Twelve girls who were wearing very little clothes hurriedly left. Li Mingda walked to the side casually and sat down with a smile, then looked at Tang Jian and said, "Uncle Tang, what good things are you treating us today..."

"Uh..." Tang Jian was speechless.

Then he looked at Li You, and Li You smiled bitterly: "You can't blame me... If you want to blame, you can only blame your servant. When you see me, you shout, "You want to invite me to have a meal in Pingkangfang. I found out that she insisted on coming, what can I do?"

"Oh... you really killed me. If His Majesty knew about it, we would be finished... Take his baby daughter to Pingkangfang, are we dead or dead..." Tang Jian's face was almost sucked.

Li You could only smile bitterly again: "Uncle Tang, let's just let it go... Anyway, I'll carry it with you... By the way, order the food, I'm hungry..."

Speechless, Tang Jian shook his head bitterly: "You really treat this place as a restaurant..." But after Tang Jian finished speaking, he glanced at Li Mingda, dressed as a noble man, and could only shout loudly: "Come here, master, I'm going to order food."

Don’t think that there is no delicious food in the Tang Dynasty. In fact, there are really many delicious foods in the Tang Dynasty. A roasted tail banquet... There are 58 dishes including cold dishes, hot stir-fry, barbecue, desserts, etc., with more than 20 kinds of pastries and 32 kinds of dishes.

From the perspective of materials, there are bears, deer, donkeys, raccoons, shrimps, crabs, frogs, turtles, as well as fish, chickens, ducks, quails, pigs, cows, sheep, rabbits, etc. Among them, golden bell roast (roasted whole lamb), water-refined calves (stewed whole calf), snow babies (fried frogs), and cold toad soup (clam soup) are already amazing, and 70 ornamental dishes made of vegetarian dishes and steamed noodles in the shape of a fairy-like songstressed girl in Penglai are even more amazing.

The dishes at the Sauce Banquet are famous for their exquisite patterns and ingredients. For example, the Twenty-Four-Qian Qi Wontons are made of twenty-four kinds of fillings and 24 seasonal vegetables, and are made into twenty-four different shapes of wontons.

Such wontons are purely works of art. I guess the emperors of the Tang Dynasty were confused, and today's foodies could not tell them! A single cage of golden milk crisps is made of goat milk, honey and noodles, and a special steamer steamed with a special steamer. The exquisite ingredients are truly amazing.

So don’t underestimate the delicious food of the Tang Dynasty. Although it has not been fried yet, there are all other cooking methods, only you can’t imagine, but no one can’t do it.

However, the Tang Dynasty still had a shared food system, which is one case for each person.

Tang Jian was not stingy at all when he was treated to this time, including clams on the coast of Shandong, sugar crabs on the Yangtze River Basin, white fish in northern Anhui, dried ginger in Zhejiang, loquats and cherries in southern Shaanxi, etc.... This is still domestic. What Li You didn't expect was that there were foreign delicacies such as horse milk grapes from Gaochang, betel nuts and bananas from Annan, pine nuts from Silla, pepper from Mogado.

"It's delicious, delicious..." Li Mingda was very happy to eat, but Li You frowned slightly. Tang Jian smiled and said, "Don't worry, I've tested all the things, and the chef is my own."

"Ah...you're still bringing the chef here by yourself?" Li You was surprised.

"Of course the chef brought it himself?" Tang Jian looked at Li You in surprise and said, "How can the chef here be okay? I, Tang Jian, invite you to dinner, of course, is the best. Come... This is wine from Gaochang, drink a glass."

"Wow...Uncle Tang, you really know how to eat..." As he said that, Li You and Tang Jian clinked their glasses directly.

However, this ceramic cup made Li You frown slightly and said, "Wine is very good, but the cup is a bit bad. I have a transparent crystal cup. It is best to drink wine. Next time I will bring a set to Uncle Tang, which is my return gift."

"Really..." Tang Jian's eyes lit up: "Then I'm making a profit... When will the crystal cup be delivered to me?"

"Uh..." Li You was surprised by Tang Jian's immediate desire.

At this time, Li Mingda laughed while eating: "Fifth Brother...Uncle Tang is like this. He doesn't seek fame or profit, just eat and have fun in life...!"

"Haha... Your Highness the Princess knows Tang, yes... Tang can do anything, but when you eat and play, you will feel itchy when you hear it. Goro's crystal cup specializing in drinking wine, Tang has set his sights on it, and he must give it to me...!"

"It must...and if there are any fun things in the future, Goro will definitely keep them for Uncle Tang in advance..."

Li You's words made Tang Jian very useful, and then Tang Jian nodded with a smile: "Then I will thank Goro first. In the future, Goro should also get closer to someone and you can go to someone's residence at any time.

This time, Wulang gave all the credit to someone, and he was really grateful... Come... raising his glass and drinking it, everything is indifferent!" After saying that, Tang Jian took the lead in raising his glass and drinking it all, so Li You smiled and nodded and drank the wine in the glass.

When Li You and Tang Jian were drinking and talking, the three little guys were eating dishes desperately. To be honest, Tang Jian’s cook is really amazing. Some people will definitely say that this princess has never eaten anything, so why would she still have such a way of eating?

To be honest, the emperor didn't eat very well.

Maybe you will argue with me: The emperor is the richest man in the world. The so-called "all under the world is the king's land; all over the land is the king's minister." The whole world is his. He eats whatever he wants and eats whatever he wants. How can he not eat well?

Indeed, the expenses spent by emperors in previous dynasties on eating are simply an unimaginable astronomical figure.

Mr. Wu Si once calculated that Chongzhen and his queen, who were quite frugal among the Chinese emperors, had a daily meal expense of 16,872 taels of silver every year, which was converted to more than 520,000 US dollars by the price of grain, not to mention other emperors. However, after spending so much money and wasting so much manpower and material resources, why can't they eat well? There are many reasons.

First of all, the emperor cannot eat fresh vegetables and fruits casually, especially those fruits and vegetables that only exist for one or two months in a year, and they cannot be eaten by the emperor.

Because the eunuchs who served the food were worried that once the emperor had the taste, he would eat it at any time. For example, if he had to eat winter bamboo shoots in summer and fresh broad beans in winter, if he was not well offered, he would lose his head.

By the same token, some folk delicacies cannot be eaten by the emperor.

Li Shimin once thought about going outside for a whim, but who knew that the eunuchs went straight to the kitchen of the restaurant. When each dish was served, the eunuchs would all add a large spoon of candy. If this large spoon of candy was put in, Li Shimin would not be able to eat any good taste.

However, there is no way to do this.

Because these eunuchs were afraid that Li Shimin would get used to eating, if they wanted to eat when they returned to the palace, what would you do if the eunuchs did?

Maybe you are wondering again. The chefs in the palace should be selected from a hundred. How can you cook less than Yangzhou’s chefs?

This is because there are too many rules in the palace. How to make a dish, how many ingredients to use, and what seasonings to add, must be recorded. The chef can only cook according to the recipe and cannot change it by himself.

In this way, even a first-class chef will find it difficult to achieve his highest level, and the emperor will not be able to eat the best dishes they cook.

The emperor did not eat well, and another very important reason was the limitations of the court dining etiquette.

We all know that many dishes can only taste the most delicious taste when they are just out of the pot. They are crispy and fried and roasted foods are not only not delicious but also have a bad taste when they are cold.

But the emperor was very particular about food. He had to set up a table first and serve dishes that match his identity.

The chef had to prepare the dishes for half a day, or even a day ago, or simmered them on the fire or in a large steamer. Such dishes can only be eaten in a good way.

Moreover, the kitchen is far away from the emperor's dining area. Even if the newly prepared dishes are served in front of the emperor, the best time to eat is passed.

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Chapter completed!