Chapter 1443 Correct Your Attitude
After Xiao Peng and Ilka sat down, they seemed to have just seen Zhu Er: "Huh? Zhu Er, you are here too?"
As for Ruth Birkin, he simply ignored her.
"Xiao, you should know that Zhu Er will be here." Yu Beier said, "I am just organizing a dinner today. The outcome has nothing to do with me."
He decided to get himself out first. He had a feeling that tonight's dinner might end in a bad mood.
Xiao Peng, however, smiled and said, "It's okay, it's okay. I'm here to eat anyway! You haven't ordered yet? Waiter, where's the menu?"
Ruth Birkin then said, "Mr. Xiao, Director Renault of the Palace of Fontainebleau and Director Luxon of the Louvre have not arrived yet."
Xiao Peng frowned slightly: "Oh, so there are distinguished guests!"
Lu Bo Jin Gang wanted to speak, but Xiao Peng pulled Ilka to her feet and said, "This way I won't delay your party. Let's go to the next room to eat. I usually eat dinner at 7 o'clock, and I'm really hungry now."
Yu Beier quickly stopped Xiao Peng: "No, Xiao, you are the protagonist of tonight's dinner! Let's eat first! Waiter, take the order! Miss Ruth Birkin, please shut up, okay?"
Ruth Birkin was so angry she nearly burst into tears. As Shangmei's COO, when had she ever endured such injustice? She had met all sorts of wealthy people and celebrities, but she had never met anyone as difficult to deal with as him.
The waiter came over and handed Xiao Peng the menu. Xiao Peng looked at it and laughed, "There's no tasting menu, only an à la carte menu?"
The so-called "tasting menu" can be understood as a "set menu," while the à la carte menu means you order what you want. Thankfully, there's no tasting menu here. French cuisine is quite tedious, and a full French meal can take at least three hours: each course is presented one at a time, and although it's only a small bite, you have to eat it slowly because there are long intervals between courses...
After listening to Xiao Peng's words, Yu Beier explained, "This place has been upgraded to three stars since 1988 and hasn't lost a star since. Bernard and his son's cooking skills are quite impressive. That's why they don't have a tasting menu, only an à la carte menu. All dishes are made to order, which shows their confidence in their culinary skills."
Xiao Peng smiled and said, "I'll try it today. I'm planning to host a proper party in a few days. If his cooking skills satisfy me, I'll invite him to be the head chef."
"You want to have a party? Didn't it just start?" Yu Beier asked in confusion.
Xiao Peng laughed and said, "What kind of party is that? It's just bullshit! Yesterday I kicked my apprentice and his girlfriend out. After all, he's still a child, and it's not good for him to see such an occasion. I'm going to throw a party for him and his girlfriend to build momentum. Vincent McMahon and I have some things to do in the Netherlands, so we can have a good talk first."
Yu Beier sighed, "It's just that your ages don't match, otherwise I would have thought you were Felix's biological father! You were really good to him. Others would have thought you were so nice to him because of your relationship with his sister, but in fact, I know that you weren't even together with his sister at that time. You simply doted on Felix."
Xiao Peng smiled but said nothing. Instead, he turned to the waiter and asked, "Any recommendations?"
The waiter said, "Sir, our Bayonne ham is very authentic, and I recommend you try our lamb. It comes from the Leyton lambs raised by the Grevey family in the Aveyron region. All lambs are carefully raised and are no more than a hundred days old."
Xiao Peng nodded after listening to it. "After listening to your story, I've whetted my appetite. Do you have any other recommendations?"
The waiter replied, "Of course, we'd like to introduce our signature roasted whole chicken. No one in France makes roasted whole chicken better than we do. Our chicken is not tough and yet is full of flavor. The chicken breast is delicious when paired with morel mushroom-stuffed ravioli and the gravy."
Xiao Peng nodded. "Very good. Let me take a look... Lobster Breton with potatoes and thyme, soft-boiled egg with asparagus and watercress sauce and caviar, a black truffle, and dessert of puff pastry with bitter chocolate and whiskey vanilla ice cream. I've ordered. Ilka, what about you?"
After hearing this, Ilka said, "Mr. Xiao, I'd be fine if I were the same as you."
Xiao Peng ordered first not because he was ungentlemanly, but because Ilka rarely attended such occasions and didn't know how to order. He just wanted to set an example for Ilka.
Huber also handed the menu back to the waiter: "Spinach sesame pancakes with lobster curry sauce, free-range duck breast with brine, roasted Charolais veal, and candied clementines and salted caramel butter for dessert. Okay, that's enough, thank you! Aren't you going to order?"
He also gave Jules and Ruth Birkin a way out, so they quickly sat down and ordered their food.
After all, there was only one table here so the food was served quickly. Xiao Peng was really hungry, so he started eating right away.
"How does it taste?" Hubert asked.
Xiao Peng smiled and said, "Everything else is okay, but the soft-boiled egg with asparagus and watercress sauce with caviar is a bit lackluster."
"Bad?" Yu Beier asked in confusion.
Xiao Peng said, "It's not a matter of cooking, but of caviar. You know, I just came back from Russia. Speaking of caviar, the caviar here is almost as good as the Russian caviar. If you have time to go to the Netherlands, come to my house and try it. Fresh caviar is flown in from Murmansk every week. When I first started eating it, I thought it tasted just average, but after eating it more, I found that the light fishy smell really stimulated my taste buds. Once I got used to it, I found it really good. To use the slang we use on the internet in our country, it's 'really delicious.' Now everyone in my family eats it like pickles."
Yu Beier was shocked. "Take caviar as pickles? That's a lot of money, right?"
"They gave it to me," Xiao Peng said. "Dealing with Russians is very interesting. As Fyodor Tyutchev said, 'Russia cannot be understood by reason, nor can it be measured by standards. Russia has a unique temperament, and one can only believe in her.'"
"So good?" Yu Beier was stunned after hearing this.
Xiao Peng smiled and said, "In order to eat Murmansk caviar, King William specially approved a route from Murmansk to Amsterdam, which increased trade exchanges between the two countries. Products like furs, fertilizers, and timber from Russia are continuously entering the Netherlands. They are not afraid of me eating their caviar now, they are afraid that I won't eat their caviar!"
After hearing this, Yu Beier sighed, "Xiao, I never thought you'd be able to achieve this in just a few years. It seems I'll need to rely on your help more in the future."
He also said this to Ruth Birkin and Jules. Do you still think Xiao Peng is an ordinary billionaire?
Correct your attitude!
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