Chapter 194 This Magical Soup
Silvia thought that since he had finished his business discussion, he would go back directly. She
didn’t expect him to take lier to a restaurant.
The restaurant I recommended to you before, have you gone there?” Simon asked casually.
She nodded. “Yes, the food is good.”
Thinking of the restaurant, she remembered the incident and the chaos that ensued in the restaurant that day. Later, she had never seen the child again, and she did not know how his recovery was.
In fact, it was not rare for people to be allergic to food. Many people had food allergies, mainly to dairy or seafood. Some of them were even allergic to wheat, eggs, etc. There was even food that you wouldn’t think could cause allergies.
It wasn’t strange that she didn’t know about it, but that Helen, as the mother of the child, was not
even aware. It really was…
“Is there anything you wish to eat?” He naturally handed the menu to her after finding out that she could speak French
Silvia touched her earlobe with one hand and shook her head. “I’m not very familiar with the food here. It’s best if you order; I’m fine with anything.
In fact, the most important thing was that she could only stomach American food, which made it difficult for her to enjoy these foreign delicacies.
“Since we’ve already seen the Marseille soap, why don’t we try some Marseille fish soup? Also, we’ll have two steaks, and this one, this…” He pointed at the menu as he ordered. Then he looked at Silvia, “Since we are driving, let’s not order any wine?”
Silvia nodded and ordered two cups of orange juice. She closed the menu and handed it to the
waiter.
“Are you still angry?” Seeing her absent-minded expression, Simon asked.
*”What’s there to be angry about?” In fact, she had been lost in reverie. His words pulled her back to the present. “You gave me gifts and treated me to dinner. Do I still have the nerve to be angry?”
Simon laughed. “If that’s the case, then treating you to a meal is the right thing to do.”
“Thaven’t tasted the food yet. It’s not necessarily right,” Silvia said half-jokingly.
The food was served quite speedily. It seemed that the dishes were quite exquisite, and she could
not even tell what some of the dishes comprised of
“Have a taste.” He gestured, picked up the knife and fork, and began to cut the steak in front of him.
His movements were fastidious and elegant, and he cut the meat into small pieces.
Silvia thought the soup looked good and ladled some soup into a bowl with a spoon. “Did you just say that this is… a bowl of Marseille fish soup?”
“Yes! Remember to put the bread into the fish soup.” He glanced at it and said lightly.
“???” Although she was confused, she still did as he said, but she paused in her action of ladling the
soup. “And then?
“If you don’t mind the smell of garlic, you can add a little more rouille to the bread slices (a little bit of garlic chili sauce).”
Silvia did not know what to say.
From Silvia’s point of view and knowledge, she had already begun to equate this dish with “dark
cuisine”. However, he had invited her to dinner, and he had spent a lot of effort and money on it.
She should at least give him some face and try the dish.
She tasted it cautiously. It was delicious, with some complex fragrance mixed with some spices. The very complicated smell hit her tastebuds, and she couldn’t help but cough twice.
“How is it?” Simon stopped eating, took out a piece of tissue, and handed it to her.
“It tastes good.” After a pause, she added, “It’s very delicious.”
It was indeed very delicious, but she couldn’t figure out what types of ingredients were in it. Compared to her sense of smell, her lastebuds were not that sensitive.
“Marseille fish what kind of fish is that?” She thought about it for a while, but she didn’t find any taste of fish. She just felt that there were all kinds of herbs, such as garlic, fennel, bay leaf and coriander. Of course, the most obvious taste was the tartness of the tomatoes, and there were also
some onions and celery. In fact, there were already a few kinds of spices that she didn’t like, but
when they were mixed together, they were not too excessive and were quite tolerable.
Hearing her question, a trace of a smile appeared on Simon’s face. “It’s not Marseille fish, it’s Marseille fish soup.”
He placed an emphasis on some of the words and deliberately paused. Only then did Silvia realize
that she had made a fool of herself.
The so called Marseille fish soup was just a kind of special delicacy of Marseille, not a soup made of Marseille fish. Fortunately, only he heard her question, so it was not too embarrassing.
“Then… what kind of fish stew is this? I can’t tell when I tried it.”
Alter lasting it again, she felt that the taste of fish was very delicious, and there was also the taste of
fresh shellfish and shrimp. However, it was too rich, so she couldn’t tell what they were.
“The specialty of the Marseille fish soup is that the taste differs each day.” wiping his hands leisurely, he put the steak he had already cut up in front of her, and then took her untouched steak.
“Are you not used to this taste? Have some steak,” he said.
Silvia was very surprised. “How did you know I am not used to it?”
Was her behavior so obvious? Although she really didn’t like it very much, she didn’t really show
her dislike of it.
“You don’t like celery, onions, and ginger even more, and you don’t really like fish, do you?” He said this lightly, but every word he said was particularly precise.
“I’ve never told you!” She was a little picky about food, but not to the extent that she would refuse to eat it at all. So every time she ate with him, she would not make any special requests.
Simon looked at her helplessly. He pointed at his own eyes and said, “You didn’t say it, but I have eyes. I can see.”
Well, it seemed that what he said made some sense.
But
She looked down at the orange-red fish soup in front of her. “Since you know that I don’t really like
fish, why did you bring me to drink fish soup?”
Simon looked at her intently and said meaningfully, “Because…”
“Life is so short, there are always many things to try.”
Silvia did not know what to say.
“Well, in fact, it’s because this place is very famous for the fish soup, so I wanted you to have a taste. Although you don’t like fish, you don’t dislike it too much. You still like grilled fish and boiled fish, don’t you?” He put the soaked bread into his mouth and said with a smile.
Silvia was speechless.
He was right about everything
What was interesting was that the aftertaste in her mouth made her want to drink another bowl of soup. At first, she felt that it was very common, but the smell of spices mixed together spread in her mouth, which made her want to have another bowl.
This soup was magical!
As she was eating, her phone rang. She was a little surprised to see that it was from Winne, so she
pressed the answer button.
“Winnie?”
“Sister Silvia, did Ladarius contact you?” She asked directly.