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The Black Card - Chapter 272

Published at 4th of April 2018 10:30:02 AM


Chapter 272: Chapter 272 - I Love Holes

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Chapter 272 - I Love Holes


Translator: Lav

Editor: Likia


Yu was a Japanese restaurant that required a reservation twenty four hours prior.

Of course, the so-called reservations were for people like Shi Lei.

Obviously, Miss Wei Xingyue didn’t count. It was impossible for all places that required reservations to completely book out, especially for a business that operated like a lounge. They had to keep some space free, just in case.

And the people they had to prevent were people like Wei Xingyue who never remembered to book.

The way prices worked at Yu was that the customers who had a reservation had to pay for the sets they bought, starting at 1,800 yuan per person. If they weren’t satisfied with the food or if it wasn’t enough, they could order extra.

Of course, the dishes within the set could not be changed or refunded. It would still be the same price even if the customer didn’t touch a single dish. Of course, set meals didn’t suit people like Wei Xingyue who would never make a reservation. She was a customer with special authority who didn’t need to worry about set meals. She could come in and order. And it was impossible for Yu to prepare set meals without a reservation. It wasn’t that they were trying to make the restaurant seem better than others, but because they needed to prepare the set meals prior to the customer’s arrival.

It was said that all the ingredients were shipped from Japan the day of. The flight departed early in the morning, and arrived before noon. The restaurant remained closed in the afternoon to finish preparing everything and serve it to the customers’ tables at night.

However, no one knew if the details were exactly like that. As long as the ingredients were of good quality and fresh, no one cared about that kind of promotion.

Yu’s exterior furnishing wasn’t very elaborate. It looked like a Japanese restaurant that could be found anywhere. It had low roofs and a flag on a bamboo stick with the character “Yu” written on it. The entire building was constructed in Japanese style, or more accurately, Tang Dynasty style. It looked like everything was made out of old wood, but it was just bricks covered in wood. The majority of the so-called Japanese style was the same as Tang Dynasty, since Japanese culture mainly originated from China’s Tang Dynasty.

The way of incense, way of tea, and the way of the sword were all closely tied to the Tang Dynasty. The so-called Japanese katana had been adapted from the Tang Sword. The only thing in Japanese culture that had nothing to do with the Tang Dynasty was the food. Japanese cooking had a profound style in the country. Japan was an island country. When all the swordsmen went out in the olden days, all they brought were rice balls. The better ones had a layer of seaweed, and the not-so-good ones were just rice. Because Japan was surrounded by the sea and the shape of the country was long and spread out, the majority of the people in Japan lived close to the sea. Hence, they could only fish for shrimp and fish in the sea if they wanted something fresh. They would bring some wasabi, which originated from the Tang Dynasty, catch some fish and shrimp from the ocean, and eat it raw with wasabi or place it on top of rice to make the sushi that is known today.

Once something was pointed out, it would lose its coolness. The current way of eating was heavily influenced by the construction of society and life. It wasn’t until recently that Japanese cuisine had spread to the rest of the world. The way the ingredients were processed was naturally liked by many, which gradually formed into contemporary Japanese cuisine.

Even the sake that the Japanese drank was alcohol that had been drunk in ancient China. When Takematsu passed the Jing Yang Gang, the alcohol that he drank was the so-called “sake.”

Korea’s soju was basically the same thing.

There was a parking lot outside made especially for the small restaurant. The lot wasn’t big. It could only fit seven to eight cars. Shi Lei assumed that not only did the restaurant look small from the outside, it was also small on the inside. Otherwise, a tiny parking lot definitely couldn’t fit enough cars.

Even though his Quattroporte was only a car worth over two million yuan and Yu was one of the most expensive Japanese restaurants in Wudong, it could still surpass all the other cars there. There was only one last parking spot left. The best cars there were worth a little over one million, and four or five of them were around 700,000 to 800,000 yuan.

Without waiting for Shi Lei and Wei Xingyue to get out of the car, the girl standing at the front of the door immediately greeted them. She spoke politely when she saw Shi Lei stepping out. “Hello, sir, may I know what your surname is? Your reservation—”

Before she could finish her sentence, Wei Xingyue also got out and waved her hand. “Little Ju, he’s my friend.”

Little Ju smiled even more brightly when she saw Wei Xingyue. “Ah, Miss Wei’s friend, I’m very sorry.” She immediately turned around and led Shi Lei and Wei Xingyue into Yu without asking about their reservation.

There was a high step at the entrance. After the wooden door was slid open, the floor inside was half a meter higher and the entire floor itself was laid with tatami.

The girl brought slippers over for Shi Lei and Wei Xingyue. Another girl inside greeted Wei Xingyue before guiding them inside.

Shi Lei took a glance behind them. The girl called Little Ju was putting their shoes into a hidden area next to the door.

They went into a small room on the very inside of the restaurant and sat down on the floor.

Shi Lei felt weird. “Do you have a stool?” he asked. “It’s uncomfortable to sit like this.”

The girl made strange expression and Wei Xingyue waved her hand. “Open the horigotatsu.” Shi Lei’s didn’t understand, but the girl knelt down on the tatami and pressed a button on the table.

Shi Lei saw the tatami floor beneath the table gradually shift to the side and form a hole underneath.

This way, Shi Lei could sit next to the table and put his legs down without having to cross them.

“This is more like a Japanese restaurant!” Shi Lei said, sitting down casually. He had been to a Japanese-styled restaurant before, and they all had horigotatsu seating.

Wei Xingyue quickly ordered, then turned to Shi Lei. “The sake here is really expensive. Are you sure that I can eat whatever I want?”

Shi Lei thought: How expensive could sake be? He waved his hand. “Buy it!”

“Ryuse,” Wei Xingyue said confidently. The waitress nodded and left.

“It was originally purely Japanese styled, but they had to add horigotatsu seating for people like you,” Wei Xingyue said after the girl had closed the door.

“I must teach you something,” Shi Lei said seriously. “What Japanese style? Sixty percent of it is taken from our Tang Dynasty, and thirty percent is from the Han Dynasty. Sitting on the floor, drinking sake, all of it was passed down from our ancestors and you treat it like something so special. Our country used it for many years until we finally changed and developed chairs and couches, but you, you want to go back to a conservative society? Even our ancestors knew that chairs are more comfortable than sitting on the floor. We are just eating, so why do we have to be so harsh on ourselves like this? I won’t say anything else, but speak with your heart. Is it more comfortable to sit like this or with your legs crossed?”

Shi Lei didn’t give Wei Xingyue a chance to respond before he continued. He kept speaking until the waitress came in to serve the first dish.

Wei Xingyue had been given a whole lesson on Shi Lei’s love for the country. Her face froze and her eyes were filled with tears. I just wanted to have dinner with you, and yet here you are educating me on your love for the country and its history?

But Wei Xingyue couldn’t deny that what Shi Lei had said was true. Especially his first question. Even an idiot would know that it was more comfortable to sit like this rather than with their legs crossed. If they sat with their legs crossed for the whole meal, their legs would go numb.





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