Chapter 23 Mandarin Duck Hot Pot

The next morning, Claire came over again, along with Anne and Thomas. Zhen Fan let them in and made a cup of tea each.

"Chinese tea? The taste is not bad!" Thomas praised, "Do you know that we have a new neighbor? I found out yesterday that the house on your left has been entrusted to a real estate company after the poor mistress was killed. It was sold and bought by the Raymond Turner family, two daughters."

"Can that house be sold?" Zhen Fan asked in surprise, and then he was relieved. Whether it is a real estate agent in China or the United States, they will talk about the houses they sell.

"If you buy it, you must redecorate it. To be honest, it really takes courage to live in such a room!" Thomas shrugged.

"Do you want to remind them?" Annie said kindly.

"Don't be stupid, you are causing trouble for yourself, don't say anything! Listen to me!" Thomas gave Anne a dissatisfied look, expressing his objection.

Zhen Fan didn't make a sound. It's really hard to tell about this matter. If it is said, others may not believe it. At the moment, he nodded in agreement with Thomas' statement. Seeing that the two men said that, Annie couldn't say anything, and then brought the topic to cooking. In this regard, Annie and Zhen Fan can have a common topic.

In order to express his enthusiasm and gratitude to Annie's family, Zhen Fan decided to stay with the Thomas family for lunch. Anyway, the ingredients are ready-made, and Zhen Fan bought a lot in his big purchase last time. But this time Zhen Fan decided to make a mandarin duck hot pot, which has more Chinese characteristics.

Thomas was watching TV with Claire on the sofa, Annie went to the kitchen to help Zhen Fan, and at the same time wanted to learn how Zhen Fan could cook Chinese food. Steal the show.

After cleaning the vegetables, he watched Zhen Fan prepare mutton rolls, thin beef slices, mackerel fillets, oysters, squid slices, fish balls, fresh shrimp, and some small crabs; Green vegetables, kelp and mushrooms, etc.

Zhen Fan's mandarin duck hotpot soup base is made with fresh chicken, and the spicy side is made with his own spicy seasoning. When the pot was just opened, the aroma was so strong that Annie couldn't help but sniff her nose all the time.

During the whole process, Annie only had to hand over the tools, and she couldn't get involved in the specific production at all. Zhen Fan's knife skills and craftsmanship are proficient, and the work is smooth and smooth, which is pleasing to the eye, which makes Annie feel happy. Jealousy, women are naturally envious of other people's good cooking skills.

"Okay, our lunch is ready!" Zhen Fan called out in the restaurant. In fact, Thomas and Claire were attracted by the aroma without shouting. The red oily soup and the white and tender soup were on one side, and the aroma that came out made people salivate, and Claire couldn't wait to climb up on the chair.

Zhen Fan took another dozen frozen beers and a few bottles of drinks from the refrigerator, which are for Claire. If eating hot pot without these, it would be impossible to be painful and happy.

"If you eat Chinese food and don't eat Yuanyang hot pot, then you don't really understand Chinese food." Zhen Fan let Annie and Thomas sit down, sat down himself, opened three cans of beer, handed them to Anne and Thomas, Also took a can.

"Do you want to use chopsticks?"

Claire was not used to it, but she still held it in her hand, imitating Zhen Fan's appearance and looking good. Annie and Thomas have eaten Chinese food a few times, and they are not so unfamiliar with chopsticks.

"right,

This time we use chopsticks! "

Zhen Fan told the three people how to eat hot pot. First, he took a slice of beef and rinsed it on the spicy side for a few times. Fan rolled it into his mouth with one bite.

"ha--"

Zhen Fan made a sound of admiration, and then took a sip of beer.

"It's so good, I haven't tasted this taste for a long time!"

Thomas was eager to try it. Annie had already followed Zhen Fan's example. She picked up a piece of mutton roll, rinsed it, and put it in her mouth. The spicy taste immediately permeated the taste buds on the entire tongue. It made people's nerves tense suddenly, and as the fresh and tender mutton twirled in the mouth, the spicy taste suddenly turned into a fresh and mellow taste, which suppressed the spicy.

"beer!"

Zhen Fan called out from the side.

Annie immediately picked up the beer and took a sip, and a burst of cold liquid immediately suppressed the pungentness completely, refreshing the tongue for a while, the refreshing after the fierce spicy, giving people a refreshing feeling, but after the cold, spicy The taste is slowly fed back on the tongue again, and then gradually diminishes.

"Great! This feels really..."

Annie exclaimed excitedly, Americans like spicy food and like to make it into chili sauce, but how can the taste compare to the spicy hot pot? Not to mention the cold beer.

"Wow--"

It was Thomas who yelled out. It turned out that when Annie was cooking mutton slices, he couldn't wait to pick up a piece of fish slices and cook them too. After Annie, he let out a shocking applause.

"Wow--"

Immediately there was a loud cry. It turned out that Claire learned how to boil a piece of mutton. When she ate it, she couldn't stand the spicy taste. Tears and snot came out immediately, but she forgot to drink an iced drink to suppress it.

His face was flushed, he sucked his nose repeatedly, and there were tears on his face.

"Take a sip!" Zhen Fan put the drink near Claire's mouth, and Claire took a sip impatiently, and then a burst of ice cold suppressed the restless pungentness, and immediately stopped crying, although Still breathing in and out, but feeling better.

"Baby, it seems that you really have no food!" Annie couldn't laugh or cry, wiped Claire's face clean with a handkerchief, took a piece of cabbage, rinsed it in the white soup, and put it on Claire's plate.

This taste is also good, Claire can bear it completely.

This hot pot meal made Thomas and Annie sweat profusely. Even though the restaurant was air-conditioned and cold beer was poured from time to time, they were still covered in sweat and kept wiping their faces with napkins. Even in the back, Claire couldn't help picking up a slice of spicy hot pot shabu-shabu from time to time. Even though it was spicy, she kept inhaling, but with the help of the iced drink, she was still not as embarrassed as she was at the beginning.

"Today is really refreshing!"

Thomas hurriedly put down his chopsticks, touched his stomach, shook his head, and sighed again.

"I have eaten Chinese food before, but I have never encountered such a way of eating, and such delicious food. It seems that we have missed a lot of good things before."

"I have to learn more from you, you won't stop teaching me!" Annie said with a smile.

"In this case, I will get all the benefits!" Thomas laughed out loud, looking very proud.

"And me!" Claire interjected in time, as if warning the adults not to forget her, this little girl is showing her presence, "I want to learn too!"

"Do you want to learn to cook Chinese food? You are too young!" Annie touched Claire's head and laughed.

Claire raised her face with a serious face, looked at Annie with disdain, and then looked at Zhen Fan full of expectation: "I'm a girl, and I will be a mother in the future, why can't I learn to cook Chinese food?"

"Puzz!" Zhen Fan couldn't hold back, this little girl is too cute!

"Of course, but learning to cook Chinese food requires strength. Claire's strength is still weak. When Claire grows up, shall I teach you how to cook it?" Zhen Fan pinched her face.

"Okay!" Maybe Claire also felt that she was not tall enough and not strong enough, so she temporarily gave up this idea. After Zhen Fan cleaned up, the four of them sat on the sofa again.

Thomas was on his belly, and had to loosen his belt when he sat down.

"Claire's cousin will come over tomorrow, her name is Lottie Hafner, she is a very beautiful girl, but she said that she may bring a classmate of hers, who is also her good friend, I want to add one more It’s not bad to go there, I believe this journey will be very interesting.”

Annie and Zhen Fan chatted about the upcoming camping barbecue.

"It's good to have more people. My time in the United States is also short. It's the best thing for me to meet more friends."

Zhen Fan expressed that he had no objection, and told Annie some things he had prepared. Annie nodded, very happy: "It's great that you are so thoughtful. If it's camping, is your tent ready?"

Zhen Fan was stunned for a moment, then laughed. He only prepared to eat, but forgot about the important event. The tent was not prepared, so he laughed and said: "This... I will prepare it tomorrow, but I forgot! Thanks for reminding me, thank you!"

After talking about this, Thomas asked He Zhenfan to talk about fishing. Zhen Fan was also interested in this topic, but Zhen Fan didn't prepare any fishing rods, but Thomas made a promise, saying that he had extra fishing rods, which he could lend to Zhen Fan use it!

Several people chatted for a while, and Thomas drank two more cups of tea made by Zhen Fan. He felt that the food in his stomach had been digested a lot, and he was not so bloated, so he hugged Claire and went back with Anne.

"Goodbye, Uncle Zhen!" Claire jumped out of Thomas' embrace, ran over to kiss Zhen Fan, and then held Annie's hand in satisfaction.

"Goodbye Claire, goodbye!" Zhen Fan waved to Thomas and Annie again. Watching their family go back, Zhen Fan entered the house, watched TV for a while, had nothing to do, and went to the study to surf the Internet. Waiting for my penguin, I saw a flashing profile picture. It's the brother who played with me before - Li Xingguo, one is Sister An, and the other is the head of a stranger.

Zhen Fan has been abroad for more than a month, and basically has no contact with the country. This is the first time he waited for his number. He clicked on Li Xingguo's news and looked at it. They were all greetings and when he would return to China. , I want to drink with myself or something.

I clicked on Sister An's again, and there were two comments on it.

The first message: Fanfan, go abroad, get used to it, don't forget my sister!

The second message: Fanfan, no one massages my head anymore, I really don't like it, it's all your fault. However, I am going to be promoted recently. After the promotion, I may be sent to the head office in the United States for training. I know you are in Los Angeles. I will contact you when I get there. By the way, send me your mobile phone number. The number in the United States saves me from not being able to contact you! Don't try to forget my sister, or I will settle accounts with you!

This is a bit ambiguous. Zhen Fan couldn't help but smile when he thought of Sister An, it was always so warm every time. It's like your own family!

But is Miss An really going to come to America? Zhen Fan was still looking forward to it.

Zhen Fan also clicked on the stranger's message, and opened it. The person claimed to be Wei Chao, played basketball with Zhen Fan, and was recently selected for the CBA Liaoning team. He hoped to compete with Zhen Fan again!

It seemed that this guy was still not convinced, and Zhen Fan just smiled, ignoring the provocation. However, he knew his number, and it was probably leaked to him by the buddies who played with him, but it was nothing, everyone was just playing for fun, so it shouldn't be taken seriously.

The portraits of several people were gray. Zhen Fan wanted to reply, but he didn't know what to say, so he hesitated and gave up.

Anyway, when I go back, I will have a gathering with these buddies. After turning off the Penguin, I looked up at the window, it was already dark, and the lights were flickering in the night...