Chapter 0050 – Bao Gong Fish, Cao Cao Chicken (I)

From Pengcheng to Tibet, there are two routes to choose from when traveling by car, one is to reach Xi’an via Henan and Shaanxi, then go to the highway to Chengdu in Sichuan from Xi’an, and then go to Tibet from Chengdu, only after entering into the territory of Shaanxi Province, the road traffic is not very good, and there are more mountainous roads.

Considering Zhuang Rui’s driving skills, this route was rejected by Liu Chuan, Zhuang Rui heart still has some regrets, would have liked to go to Xi’an on the way to see the dormitory of four years of college students, since graduation, they have not seen each other for nearly two years.

The second line is to enter the Anhui Province, to Hefei, directly on the Shanghai-Rongshan Expressway, through Hefei, Liu’an, Wuhan, Jingmen, Wanzhou, Nanchong directly after the Chengdu, the total length of about 1600 kilometers or so, this route is also the most rapid, the best road traffic conditions, more suitable for Zhuang Rui this kind of license did not drive the car of the people who have practiced.

“Hooligan, let’s just find a place to eat something is not finished, where are you going around and around ah?”

Zhuang Rui saw Liu Chuan looking at the car in Hefei full of streets around, passing a few restaurants have not stopped, can not help but ask strangely.

“Hey, no rush, I’ll take you to eat some of Hefei’s special snacks to go, and then have a good rest in the afternoon, you sleep at night, I drive all night, tomorrow during the day you drive another day, almost to Chengdu.”

Liu Chuan obviously very familiar with Hefei, drove about more than twenty minutes later, the Hummer into the appearance of a very luxurious looking hotel parking lot, got out of the car from the parking lot into the hotel, Liu Chuan do things but let Zhuang Rui puzzled again, this guy opened a room, pulling Zhuang Rui and left the hotel.

“I said, where are you going! Did not come to see you anxious fire ass general, now how and not anxious, we do not eat here?”

Zhuang Rui did not expect Liu Chuan to come to this hotel just for the afternoon rest, not to eat here.

Liu Chuan sniffed, said: “fools only go to such a hotel to eat it, food expensive knife cruel, slaughter people do not see blood, buddies take you to the place, the price is affordable not to say, but also to eat authentic Hefei dishes, you just follow it!”

Liu Chuan said the place is not far from the hotel walk is also five or six minutes away, the hotel covers an area of not small, is a two-story building, but the face is not large, the door above the simple hanging of a written “local food hall” three words of the sign, such as Zhuang Rui went in, but found that the business inside the surprisingly good, there are four or five hundred The size of the hall inside the hall, all full of people, a dozen waitresses wear flowers in the various tables shuttling between the delivery of food, if only from the outside of the hotel to see, Zhuang Rui in any case will not believe that inside the business will be good as such.

“What are you waiting for, go!” Liu Chuan pulled Zhuang Rui, who was frozen on the spot, toward the second floor.

The structure of the second floor of the hotel and the first floor is exactly the same, just separated into a small room, Liu Chuan did not greet the waiter, pulling Zhuang Rui a room to go down to the door of a room, stopped, directly pushed the door to go in.

The room is not large, it is estimated that up to seven or eight people can sit on the soundproofing effect does not seem to be very good, next to the room in the sound of talking and laughing heard very clearly, but the inside of the heater is very full, Liu Chuan went in after the thick coat off, looking at Zhuang Rui said proudly: “How about it, buddy, we have this skill is good! Use your ears to know that there is no one in this room.”

Zhuang Rui held back his laughter, nodded his head to express his approval of Liu Chuan’s statement, and then said: “Your ears are good, I think we don’t want to go to Tibet, just go back from here! When you go back, you lie in Brother Song’s villa every day, give him a Tibetan mastiff to call.”

Said Zhuang Rui while laughing, he just in the corridor when he found these rooms door handle are hanging a written “someone” sign, Liu Chuan selected this one, surely is to see that the sign is flipped over, this buddy actually take this boast, Zhuang Rui naturally want to hit him a little.

“You are the Tibetan mastiff, the dog’s mouth can not spit out the ivory, can not let the buddy to get down ……”.

Liu Chuan face resentful back scolded, the words did not fall, the door of the private room was pushed open from the outside.

Come in is the hotel waiter, a very young girl, hand with tea, to the two poured on the menu out, Liu Chuan waved his hand, pinching the accent to learn the Hefei language said: “Menu is not necessary, to a large plate of ‘Cao Cao chicken’, and then on the one! ‘Bao Gong fish’, yes, there is ‘Li Hongzhang chowder’, in addition to hemp cake, baked cake, inch gold, white cut these four kinds of dim sum each to a, well, first on it!”

Liu Chuan very nimbly finished ordering dishes, did not ask for wine, he and Zhuang Rui although the amount of alcohol are good, but in the field and to drive, this point of proportion Liu Chuan still have.

Hefei language and Pengcheng language is still some difference, Liu Chuan in addition to English will only memorize the 26 letters of the alphabet, the ability to learn the local dialect is very strong, at least in front of this little girl, did not hear out Liu Chuan is a foreigner, to see him point a few kinds of dishes are locally famous signature dishes, promised a word to the two people refill the water, then went out.

“I say rascal, what kind of dishes did you order? Our brother and sister are braising celebrities today?”

Zhuang Rui was a bit confused by the names of the dishes ordered by Liu Chuan, Cao Cao, Bao Gong plus Li Hongzhang, how do all these names sound so evil ah! It is also called behind a few kinds of snacks normal point.

Liu Chuan contemptuously looked at Zhuang Rui, said: “I have not seen it! Tell you, I called these dishes, are Hefei local specialties, in the field simply can not eat, not to mention other things, say this ‘Bao Gong fish’, produced from the Bao River, that is, the Bao Gong Shrine that area of the moat, which is produced in the river crucian carp for the black back, and Bao Heizi that black face is somewhat similar to the so-called Bao Gong fish! ……”

“Then what is the origin of Cao Cao chicken ah?” Zhuang Rui listened to some fascinated, a dish actually has such a legend.

“To say that ‘Cao Cao chicken’, but was created in the Three Kingdoms period of the traditional dishes, according to legend, the Three Kingdoms period, Hefei because of its location in the end of Wu and Chu, for the soldiers must fight for the place, Cao Cao unified the north, led an army of 830,000 to the south to fight with the Sun what’s-his-name, to the Hefei, the white man due to military and political affairs busy, overworked and exhausted, the white man is not a good man, he is a good man. When he arrived in Hefei, the little white man was overworked due to the busy military and political affairs, and suffered from a headache that made him bedridden. At that time, Cao Cao’s chef in accordance with the prescription left by Hua Tuo, selected Hefei local chicken, and then carefully prepared with Chinese medicine into a medicinal chicken, Cao white face ate after feeling delicious, very much like, slowly get well, the body quickly recovered, and then every meal must eat this chicken. So I say brother, we eat today, can be all about, Cao Cao in the Three Kingdoms that will be, can also be a quasi-emperor ah!”

To say that Liu Chuan this guy, really is a foodie, from junior high school to high school history scores, he never passed the test, now actually can also quote the classics, more or less also let Zhuang Rui some impressed.