The Voyage of Exchange - Rebirth from the Dead Chapter 22: A Tale of Exotic Food
The dish Nina ordered looked good. One kind of red and one kind of green beans were mixed with white rice and exuded an attractive aroma. The side dishes were pickled crispy diced carrots and cooked beef slices.
Salted potato wedges and a bunch of dipping sauces.
Hiz deliberately fed Xiao Jiu some meat and vegetables, and then deliberately made room for Sophia and Nina so that they could get along well.
This kind of beef slices is fully cooked, which is different from the medium-rare or even medium-rare ones I have seen in the past. It should be stewed after adding spices. Because it is specially seasoned, it exudes a rich aroma. [It’s really good.
Ah, delicious food that I have never tasted before.] Jiujiu seems to have found a new hobby.
It didn't take long for the rest of the dishes to arrive.
The first portion was thin strips of noodles that were eaten with a fork, with slices of cheese sprinkled on top that were half melted and blended perfectly with the tomato sauce. There were also some green peas dotted around the edge of the plate, from a darker color.
It looks pickled and flavorful.
The second portion is in the shape of a hemisphere, which is also a kind of pasta. The skin is baked to a crispy texture. I used a cross knife to reveal the layers inside. I used butter to smear the layers between them, so they are layered. It seems that some layers are being kneaded.
Some of them added egg liquid, while others added a rare vegetable called green onion, which seemed to taste very good.
The third portion is a specialty that can only be found in seaside cities, a small fish platter. Grilled, fried and pickled in three equal parts, plus some celery for decoration, which can also be used to relieve fatigue. It comes with a barbecue dipping powder
, a sweet and salty sauce, a salty and spicy sauce, you can freely choose how to taste it.
The fourth portion is workers' fast food. The price is the cheapest at only fifteen mer. Sophia also ordered three portions. A piece of lightly fried bread, a double-yolk omelette, a slice of lightly fried prosciutto, and
I had a glass of rich orange-yellow mixed juice, which was sour and sweet and very appetizing. Nina only tasted the juice. Compared to the big-eating mercenaries, Nina's appetite was a little smaller than ordinary people.
This amount is not much, and is usually served as breakfast. Generally, only workers eat breakfast. If you don’t eat it, you will be too hungry to work, and if you eat too much, you will not be able to work.
"It feels quite delicious." Sophia picked up the knife and fork and began to taste it slowly. "Since I ordered a few different ones, why not try them separately. The special dishes I just ordered should be quite good."
"I think so," Hitz put the noodles into his mouth with a fork and tasted them carefully. "This dish is quite delicious. The semi-melted cheese and the sour taste are particularly appetizing."
The three of them ate not too slowly. Even Nina, who ate the slowest, had Jiujiu to help her eat the meat that needed to be chewed most slowly. But by the time they finished eating, these workers had already changed twice.
It was already dark, so Nina went upstairs to rest first. After all, there had been a murder case before, and the incident had not been solved. According to common sense, at this time, except for those with big hearts and troubles, basically not many people would dare to wander outside.
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The waiters who serve the dishes, the gamblers who eat, and the gamblers are basically workers, but there are also some who look like idle gangsters. But there is an endless stream of gamblers who go to the casino at the door, and there are also gamblers who have lost everything and left here.
guest.
The workers didn't seem to know where they were working, and all they talked about was gambling.
Without much hesitation, Sofia called the waiter who had just delivered the meal and asked if there was a shipyard nearby, and if so, its specific location. This was not something that could not be said, and of course she asked immediately. It was still far away from here.
Quite close.
It takes a quarter of an hour to get to the shipyard. Of course, this refers to the speed of normal people. If there are no people around, Sofia can get there in three minutes.
Sofia then asked if there were any shops nearby that sold some magic props or other things, such as watches. She also asked what time it was now.
The waiter mentioned a few magic prop shops for daily use, and it was almost eight o'clock now, and it got dark quite late in the principality.
Those prop shops are far away, and they are in Shangcheng District. Gambling Dog Hotel is located in the innermost position of Xiacheng District.
Now I am asking about the waiter who delivers the food. One of the three waiters registers and counts the orders, one delivers the food to and from the kitchen, and one handles the room affairs. So the other party has a good impression of Sophia and told her that nine o'clock
curfew.
Sofia asked the waiter if he knew any of the shipyard employees who ate here, and wanted to find out something.
The waiter asked Sophia what she wanted to know. She said in a volume that only the other party could hear and it was difficult for people around her to hear that she wanted to know information about the recent murders. She heard that the shipyard was related to this incident and she wanted to find someone.
Learn about.
While talking about Sofia, he paid attention to the waiter's expression and listened to the changes in his surroundings. He was really multitasking. The other person raised his eyebrows slightly and stood up straighter. He didn't know what the murder was.
, but a worker from the shipyard seems to have disappeared. I heard it from the workers here talking.
"Can you tell me more about what you know in detail, and introduce me to the workers in the shipyard, and I will give you some reward. If the person you introduce can provide other information, the reward will be even more." Sophia calmly said
He said eloquently, and secretly carefully observed the appearance and clothing of the waiter, trying to judge whether his identity was true through his appearance and behavior... Isn't this a bit too cautious?
The waiter pursed his lips and whispered, "Guests, please don't embarrass me. I really don't know what you mean. I'm not familiar with the workers in the shipyard, and we can't accept tips here."
Judging from his business ability, he must be qualified as a waiter.
Based on what she saw along the way and the situation of the hotel, Sofia roughly judged that the consumption level in the lower city was similar to that of the outer residential areas of Bakato, and prices were relatively average.
The only difference is that Se'an's city is not as clean as Bakato, and Bakato is the largest city outside the royal city after all. It can be seen that, judging from the overall situation, the principality's economic strength is definitely not lower than Bakato.
"Okay, if you have anything you can tell me, you can come to me." Sofia stood up, and while she was standing up, she secretly scanned the surrounding area to see if anyone else was watching. Then the waiter returned to the kitchen.
And because the two of them talked in a low voice, they attracted a lot of attention. Those who were close didn't know if they heard it, but as the saying goes, don't worry about matters that have nothing to do with you. So no punters continued to care about the two of them.
Pay attention.
The casino was right across the street, and Lindsay was always there to welcome her. Sophia felt she still had some time, so she planned to walk around and see what was there. She got up and left the hotel without saying a word.
The very front of the casino is the chip exchange office when you first enter the casino. The lowest price for a chip is one paise, but the exchange rate of chips into paise is ten to nine. If you don't exchange the chips here, you can't get in. Everything else is inside. You can't see it from this angle. You need to
Go through a curved corridor.
At this time, the food on the table has almost reached the bottom, and Shizi plans to finish it. Jiujiu also feels that it cannot be wasted, and it is still growing. Let’s rest after finishing the dishes!
After eating and drinking enough, Jiujiu still pretended to be asleep as usual. Seeing Xiaojiu falling asleep, Xizi reluctantly took her upstairs to see if Nina was asleep.
But when Hitz helped Jiujiu turn the handle and walked in, he found that the window was slightly open, and Nina was no longer there. She probably took advantage of the darkness to activate her power and jumped off the building for who knows what.
There are three beds, two bedside tables, but it does have a separate bathroom and bathroom, which is much more advanced than ordinary hotels in the Alliance Kingdom.
"Nina ran out to drink again, right?" Hitz used the badge to contact Sophia. "Nina ran out secretly again. She has a history of getting drunk in the middle of the night. Be careful when you go out."
Sophia heard Hitz's summons, but she was still in the corridor of the casino, and it was not convenient to talk here. [If you tell me, I don't know where she would go, maybe she would go to a pub somewhere.]
She thought helplessly.
"Anyway, I'm going to rest first. Sophia, don't stay out too late, especially when you can't use magic. It's very dangerous for you." Seeing that there was noisy noise on Sophia's side but not speaking, Hitz added.
It was difficult for Sophia to reply due to the circumstances. She still did not reply and just ended the communication.
The first few people only exchanged seven or eight paise, while some people who were short of money only exchanged three or four chips.
Lindsay is only used by big spenders, and none of these workers should be there. Moreover, this casino is mainly for workers, and rich people do not come here to gamble.
Sophia thought for a moment, then changed to two Lindsay's chips, bought twenty rainbow-colored chips and walked into the casino.
After walking through the long corridor and entering the casino, Sofia pretended not to know what to play and looked around aimlessly in order to observe the surrounding situation and listen to what was going on around her.
Sofia bypassed the circular passage and walked into the casino hall. There were dice players, card players, a table for sliding balls into holes, an automatic card shuffling machine developed using a spell circuit, and even a stack of rule books.
A sandbox simulation battle.
Now, except for the dice players, all other tables are full, and there are many people watching the game, so you can't see what's going on inside. If you play dice a little, you can't cheat, it's just luck.
Although Sophia really wanted to try the sand table simulation battle, after all, the purpose of this trip was to see what was going on inside. As long as there was a place for her to enter, it didn't matter what the project was.
Sofia suddenly remembered that a few years ago, Fageni seemed to have gone to the casino to play dice and lost a lot of money. Thinking about this, she walked towards the dice playing area.
Although it was not a full house, it was almost the same. Most of the gamblers stared closely at the dice tube, hoping that the result would be the combination they pressed.
There are three six-sided dice in a dice tube. The simplest one is to bet on odd or even or big or small. The more complicated one is to bet on big or small and add pairs and leopards. Leopards are three dice with the same number side. There are also
A more complicated five-dice cylinder, but the rules are roughly the same.
Although Sofia is one of the few female gamblers, because everyone only focuses on their own gambling, no gamblers pay special attention to Sofia.