As the host of this banquet, Lawrence was the last one to enter the tent that served as the banquet hall. Because he and Sephiel had to greet the guests at the door together. They waited until the guests who had been agreed before were confirmed.
After everyone arrived, he and Sephiel entered the banquet together.
After giving a short speech of only seven or eight minutes, Lawrence announced the banquet. Because as a young nobleman, he was not suitable and did not have the qualifications to make a long speech at this time. More importantly, he himself
I am quite tired of this kind of red tape, so I naturally don't play the annoying role when I speak.
Anyway, everyone knows the theme of this banquet, and the specific business matters are discussed by their respective professionals. Not to mention that there are many nobles who are here just to attend the noble gathering. So Lawrence only needs a brief
It would be nice to give a polite welcome speech.
After the welcome speech, Lawrence began to greet the important guests individually under the guidance of Butler Bayer. Others also began to socialize on their own. For the nobles in this area, because everyone was in some
On the island, there are not many opportunities to get everyone together because of the barrier of the sea. So after this opportunity for a gathering, everyone naturally got together and socialized.
After spending forty or fifty minutes, Lawrence finally accomplished the goals that he needed to socialize with at this banquet. Then he and Saphire came to the long table, picked up the silver plate and started to put food on the plate.
.Beside the long table, several servants came out of the kitchen pushing carts to replenish the food on the table.
"Ha, there's so much delicious food." Looking at the food on the big silver platter on the dining table, Sephiel said in a low voice to Lawrence when he noticed that no one was around. "I didn't even bother to welcome guests this morning.
I eat and drink very little water. Now I feel hungry and uncomfortable in my stomach.”
"So you can have a good meal now." Lawrence said using tongs to pick up a piece of honey-roasted capybara meat and put it on Saffir's plate. "Anyway, we have to do the formal etiquette today.
The work is over, and you can relax in the rest of the time."
"This is the best news I heard today." Saphire said, taking some Japanese-style sashimi and raw shellfish sashimi from another plate and putting it on his own plate. Lawrence noticed
Maybe it's because the nobles are relatively old, so they basically don't touch these Yingzhou-style specialty foods.
"Actually, these things taste quite delicious, but unfortunately they are not suitable for people with weak stomachs." Saphire said, taking a small plate of pearl oysters with soy sauce and mustard from the side, and then used a similar dish.
Using small tweezers made of pearl oysters, he picked up a few slices of sashimi, dipped them in the condiments, and put them in his mouth. He then narrowed his eyes with an expression of enjoyment.
After he finished the food in his mouth, he suddenly turned around and asked Lawrence, who was eating roasted guinea pig meat, as if he had thought of something. "By the way, where is your little doll friend Nora? I remember she said
I like all kinds of food, so why didn’t I see her at the banquet today?”
"Nora is in the kitchen." Lawrence said slightly vaguely because there was food in his mouth. "She had to be the poison tester for the banquet today, so I asked her to go to the kitchen early this morning. If I hadn't
If you guess wrong, she must have tasted every delicacy as soon as possible today."
"What a smart little guy." Saphire said with a smile and a shrug. Obviously, the little doll planned to take this opportunity to have a good meal. As for being a drug examiner, tasting it is incidental at best.
.But after finding this reason, she can have a good meal before everyone else eats.
The dishes at today's buffet banquet are divided into three parts, one of which is traditional dishes, such as roasted chicken stuffed with various spices and grilled with onions. It is served with cherry tomatoes, wild herbs and
Roast pigeon with mashed goat cheese, and roast beef with cheese and bread.
The other part is Yingzhou's special dishes, such as rice balls filled with various pickled vegetables, fish or meat. The broth is made from good fish, fish bones and some herbs, and there are also various kinds of soup in it.
Vegetables, various varieties of fresh sashimi and scallops, and various foods that are thinly coated and then deep-fried.
The last part is the specialty food of this sea area, for example, fried whale meat? It is paired with large pieces of whale fat and dried lobster eggs. The bird spiders on the surface are roasted with delicate techniques? Their teeth are removed and set aside as
Toothpicks. There was even wild boar meat that was caught in the past two days, grilled in the tauren's unique way, and served with hot sauce and cold fish soup.
Compared with the dishes at the aristocratic banquet in Lawrence's previous life? The cooking methods of this banquet are still a bit rough. But the quality of the raw materials is very good, and they are also fresh enough. And for Lawrence, the best thing about these dishes is that
The amount of food is very generous? It can fill his now empty stomach.
"Your Excellency Count Sauer." However, less than ten minutes after Lawrence and Saphire started eating, an elderly man's voice rang from beside him. This forced him to put down the pile of food.
He looked up from the plate of fried food, only to find that the Count of Santo Domingo was greeting him.
Santo Domingo is a small island three days' voyage from Nueva Sol, and its area is only 1/10 of Nueva Sol. Because of the distance, Lawrence had basically never had any dealings with the count before.
I only know that the count himself is an expert warrior, and that this island is rich in cane sugar? It can be regarded as one of the richer islands in the Star Sea.
So he felt a little strange that the earl took the initiative to greet him? After all, the two people have never interacted with each other except for the fact that Lawrence sent a courtesy letter to the earl after he first arrived here. Today is just the first time they met.
.So he didn’t quite understand why the other party greeted him so enthusiastically.
"Ah, it turns out to be the Count of Santo Domingo. Hello, I am very happy to see you come to my banquet. This makes me feel very honored. Because I have only been here for more than half a year? So what kind of hospitality can you do?
Please forgive me for the arrogance." Lawrence said to the earl with a polite smile. "By the way, do you have anything to do with me?"
"I just want to say thank you? Especially the new tea you invented. To me, it tastes much better than the bitter traditional tea." The gray-bearded earl raised the crystal cup in his hand and said.
, only then did Lawrence notice that his cup was filled with half a cup of iced milk tea? Apparently this tea was to his liking.
Nobles always like to use various twists and turns when talking. For example, the Count of Santo Domingo specifically emphasized the word bitter? It was obviously hinting at something. Thinking of the specialty of his island is sucrose. The other party thought
It was already very obvious what Lawrence wanted to express.
"Bitterness is naturally worth remembering? But bitterness does not represent everything. Is this the taste of tea? The same is true of life." Lawrence said politely. "I think it should be a good thing to bring some sweetness into the bitter taste, what do you think?"
"Of course, of course." After listening to Lawrence's words, the Count of Santo Domingo smiled and stroked his beard and nodded, then looked at Lawrence and Saphire standing side by side and said. "Thank you for your warm hospitality today.