Chapter 258: Foreign Meat
If Chen Chunhua had been in a normal mood today, she would definitely not have followed Lin Guoqing into this Western restaurant.
But she was probably really happy today. When Lin Guoqing said with a smile, "Really? Then we have to celebrate properly. Come on, I'll take you to eat Western food," she actually nodded and said yes.
Good head, good thing, sweet potato grandma, her excitement just now was completely suppressed when she saw the prices on the menu.
"...Have you eaten here before?" Chen Chunhua asked Lin Guoqing, and Lin Guoqing shook his head.
"How can that be? This restaurant looks very expensive. Why would I come here to eat if I have nothing to do?" Even if he invites clients to dinner, he will not choose a Western restaurant. Anything related to "Western" is expensive!
"Then why did you bring us here to eat? Look at the prices! Ice cream for 50 cents each? You could buy 25 sugar popsicles back home! You'll eat so much that your stomach will cramp!"
The prices on the menu are all within the price of one dollar: ice cream for 50 cents, coffee for 50 cents, fried pork chops and Portuguese chicken for one dollar. The prices alone are fine, but the problem is that you can't eat enough ice cream on your own.
"Tsk, now that we're here and we're already sitting down, do we have to stand up again?" Lin Guoqing winked at Chen Chunhua, asking her to speak in a low voice and sit up straight as much as possible because the waiters in the western restaurant are watching!
"Besides, aren't you happy that you found Donghua today? We're celebrating, so we have to have a good meal, right? If you think it's delicious, we can bring the kids here next time!"
In fact, Lin Guoqing also felt a little regretful. He rushed in without thinking. It was just that when he passed by it before, he thought the decoration outside of this Western restaurant was particularly beautiful. Looking inside through the glass window, the decoration inside could not be called magnificent, but it was different from the state-owned canteens and small restaurants outside.
I was so envious when I saw the family sitting together with their knives, forks and glasses flying around. I never thought about how much such a meal would cost.
I've actually spent quite a bit of money today, but after spending thousands, a few dozen or so seems like just a small amount. So, let's just eat! One has to see the world.
Liu Ni didn't dare to order any food at all. She was dazzled by the prices and pushed everything to Chen Chunhua. Chen Chunhua didn't know what was delicious and what was not, so she ordered a small bread.
She eats a lot of bread now that she’s older, so this one can’t go wrong.
Lin Guoqing ordered a cup of coffee out of curiosity. Chen Chunhua moved her lips for a long time, but finally swallowed the words she wanted to say to persuade him not to order, and ordered two bottles of soda for herself and Liu Ni.
You're here now, right?
He must see the Yellow River before he can give up.
In addition to mashed potato salad and borscht, Lin Guoqing also ordered three main courses: fried pork chops, spaghetti bolognese, and creamy Portuguese chicken. Together with the small bread and coffee soda, this meal was quite luxurious.
Liu Ni said nothing. Chen Chunhua asked her if she wanted to eat this or that, and she nodded, mainly because she really didn't know what they tasted like. But in her mind, she was quickly calculating how much money she had spent today.
Oh my goodness! How many Shengjian would that be?
After ordering the food, Lin Guoqing began to observe his surroundings to see how everyone was eating, trying not to embarrass himself by bringing his wife to a foreign place.
The first thing that came out was a small bun that was exactly the length of three palms, accompanied by a small bowl of buttercream.
Lin Guoqing picked up the knife beside him and cut the bread in half horizontally. Then he used the tip of the knife to pick up the butter and cream bowl, and a lump of cream stood firmly in the middle of the cross section of the bread. He then spread it evenly with the back of the knife, covered the other half, and took another bite.
"Hmm!" Lin Guoqing stared at Chen Chunhua with wide eyes and nodded while chewing the bread. "This is delicious! Come and try it!"
Chen Chunhua rolled her eyes at him unhappily, then picked up a loaf of bread and handed it to Liu Ni first, and then gave the last one to herself.
Liu Ni imitated the other two's movements, carefully and clumsily spreading the butter on the bread, then put it in her mouth and took a bite. The aroma of wheat mixed with the sweetness of buttercream instantly filled her entire mouth.
Liu Ni didn't dare to make any loud noises, she just hummed softly, then nodded repeatedly to Chen Chunhua and Lin Guoqing, "Delicious! Really delicious!"
Lin Guoqing has already made plans. Before leaving tomorrow evening, he will come back here and pack five more to take home. He must let his mother and children taste these foreign buns! They are really softer and sweeter than our own!
Before she could swallow the bread, the soda and coffee came up. Chen Chunhua bit the tube of her own soda and looked at Lin Guoqing as if she was watching a show.
He first lowered his head to smell the palm-sized cup of coffee, then frowned and looked up at the people around him. Finally, as if he had made up his mind, he lowered his head and took a big sip.
Finally, he vomited into his own plate.
"How come this thing is more bitter than Chinese medicine!" Lin Guoqing raised a soul-searching question, which made Chen Chunhua laugh.
"Didn't you know it was bitter?"
"I knew, but I didn't know it was so bitter! Lao Ji told me that drinking a cup every morning would keep him energetic all day. He even wanted to get me one, but luckily I refused. Otherwise, it would have been really embarrassing."
Lao Ji is Lin Guoqing's best client in Shanghai, and it was he who helped buy cream cakes and other things before.
"Fifty cents a cup." Chen Chunhua reminded him with a smile.
Lin Guoqing nodded painfully, "I know, I will definitely finish it later!" Let's wait until the end, at worst he can just drink it in one gulp!
As mashed potatoes, borscht, and the last three main courses arrived, the grumbling and complaining at the table increased.
"He's selling this potato for eighty cents? Give that money to your mother, and she can pull a bunch out of the ground for you!"
"There's sausage mixed in there too! Look, there are beans too! And this sauce, we can't get it at home!"
“But he sells it for 80 cents!”
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"This soup is all vegetarian..."
"There's a piece of meat! It's beef!"
"Come, Liuni, this piece of meat is for you."
"This soup is good with coffee."
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"How do you eat this pork chop? It's so big?"
"See the knife and fork? Hold the knife in your left hand and the fork in your right hand, and cut it into strips and eat it."
"...Then you cut it, and we'll use forks after you're done."
"This pasta... is quite tough. I think white noodles are better."
"Yeah, I think so too. Why do Western dishes like to put tomatoes so much? Tomatoes in soups and noodles."
“I also like to add potatoes. This Portuguese chicken is half potato!”
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