Several people ate and chatted for a while until they couldn't eat anymore. Cheng Wei suggested that Li Xiao pack the remaining food for his dog, but Li Xiao refused.

"It's better for you, brother, to take it home so that you can eat more at home."

"Then I'm not welcome." Cheng Wei smiled and asked the waiter to pack the things, and suggested that he could walk around to see if there was anything else he wanted to eat, and treat it as a walk after the meal.

It was almost four o'clock in the afternoon when Li Xiao walked out of the restaurant. When Li Xiao looked at the time, he realized that they had been eating there for so long.

It took two or three hours to finish such a large portion of chicken roll. The heating in the private room was enough to prevent the food from getting cold. I have to say that the service was really attentive.

By the end of the meal, Li Xiao even felt like she was full.

But relying on his quality as a food anchor, he still conservatively ate until he was full.

After all, I still have food left in my stomach for the delicious food I want to taste later.

Cheng Wei held his daughter and led the two of them into the alley next to the restaurant.

After walking for about five or six minutes, Li Xiao felt that the scenery of this alley was becoming more and more familiar.

"This street... looks a bit like Ganzhou Night Market." Li Xiao asked doubtfully.

"The night market is on another street. It's called Ganzhou Market. It's bigger than that night market, but most of the shops inside are places where locals like to come."

If it weren't for the aging store decorations next to them, Li Xiao would hardly notice any difference.

There are bright banners with the store name everywhere, and the bluestone tiles on the ground have the same feel when you walk on them.

"The economy here seems to be quite good. I didn't expect that there would be such a wealthy place in the northwest of the Han Dynasty." Li Xiao couldn't help but sigh as he walked and looked around.

"It's just that tourism has been promoted. In recent years, many Internet celebrities have talked about self-driving travel routes. Zhangye happens to be famous for its Danxia landforms, so people come and go, so business has increased."

Cheng Wei slowly led the way, "By the way, Xiao Xiao, you should also want to go to other places to taste delicious food in the future, right? Then you can go to Lianhuo, and you can see the Danxia landform on the way."

"I have to say that there is a reason why Danxia is famous," Cheng Wei said in a calm tone, "but we locals have seen it a lot and it's not surprising. People outside have never seen it, so they are more curious.

normal."

While listening, Li Xiao looked at the snack shops on the street and saw a lot of dark soups, almost without exception saying "grey bean porridge" on them.

"Brother Cheng, what is this gray bean porridge? Is it a dessert or a staple food?" Interested, Li Xiao stopped Cheng Wei who was walking in front.

"It's dessert. If you want to eat it, let's go to the Eight Immortals Porridge!" Cheng Wei gave a thumbs up, "I didn't expect Xiao Xiao to be so knowledgeable. After looking around for a few times, he directly found our delicious food in Zhangye!"

Mo Jie walked behind and looked at the gray-black liquid object pointed by Li Xiao with a frightened expression on his face.

"This color doesn't look very good..."

Li Xiao, who was being led forward by Cheng Wei, happened to catch a glimpse of a shop selling shrouds among a bunch of shops, and realized that this was a "food street" where real locals gathered.

The name of the Eight Immortals Porridge shop mentioned by Cheng Wei is simple yet full of fairy spirit: [Magnolia Eight Immortals Porridge].

At this point, the night market has not really become lively, and there are only a few customers sitting in the restaurant.

The furnishings in the restaurant are very simple, with ordinary tables and chairs, which are completely different from the chicken rolls just now.

"Brother Cheng, what is this Eight Immortals Porridge?" Li Xiao looked at the menu and didn't see anything called Eight Immortals Porridge on it, so he raised his head in confusion.

"Eight Immortals Porridge is a general term for different porridges. Don't worry, this porridge shop has been in business for many years. It has been open since I was in junior high school. Because of the cheap prices here, I can say that I have tasted all the porridges on the menu.

." Cheng Wei pointed to the menu, where the porridge prices ranged from four yuan to six yuan.

Combined with the porridge bowls in front of the diners on other seats, Li Xiao deeply agreed with Cheng Wei's low price.

It's not like the tiny bowls in so-called high-end restaurants, but the palm-sized ones used in normal households.

"To be honest, the name of this store is called Eight Immortals Porridge. In fact, I think the most delicious porridge is gray bean porridge."

“The gray bean porridge here is completely different from the ones on the street.”

Cheng Wei ordered four portions as soon as he walked in. As he was talking, the porridge was brought out.

Li Xiao clearly felt that the biggest difference between the porridge here and outside is the color.

The gray bean porridge on the street is almost always dark black, but the bowl placed in front of Li Xiao is black with a hint of purple.

Stir it gently with a spoon, and the round and crystal-clear gray beans will shine like pearls.

Gray bean porridge, as a famous dessert in the northwest region, has always been the sentiment of the older generation.

Apart from anything else, the process of making gray bean porridge is very long.

Wash the sesame peas and soak them one night in advance, then boil them in water and add edible alkali. This step is to make the beans rotten faster and make them taste softer and glutinous. Then start cooking them over a slow fire.

When the sesame peas are cooked until they are fragrant, add the red dates until the red dates are also cooked, and the sweet juice inside will flow into the soup, blending skillfully with the original aroma of the gray bean porridge.

The cooking process takes at least six hours to produce soft, glutinous and refreshing gray bean porridge.

Li Xiao felt that if nothing else, the gray bean porridge placed in front of him had been cooked for the right time.

He moved the porridge he scooped out from the spoon in front of the camera, took out a toothpick and poked one of the sesame peas.

The diced sesame peas were very elastic and started to stick together on the toothpick, until Li Xiao gently pressed the edge of the bowl and turned into soft powder easily.

"I feel shocked." Li Xiao raised his eyebrows and looked at the peas in his hand, "Is it worthy of the legendary slow work and meticulous work?"

"The cooked sesame peas look intact on the outside, but are soft and chewy on the inside."

"Let's try how this gray bean porridge tastes."

Li Xiao held the bowl with both hands, feeling the warmth, scooped out a spoonful of porridge and put it into his mouth.

"The taste is very sweet, but not too sweet, and you can taste it. The store also put some salt in it, so it tastes strange."

"The sesame peas taste soft and have a sweet jujube flavor."

"The sesame peas that have not completely turned into bean paste have a slightly hard chewy texture, but are thick and dense inside, with a chewy texture."

"The temperature in the mouth is just right, not hot or cold, the taste is sweet but not greasy, and it is light but not light."

"In addition to the two main ingredients of sesame peas and red dates, there are also chopped peanuts mixed in."

"The crushed peanuts inside feel like the icing on the cake, which directly adds richness to the taste of gray bean porridge and makes the aroma even richer."

"Chew it carefully, it seems like lily is added to it."

Li Xiao pursed her lips and tasted it carefully with her front teeth. She was a little unsure: "It does have a slight lily aroma. It may be because it has been boiled, so it doesn't taste like that."

"But the whole gray bean porridge gives people the feeling of going up."

"The entrance is warm and sweet, and after swallowing, the fragrance comes back."

“This ordinary bowl of gray bean porridge really surprised me!”

"Compared with those high-end restaurants that often charge tens or hundreds of dollars, I feel like I won't lose money no matter what I eat at this restaurant." Gu

At first, Li Xiao was still scooping out bites with a spoon, but later he just held the bowl with both hands and started eating with his mouth.

Soon, the bowl full of gray bean porridge reached the bottom.

"I am willing to give this bowl of gray bean porridge a high score of 95 points."

[Ding dong, check in successfully, the food store you checked in is: [Magnolia Eight Immortals Porridge]]

【Eight Immortals crossing the sea, each showing his magical powers】

[Making different flavors of porridge extremely delicious]

[The most unforgettable thing among them is the gray bean porridge]

【Excellent hemp peas】

【Carefully selected red dates】

[Supplemented by extremely patient cooking]

[Chef: 1-star senior chef: Du Wei]

"Ding dong, the system rating, the star rating of [Magnolia and Eight Immortals Porridge] is 4 stars."

"Ding dong, you have won a 4-star food store check-in reward"

[Ability: Simmering and skipping black technology]

[Ability introduction: You have a black technology that can speed up cooking time]

[Note: This ability is special, it is a time consumption ability, and the number of times it can be used is 3/3]

[Money: 10,000 yuan]

【Famous: 40】

[Introduction to fame: 1 point of fame will allow 10 strangers to recognize you through different channels]

Studio:

"Is it because of the color difference of the lighting? I always feel that the gray bean porridge in this store is very different from those on the street?"

"Second, the lighting effect of this restaurant is quite strong!"

"Let me explain to the two people upstairs, the color of the gray bean porridge in this store is different from the ones outside. The last time I passed by Zhangye, I was attracted by the name of this store and saw what was in other people's bowls at first sight.

I ordered a bowl of black bean porridge because I wanted to see how it was different from other people’s porridge. I was like an anchor and was deeply impressed by the store’s porridge!”

“Rediscovered the importance of having a local friend when traveling.”
To be continued...