Xuanxuan was rather pungent. "Four Joys at the Door? Eight Directions of Power? A Lion Embracing a Gold Ingot? What are all these?"
"There are pictures later," Yang Yajing reminded her.
Looking at the picture, Zhou Pengfei realized that the "Four Joys" were actually four pieces of Dongpo pork, and the "Eight Majestic Attire" was grilled octopus...
“Grand View Garden lanterns? Isn’t that an eggplant?” Yang Yajing pointed to one of the pictures. “A plate of eggplants for 288? That’s highway robbery!”
"Hehe!" Jiang Xuanxuan covered her mouth and chuckled again, "The lanterns in the Grand View Garden are indeed made of eggplant, but these eggplants are made according to the recipe in Dream of the Red Chamber, and they are stewed with seven chickens."
"Oh dear! I feel like I'm turning into Grandma Liu! Seven chickens stewed with eggplant is such a waste!" Yang Yajing pretended not to understand.
“A lion’s head meatball costs 388 yuan! And the eggplant is the cheapest one.” Zhou Pengfei continued to complain.
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