Chapter 917 Huaxia on the Tip of the Tongue

"Ms. Deborah is visiting China for the first time and must try our specialties here. Yang Chongyan walked in front of the red carpet and enthusiastically introduced: "China has a long history, in terms of food culture, we have studied for 5,000 years, pay attention to color, flavor and taste, compared with Western catering, our fancy dishes will never lose to any country." ”

President Deborah smiled and nodded, the newly elected president of the United States, and the first female president of the United States, is over sixty years old, but her demeanor is still proud, with short white and blonde hair, not tall but powerful, she is really an outstanding representative of strong women.

Her entourage, as well as President Bill, who once occupied the White House and still has far-reaching influence in the political arena, as a husband and father, he is no longer young, his height of 1.9 meters is slightly hunchbacked, and he always has a smile on his face that only a senior politician can have.

However, the baby daughter of the two is in her prime, twenty-two-year-old Kate, and along the way, she has a very happy conversation with Li Sihan.

There was already a special hostess waiting in front of the banquet hall for a long time, and when Yang Chongyan was the first to step in here, his eyes swept over, and his face changed slightly!

In this familiar Xuanhua Hall, he had received dozens of world leaders, and he knew everything about the grass and trees here, but tonight he found a few things wrong.

The original white marble dining table was replaced by an ordinary table of eight immortals, the European-style chair was replaced by a bench in a small restaurant, and the rich tableware that should have been placed on the table was also replaced with a few pairs of chopsticks.

Who did this? Who had the audacity to do that?

The introverted and meticulous cultivated over the years made Yang Chongyan immediately think of a person, except for that kid, no one has the courage to do this! Looking at the Chinese officialdom, there is no second person who dares to play the piano indiscriminately, make a fool of himself, and make his own decisions on such an important occasion!

Then the people who walked into the banquet hall, including the guests, were dumbfounded when they saw this strange dining environment.

"Mr. President, is that what you are talking about?" Deborah pretended to be surprised, but in fact secretly gloated in her heart, see how you explain it?

I just blew myself to the sky, talking about food culture, and now I'm slapped in the face, isn't it? This is also called culture? I can't even make the most basic tableware, how good can the dishes be?

"Ah, yes, come on, come on, please take a seat first!" Now that the matter has come to this, Yang Chongyan can only bite the bullet, I hope this kid will not go too far, and he can deal with this state banquet tonight quickly.

In this kind of informal occasion, such an unexpected thing happened, even Li Sihan, who had little diplomatic experience, saw that something was wrong, and sat on the bench like pins and needles, not knowing what strange things would happen next.

Her own man knows it, and she, like Yang Chongyan, guessed who was the initiator of this incident!

When everyone was sitting down in a different mood, a figure walked out of the small door next to the hall with a smile, wearing a tall chef's hat and a chef's apron.

This stinky boy actually came to make a cameo appearance as a chef!

"Can you serve the food?" Ye Fan flicked the gold medal chef badge on his chest, and took the panache.

"Come on!" Yang Chongyan restrained his expression, and did not show too much surprise on his face, but he wondered in his heart, what kind of fame does this kid want to make?

"First course, appetizer warm Hawaiian ......" Ye Fan stretched his voice.

What is the name of this dish? Yang Chongyan has never even heard of it, and secretly muttered in his heart, this kid wants bad dishes!

Several hostesses dressed in blue and white porcelain cheongsams came in streams, each holding a fine porcelain plate in their hands, which was upside down with silverware to cover the food.

The highlight of the state dinner officially kicked off, and the American guests, although strange, but also had some expectations, they all knew that Chinese food has a unique taste, a variety of cooking techniques, and some dishes are also quite popular in the United States, such as mapo tofu and braised pork. But as the saying goes, one minute on the stage, ten years of work off the stage, the trouble of cooking Chinese food, and the vague amount of condiments in it, also make Westerners shy away, and they can only go to the restaurant if they want to eat, and there are very few foreigners who can cook Chinese food.

When Bill was president, he tasted a Chinese state banquet and praised it, and has fallen in love with Chinese food ever since.

Today, as the husband of the President of the United States, he came to China for the second time, and he didn't even eat lunch for the state banquet, only drank a glass of red wine, and when he saw the first dish that came up, Bill couldn't wait to pick up his chopsticks.

"Wait, this appetizer doesn't require chopsticks. In everyone's doubts, Ye Fan smiled and opened the upside-down lid of the cup.

Seeing this so-called enthusiastic Hawaii, Yang Chongyan's face turned green! I can't wait to find a stick to whip him!

What kind of appetizer is this, it's clearly a few cucumber strips, and a small plate of old ones next to it!

"Please try it, dip it in hot sauce. Under the angry and disgusting gaze of his grandparents and his wife, Ye Fan's face did not change, and he raised his hand to signal that he could start.

"Hey, it looks like a map of Hawaii?" Kate suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "Look, this cucumber is also very special!"

Everyone took a closer look, and sure enough, the hot sauce was deliberately made into the shape of a map of Hawaii, and the cucumbers cut into strips, of different lengths, happened to be seven sticks per plate, and when combined with the hot sauce in the small plate, it was an American flag.

"Interesting. Bill couldn't help but pick up a cucumber strip, dip it in some hot sauce, stuff it in his mouth, and chew it.

"Wow, it's so spicy, well, numb and spicy...... My mouth, it tastes amazing!"

Is it really that delicious? Looking at his appearance, Li Sihan couldn't help but suspect that the former president was reincarnated as a starving ghost.

"Come on, come on, try this...... Warm Hawaii, specialty, specialty!" Yang Chongyan had no choice but to shout enthusiastically, and took the lead in reaching out and pinching a cucumber strip.

I didn't have much hope, but this taste, the taste is really special!

It's crisp and refreshing, refreshing and spicy, and the taste buds on the tip of the tongue burst open!

"It tastes good. President Deborah also nodded in agreement, these people are used to eating the delicacies of the mountains and the sea, just like carnivores, once in a while, they will feel very special.

"On the second appetizer dish, Huaxia red. Ye Fan clapped his hands, and the second dish was served again.

I don't know what kind of name this Huaxia red is, but Yang Chongyan has already expected it, and it is definitely not a normal thing.

Although everyone was mentally prepared, when the lid was lifted, it was really shocked!

Li Sihan looked up at Ye Fan, his eyes were full of complex interweaving, how dare you!

In the middle of this slender porcelain plate, there are strings of delicate rock sugar gourds! The bamboo skewers are all freshly sharpened, brand new.

Yang Chongyan was speechless, is this called a state banquet? The cucumber strips just now were dipped in the old godmother, barely an appetizer, what is this called? This is a snack that amuses children!

Ye Fan didn't feel that there was anything wrong at all, and smiled confidently: "Don't underestimate this dish, Huaxia red was inherited in the Northern Song Dynasty, with mountain red, begonia fruit, grapes, hemp yam, walnut kernels, bean paste, etc., dipped in rock sugar, the entrance is sweet and crisp and cold, appetizing, nourishing, clearing heat and fatigue, you just ate something full of spicy, now try this, to ensure that the taste is very comfortable." ”

"Is it sweet? I'll try it first. Kate grabbed the rock sugar gourd and took a bite of the hawthorn, which was really sweet and sour, neutralizing the spicy taste just now, and her mouth was not particularly uncomfortable.

For sweets, most Americans are more fond of sweets, and after Bill and Deborah tasted it, they also nodded frequently, how did they know that this thing was a street snack to coax children at temple fairs.

The visitor is a guest, Yang Chongyan sighed secretly in his heart, and had to pick it up and taste this sugar gourd, he suddenly had a strange thought, how many years have he not eaten a sugar gourd? How many years have he not visited the temple fair with his family for the New Year? Maybe only when he retires, can he have the opportunity to enjoy the life of ordinary people?

Looking at the satisfied looks of the guests and hosts, Ye Fan continued to read the dishes: "The last appetizer, every inch of the world." ”

What could this be? Knowing his unusual routine as a chef, the three guests all showed anticipation.

When the cup was uncovered and the mystery was revealed, a foul smell instantly filled the air, making Deborah wrinkle her nose!

The dish on this small plate was just a black piece of stuff, and it was completely impossible to tell what it was made of, and the stench emitted filled the room, hitting everyone's nostrils hard!

A piece of stinky tofu made Yang Chongyan look stupid, but the look in Qi Lan's eyes was full of memories and memories.

But Li Sihan exclaimed in surprise: "Huh, it's actually this ......"