The Far Eastern staff who accompanied François showed their credentials to the restaurant's lobby manager, and they were placed in a luxurious private room. As soon as they entered the private room, François and they were taken aback, as if they had arrived at the royal banquet hall, no...... The royal family's banquet hall is like a hotel in the European countryside.

Huge crystal lamps hang down, beautiful floral wallpaper, huge floor-to-ceiling crystal glass windows, simple and elegant dining tables covered with snow-white dinner cloths, snow-bright silver knives and forks, noble crystal tableware, and exquisite porcelain plates.

There are also well-dressed waiters, who serve them politely, and just sitting here makes them feel like an emperor. Opening the menu, the menu full of French makes them feel very familiar, but they are embarrassed that many of the dishes here have never been heard of.

A waiter walked up and lost no time in resolving their embarrassment, and he said with a smile: "A few distinguished gentlemen are visiting our restaurant for the first time, can you taste the signature dishes of our restaurant, I can introduce them to you in detail." ”

François let out a sigh of relief, but it was fortunate that the waiter had come, or they didn't know what to do. François wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said with a smile: "Then you can arrange it for us as appropriate......

The polite waiter put away the menu and left with a smile. A series of exquisite and delicious dishes were served to the table one after another, and the restaurant also gave a bottle of red wine, and François and his wife clumsily picked up their knives and forks and began to eat.

The use of forks as cutlery in Europe was only introduced in the mid-eighteenth century, when food was cut with knives and eaten with hands and claws, and the use of separate cutlery, plates, and cups only began in the mid-to-late eighteenth century, when people drank soup with the same utensils, and everyone drank wine with a wine glass.

Before the 13th century, Europeans used their fingers to eat. When using fingers to eat. There were also certain rules: the Romans used the number of fingers to distinguish status, the commoners were five-fingered, the educated nobles only used three fingers, and the ring and little fingers could not touch the food. This rule of eating continued into the 16th century and was still practiced by Europeans. François and the others were thrilled to taste the delicious food, and the dishes on the menu were all from the modern society. The cuisine of France in this era was very simple, and there was no systematic French meal at all.

This is the most upscale Western-style restaurant in Manila, and although it is full of strong European style, the aristocracy and even the royal family of this era have never tasted it. The merchants from all over Europe who come here to dine here are all wealthy people.

Because the consumption here is so expensive, European merchants usually feast their business partners to show their sincerity. And most of the metropolises choose to spend in the hall, because the private room is not a place that ordinary people can afford. Even so. If you want to have dinner here, you usually have to book a seat three days in advance.

François and they enjoyed this sumptuous dinner very satisfied, but when they finally checked out, François's heart was bleeding, and it was too expensive!!

This is because they are VIPs, and the restaurant gives them a 20% discount. François was not short of money and had a lot of money, but it still hurt him. As you can imagine, the price of this black shop is very expensive.

François's flesh hurt his flesh, but he didn't show it. The restaurant was chosen by themselves. When the staff of Far Eastern Group introduced this restaurant, they deliberately pretended to hesitate and explained that the prices here are a bit expensive. Because of this, it also attracted the displeasure of François and several French nobles.

In fact, this Western restaurant is the property of the Far Eastern Company, which specializes in slaughtering those European white skins, and cheats them out of silver coins. The Far Eastern Company had planned to think that this might just be a place for a one-shot sale, and that there would be no repeat customers.

But it's weird. Such a dark shop, and such an outrageous price, has made a name for itself in Manila and is highly respected by merchants from all over Europe. Many European businessmen who ate it once have never forgotten it when they return to Europe. When they come to Manila again, they will come again.

It may be that many of the dishes here are classic dishes of European countries in modern society, and the taste is more suitable for Europeans. In addition, the service standard here is even better than that of the royal families, which is why it is so popular with European businessmen.

For the rest of the trip, François didn't dare to pretend anymore, and deliberately chose a relatively distinctive Chinese restaurant for dinner. Of course, before choosing this restaurant, François asked the Far Eastern escort and learned that the prices were not outrageous, so he finally chose this restaurant.

The price of the dinner was much cheaper, which made François very satisfied. The only regret for them is that the service standard and dining environment here cannot be compared with that Western-style restaurant.

After dinner, the escort from the Far East led them to Fengyue Street, facing the beauties of various countries soliciting business outside the shops along the street, although François was a nobleman, but in the end he did not withstand the temptation and enjoyed it well.

Unlike the European aristocratic men, the European ladies were much wilder in their spending, and they were led by their escorts from the Far East to the pedestrian street of the business district, which is Manila's luxury shopping district.

The shops along the street are all operated by the Far Eastern Ministry of Commerce, mainly engaged in women's clothing, jewelry, cosmetics, leather goods, leather shoes, fur women's clothing, high-end handicrafts, high-end furniture, high-quality horse harness, high-end perfumes, high-end tobacco and alcohol, lighters, high-end smoking sets, stockings and so on.

The name of the shop pù is also very scary, Louis. Vuitton, Chanel, Hermès, Gucci, Cartier, Versace, Dior, Prada, Guerlain, Lancôme, Clarins, Yves Saint Laurent, Ferragamo, Elisabeth. Arden, Oronnaso, Estee Lauder, Clinique, George. Armani, Fendi, Hennessy, Johnnie Walker, Chivas Regal, Mingyue Champagne, Rémy Martin, Martell and many more.

In order to develop high-end luxury goods suitable for this era, the Far East Ministry of Commerce has made a lot of preparations in the modern society, and the products cover the style characteristics of Europe, Arabia, South Asia, Daming and Southeast Asia, and have designed a variety of exquisite goods that meet the aesthetic standards of this era for different regions.

Moreover, the decoration of each store is very luxurious and luxurious, and it is definitely a high-end atmosphere in this era. When a group of French ladies saw such a place, their eyes instantly turned red.

These ladies are all wealthy, but with the current production level and craftsmanship in Europe, they are far from meeting their shopping needs. And the French aristocracy represents the popular fashion of the European aristocracy. They came to Manila for the sake of the losers, especially when a large group of losers got together, and many times it turned into comparisons.

Morality. The Marquise de Rambouillet got out of the carriage and was attracted by the shop pù just a few steps away. Although she still maintains the reserve that an aristocrat should have, Li Song can clearly feel that De. The Marquise de Rambouillet was already trembling slightly with excitement. (To be continued......)

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