The original plan to visit the lake had to be temporarily shelved due to many delays due to the rescue incident.
Li Xiao could only briefly tell the audience the history of West Lake and some of its landscape features.
As for the on-site tour, we can only wait until next time.
Holding the camera and walking south along Xihu North Road for about half an hour, Li Xiao finally stopped.
A single-family grand Japanese-style building appeared in front of Li Xiao.
In an area like West Lake in Hangzhou where land is at a premium, a single-family building can be used as a restaurant. It seems that the owner of this restaurant is extraordinary.
It has white walls and gray tiles, and there are two rows of asparagus that are only half a person tall.
Bamboo symbolizes a gentleman, integrity, and longevity, which complements Zhizhu's vegetarianism theory.
Behind the arc-shaped gate is a screen composed of a row of 2-meter-high black bamboo. The branches and leaves of black bamboo are very few, so using black bamboo as a screen partition will look very neat.
The whole body of black bamboo is dark green. Most of the black bamboo is slender and the bamboo body is very elastic. It is also a very good bamboo weaving material.
Surrounding the ink bamboo screen is a rockery made of lake rocks.
People in Hangzhou and Suzhou like to use lake stones to landscape their gardens. Although the style here is very Japanese, they cannot escape this habit.
Li Xiao took a camera to show the scene in [Zhizhu] to the audience in the live broadcast room. A girl wearing a pink kimono came to Li Xiao with wooden clogs, turned slightly sideways, with a professional smile, and asked in a low voice
"Hello, how many guests are there today?"
Li Xiao quickly stretched out a finger and said, "It's just me."
The smile on the kimono girl's face did not change, and she raised her hand sideways, "This is my guest, please."
After saying that, he turned around and led the way.
"Wow, you are really a kimono girl, she is amazing!"
"Tsk, tsk, young people don't know how good young women are, and they mistake young girls for treasures. I still like the young woman in cheongsam yesterday, you young people."
"Let me ask, I'm only 16 and I also like the young woman in the cheongsam yesterday. Is there any hope?"
"The one upstairs is hopeless."
"I like it too when I'm young. I'm a dedicated person, I only like good-looking things, hehe..."
Li Xiao shook his head helplessly, a group of LSPs, but in order not to get lost, he couldn't take his eyes away from the kimono girl.
After all, with such a big store, it would be embarrassing if I lose concentration and get lost. Well, this reason is reasonable.
The customer flow of Zhizhu is obviously much less than that of Crab Family Courtyard yesterday. It is already lunch time, and only less than a quarter of the seats in the store are occupied.
And most of the customers are young ladies wearing Hanfu or kimono. They probably come here just to check in and take photos, rather than really wanting to eat.
After all, 258 for a vegetarian meal is indeed a bit expensive. If it weren’t for the perfect environment for taking photos and the food’s attractive appearance, there would probably be fewer customers.
The kimono-clad lady led me to a single seat, a futon, and next to the futon was a square table only as high as my knees.
A small pot of asparagus is placed on the table as a decoration.
After taking off her shoes and putting them into the shoe box prepared by the store, Li Xiao sat on the futon with some discomfort.
After waiting for a minute, the young lady in pink kimono who had just led the way handed Li Xiao a menu made of bamboo slips and a cup of tea made from bamboo buds.
The menu is very unique, and it is the first time for Li Xiao to see the actual bamboo slips.
Each piece of bamboo has been carefully polished without any burrs, and feels very warm to the touch.
The text is inscribed, not simply printed.
There is only one set meal in Zhizhu,
A set meal called Twelve Hours is priced at 258.
What guests can choose are only the dishes inside.
There is a set meal here with twelve dishes, and each dish has two choices. The twelve dishes are
[Zi Shi] Midnight, also known as midnight: (23:00 to 01:00).
Optional menu options include: Qingxin Lotus Seed Cake and Osmanthus Hawthorn Cake
[Chou Shi] Rooster crows, also known as wild chicken: (01:00 to 03:00).
The optional menus include: hibiscus green tea cake and crispy radish cake
[Yinshi] Pingdan, also known as dawn: This is the transition between night and day. Shi is the transition between night and day. (03:00 to 05:00).
The optional menus include: Yuqian Longjing Tea and Wuyi Dahongpao
[Mao hour] Sunrise, also known as dawn: refers to the period when the sun just shows its face and rises. (05:00 to 07:00).
The optional menus include: Pan-fried Vegetarian Dumplings and Bazhen Vegetarian Dumplings
[Chen Shi] Eating time, also known as breakfast time, etc.: The time when the ancients "eat in the morning" was also the time for breakfast, (07:00 to 09:00).
The optional menus include: Mushroom Hand-made Noodles and Tomato Potato Noodles
[Sishi] Yuzhong, also known as Riyu, etc.: It is called Yuzhong when it is close to noon. (09:00 to 11:00).
The optional menus include: Mapo Tofu and Black and White Tofu
【Noon】Sunday, also known as Rizheng, etc.: (11:00 to 13:00).
Optional menu options include: Beef Mushroom and Matsutake Soup and Bamboo Fungus Clear Soup
【不时】日昳, also known as sun set: when the sun moves to the west, it is called sun 昳. (13:00 to 15:00).
Optional menu options include: crispy scallion pancakes and multigrain pork belly pancakes
[Shenshi] Afternoon time, also known as evening food: (15:00 to 17:00).
Optional menu items include: fermented glutinous rice dumplings and peanut glutinous rice cakes
[Youshi] Sunrise, also known as evening: it means the time when the sun sets. (17:00 to 19:00).
The optional menus are: lotus root box or fried eggplant box
[Xu Shi] Dusk, also known as Rixi: At this time, the sun has set and the sky will be dark. The sky and the earth are dim and everything is hazy, so it is called dusk. (19:00 to 21:00).
Optional menu options include: Stuffed Cardamom Bitter Melon and Stuffed Cardamom Winter Melon
[Hai Shi] Ren Ding, also known as Ding Hui, etc.: At this time, the night is deep, people have stopped activities and have a rest. Ren Ding also means Ren Jing. (21:00 to 23:00).
The optional menus include: Wolfberry Tremella Soup and Eight Treasure Arhat Soup
The audience behind the camera and Li Xiao read the menu at the same time.
"Hey, hey, why are they all vegetarian? You don't even dare to ask for any meat?"
"I guess the person upstairs is ignorant. This Zhizhu restaurant specializes in all-vegetarian food. I heard it has a good reputation."
"Well, let me explain in advance that I am not a black man. I traveled to Hangzhou in February and ate it once. It may not be to my taste. It felt average."
"Same sentiment, the appearance is okay, the taste is very ordinary. If you want to eat vegetarian food in Hangzhou, I recommend Wuyu Huazhai, the buffet is only 15 yuan per person."
"Yes, yes, Yuhuazhai has good reviews..."
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"Do you want to eat Yuhuazhai? Tomorrow, I will go to Lingyin Temple and stop by Yuhuazhai tomorrow." Li Xiao said to the screen with a smile.
While chatting with the audience, I chose different dishes for twelve hours.
