Just as the waiter said before, a square eight-immortal table can usually hold eleven or twelve dishes, but it is not enough to put down the two servings of snacks for Ah Liudian. Fortunately, steamed snacks can be stacked in two or three steamers.
Even so, there was no room for anything for two people sitting opposite each other at the large square table except a small porcelain plate, a pair of chopsticks and a spoon.
Under Zhang Shou's glare, Ah Liu moved the bowl of crispy fish noodles in front of Zhang Shou as if nothing had happened, and then handed the soup dumplings over to him, and then said seriously: "This is what the young master likes to eat."
Zhang Shou looked down and finally realized that the snacks on the table did not look like Suzhou cuisine. However, since he had come here and ordered so much, he was too lazy to think too much. He simply picked up a piece of noodles with chopsticks. As soon as he took a bite, he found that the noodles were smooth and the long fish was crispy. He took a sip of the soup and found that it was fresh and spicy, obviously pepper.
After making sure that it was indeed to his taste, he glanced at Ah Liu, picked up another soup dumpling and carefully bit into it. When he found that the soup inside was piping hot yet extremely delicious, he was finally completely satisfied. He simply didn't bother to care how Ah Liu finished the rest and concentrated on tasting the two things in front of him.
Ah Liu started his big shopping without paying attention to anyone around. He ate two portions of three-piece steamed buns, tofu skin steamed buns, shrimp roe wontons, etc. The wonton soup became the best tool to quench his thirst and help swallow. The young man watching almost stared at him.
At the same time, he used chopsticks in his right hand and spoon in his left hand, and his movements were as fast as lightning. Before Zhang Shou had finished the bowl of crispy fish noodles and soup dumplings, he had already finished them. When Zhang Shou put down his chopsticks and spoon, he saw that the table was in a mess. Except for two servings of candied lotus roots, everything else had been swept away. He couldn't help but stare at Ah Liu from head to toe.
He usually gives so many instructions, did Ah Liu just remember to eat more? Why is it that I don't gain weight or grow taller just by eating? Is it because I exercise too much and all that is consumed
Not to mention Zhang Shou, the waiters watching and the tea drinkers not far away were all stunned. They knew about big eaters and had seen them before, but most of them took advantage of the unlimited noodles and rice. In this teahouse under the Yangzhou Guild Hall where the food was not cheap, people stuffed their stomachs with food like this. It was rare to see such a big stomach.
The most important thing is that it was not the master who ate so much, but the servant. Because the waiter saw clearly before that Ah Liu helped Zhang Shou get off the horse, and the two were dressed differently. He couldn't help but think that with such a big-bellied servant, this young master, who was not dressed luxuriously, was about to feel the pain. This meal was quite expensive.
Therefore, seeing Zhang Shou staring at Ah Liu, the waiter whispered, "Sir, these eight kinds of tea and snacks are in duplicate, and the total is nine hundred and sixteen coins. Our teahouse in Yangzhou Guild Hall has invited a master chef from Yangzhou with first-class skills, so the price is inevitably a little higher than outside." In order to avoid disputes, he decided to say the ugly truth up front.
A meal of tea as lunch actually cost almost a tael of silver. This is really amazing. Zhang Shou thought so in his heart. Seeing that the candied lotus root on the table had not been finished, he stretched out his chopsticks to pick up two pieces and ate them. Then he felt that it was too sweet, so he drank two sips of tea to get rid of the greasiness. Then he looked at Ah Liu and said, "Don't pretend that you can't eat anymore. Eat quickly and pay the bill."