mtl008 Chapter 2271 Gotham Music Chapter ()
Chapter 2271 Gotham Music Chapter ()
Chapter 2271 Gotham Music Festival (Ten)
Unexpectedly, after Schiller finished speaking, the Spider-Men had no intention of leaving. They kept lingering behind Schiller's chair until Schiller called each of their names. Then they sighed, lowered their hands, and left in disappointment.
Not all Spider-Men are here this time. Most of them are those that are more familiar to Peter from Schiller's universe. They are usually quite distinctive, so it is not difficult to distinguish them.
Even so, this was quite amazing patience. Bruce knew that if there were so many Batmen standing in front of Pride, he would just call them all Batman and tell them to get lost. Of course, they probably wouldn't gather in front of one person at the same time, which would be a bit too embarrassing.
More and more dishes were served. Today's theme was obviously seafood. It must be mentioned that Gotham's food culture is actually very famous. Even people in Metropolis would say that the best restaurant in Metropolis is in Gotham.
In fact, many gourmets have risked their lives to come to this city to taste delicious food. The most attractive thing about this place for them is that the food culture among the common people is actually far superior to that of high-end restaurants.
Perhaps the more difficult the situation, the more people can find ways to cook various ingredients. The East District is close to the docks and was once the poorest place in Gotham. Seafood was once the only ingredient that the poor people here could use to fill their stomachs.
Living by the sea and eating from the sea does not just mean that people living by the sea rely on food from the sea to survive, it also means that they are the best at eating marine life and have much richer experience in seafood cooking than inland people.
Gotham is located on the east coast of the United States, and in the northeast, it is affected by both the Labrador Current and the North Atlantic Current. As we all know, the world's famous fishing grounds are all at the intersection of ocean currents, and cold water seafood that is more affected by cold currents often has a fresher and sweeter taste.
But cold water seafood also has disadvantages. Because the temperature is too low, it does not grow as fast as warm water seafood and reproduces slowly. It is often smaller in size and has a lower yield. The larger ones will be very expensive.
But the seafood in Gotham doesn't have this problem. As I said before, the growth of organisms in Gotham often doesn't depend much on the food chain and natural climate. No matter whether it is the Green of All Things or the Red of All Life, they can grow as big as they want.
This creates a unique wonder in the world, big, sweet cold-water seafood. The only problem is that eating it involves some small risks.
The factors that make them so big can certainly be called dangerous, but there is also the possibility that the seafood will jump out of the pot and hit you. Even so, there are still people willing to take the risk to feast on them, which shows how precious these ingredients are.
But the above dangers are for outsiders. Gotham residents do not have such worries, especially the poor in Gotham. As the toxin-rich group at the top of the food chain, when seafood enters their stomachs, the toxins come in with bared fangs and claws, and run away crying.
As for being slapped by the seafood in the pot, it’s not a big deal. If you are not in a hurry, just put it back into the pot and stew it for a while. If you are really hungry, you can just shoot it to pieces.
Although Gotham has a large seafood industry, due to coastal pollution, most fishing boats can only fish in the distant ocean, which is costly and causes great losses. Therefore, the ingredients brought back are still very precious, and the poor people in Gotham will find ways to squeeze every bit of value out of them.
For example, cutting a large piece of meat to make sashimi is the way the rich people in the South eat. Gotham people like to dry fresh fish into dried fish. When they want to eat it, they use a special grater to cut the fish meat, put it into a grinder to break it into fish floss, and then fry the small fish with the internal organs removed. After chopping it up, mix it with egg yolk to make a special seafood mayonnaise, which is spread on a piece of bread and the fish floss is sandwiched between a piece of bread and eaten.
Of course, there is also the old-fashioned rye porridge. Rye is not really a delicious food, and the same goes for oats, but they are very cheap and their nutritional value is relatively rich among staple foods.
Poor quality rye and oats are too pungent, so they choose to add a little agar when cooking porridge, and then fry the fish oil extracted from fish belly fat, add spices and cook it together with the porridge and let it cool down, which becomes a special oatmeal fish jelly, which does not have the unpalatable taste of rye and oats, and is full of the aroma of seafood, spices and fat.
Gotham is most famous for its hot dogs. Hot dogs in other places are either stuffed with sausages or bacon, but because it is almost impossible to grow grass, Gotham's farming industry is in a mess, and beef has to be imported from other places. Once it reaches the bottom, it becomes expensive and unpalatable.
So the people here invented a special way to make hot dogs, which is to clean the internal organs of the cuttlefish. Because it is in a tubular shape, it can be easily stuffed with onions and minced salmon, and then a long piece of frozen cheese is inserted in the middle to make a unique sausage.
When you don't eat it, you can freeze it. When you want to eat it, you can boil it first and then fry it. Then you can put it in bread like a normal hot dog, spread a thick layer of tuna, and sprinkle some fried onions. The taste is much richer than sausage hot dogs, and the seafood comes together, and the rich and fresh fragrance bursts in your mouth.
In addition to these classic local foods that incorporate American elements, the two kings of foreign cuisine in Gotham's lower-class community are still Indian cuisine and Chinese cuisine.
French cuisine has very high requirements on ingredients. The best ingredients that the poor people in the East District can get are the leftovers from high-end restaurants. Their completeness and freshness are questionable. There are relatively few French people in Gotham, and the inheritance of French cuisine is not complete enough. It is good enough to be served in high-end restaurants.
Italian cuisine has retained pizza and pasta, but unfortunately, most of the chefs who can cook authentic Italian food serve the twelve families, and these Italian foods in the folk have been basically changed beyond recognition.
On the contrary, the East Coast of the United States has always been a popular choice for Chinese and Indian immigrants. There is no other reason, mainly because the economy here is developed and there is a lot of money to be made.
In this era, almost no one comes here to pursue the dream of freedom. Most people come here just to make money from the exchange rate difference. Although Gotham is in chaos, the black industry can really make money, so it is also the first choice for immigrants from many Asian countries to work.
Of course, foreign immigrants also brought their own delicacies, and they didn't mind assimilating Gotham's local cooking methods, thus creating many unique immigrant foods.
Some of the Chinese in Gotham come from the former Hongmen, also known as the Zhi Gong Party, and a large number come from Fujian. But no matter where they are from, they are all residents of coastal cities and have their own unique techniques for cooking seafood.
They brought good news to the slums of Gotham - all kinds of porridge, noodles, stewed food, and mixed vegetables, stalls appeared on every street in the East District, day and night, regardless of the weather.
At dawn, standing on a higher floor and looking down, every wisp of hot air rising from the low and messy bungalows in the East District is a totem of victory for the people of Gotham who have survived yesterday. The loud shouts with a thick accent are the charge to get through today fearlessly.
The reason why the delicious food brought by the Chinese is so popular is also related to the business nature of their restaurants. I come before the sun comes, I don’t leave until the moon goes, I take orders when criminals kill people, and I deliver food when there is a gang fight.
Day and night, they rushed to every famous scene in Gotham. When the chemical plant exploded, the food delivery motorcycle rushed through the flames. When the ship sank, the stall owners at the dock just stacked up the pots and pans and put the towels around their necks.
Their will to survive is even more ridiculous than this ridiculous city. They can shoot down giant seagulls and take them home to make soup, or fight with squid monsters and carry a tentacle back to make salt and pepper squid. Many Gotham locals have learned what Chinese bosses always say: no matter what, people have to eat.
In comparison, Indian bosses are not so aggressive, but their tolerant attitude towards food is even more astonishing. All Indian restaurants in Gotham use water from the Gotham River. Even native Gothamites have to gamble on whether the water will flow before they eat a meal of curry.
Of course, Indian cuisine is still relatively well-recognized in Europe and the United States, and its hygiene conditions are not as worrying as in their home country, but they can really stew anything with enough spices. The main dish of curry is alien stewed Gundam, which still tastes delicious.
Most Indian restaurants do not provide takeout, they only provide dine-in services. There is a row of large basins filled with curry at the door. The strong aroma of spices can be smelled from two blocks away. This is the best sign to attract customers.
When you enter the store, don't ask what kind of curry it is. Take the stainless steel basin and add a spoonful of red, a spoonful of yellow, and a spoonful of green according to color. Then scoop two large spoonfuls of rice from the wooden barrel. If you are well-off, add two fried fish. After mixing, sprinkle some chili powder.
The calories in the staple food and spices are enough to perfectly compensate for the consumption caused by heavy physical labor, so it is particularly popular among dock workers. After lunch, you can also put curry in a plastic bottle, go home and cook some rice and pour it on it for another delicious meal.
Of course, there are also Turkish, Belgian and some Nordic cuisines here, but there are either only one or two specialty restaurants, or the prices are very expensive, so only those with better conditions can occasionally eat there to satisfy their cravings.
The rich people in Gotham are also rather strange. They do not follow the general trend in Europe and the United States and blindly pursue the authenticity of certain European countries' cuisines. They prefer to eat local dishes, which have heavier flavors than French and Spanish dishes. They will never compromise and will never eat tasteless meals.
This has led to the opening of many fusion restaurants in Gotham. Over the past hundred years, countless excellent chefs have incorporated the flavor of Gotham's local cuisine into various cuisines, and then combined the cuisines that have common characteristics.
With their chaotic yet genius little heads, they unconventionally use their imagination to create some amazing foods in the food desert of the United States.
When dish after dish was served, with bright colors and strong aromas, it seemed like a punch to people's eyes and noses at the same time.
At this time, the benefits of sitting at separate tables were reflected. The Gotham people at the table began to talk about each dish, introducing the ingredients, cooking methods and taste.
When everyone at the table was about to unwrap the curry crab, Bruce finally came out of his daze. He paused for a moment and then shouted, "Wait, the dishes are not finished yet."
(End of this chapter)