Heart of the Castle

Chapter 1 The Melody on the Tip of the Tongue: The Century-old Caviar of the Great Wall of Ice

Usually for a gourmet, the most delicious caviar should be the freshest endless sea black caviar, seasoned with bay leaves and green pepper from the dusk forest, the strong aroma of sea water bursts on the tip of the tongue The feeling, the crazy explosion of deliciousness in the mouth, is simply beyond description in words.

Before coming to the Kingdom of Arthur, I had the same thought.

But in a humble roadside inn near the Great Wall of Ice, my thoughts changed drastically.

I remember that it was because of the bad weather, I missed the booked hotel, and when it was about two hours away from Everwinter Castle, the weather turned bad again, and the rainy moisture filled the wagon carriage.The coachman described the dangers of the night road to me and a few fellow travelers in detail—some of them exaggerated, and we agreed to spend the night at the nearest roadside inn.

When I first saw that hotel, I thought it was not the right choice at all. The hotel is very small, with only a dozen rooms, and most of them are full of small merchants, coachmen and poor tourists. The noise can be imagined .To make matters worse, when looking out from the narrow window, you can only see a dark forest at all, and there is only a winding and dilapidated path leading to the distance, and there is no scenery at all.

I don’t know if it’s because the building of the hotel has been in disrepair for a long time. I always feel that the floor is too heavy in one direction. If I put a gold coin on it vertically, it will definitely roll back to the other side. Even the furniture is too heavy. of.

I decided to change the room because it was unbearable to stay in such a room for one night, but before that, I still have to fill my hungry stomach, although I don't think there is anything that can be called good food in such a simple hotel s things.

It turns out I was wrong.

The next morning, when I sipped steaming fish soup with the specialty iced caviar and noodle cakes, all the unhappiness disappeared, leaving only the great satisfaction in my heart.

The noodle cakes are made of the new wheat of the year, with browned skin and soft inside; the main ingredients of the fish soup are the freshest bamboo prawns and scorpion fish, with thyme, carnation and other spices, so delicious that it seems to melt your tongue.But these are not as good as frozen caviar. It is not ordinary caviar, but the spineless fish that is a specialty of Heihe. Black caviar, but there is a moving feeling that black caviar can't match.

I must admit, I'm obsessed with the taste.

The simple meal recipe of the nameless roadside inn:
Appetizer: Black River Frozen Caviar
Main Course: Roasted Veal Short Ribs with Rosemary

Soup: Heihe Bamboo Shrimp Seasoned Thick Soup
Main dish: freshly baked oatmeal

(End of this chapter)