Chapter 195: Food from the 'City of Food'
Xiao Peng was lying on the sofa playing a video game. Pascal asked in confusion, "Aren't you watching?"
"What are you staring at? The ship is moving so slowly that I can take a ten-minute look." Xiao Peng yawned. "The deepest point here is only three hundred meters. Let the multi-beam sonic scanner search slowly. I came out this time just for vacation."
"Vacation?" Pascal asked puzzledly.
Xiao Peng nodded. "Yes, it's a vacation. This batch of rhodium is so troublesome to handle. I've already made up my mind. I won't go back until Fabian finishes processing the rhodium."
Pascal blinked. "No wonder you brought so many supplies."
"What else?" Xiao Peng asked Pascal, "You go back and deal with the rhodium? You go and deal with the various officials?"
Pascal shrugged and said, "Well, let Fabian do it. He's the face of our company."
Xiao Peng pointed to a pottery jar and asked, "Have you contacted him? Have you told them about this ship?"
Pascal nodded and said, "I sent him all the footage I filmed and asked him to contact the Spanish side and tell them about this ship."
Xiao Peng asked, "What did he say?"
Pascal said, "He said we must not salvage the boat anymore. It's just adding to his workload! He's going crazy with work!"
Xiao Peng laughed and said, "He likes to do things that show off. He enjoys it!"
Pascal nodded. "You're right. What would you like to eat tonight? I'll heat up some fast food pizza. Would you like some?"
Xiao Peng blinked after hearing this: "Brother, are you sick?"
"Huh?" Pascal opened his mouth wide. "What do you mean?"
Xiao Peng asked in return: "Let me ask you, where is the 'food capital' of France?"
Pascal replied: "Lyon."
The title of "Food Capital" is not self-proclaimed by the French, but a name certified by UNESCO. There are currently 36 "Food Capitals" in the world, including Guangzhou, Chengdu, Macau and Yangzhou in China, which have been awarded this title.
Although French cuisine is famous, the city that is known as the "Food Capital" in France is not the "center of the world" Paris, nor the seafood-famous Marseille, but the central city of Lyon.
Xiao Peng pointed outside and asked, "Where is Jenny from?"
"Leon! Is there something wrong?" Pascal was confused.
"We're eating fast food pizza when there are people from Lyon here? What a joke!" Xiao Peng said, "Jennie told me that she wanted me to taste Lyon cuisine."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a knock on the cabin door. Xiao Peng instructed Pascal to turn off the various monitors on the console, put on a mask, and then shouted, "Come in!"
It was Jenny who came in: "Is it okay to delay you?"
After she finished speaking, her eyes were still looking over the two of them to see if anyone was dressed in a disheveled manner.
Xiao Peng didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Jenny, you seem to be thinking about something very rude. I was just turning off the monitor. What's the matter?"
Jenny said, "It's time to eat. Tell them you're done with the livestream and I'll cook!"
Xiao Peng took the camera and glanced at the laptop used for the live broadcast. He was at a loss for words. "Fuck! I had 14 million people watching the live broadcast room where I discovered the shipwreck and sent gifts. Now the sisters are doing a little bit of a show and now there are 30 million people? This is too much!"
Barrage passed by:
“Haha, who wants to see you!”
"That's because they only look at you when you're giving gifts. Otherwise, who would look at you, a guy who's too scared to show his face!"
"Any more gifts?"
"We don't want to look at you, we want to look at Carlisle and Lisa!"
"I want to see the giant shark!"
Xiao Peng was about to turn off the live broadcast, but after seeing the comments, he glanced at his watch and said, "It's already five o'clock. My first live broadcast was four hours. Isn't that impressive?"
"Stop it!"
"The rest is live from Carlisle and Lisa."
"The young lady is so pretty."
“Don’t stop broadcasting!”
Xiao Peng waved his hand and said, "I was originally planning to stop broadcasting, but seeing how enthusiastic you all are, I'll continue. As you wish, I'll show you the young lady!" He said as he went out to broadcast live. This time, he was just killing time, chatting with netizens outside, talking about French customs and answering questions from the comments. Even Walter and the others asked Xiao Peng to drag them back to the live broadcast for a while. Until Jenny told him it was time to eat.
Xiao Peng said to the camera, "Dinner is very late in France, usually around nine in the evening. But we have a lot of work on the ship, so dinner is also early. It's a little after six o'clock now, and it's European Daylight Saving Time, so it should be after midnight in China. So I'll show you what we're having tonight and give you a reason to go out for a late-night snack. Jenny will be cooking tonight's meal. I heard she's very good at Lyon cuisine, and I'm looking forward to it."
He entered the cabin holding a camera, and sure enough, there was a lot of food on the table.
"Jenny, please introduce these dishes!" Xiao Peng said to Jenny while holding the camera.
Jenny introduced Xiao Peng to everyone one by one and translated for them one by one.
"This dish is called 'Engineer's Apron'. It's made by marinating beef tripe in white wine overnight, then rolling it in breadcrumbs and pan-frying it. It's served with a little mashed potatoes and cheese. Let me try it! Wow! It's so tender, you can't even tell it's beef tripe. Haha, I've invented a new way to eat it: I'm going to cover the tripe with mashed potatoes. It's so delicious!"
"This dish is called 'Quelle', and it's quite complicated to make! Lyon is an inland city, but the Saône and Rhône rivers meet there, so there's plenty of river fish. 'Quelle' is made with river fish. But the fish used is a bit special: northern pike. That kind of fish is also found in China. Because its meat is thick and boneless, and it's edible and its skin can be used to make wraps, it has high economic value. It's now farmed and supplied to the market. You can buy one and try it when you have time, but a friendly reminder: the roe of this fish is poisonous and cannot be eaten!"
"This 'Quelle' is made by pureeing northern pike meat, mixing it with light cream and eggs, fermenting it, then sprinkling it with cheese and bacon, adding salt and pepper, and baking it in the oven. It's simple, but the taste is amazing. We don't have that much here, so we can only eat it like a pie. The real 'Quelle' is made into little golden balls, like one bite-sized ball."
"Oh, the rest is simple. This is Lyon sausage. Let me try it. Alas, it's not as delicious as our Harbin sausage, but it tastes okay. Lyon's cheese is also very famous. There are more than a hundred kinds of cheese in the local area, and each one is different. The cheese we eat is called Fesel cheese. After melting it, add it to red wine and eat a piece of sausage. Oh my god, it tastes great! What? Do you want me to continue the live broadcast?"
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