If you have the opportunity to meet a gourmet who is good at gourmet food, what you may want to ask him most is: "What is the best thing you have ever eaten?"

"God of Food" Cai Lan said in the first article of his collection of food essays "Those Unforgettable Delicious Foods in the World": "What is the most delicious? Mom's food is the most delicious. This is for sure."

< p> At first glance, you may think that this is just a beautiful rhetoric from a glutton and should not be taken seriously. But he went on to say: "Whatever you have eaten since you were a child, this impression will be deeply imprinted in your mind. It will always be the best, and it will never be found again." After reading this sentence, I was convinced. One sentence.

Cai Lam, who was born in 1941, is now 75 years old. What kind of luxurious banquet has he not tasted? Two-ended dried abalone and sombreros, French black pine fungus foie gras, Iranian caviar, Italian white mushrooms... How many people have seen these most expensive ingredients in the world? How many people have eaten it? He didn't think anything of it. For him, perhaps only the bowl of white porridge that he stretched out his tongue and licked clean when he was a child was the delicacy that he missed every night and thought about all the time - delicious food.

Cai Lam, Jin Yong (Cha Liangyong), Ni Kuang, and Huang Zhan are known as the "Four Talents" in Xiangjiang, and each of the four has his or her own special skills. Jin Yong is most familiar to everyone, "The snow is flying in the sky and he shoots the white deer, and the laughing book hero leans on the blue mandarin duck". There are few science fiction writers in China. Ni Kuang's "Wesley Series" is a rare classic, and Azi's eyes in "Dragon" were also blinded by him. Don’t you know Huang Zhan? "Shanghai Beach", "Men Should Be Strong", "My Chinese Heart", "A Laugh in the Sea"... You have always heard one of these classic songs, right? And Cai Lam, in addition to being a film producer and writer, is a veritable "foodie".

Jin Yong wrote many heroes. If he wanted to make friends with his characters, he said he would prefer Linghu Chong and Duan Yu because they were first-class handsome people. In reality, Jin Yong commented that Cai Lam was really chic.

"Shishuo Xinyu" records famous celebrities in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. If today's people are willing to write a "Shishuo Xinyu (Updated Edition)" to include contemporary figures, Cai Lam will undoubtedly be among them. .

I didn’t have the opportunity to see this God of Cookery in person, so I watched Lu Yu’s interview with him three times. It's nothing, I just like to listen to him speak. His voice is not as deep and magnetic as some people's. What attracts me is that he laughs when he speaks. He always has a smile on his face and his face is rosy. Cai Lam took Lu Yu to visit the most famous morning market in Hong Kong and entered a tea restaurant. Of course the owner recognized Cai Lam and gave him a bottle of Hennessy. Cai Lan laughed and said, "You don't need help when you open the wine."

Cai Lam has an easy-going personality. He often goes to restaurants, big and small, to taste them. There are always bosses who want to force him to praise the deliciousness of his food, but he says: "I have eaten better." When he went to eat, there was a boss Asking for a group photo and placing it behind the door is more attractive than a gold-lettered sign. Although Cai Lam did not refuse, he did not want to betray the trust of diners all over the world, so there was a rumor that Cai Lam was smiling in the photo, which meant that the restaurant tasted good. If you don't laugh, please think about it. This not only avoids the embarrassment of refusing to take a photo with the boss, but also protects consumers who trust him. Being able to consider things so thoughtfully relies on generosity and wisdom.

After reading "Those Unforgettable Delicious Foods in the World" by Chua Lam, I have a more comprehensive understanding of food. In the past, I always felt that expensive and exotic foods were good, and commonplace foods were just enough to satisfy our hunger. But Cai Lam's view on food is that even if it is the most ordinary bowl of rice, it is best if it is authentic and sincere. Instead, those rare and precious ingredients were spoiled by careless cooks.

Anyone who truly knows how to eat should be like Cai Lan, a cheerful and good person.

If you are not a good person, do not have a kind heart, and do not have a heart that can accommodate all kinds of tastes, how can you taste the food in this world?