PS: Most of the food stores appearing in this article have prototypes, and the store names are homophones.
While pointing the camera at the young ladies who appeared on the road from time to time, he chatted with the audience.
Li Xiao soon came to the highlight of the day, a noodle shop at the end of Zhongshan South Road.
He raised the camera and pointed it at the noodle shop's sign, an antique wooden sign.
Written in gold paint, [Crab Family Courtyard] in four big characters.
Li Xiao introduced
"Xie Family Courtyard, if there are any old Hangzhou people in the audience, even if they have never been here, they must have heard of it, at least they have seen it in the circle of friends."
"That's right, it's the Crab Family Courtyard where a bowl of noodles sells for 288."
With the support of Li Xiao's popularity, the number of people in the live broadcast room has increased rapidly.
Unknowingly, it has quietly exceeded 1,000, and more than a dozen barrages have appeared on the screen.
"Hey, is it a mukbang? It's actually [Crab Family Courtyard], okay?"
"The 288 noodles, is gold added in it?"
"The person upstairs is not from Hangzhou, right?"
"Really not? What? Are you very famous in Hangzhou?"
"It's really famous. I tried it once a year ago. It tasted really good, but it was too expensive."
Li Xiao looked at the rare audience of more than 1,000, and felt happy, knowing that his reputation had made a difference.
Without hesitation, I entered the [Crab Family Courtyard] with my camera.
Due to the relatively high price, there were not as many people waiting in line as in other restaurants. Li Xiao only waited in line for a few minutes before being taken into the inner courtyard by the receptionist.
While Li Xiao was listening to the introduction by the welcoming lady in a plain cheongsam, she held a camera and showed the surrounding scenery to the audience in the live broadcast room.
The receptionist's voice was very graceful and clear. I just heard her introduce...
"Our [Xie Family Courtyard] used to belong to a Zhejiang businessman named Chen. Later, due to some reasons, the businessman named Chen's family declined."
"This mansion also changed hands several times, and finally became the current Crab Family Courtyard."
"The Crab Family's courtyard is very large. According to ancient sayings, it should have three entrances and three exits."
“But now [Crab Family Courtyard] only has three areas open to the public.”
While talking, the welcoming lady had already led Li Xiao through the long aisle to the garden.
Hangzhou and Suzhou love gardening and landscaping, and the courtyards of wealthy families should be low-key and graceful.
Entering from the gate, you usually pass through a long corridor before arriving at a small garden. After passing this small garden, you will find the reception hall. Of course, the situation mentioned here refers to ordinary wealthy businessmen and officials.
Some wealthy families will have a longer corridor behind this small garden before reaching the current garden. The garden at the back is dozens of times larger than the garden in the front yard.
This small garden is also carefully designed, with smooth lake stones forming a small rockery in the center of the garden.
Most of the surrounding flowerbeds are planted with elegant plum blossoms and pear blossoms. Unfortunately, December is not the season for plum blossom appreciation, otherwise Li Xiao thought the scenery here would be particularly beautiful.
The back of the garden is isolated by glass. Behind the glass is a zigzag hall. The hall wraps the garden. From the hall, you can see the view of the garden.
Although the scenery in the garden is somewhat withered at this time, there is no place near the glass left.
The welcome lady continued to introduce
"The lobby is the semi-circular area that guests see, and the private seats are at the back of the lobby."
"However, our private rooms are all 4-person or 8-person rooms, and the private rooms require a 15% service fee."
"So, if the guest is just one person, we recommend that you choose to sit in the lobby."
Li Xiao nodded
"Then let's go to the lobby."
He had no intention of having a so-called private dining room, so he was even more shocked when he heard that there would be an additional 15% service charge.
Hearing Li Xiao's answer, the welcoming lady showed a professional smile, nodded slightly, raised her right hand, and guided Li Xiao to continue walking inside.
Taking Li Xiao to a single seat against the wall, the receptionist put down the menu
"Hello, guest, this is our menu. Take a look at it first, make your selection, and then press this pager, and our colleagues will come over to help you order."
The receptionist pointed to the pager on the table, bowed slightly and left.
Li Xiao took the camera and looked around. It was indeed a place where noodles cost 288 each.
The decoration is indeed good. Although it is not a splendid decoration, the simple and elegant interior looks very high-end.
My eyes fell on the menu, there weren't many things here.
[Crab Roe Noodles] is divided into two grades, respectively 288 yuan and 388 yuan.
Although Li Xiao still had several thousand yuan in his pocket, he was reluctant to spend money lavishly and ticked the 288 column.
Looking down, there are 58 hairy crabs.
There are two flavors, namely [Steamed Hairy Crab] and [Huadiao Drunken Crab].
Li Xiao explained to the audience
"Steaming is easy to understand. It means steaming the hairy crabs in a bamboo cage. I will mainly introduce the Huadiao Drunken Crab here."
"The preparation of Huadiao Drunken Crab is very simple. Add ginger slices, bay leaves, Sichuan peppercorns, star anise, cinnamon, light soy sauce, and rock sugar to the soup pot. Add broth or water and cook over high heat for 10 to 20 minutes."
"Use a sieve to remove the debris from the soup pot, leaving only the soup. Wait for the soup to cool down, add Huadiao wine that is more than five years old, and then put the washed hairy crabs directly into the soup pot filled with Huadiao wine."
"Of course, the above method is pickled raw, considering that many tourists are not used to eating it."
"Here, the cleaned hairy crabs are steamed first, then put into the soup pot, and then placed in the refrigerator for 24 hours, and then they are ready to eat."
Don't look at Li Xiao's eloquent words, but he actually read them all online. He was reluctant to eat the 58 crab before, but it's different now. Being rich means being bold.
[Steamed Hairy Crab] and [Huadiao Drunken Crab], I chose one each.
Pressing the service bell, a waiter wearing a plain cheongsam soon took the order slip from Li Xiao's hand.
The waitress said politely
"Guest, wait a moment, you'll be there soon."
After saying that, he stood still and entered the menu into the ordering device in his hand.
After entering the menu, the waitress showed a charming smile and raised her right hand to gesture to a snack table in the distance.
"Over there is our beverage area and snack area. Guests can go over and see what they need. It's all free, but it's recommended to use it in moderation and don't waste it."
Li Xiao's eyes lit up, free? Free things are good.
He quickly stood up and walked to the snack bar with his camera.
Li Xiao couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he saw the things on the snack table.
Because the camera has been following Li Xiao's line of sight, the audience naturally saw what was on the snack table.
"Wow, what did I see? Rows of Evian mineral water? Or in glass bottles? I remember it didn't cost more than ten yuan a bottle? It's really luxurious."
"Wow, if I drink more than a dozen bottles of mineral water, won't I get my money back?"
"Are you stupid upstairs? Can you drink more than a dozen bottles of mineral water?"
There are not many types on the snack table, there are only three kinds of drinks, Evian mineral water, glass bottled plum juice, and pots of steaming ginger tea.
Snacks include nuts, pastry peanuts, and thumb-sized rice cakes, and the last item is the traditional osmanthus cake.
The new-school transparent osmanthus cake is different. The traditional old-school osmanthus cake is white with golden osmanthus embellishments on it. This kind of osmanthus cake has a softer and waxier texture.
