The online car stopped in front of a shopping mall in the city center.
Ling Ping'an walked out of the car with the kitten Bastet in his arms.
Xingfu Commercial Center.
That was the name of this shopping mall.
"On the fourth floor?" Ling Ping'an took out his phone and looked at it. Then, he walked into the shopping mall with his pet in his arms.
It was a holiday today, so there were quite a lot of people.
The entire shopping mall was bustling with people.
Ling Ping'an took the elevator and went straight to the fourth floor.
When he got upstairs, he followed the directions and found the Rhine Restaurant at the end of this floor.
As soon as he entered the door, he was greeted by a strong exotic atmosphere.
He could even hear the melodious sound of a piano.
"It looks pretty good!" Ling Ping'an thought.
"Sir..." a blonde girl in a maid's dress walked up to Ling Ping'an. She spoke in fluent federal language with a slight Jiangcheng City accent, "May I ask if you're alone?"
Ling Ping'an nodded.
"This way, please!" This girl's federal etiquette was very professional. It seemed that she had been specially trained.
Thus, Ling Ping'an was led by her to a small table by the window of the restaurant.
Then, a thick menu was delivered to Ling Ping'an's hands.
The little girl bowed slightly and asked, "Sir, if you need anything, you can press the call bell next to you. We will come and serve immediately!"
"Okay!" Ling Ping'an nodded and opened the menu.
With just a glance, his face twitched a little.
A serving of foie gras in red wine cost 200 yuan.
A serving of smoked beef cost 300 yuan.
A damn vegetable salad also cost 188 yuan!
The most expensive one, the Wellington steak, was actually priced at 3,999 yuan!
And it needed to be booked one day in advance!
"Robbing money!" Ling Ping'an complained in his heart.
Fortunately, he had already made preparations before he came.
He was also prepared to pay the IQ tax. Generally speaking, there were only two strategies for foreign restaurants to survive in the federal territory.
The first was to localize.
For example, in Guangnan's capital, Yangcheng, there was a French restaurant with a particularly good reputation.
The signature dishes of this restaurant were stir-fried snails and fried oysters.
Ling Ping'an's classmate from France had once gone to eat there out of admiration. After eating, he came back and told everyone that it was not French at all!
Snails should be baked with red wine, and top-grade Gina oysters should be eaten raw!
However, this Fran restaurant, which was evaluated by the Fran people as not being Lan at all, was the best foreign restaurant in Guangzhou.
The head chef of the restaurant had even obtained permanent residence in the Federal Empire!
The second was to hunt for novelty.
Making use of the Federation's curiosity towards foreign countries to create some gimmicks or something.
There would always be people willing to pay the IQ tax.
People like Ling Ping'an were basically their target customers.
Therefore, even though it hurt, Ling Ping'an still ordered two dishes.
One was 499 yuan pan-fried ox tongue, and the other was 599 yuan Rhine steak.
Pressing the service bell, the waiter quickly came over and took away the menu with a smile.
After about ten minutes, a piece of steak that was placed on an iron plate and was roasted until it was smoking was served to Ling Ping'an.
The blonde girl introduced in standard Federation language, "Sir, this is one of our restaurant's signature dishes, the Rhine steak. We use the New Qinling Beef Eye from your country's Nanzhou Kingdom that has been fed for 180 days …"
"Through our special method of butter ripening, in an environment with constant temperature and humidity, it will ripen in 45 days …"
"Ripe butter?" Ling Ping'an felt that he had learned a new term.
"How do you do this?" He asked. Then, he picked up the knife and fork unskillfully, cut open the steak in front of him, and put it in his mouth to taste it.
The taste was not bad!
He evaluated.
The tenderness was okay and the flavor was not bad. It was just that there was too little juice and the taste of the beef was not that strong.
It was completely different from the slow roasted beef he made two days ago.
But …
The tenderness and flavor were really good!
It was better than most beef!
The little girl listened and explained with a smile, "Customer, the ripening of butter is the latest invention and creation of our Rhine Restaurant..."
"After sucking the water from the surface of the top-grade beef, it is wrapped in butter and placed in a constant temperature and humidity environment for 30 to 50 days. The surface of the beef is dehydrated and oxidized, but the inside has undergone an astonishing transformation!"
"After this processing, the beef has a flavor and tenderness that far surpasses that of its peers!"
Ling Ping'an nodded and thought, "I'll try it when I get back!"
"Let's see if this method can really improve the taste of the beef!"
Thinking about it, it shouldn't be too troublesome to just use butter to wrap the beef!
Ling Ping'an was about to ask if there was anything he needed to pay attention to when the butter was ripened.
Meow!
The kitten, Bastet, who had been lying beside him, suddenly let out a cry and jumped from the sofa to the table.
The kitten lowered its body and its amber eyes seemed to be filled with vigilance.
It let out a low growl at a certain part of the restaurant.
It seemed to be a warning, but also seemed to be a threat.
"Little Darling..." Ling Ping'an carried it down, "What's wrong?"
Meow!
The kitten stuck out its tongue and licked the back of its master's hand.
Ling Ping'an knew that this was what the little guy did every time he felt uneasy or threatened.
"Be good... Don't be afraid!" He smiled and comforted, "With me here, no one can hurt you!"
… …
She was wearing a princess dress and holding a small scepter.
For some reason, Latte walked in the restaurant.
Behind her, a servant in a holy robe followed closely.
Suddenly, she turned her head and looked at a corner of the restaurant.
A young man from the Federation was holding a little black cat and sitting there. He seemed to be eating.
"Duke..." an old retainer asked, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing!" For some reason, Latte remembered that this was the territory of the Easterners, so she turned around and said, "Let's go!"
The Duchess lifted her dress and walked forward on her crystal shoes.
There, there were already people waiting for her.
More than ten men and women in formal clothes appeared in front of a private room.
"Welcome!" When they saw Latte, they all smiled and knelt down one by one, "The representatives of the subjects of Butania who are studying, doing business, and settling down in the Federal Empire welcome Your Grace!"
"May God bless you! Respected Duchess! "
For some reason, Latte looked at these people.
She lifted her dress slightly and walked forward with the scepter in her hand.
"All subjects, please rise!" Although the little Duchess was young, her bearing was like that of an adult, "On behalf of Her Majesty the Queen, I would like to express my gratitude to all my subjects for all their contributions to the United Kingdom of Butania in the eastern world!"
In the Land of Qin, even though it was already the era of the mobile Internet.
However, the nobles were still the rulers of the high and mighty.
Especially the United Kingdom of Butania.
… …
After eating, Ling Ping'an wiped his mouth with a napkin.
Then, he called the waiter to settle the bill.
He spent a total of 1,300 yuan!
Among them, the order cost 1,098 yuan.
The remaining 102 yuan was for the service fee and the tableware fee.
To be honest, the taste was not bad! It was not bad! But the price-performance ratio was a little low!
Compared to the Fusang takeout that Ling Ping'an ate every day, it was too different!
A meal of Fusang beef rice only cost 40 yuan. Recently, they had been crazily delivering all kinds of fish slices, shrimp slices, sea urchins, and sushi.
As for Aunt Cai's steamed dumplings next door, two baskets were only 20 yuan. Plus the tofu pudding, it was 22 yuan!
But the taste of the three was about the same.
So...
"I won't come next time!" Ling Ping'an said.
This was the reason why he only ate in two fixed places. He had already tried almost all the famous and unknown restaurants in the city.
Who knew how many times he had been treated like a fool like today.
The result was that the cheap ones tasted too bad!
And the average ones, like the one today, were too low!
Only the takeout from Thousand Night Sauce's house and Aunt Cai's steamed dumplings next door were cheap and delicious.
This was the price he had to pay for having a sensitive tongue.
"Go home! Go home! "Ling Ping'an carried the kitten, Bastet, and walked out of the restaurant with heartache.
"Thank you for your patronage!" At the door, two blonde ladies bowed in unison. "You're welcome to come again!"
Ling Ping'an walked out with a smile, but his heart was bleeding. "I've spent half a month's living expenses..."
He lamented, "If I don't sell a few books, I'm afraid I won't be able to last until the 10th of next month when my allowance arrives..."
But...
"I learned a new skill this time..." he said, "Butter ripening..."
"It's not too much of a loss!"
He could only comfort his wallet like this.
… …
For some reason, Integral stood in front of the shutters and watched the young Easterner walk out of the mall with the kitten in his hand.
At the top of her cane, where the jewel was embedded, the shadow of Akado appeared from it.
"Cat Goddess, Bastet..."
"Everyone thought that she should have fallen into the hands of the Brotherhood!"
"But..."
"She appeared in the East and was even a pet beside an ordinary-looking Easterner..."
"This is too interesting!"
For some reason, Integral listened and did not speak.
"Duchess!" A retainer in holy clothes stepped forward and asked, "Should we send someone to investigate that young man?"
For some reason, Integral did not speak.
But not speaking was a kind of attitude in itself.
Thus, he bowed deeply and turned around to make arrangements.
The United Kingdom of Britannia was still one of the top ten countries in the world!
Although this was far from the empire that suppressed the world at its peak two hundred years ago, it still had enough influence and strength.
Even in this eastern land, it still had a certain amount of influence.
Even in this eastern land, it still had a certain amount of influence.
Therefore, in his opinion, it should be a piece of cake for him to investigate a seemingly ordinary Asian man.
But...
Half an hour later, he received news.
The two Britanians whom he had entrusted to investigate had been arrested.
The charges were conspiracy to spy on the secrets of the Federal Empire and endangering national security!
Who knew why investigating an ordinary young man had become spying on the secrets of the Federal Empire and endangering national security?!
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