"Wha...what?" Granny Wang was utterly astonished. "Thirty...thirty taels of silver? Did I hear that right?"
Li Huan laughed and said, "You heard me right! Each boxed meal includes four meat dishes and four vegetable dishes, unlimited rice and soup, and two bottles of beer are included, all for only thirty taels of silver!"
Ximen Qing looked Li Huan up and down: "Judging from your attire and your extremely short hair, you must be from a foreign land in the Western Regions?"
Li Huan shook his head: "People from the Western Regions have blond hair and blue eyes. How do I resemble them? Only my clothes and shoes are somewhat unusual!"
"However, the various dishes I cook do indeed originate from foreign lands, or even from distant overseas regions, and are extremely rare in the Central Plains!"
Ximen Qing pointed at the "Spicy Bullfrog" and sneered, "What a joke! This is toad meat! Do you think I don't recognize it?"
Li Huan said, "Sir, your eyesight is terrible. Whose toad has such thick legs and such meat?"
Ximen Qing was speechless.
Indeed, wild frogs are not plump enough.
Li Huan explained, "This is a bullfrog from North America! It's two or three times larger than the green toads of Central China, and its meat is more delicious, delicate, and chewier!"
"North America?" Pan Jinlian looked confused.
Li Huan said, "The place names of overseas foreign lands are more than 20,000 li away from the Central Plains, which is why bullfrogs are relatively expensive."
Seeing that Li Huan spoke logically and persuasively, Ximen Qing had no words to refute him.
Pan Jinlian pointed to the "oyster sauce king oyster mushrooms" and asked, "What dish is this?"
Li Huan chuckled: "My wife asks a good question! This dish is quite special. It's called Oyster Sauce King Oyster Mushrooms. Not only is it delicious, but it also has a unique health benefit!"
Pan Jinlian became even more curious: "What are its effects?"
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