Seeing Chu Long after eating the roasted duck, Corporal Lin En and Ya Heng picked up the knife and cut a piece and put it in their mouths. For the first time, Corporal Lin En felt that he regretted not eating it earlier.
After eating such delicious food, why was I so stupid in the past? Why didn't I notice this dish? All kinds of regrets came to my heart. For a moment, I even complained that Dean Charles didn't come here to eat more often. Otherwise, I would have discovered it long ago.
Such a delicious and refreshing duck.
Yaheng looked at the foie gras placed in the center of the plate. Both sides of the foie gras had been fried to a yellow color. Honey was spread around the foie gras, and there were chopped pears under the foie gras. Yaheng also said this in his hotel.
I have made foie gras, but I like to dice the apples, mix them with red wine, and add a little lemon juice. The taste is also good, but compared to the foie gras in Boss Tang’s Tavern, the taste is much different.
ah!
"Foie gras is good. I have tasted it before when traveling with my classmates in France. The taste is similar. The fried skin of the foie gras I had in France was a bit burnt, but it covered up the greasiness of the foie gras. With the addition of the surrounding foie gras,
The spread of honey and a little crushed pear tastes really good!" The guard next to Corporal Linn said his feelings after taking a bite of foie gras.
"Have you been to France?" Yaheng asked at this time.
"Mr. Selter, don't underestimate Private Osmond. He is a top student in the Engineering Department of Durham University. He is only temporarily working for Dean Charles." Corporal Linn took a sip of red wine and said.
"This is really unexpected!" Ya Heng said, shaking his head.
The various delicacies on the table were swept over by wind and clouds. Chu Long and the others felt that this was the most delicious meal they had eaten in the past few days. Of course, good food must be accompanied by good wine. French Bordeaux red wine is world-renowned and is used to match this meal.
The meal was simply perfect.
When the lunch was about to end, Boss Tang took the waiter Xiao Li to the second floor. Xiao Li brought some desserts and fruits and placed them on the table again. "Eating some desserts and fruits after the meal will help with digestion." Boss Tang
He found a chair and sat down. He looked at the only dishes on the table and said to Corporal Linn and others.
"Mr. Tang, the food in your tavern is very good!" Ya Heng said this very rarely.
"Thank you! Just like it." Boss Tang said with a smile. You could see that he was laughing very naturally. It was obviously not the first time someone said this.
Chu Long and others chatted with the tavern owner Tang about food for nearly an hour. After Osmond's reminder, Chu Long and others realized that time passed so quickly. After paying the bill, they said goodbye to this delicious restaurant.
In the pub, I took a horse-drawn carriage and wandered around London aimlessly. The original plan was to visit St. Paul's Cathedral for a day. Who would have thought that many places were undergoing maintenance, which shortened the time and broke the original plan. I could only take one step at a time.
Okay, I just need to go back to the hotel before dark.
As the carriage traveled, Chu Long observed the streets and the surrounding landscape. Starting from St. Paul's Cathedral, marching on Fleet Street, looking at the surrounding landscape, Ya Heng introduced the riverside to Chu Long.
The road is the center of British journalism and publishing, including the head office of The Times, which Chu Long reads every day, is also located here. The head office of the Daily Mail in the hotel is also nearby. It can be seen that this
This place deserves to be a news center!
The carriage quickly left Fleet Street. Ya Heng looked forward and said to Chu Long: "We have now entered the Strand Street, which is close to the famous Thames River in London."
"Before the twelfth century, Strand Street was where ancient bishops or courtiers lived." Corporal Linn looked to the south of the street and said to Chu Long: "Those courtiers and bishops built mansions on the south side of the street.
It can be said to be an upper-class residential area during that period."
"There are two historic churches on the east side of Strand Street. Our Lady's Church and St. Clement of Denmark's Church are located there. It is close to the Thames River and is very popular with foreign tourists." Corporal Yaheng and Linn told Chulong
Introducing the history of the landscape around their journey.
The carriage quickly passed through the Downing Street intersection and arrived at Big Ben. Looking at the tall building in front of him, Chu Long's memory welled up with the memory of his father Alger, who had never been masked before, holding an old card in his hand.
I used old photos to introduce myself to Big Ben. There are also photos of my father and his friends when he was young. The clock tower in front of me is actually an "accessory".
One of the two tall towers of the famous British parliament hall "The Palace of Westminster", Big Ben covers an area of about 32 hectares, and the entire building includes three rows of 287-meter-long palace buildings in the front and rear, with two ends at both ends.
It is connected by seven horizontal towers in the middle to form a whole. Big Ben is also called the clock tower of the Palace of Westminster. In fact, in Chu Long's opinion, this name is more worthy of its name.
Big Ben has a "twin" brother, that is, next to the "Palace of Westminster", there is another high tower called the "Victoria Tower" that is an accessory with him. As the brother of Big Ben, "Victoria Tower"
The "Tower" is an all-stone structure. Because it is not afraid of fire, it has become an important document storage place for the Parliament.
Chu Long looked at the Big Ben in front of him. He always thought that Big Ben was a "twin brother", but he didn't expect that it was a "triplet brother." On the way here just now, Chu Long vaguely saw Big Ben and Big Ben from a distance.
There is another tower in the middle of the Victoria Tower, but it is much shorter than them. The photo in my memory seems not to have captured the middle tower.
Chu Long asked Corporal Lin En what the name of that tower was. Corporal Lin En said that the small tower was called St. Stephen's Tower. The most obvious thing was its spire, which was designed as an air inlet for the upper floors. If you stand in the wrong direction, sometimes
Can't even find it.
"Big Ben can be said to be a landmark building in London, much more famous than the Victoria Tower. Big Ben is 96 meters high and has four gold-plated bells on its four sides. The name of Big Ben comes from
It was named after its supervisor, Sir Benjamin. The giant bell inside weighs 13.5 tons. Its chiming sound is deep and resonant, and the echo of its bell can be heard for miles around." Ya Heng looked at the clock tower in front of him and looked towards the people beside him.
Chu Long explained what he knew.
"Actually, 'Big Ben' originally referred to the giant clock in the clock tower, but later it changed to refer to the entire clock tower." Corporal Linn interjected.
"Okay, let's go in and have a look!" Corporal Lin En took the lead and walked towards the clock tower. During the next time, while visiting, he listened to the introduction of the tour guide hired by Corporal Lin En. The tour guide was from the clock tower.
When the staff visited, Chu Long and others took a group photo together for the commemorative scene, including Osmond.
"Chu, next to Big Ben is where the parliament is held. The surrounding area is heavily guarded. The guards there are elites drawn from the army. Both the House of Lords and the House of Commons hold their meetings in the Palace of Westminster."
Chu Long and the others walked out of the clock tower where Big Ben was located. Corporal Lin En looked at the building on the east side of the clock tower and said.
"Corporal, have you been to the Palace of Westminster?" Ya Heng looked at Corporal Lin and asked.
"I've been there more than once. When Dean Charles came here for a meeting, I went inside as a member of the escort team." Corporal Linn took out a cigarette from his coat pocket, lit it and took a deep breath.
"What's it like inside?" Ya Heng asked, looking at Corporal Linn who was smoking.
"The Palace of Westminster is surrounded by several small gardens. It is very large inside. It is said that there are 1,100 independent rooms. We guards are generally not allowed to enter the second floor. Even the first floor only has a restaurant.
You can go there, but other rooms are not allowed." Corporal Linn said with a cigarette in his hand and looking at the Miyagi building opposite.
"The Palace of Westminster itself has a guard team. When we go in, it is more to show the importance of the people we protect. In fact, in my opinion, it just looks more dignified. It's all pretense. Even those palaces
The city guards usually only stay in their own area.
You can't act at will. They have their own special office area, the Black Stick Guards' Office. Next to it is the garden they often go to, also called the Black Stick Guards Garden. There is their special passage there." Corporal Lin En said to Chu Long while smoking.
He told Yaheng about his experiences.
"Have you been to the shortest of the three towers?" Chu Long listened to Corporal Lin's account of his experiences, and suddenly remembered the smallest tower in the Palace of Westminster that he had just seen when he came here.