A single person who has never gone out to eat at a buffet is not a qualified single person. Of course, I will not go out to have a meal for this boring reason. I just feel that it has been too long. I have eaten a meal seriously. Normally, I am not allowed to savor it carefully, whether in terms of time or quality. Recently, I often think of the time when I sat at the dining table and ate seriously. The joy of tasting different levels of food is really unforgettable, so I decided to find some time and a better place to re-experience the taste of life.

In terms of the level of taste, I was most impressed by the sushi I had eaten before. Its name was Moonship. The method was to put a few pieces of salmon on the sushi and cut it into little thumb-sized pieces, with a piece of salmon on it. The yolk of a small, unknown egg is dipped in a little mustard and soy sauce. When entering the mouth, you must bite open the thin layer of clothing surrounding the egg yolk to let the fishy smell inside flow out and mate with the fishy smell of salmon. Integration can maximize the flavor of salmon. The sweetness of amino acids under the action of saliva is the best proof of feeling the wild vitality of the ingredients. What surrounds the vitality growing wantonly among the taste buds is the taste of mustard and soy sauce. A good combination of mustard and soy sauce will surround them like a tide until the original vitality is wiped off the tongue. . This rise and fall is as if the formation, residence, and bad space of a small universe are all collected between the teeth.

Because of this unforgettable dish, I have always had a sense of ritual towards Japanese food.

For a home lover like me, it is not easy to go out, and the air in Beijing does not allow me to stay outside for too long. In order to be worthy of this rare trip, I I chose a mid-range buffet.

Fortunately, the weather in Beijing today was not too disappointing, so the mood of the ceremony was not too heavy. More than an hour later, we arrived at the Japanese restaurant located in the Second Guest House of the State Council.

I like the aroma in Guoerzhao. The restaurant is located in a corner of the lobby, separated from the lobby by a Japanese-style curtain wall. There are very few people. Compared with most restaurants in Beijing, All good for conversation.

1. White tuna sashimi

White tuna has its own special taste, an inexplicable sweetness. In Cantonese, the word "gold" and the word "sweet" have the same pronunciation. I once thought that tuna was sweet. The mistranslation of marlin is that the sweet taste in platinum gun is more like a taste of gold. In this platinum gun sashimi, the golden taste of platinum gun itself is basically retained and amplified.

When I was a child, I ate white tuna fried by my mother. This golden taste was prominent on the back of the fish and rich in the fat in the belly, but it would gradually disappear after cooling, leaving only the boring taste. It is salty and astringent, but the golden taste in this sashimi is more calm. Although it is cold, the golden taste can be well retained, and the oil is more even. With the texture of the meat itself, every bite is like biting on a fruit. The golden taste of sashimi flows to the base of the tongue through saliva and lingers in the mouth.

2. Shellfish sashimi

Shellfish looks crystal clear, slightly white inside, like lychees, and tastes soft and waxy, like jelly, usually Most of the soup is made with Yao Zhu. The taste is basically the same, but much lighter than that of Yao Zhu. It is so light that people have no desire to continue tasting it. Rather than its taste, I was more impressed by its coldness.

3. Sea urchin sashimi

This is the first time I saw this kind of thing. I saw on the menu that you can only order one dish if there is no table. I thought it was so delicious and rare. I was curious about the food and ordered it. The taste was indeed unflattering, like American ginseng with a strong fishy smell, and there were strips of paste, like the loose feces of a Teddy dog.

I remember reading The Twenty-Four Filial Piety when I was in school. It talked about a man named Yu Qianlou during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. His father was seriously ill. The doctor told him that to know whether his illness was good or bad, he only had to taste the patient's feces. It tasted bitter. Just fine. When Yu Qianlou tasted it, it tasted sweet. His father died soon. But these three bitter things in front of me can make me feel particularly healthy after just one bite.

4. Japanese Raw Beef

The appearance of this dish is indeed unsatisfactory, and the portion is far less than expected. With four or five pieces of beef, you can basically finish it in one bite. A pitiful piece of beef looked like a withered leaf in my mouth, mixed with the smell of smoke, and the cold texture. It reminded me of the smell of burning paper on the tomb during the Qingming Festival, but it was not burned and was wet by the rain. It was sad.

Fortunately, there is a bowl of lemon vinegar next to it. This sour juice with different levels makes this dead leaf glow with new life. The original taste of only black and white becomes bright and lively, with that multi-layered acidity. It brings out the flavor inside the meat and makes it more lively.

5. Matsutake Seafood Soup

Matsutake, an ingredient, was once highly hyped by China on the Tip of the Tongue, but generally available matsutake is farmed, and the taste is not as good as in the show. So beautifully said.

This matsutake seafood soup is packaged in a teapot. To be honest, I really disagree with this way of presenting the food. When I opened it, it turned out that the teapot was just a fig leaf to cover up the cut corners, and I didn’t even look at it. The so-called matsutake mushrooms, seafood only has a shrimp soaked in it.

Pour out a cup and drink it. The fungus flavor in the soup is more like chicken fir, and the taste of seafood is basically non-existent. If it doesn’t have such a loud name, it can barely pass the test. Overall, It's just a very ordinary mushroom soup.

6. Seabass sashimi

Seabass is usually eaten steamed. This is the first time I eat seabass sashimi. If it is not dipped in wasabi soy sauce, it will be as boring as white paper. Pair it with Adding wasabi soy sauce can highlight the flavor of wasabi soy sauce, and the taste is tougher than platinum gun, a bit like underripe eggplant.

7. Octopus sashimi

The taste of octopus itself has a similar frequency to the golden taste of white tuna, but it is more divergent in the sense of smell, and octopus sashimi combines it with the golden taste of white tuna. This divergence is carried from the sense of smell to the sense of taste. Octopus sashimi has its own unique toughness and is more chewy. During the chewing process, its unique taste spreads in the mouth and will not dissipate for a long time.

When eating octopus sashimi, it is recommended not to dip it in wasabi, because the two flavors do not go together in the same scene. Two equally competitive flavors fight in the mouth, like too many colors of light. When put together, it looks very dazzling. Don’t ask me how I know this. Right now, I just want to spit out this dazzling light. People who don’t know think I feel it’s so unpalatable that I feel like vomiting.

It is not advisable to eat too much octopus sashimi, as the taste is too predatory and will occupy your taste nerves for a long time.

8. Gargi fish sashimi

Gargi fish has a sweetness similar to the Hawaiian clams we just ate. It gradually becomes lighter from the skin to the inside, and the taste is better than the Hawaiian clams. It's more real, and it gives the illusion of eating Yao Zhu.

9. Salmon sashimi

I have always thought that salmon is a very strange thing. When it is not dipped in wasabi and soy sauce, it tastes like wax and you can’t understand why it is eaten. Yes, but when you dip it in a little wasabi and soy sauce, its own flavor will be stimulated (or contrasted), especially the mellow and mellow meat texture, and the thick and greasy fishy smell that goes best with raw egg yolk.

I asked the waiter for a raw egg yolk, pierced it, stirred it into egg liquid, dipped the salmon in wasabi soy sauce, and then wrapped it with a layer of egg liquid. The whole taste couldn't be more familiar and transparent. After tasting the rich fishy egg yolk and tasting the salmon activated by mustard and soy sauce, it is exactly the same delicacy as when eating the moon boat. However, this order cannot be disrupted. If you wrap it in egg liquid first and then dip it in mustard and soy sauce, the whole taste will be different. No, it's just as boring as ever.

10. Grilled Oyster

The whole grilled oyster is shriveled as shown in the picture. Not only does it make people unappetizing, but after one bite, it is full of oil, onions and garlic. To be honest, it's not as good as the grilled eggplant from the barbecue stall outside. Apart from the shell, the only thing left that lets me know it's an oyster is the name.

11. Akakai Sushi

In my opinion, sushi was invented to fill the stomach, so sushi can be said to be incompatible with buffet, but the menu This Akabe sushi successfully caught my attention. After all, I have never tasted this little guy named Akabe.

But I regretted it as soon as I ate the first one. Maybe as a restaurant in the north, we are particularly opposed to eating soft rice. The rice in the sushi is indeed hard enough, but the scallops on top are like a piece of rice without any texture. The dried radish tastes old and bland, but if the dried radish was this color, it would be more popular.

12. Cod egg roll

In many Japanese comics and Japanese dramas, the bento will have egg rolls as a home-cooked dish. In my fantasy, egg rolls should be sweet. Maybe it’s because I lived in Guangdong since I was a child. When I mention egg rolls, they are Macau’s specialty egg rolls. There is something weird about eating salty egg rolls that is beyond recognition.

Egg rolls have a unique egg flavor, just like cakes from a bakery, which further stimulates my fantasy of fluffy and sweet egg rolls. It's a pity that all the illusions were shattered at the entrance, and all that was left in my mind was the word "salty". The salty eggs were sandwiched with the saltier cod, and the egg and fish flavors were drowned in the salty taste.

13. New Zealand Lamb Chops

The lamb chops have a strong smell as soon as they come up. It is a very extended smell, and you won’t feel it after eating it. It was thicker, but was replaced by the monotonous salty taste. The meat is relatively thick and oily, making you feel full. After eating one portion, you immediately realized that you felt something in your stomach, so you rested for a while and continued your fight.

14. Cheese-baked scallops

When I was in Guangdong, the cheese-baked seafood series was my favorite. The cheese-baked oysters and cheese-baked lobsters all let the seafood itself show through the cheese. Out of the other side. Therefore, I am full of expectations for the cheese baked scallops here. Unfortunately, the scallops here are not satisfactory. The scallops do not have the freshness of scallops, and the cheese does not have the milky aroma it should have. The whole thing is covered with a salty taste. Really Very disappointing.

15. Fried cheese fish steak

I think I ate a fake fried cheese fish steak. It looks normal on the outside, but after one bite, it tastes like scallops. Familiar salty taste. When I looked inside, I saw neither cheese nor fish fillet. The filling was a white liquid like rice cereal. If I said it was sperm, I might believe it.

16. Baked snails with cheese

I have never eaten snails. After eating them according to this recipe, I feel that the texture of snails is similar to that of snails. They are quite chewy, but the cheese The combination with minced garlic is really bad. The two flavors are fighting together in the mouth, and they can't melt together anyway. And the taste of snail itself can't be tasted at all. I don't like it. A dish in which the ingredients dominate the scene.

17. Fried Pork Chop

Among so many dishes, I think the most substantial and substantial one is the Fried Pork Chop. Although the taste is average, nothing outstanding. Performance, but firm pork chop, paired with sweet and sour sauce, has a real sense of sweet and sour happiness.

18. Teriyaki conch

The texture of conch is similar to that of snails, both are chewy and chewy, but too much teriyaki sauce is added, making the whole dish too salty. , so that it masks the taste of the snail meat.

The whole meal process took about two and a half hours, and during this period, what impressed me most was not any of the dishes, but this cup of hawthorn juice, which was sour, sweet and refreshing. The taste is indeed very appetizing, and it is different from those sexy soft drinks.

Eating seriously can indeed improve the sensitivity of the palate to taste, and can better perceive the subtle changes in food. However, if the object of perception is not strong, it will be a very painful thing, and the deliciousness will be magnified tenfold. Times, disgust can be magnified ten times, and this is also an energy-consuming thing, especially if you eat seriously for a long time, after a meal, you will be exhausted physically and mentally.

Before leaving, the smiling waiter asked me if I had any comments or suggestions. I took a look at the small notebook I had filled with several pages, and I didn’t know where to start, so I had to say to her:

"No objections, they are all good.

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I believe everyone can see this when they see it. In fact, I am not very happy after eating the whole meal, and I am indeed very disappointed, but life is like this in many cases, and a lot of thought and cost are spent, but The results are not satisfactory. You can fill a small notebook with complaints, but when you really face life, even if you have a lot of emotions, you can only say one sentence

"It's pretty good"

Then continue to look forward to the next meal~

(? . )?

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