Derrick is one of the senior commentators of Luodu Food Review Magazine and is also recognized as the first vegetarian commentator in the food industry. As a vegetarian, Derrick focuses on vegetarian comments and is the favorite commentator of vegetarians. , is an expert in this field.
This time, at Robert's invitation, I made a special trip from Luodu to the City of Chaos to rate and rank the vegetarian categories for the completely revised food rankings.
Derrick had lived in the City of Chaos for a period of time when he was a child, and had been friends with Old Laurie for many years. It could be said that it was under the influence of Old Laurie that he embarked on the path of a food critic.
When Lowry Sr. made the food ranking list, he participated in it for a while and had some feelings for it.
It was precisely because of this that when Robert approached him this time, he agreed without much thought.
However, he didn't have much expectations before coming. The food atmosphere in the City of Chaos was very different from that in Luo Du because of the lack of knowledge and innovative chefs.
Although he has not been to the City of Chaos for nearly twenty years, after eating a few restaurants according to the list of restaurants given to him by the Food Association this morning, as he expected, there was no vegetarian food that could make him shine. Many restaurants that specialize in meat dishes have an almost perfunctory attitude towards vegetarian dishes, which made his meal somewhat unpleasant.
Fortunately, he promised Robert that he would only do one assessment and then return to Luodu. He probably would not come back to the city of chaos again.
Maimi's Restaurant was the sixth restaurant he chose because there was a line of small words on the back that read, "This restaurant has a large number of diners. The reviewer had better queue up in advance to avoid wasting too much time in line." 'So he mentioned this restaurant that was at the back of the list to the front, wanting to see what kind of restaurant it was, and would ask the Food Association to write a special reminder.
The restaurant opened at 11:30, and I arrived at 11 o'clock. Unexpectedly, there were already customers queuing up in front of the restaurant, two teams, more than 20 people.
This really surprised Derrick. There are several popular restaurants in Luodu, and some customers do queue up in advance. However, they are all very famous restaurants, with good reputation and strength, but there are only a few such restaurants. Home.
Unexpectedly, this restaurant located in the corner of the chaotic city would be so popular.
And as time went by, more and more customers lined up behind him. Before the door opened, the queue had already reached the square, and there were three to four hundred people.
What was even more surprising to him was that the two lines did not seem to be arranged randomly. Instead, they seemed to be divided into gangs. Because of a thing called 'tofu brain', they argued so hard that they almost started taking action.
"I didn't expect this restaurant to be so popular. I just don't know what kind of dishes this restaurant specializes in and whether they cook vegetarian food with care." Derrick thought to himself curiously. As a vegetarian, he already I haven’t eaten any meat dishes for more than 20 years.
"Brother, this is my first time coming to this restaurant. Are there any vegetarian dishes you would recommend?" Derrick asked, looking sideways at the little brother beside him.
"Vegetarian?" The little brother thought seriously for a while and said hesitantly: "I don't know if the sweet tofu is considered a vegetarian, but the salty tofu is definitely a vegetarian. Uncle, if this is your first time here, you can troubleshoot. Team up, salted tofu pudding is the right choice for you.”
"Uncle, don't listen to his lies. You should eat sweet tofu. Only sweet tofu can be called a vegetarian dish. Salty tofu is heresy." The little girl standing behind Dioclet said unconvinced. At the end, he glared at the little brother.
"Salty or sweet tofu?" Derrick thought thoughtfully. It turned out that the 'tofu' that they had been arguing about for a long time was a dish, and the reason for the dispute was just about taste.
Seeing the young man and the young girl arguing with each other, Derrick felt a little embarrassed and said quickly: "In that case, I'll order one of each flavor, and you don't have to argue."
"Uncle, you think so beautifully." The little girl rolled her eyes.
"Boss Mai has stipulated that each person can only order one portion of tofu puff. If you want to eat it, uncle, you have to choose a flavor. Everyone is thinking about having another bowl of tofu puff. And every meal provides tofu puff. Two hundred portions, if you come late you won’t be able to eat." The young man explained.
"There are still such rules." Derrick raised his eyebrows, a little surprised, but after taking a look at the long queue behind him, he understood that there were so many customers, and if there was no limit on the purchase amount, the customers behind would probably It's a waste of time.
"Actually, this tofu cake cannot be considered a vegetarian dish, it can only be regarded as a snack. If uncle wants to eat vegetarian dishes, he may not be able to eat enough at Maimi Restaurant. Even Yangzhou fried rice has eggs. What about stinky tofu? You may not be able to accept it, and it’s also a snack.” The little girl added.
"Is that so?" Derrick was slightly disappointed when he heard this. It seemed that this was also a restaurant that mainly served meat.
"Boss Mai has brought out a new dish today, maybe it's a vegetarian dish." The young man consoled him.
"Didn't you see what's written on the sign? What's out today is 'Fish-flavored Eggplant'. No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a vegetarian dish, right?" The girl immediately poured out a glass of cold water.
"This..." The young man pondered for a while and scratched his head, "It really doesn't look like a vegetarian dish."
"It doesn't matter, then I'll try the tofu puffs." Derrick said with a smile. After queuing for so long, he couldn't even get a vegetarian dish. If he said he wasn't disappointed at all, he would definitely be lying, but then The tofu pudding that many customers have been arguing about must have something special about it. It is about to open for business, so there is no harm in trying it before going to the next restaurant.
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"It's so amazing. It's obviously just eggplant with no fish at all, but why does it smell like fish and taste so delicious!"
Yabei Mia took a bite of the fish-flavored eggplant and couldn't help but praise it.
Others also looked at the half-eaten fish-flavored eggplant with surprised faces. The eggplant was cut into fish-like shapes, and then fine knife skills were used to cut fish-scale-like edges on the back, and then the golden-red fish was poured over it. Fragrant sauce, both sour, sweet, salty and spicy.
"Father, I want to have another bowl of rice. The fish-flavored eggplant is so delicious." Amy showed her empty bowl, stuck out her tongue and licked a drop of sauce from the corner of her mouth, smacked her lips, and showed Sweet smile.
"Okay." Mag smiled and took the bowl and stood up to serve the rice. There was probably no compliment in the world that would make him happier than Amy having another bowl.
