EBE Chapter 205 Gifts of Food and Drinks
Chapter 205 Gifts of Food and Drinks
He had been fighting with the princess over fries, but now his movements slowed down, as if he was pondering what the princess had said.
The Empress had also read "The Little Chef of the Jin Dynasty" and could chat with her for a while.
"I was feeling a bit greasy while eating fries, but I didn't expect that fries dipped in ketchup would be so refreshing. I wonder how anyone discovered that ketchup can be eaten like this. And these potatoes are just as described in the picture book, they are delicious no matter how they are cooked."
Although the Queen has not yet tasted any other dishes made with potatoes, she enjoyed delicious fries today.
But in my heart, I already believed that potatoes could be made into many delicious dishes, just as described in the storybooks.
At this moment, the Empress's thoughts coincided with those of the Eldest Princess and others: This Ye Yuwu is truly a genius; how could she have discovered such important things! She even knows their uses perfectly well.
The three of them marveled, but they didn't stop using their chopsticks to pick up food from the bowl.
"What's this over there?" Having almost finished the fries, the princess's gaze returned to the food the waiter had served her.
"Here's fried chicken and a hamburger," the waiter quickly replied.
The princess picked up a piece of fried chicken and examined it closely. "How did you manage to make this fried chicken so crispy on the outside and tender on the inside?"
"Your Highness, these delicacies are all made according to the methods described in the storybooks."
The waiter wasn't lying about that.
At this moment, the princess was holding fried chicken in her hand, already planning in her mind that when she returned to her residence, she would ask the head chef in her residence to learn how to make it.
At the same time, she was also thinking regretfully: How could Ye Yuwu know so many ways to cook food? If she wasn't afraid of wasting her talents, she would have liked to recruit Ye Yuwu to her own residence and research delicious and novel dishes for her every day.
The eldest princess felt regretful, but she knew she couldn't do it. Not only would her brother, the emperor, not even the ministers would allow it.
The fried chicken she was holding was golden and crispy on the outside, with a very hard outer shell. As she was thinking about these things, she took a bite of the fried chicken.
Its crust is very crispy, while the meat inside is very tender.
The moment I took that bite, my mind exploded like fireworks.
Not only the emperor and a few others secretly came here.
Even Grand Tutor Zhao and the Prime Minister secretly came here.
Several colleagues gathered together in the elegant tea room.
This gathering was actually organized by the Grand Tutor. The purpose of the group was the same; otherwise, given the relationship between the Grand Tutor and the Grand Preceptor, the Grand Preceptor would never have agreed to a gathering organized by the Grand Tutor.
Several figures who wield immense power in the imperial court, whose every move can shake the court, would unexpectedly gather in a small teahouse.
The ministers all shared the same goal: to see what potatoes, as described in the storybooks, actually looked like. However, only Taibao was there purely to enjoy the food and listen to the storytelling.
They arrived one after another shortly after the princess arrived.
The group was taken aback when they saw that Chayun was heavily guarded and that a very luxurious and exquisite carriage was parked outside the teahouse.
They soon learned from the servants that the carriage belonged to the eldest princess.
Since the eldest princess had come in person, they should have paid their respects. However, they had gone to Chayunhe in secret this time, and almost no one knew about it. They even kept their carriages very discreet and dared not make a fuss.
If they were to actually go and pay their respects to the eldest princess, their identities would inevitably be exposed.
After careful consideration, the group decided to postpone their visit to the princess.
Besides these important figures, there were also some ladies and young ladies from noble families who came to the tea shop.
Even some young noblemen didn't go to brothels for pleasure, but instead booked private rooms early and came to Chayunhe.
Despite their different backgrounds, everyone enjoyed the tea and the food recreated from the storybooks.
"I really want to see this legendary potato!" the Prime Minister exclaimed in the private room, munching on a French fry.
"Tell me, why hasn't anyone found this potato after all these days? And how did Ye Yuwu come to have this potato? Did she already have it before, but just kept it hidden, and then used storybooks to write about these novelties and promote the potato's fame through storybooks?" The Grand Tutor pondered for a long time before offering this opinion.
“Doing this can indeed make a fortune.” Taibao nodded, but his mouth didn’t stop; he kept eating.
Everyone present, except for Tai Bao, probably wanted to see the potato in person, as well as the legendary sesame seeds.
I just don't know if these potatoes were fried with sesame seeds.
These men were all seasoned officials, and their minds were quite deep. Although the room was very quiet at the moment, the atmosphere was very strange, and no one knew what they were thinking.
At this very moment, while everyone else was enjoying their food, Ye Yuwu was in a complete mess.
Originally, he should have personally received the eldest princess, but unexpectedly, Zhou Shenghui, who was in charge of the storytelling, was late in arriving.
They sent people to his home to look for his wife, children, and elderly relatives, but they all said he had already left home. They all thought Zhou Sheng had returned to the teahouse.
But then they were told that he hadn't gone to the teahouse, and everyone hurriedly searched for him again.
After searching for a long time, I asked some passersby and found out that he had gone to a brothel.
When the crowd found him in the brothel, he was already drunk and lying unconscious on the couch, seemingly having some pleasant dream.
When Ye Yuwu learned about this from the waiter, she was almost furious.
However, seeing that the time for the storytelling had long passed but the performance had not yet started, some customers were getting impatient, and others were dissatisfied, asking the waiter when it would begin.
Left with no other choice, Ye Yuwu went to the kitchen and taught the chefs how to make potato chips on the spot. She planned to send some to the guests in the private rooms and on the first floor.
Making potato chips is very simple, and I made a lot in no time.
The delay in the storytelling session had already caused dissatisfaction among many people, who began shouting and cursing in the teahouse, some venting their frustrations loudly.
"Why haven't you started yet!"
"We've been waiting for ages! We've already gone through several pots of the tea we just bought!"
The teahouse was noisy for a while. In order to calm everyone's anger, Ye Yuwu thought it over and over again and stepped onto the platform.
"I'm so sorry everyone, there's been a small problem here, but it will be resolved quickly. To make up for it, Cha Yun will provide each table with a delicious meal and a small serving of appetizers!"
Ye Yuwu's words temporarily quelled everyone's dissatisfaction.
After Ye Yuwu finished speaking, she instructed the kitchen staff to prepare the food, and then the waiters would deliver it to each table.
No one had ever heard of potato chips, so when it was announced that everyone would be given a serving of potato chips, everyone was very curious. When the potato chips were served, everyone couldn't help but look at what they looked like.