Chapter 035: Santa Ana Ballroom
"Senior, what are we going to eat?" Misa Akiyama happily circled around Muyang, giving Muyang the feeling that she was taking her sister out to play.
"I don't have anything I particularly like to eat." Mu Yang said.
"Then I'll treat you to Japanese cuisine. I know there is a very authentic Japanese restaurant." Misa Akiyama said.
"It seems that Japanese cuisine is very expensive." Mu Yang has never eaten Japanese cuisine, but in his impression, Japanese cuisine is synonymous with being too full and very expensive.
"Let's go and try it, senior." The girl actually used to act coquettishly and couldn't resist it. "Okay, I really haven't eaten Japanese cuisine, so go and try the authentic flavor you mentioned."
"Matsunotei" Japanese restaurant is not far from behind Beiwai. After the two of them were ready in a booth, the girl handed the menu with both hands and said, "Please order the senior."
Mu Yang took the menu and knew everyone's words, but he didn't know what it was. He handed it back to Misa and said, "It's the first time I'm here, you'll do it."
"Okay, I will definitely make my senior fall in love with Japanese cuisine." After saying that, he smiled sweetly and started ordering.
After waiting for a while, Mu Yang's main feeling was that the plate was very delicate and the dishes were full of dishes, but I just couldn't see how many dishes were. On a plate, there was at most something to eat, which was speechless.
"Senior, this is the meat of the naked body, which is the meat of the tuna. This is the Chinese name, it seems to be the red turtle fish, this is the meat of salmon, this is..." Akiyama Misa introduced to Mu Yang like that.
The meat is delicious, with a little bit of mustard, and the taste is very good, but only a few slices. And Mu Yang just looked at the price, and this plate of sashimi costs 300 yuan, which is simply a robbery.
"Senior, this is sushi. The main ingredients are rice seasoned with vinegar, plus some ingredients such as fish, seafood, horse meat, vegetables or eggs." Misa Akiyama said, "Putting a piece of sushi for Muyang.
Mu Yang said in his heart that this is obviously whether the rice ball is good or not. It is just adding some ingredients and making it more refined.
"This is fresh shrimp miso soup, please try it." The girl introduced the soup in front of her with a few slices of wakame, Japanese tofu and two shrimps on it.
"Drink Japanese sake, drink it." He poured wine for Mu Yang.
How to say this meal? The girl introduced a lot of diet-related knowledge, allowing Mu Yang to understand the practice and history of many Japanese dishes, as well as the food.
But Mu Yang didn't eat enough, nor did he eat well. He strengthened his previous thoughts. Japanese food is expensive and not full. As for the taste, it depends on your opinion. Anyway, Mu Yang thinks it is very ordinary.
Perhaps the most enjoyable part of this meal is the girl’s care. It really makes me feel like serving Muyang’s cloth dishes and wine. In fact, this is the most important part of this meal.
Mu Yang didn't know that the people next to him were already tempted by the people. They took their girlfriends out for dinner and never enjoyed such treatment. They all had to take care of the girls. Seeing the beautiful girl opposite Mu Yang and taking care of Mu Yang with all her heart, I really saw it and was jealous.
After dinner, the two were walking on campus. Misa Akiyama said, "Senior, are you still satisfied with the dinner?"
"It's very good, mainly because Misa's care has made the meals look a lot."
The girl smiled sweetly, "The senior also needs to take care of Misa." The girl said coquettishly.
"This weekend, I will take you to experience the charm of the old capital, how about it?" Mu Yang said.
"Okay, I have been to the Great Wall and the Forbidden City, and I have eaten snacks from the capital on Wangfujing Snack Street. I wonder where my seniors will take me?" Misa's beautiful eyes were full of dazzling colors.
"You will know then. It is definitely an authentic old capital style that you have never seen before." Muyang, a native of the capital, still has this confidence.
When he sent Meisha back to the dormitory, Mu Yang did not return to the dormitory, but returned to his home. He had not done the task for several days. He had checked some information these days and felt that he had prepared almost the same. Today he was preparing to complete the fourth system task.
Using the transformation technique to change his appearance to Takana Yamada, Muyang traveled to a hotel in Tianjin.
It was still in the morning of the Republic of China that Mu Yang took a shower, then slept beautifully on the soft big bed. This time, he slept until four or five o'clock in the afternoon, washed up, put on his military uniform, and Mu Yang left the hotel.
Instead of driving his sidecar motorcycle, Mu Yang waved directly on the street to stop a rickshaw.
"Imperial Army, where are you going?" asked the coachman with his feet tied and a steamed bun-headed felt hat with respect.
"Go to the Santa Ana dance hall." After Mu Yang finished speaking, he leaned his body on the seat. The coachman dared not be negligent and lifted the handlebar and ran quickly. It was really true that he ran fast and steadily.
Seeing this three-story building, Mu Yang knew that he had arrived at the place, so he threw a silver dollar to the coachman and walked straight into the building.
"Santa Ana Dance Field" is located on William Street in the German Concession, the second floor of the Dahua Cinema.
Dahua Cinema is a luxury cinema built by the Belarusian Kurayev in October 1916. It was the most luxurious cinema in Tianjin at that time.
The second floor is the Santa Ana dance hall, with band accompaniment and White Russian dancers dancing. Whenever night comes, there are lights and wine, singing and dancing. In the early years, Zhang Xueliang and Miss Zhao Si went to this dance hall to dance. The third floor of the cinema is the projection room and the manager's office. On the roof of the third floor is a large platform of more than 300 square meters. There is an open-air dance field and a restaurant in summer. There is a luxurious elevator that runs from downstairs to the open-air dance field on the third floor.
After the outbreak of the Pacific War in 1941, Japan implemented military control over Guanghua Cinema. The current manager is Imada San, and still implemented the original business strategy. However, the current Belarusian dancers have become multinational dancers, of which more than half of them are Japanese dancers.
It was still early, and Mu Yang took the elevator to the open-air platform on the third floor. There was Western food here. Mu Yang was going to eat a little here directly and wait for a walk to the dance hall in the evening.
"Good afternoon, Lord Nakasa, what's there to serve you?" A Japanese kimono woman came over to see her.
"Arrang me a seat, I want to have supper here." Mu Yang said, taking off his gloves and hat and handing it to the waitress.
The waitress quickly took the thing handed over by Mu Yang, "Please follow me." She bowed and led the way.
"What do you have here?" After sitting down, Mu Yang asked with the wet towel handed over by the waiter.
"Your Excellency, we mainly serve Western food here, including French steak, German pork elbow, spaghetti, venison stewed with red wine, cheese-baked mashed potatoes..." The waitress said many dishes. It seemed that this place was not limited to the taste of any country, it was a hodgepodge, but fortunately, it was all specialized in various countries.
"Okay, I'll give me a black pepper steak, a grilled lamb chop, a German elbow, a dessert, and a French onion soup." Mu Yang slept for a long time, felt a little hungry, and ordered everything.
“Do you need alcohol?”
"Give me a bottle of red wine, what good introduction?"
"Do you think Changyu Jie Baina can do it?"
"Chinese red wine, just be sure to be good."
At this time, Japan was already in a confrontation with the West due to war, so European red wine was rarely shipped to the East. This kind of restaurant has high-end red wine, but it is generally reserved for real VIPs to enjoy.
In fact, although Changyu Jiebaina is produced domestically, its taste is recognized internationally and is not inferior to that of the red wine produced by French second-grade wineries.
Muyang didn't eat Western food many times, but he still went there twice with his cousin Song Xi and studied the dining etiquette of Western food seriously, which is also to prepare for diplomatic work in the future.
The food was served, which may be due to the raw materials or the chef's superb skills. Mu Yang felt that the food was delicious, which made him have a big appetite.
Mu Yang ate slowly with a knife and fork, and drank a sip of red wine from time to time. At this time, there were two or three tables of guests on the open-air platform, all of which were Japanese officers. The highest level was a colonel, with a woman in kimono with heavy makeup around her. However, judging from the age difference, she knew that the two should not be husband and wife.
The table closest to him was a Japanese major, only one table away from him. When he sat down, he met Mu Yang's gaze. The Japanese major nodded politely, and Mu Yang nodded in return.
However, Mu Yang found that the woman brought by the major was wearing a cheongsam, and the two of them said Chinese after sitting down. Mu Yang was sure that the woman was Chinese, so he couldn't help but look at the woman carefully curiously.
Chapter completed!