Chapter 3 Returning Overseas Chinese
After passing through a door, Chen Long came from the capital in 2018 to the Huadu in 1988. He was in an alley with no one around. He walked out of the alley and came to the street and looked at the surrounding situation curiously.
Bicycles are mainly driven on the road, and cars and motorcycles are rare. An old man with a red sleeve is standing at the intersection to direct traffic, while pedestrians are looking at Chen Long curiously.
Chen Long, who was wearing a straight suit, frameless glasses, and a camera hung around his neck, looked particularly eye-catching. There happened to be a newspaper booth on the side of the road. Chen Long walked over and glanced over and saw the words from 1988 written on the Huadu Daily.
It seemed that my analysis was not wrong. Chen Long felt a little confident. A yellow taxi happened to drive by the side of the road, and he quickly reached out to stop it.
"Shenson, where are you going?" the driver stopped the car and poked his head out of the window and asked.
"Go to the White Swan Hotel, by the way, can I pay the bill with US dollars?" Chen Long opened the car door and sat in.
"No problem! Sensen, are you a returned overseas Chinese?" The driver's eyes lit up when he heard this. He quickly started the car, for fear that Chen Long would regret it. At this time, the official price of the US dollar was far from the black market price. Of course, Chen Long could not afford to pay the bill with the US dollar.
"Yes, my grandfather went to the United States for that generation, and then got married and had children in the United States. I heard that the motherland is now open, so I will come back and explore the way for my grandfather first." This is the identity that Chen Long made up for himself.
"As soon as I saw it on the road, I felt that you were back from the United States. The rich people coming from Xiangjiang are not as handsome as you." The driver complimented that Chen Long's clothes were thirty years ahead of the times and were naturally eye-catching.
He chatted with the driver all the way, occasionally pretending to ask some food questions inadvertently, but he did not get news about the first chef competition from the driver. Chen Long was not in a hurry. The life of the famous chef master and the driver was a bit far away. He was cleaning up if he didn't understand. He waited for the hotel later.
Not long after, the taxi stopped at the entrance of the White Swan Hotel. This was built by Mr. Huo from Xiangjiang and the local government. It was officially opened to the public in 1983. It is also China's first five-star hotel. Due to its special background, it has become the first choice for many returning overseas Chinese and Hong Kong and Macao compatriots to return to China to check in.
After paying the money, he got out of the car and thanked the doorman who came to open the door. He handed over a five-dollar dollar bill. Chen Long walked into the lobby and came to the front desk to hand over a forged American passport. He looked at the front desk with a little nervous mood, "Help me open a room."
"Okay, sir, please wait." The front desk was used to seeing guests with foreign nationalities, and was not surprised. After careful inspection, Chen Long completed the entry procedures and handed over his passport and key with both hands.
"Thank you." Chen Long breathed a sigh of relief. He deserved to be ahead of the technology level of 30 years. He felt relieved now. He took his passport and key and walked into his room to rest for a while, and then went downstairs to the Yutang Chunnuan Restaurant on the third floor.
Yutang Chunnuan is located on the third floor of the White Swan Hotel. The restaurant designer uses the Lingnan characteristics such as pavilions, pavilions, pavilions, birds and flowers to set off the strong Xiguan style. The outdoor river view and the indoor Lingnan characteristic garden view complement each other, making it interesting.
At the same time, this restaurant is also a famous Chinese restaurant in Huadu. It is famous both at home and abroad for its exquisite dim sum and Cantonese cuisine. In 2018, it also became one of the first Michelin restaurants in Guangzhou.
Birds of a feather flock together. If you want to inquire about Liao Jie and the No. 1 Chef Competition, it is definitely the most convenient to find a chef with famous flowers. This is also one of the important reasons why Chen Long chose to stay in the White Swan Hotel.
Of course, you can also go directly to Liao Jie's Yangzhou Building, but this is a bit presumptuous. It is better to eat something here first and chat with the chef. It is better to be recommended by him. Maybe you can also be qualified to enter the live viewing of the No. 1 chef competition.
I found a seat where I could see the atrium and sat down, ordered a few signature dishes from Yutang Chunnuan and ate them. It is worthy of being a well-known restaurant in Huadu. Every dish was extremely delicious, especially the signature sunflower chicken, which made Chen Long highly praised.
This dish is known as the best chicken in the world. Since its birth, this chicken has not known the taste of grains or cereals, nor does it understand what clear water is. They feed on fresh sunflower plates and leaves, and use the juice squeezed from the dried sunflowers as water, which tastes extremely delicious.
"Delicious, delicious!" Chen Long gave a thumbs up while eating and praised.
The waiter next to him pursed his lips and suppressed his smile, "Sir, are you a returning overseas Chinese? Since you are here, you might as well come and taste it a few more times. The seed ginger, duck and sequel lettuce buns, nine-turn eggplant, and thirty-year-old flower-dial baked mandarin fish in our store are all very good."
"Yes, it's rare to eat such authentic Chinese delicacies abroad." Chen Long nodded and praised, then turned his head to look at the waiter, "I have a reluctant request. I wonder if I can invite the chef of your store to come out?"
Chen Long took out his business card and handed it over, "I am a reporter from a Chinese newspaper in the United States. I especially like food. In addition to searching for my roots, I also want to collect more news about Chinese food and write it into an article and publish it in the newspaper, so that those wanderers who have been away from home can have a glimpse of the food in their hometown and a little bit of the thoughts of water chestnuts and perch."
Chen Long's excuse was perfect, and the waiter couldn't find a reason to refuse. In addition, it wasn't time for dinner and the kitchen was not too busy, so the chef came out soon, "Hello Mr. Chen, I am Su Ziwen, the chef of Yutang Chunnuan."
"Hello, Mr. Su, it's a great blessing to be able to taste the skills of a top chef like Mr. Su as soon as he returned to China." Chen Long pulled Su Ziwen down and gave him a lot of praise. "Is this sunflower chicken a work of Mr. Su? It has yellow skin, crisp bones, sweet and tender meat, and the rich sunflower fragrance in the bone marrow. It's really a rare top-quality..."
Before he came, he had done his homework and found a bunch of gourmets to praise Yutang Chunnuan from the Internet. Every comment was about the key point. Su Ziwen was very happy, just like Yu Boya met Zhong Ziqi, and in a short while, he became full of favor for Chen Long.
"Mr. Chen has also eaten dinner at our restaurant. I will prepare later. I will make some special dishes to come out in the evening for Mr. Chen to taste it."
"Okay, then let's make a decision." I felt that the time was almost done, Chen Long asked about the important matter, "Mr. Su, besides our Yutang Chunnuan, there are some famous restaurants and chefs worth visiting in Huadu?"
Chapter completed!