Chapter 140: The Feast of Prosperity(2/2)
"Today's banquet is to pray for peace in the world, to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth, and to congratulate you all, to inscribe your names on the gold medal list, and to seize the sword from the Red Tower."
"May you all remember your ambitions today and move forward bravely to create a prosperous world together!" The king picked up the gold cup and said to everyone.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Immediately, everyone present raised their glasses together and drank together.
"The party begins."
Afterwards, the chamberlains beside the king read out together, and then they saw maids in white silk palace attires coming over carrying plates and serving food to each table one by one.
The Shaowei Banquet is the most famous and sumptuous banquet in the dynasty. There are hundreds of types of dishes, and the materials used include delicacies from the mountains and seas, vegetarian and meat dishes, and strive to be comprehensive.
Its meats include fish, shrimp, crab, chicken, duck, goose, cow, sheep, deer, bear, rabbit, crane, and there are many other vegetarian dishes.
Not only are vegetables from the four seasons available, but one hundred and thirty-four continents in the world also produce special ingredients for making.
Take the 24 Solar Terms Chaos as an example. The 24 Chaos in one dish have different flavors and nearly 50 kinds of ingredients are used to make it.
Others such as Jushengnu (honey-made rice dumplings), Brahman light noodles (steamed noodles), Guifeihong (red pastry), Han Gongqi (boiled printed round noodles), Changsheng porridge (therapeutic food), sweet
Snow (candied noodles), single-cage golden pastry (steamed pastry), mando-shaped pancakes (oven pancakes), etc.
Tonghua soft beef intestine (cooked in mutton oil), Guangming Shrimp Roast (grilled live shrimp), Bailongyao (made from repeatedly beaten tenderloin), Sheepskin Filament (fried mutton shreds, cut into one-foot length), Snow Baby (
Frogs with bean sprouts stuck on top), Xianrenzi (chicken stewed in milk), Xiaotiansu (stir-fried deer and chicken), Chuitouchun (roasted quail), Guomenxiang (fried with various meats), etc.
In addition, there is also an exquisite display showcasing culinary skills, in which slices of vegetables and fruits are arranged into pavilions of flowers, dragons and phoenixes, dancing girls and flying fairies, to name a few.
In the open space in the middle of the table, there was a fire, and different pieces of meat were roasted in a cauldron. After they were sprinkled with spices, a strange aroma spread throughout the banquet.
When it is baked or cooked, the waiters on the side will serve it on a wooden plate and bring it to the table for everyone to enjoy.
Not long after the banquet started, dancers in streamers and feathered clothes also descended from the sky. In harmony with the surrounding music, these dancers danced gracefully in the clouds, water and sea, blooming and gathering like lotus flowers, constantly rising and falling.
Good times, beautiful scenery, feasts and festivals are all the same.
After the tail-burning feast on the top of Yuzhang Mountain began, in the large and small courtyards in Luojing, both wealthy and wealthy families and ordinary people sat at the table with their families and began to celebrate this year's festival of joyful reunion.
Chapter completed!