This spacious and bright western restaurant had a French style. Instead of playing on the stereo, the dining music is played live by a small band. There was a steady stream of diners, but no noise at all.
Elizabeth Liang rarely came to such a high- end place for dinner, so she didn't have many ideas about what to order, especially when she saw that the menu was in French, she was daunted.
She was afraid that James would laugh at her again for being a hillbilly who knew nothing. In the end, she had bitten the bullet and pointed at two random things.
James looked up from the menu and looked at what she ordered. He frowned and said, "I ask you to order something to eat. Why do you order two bottles of red wine?"
"Er..." For a moment, Elizabeth's face turned crimson. She secretly glanced up at James. When she saw that he didn't look at her with disdain, she was a little relieved.
She was trying to say something to ease her embarrassment at the moment, but James on the other side had already looked back at the menu. He flipped two pages and said directly to the waiter beside him, "The egg blackfish sauce, cream snail, fried lotus pipe, pumpkin soup, exotic goose liver, fish fried beef liver, and chicken liver steak." Then he raised his head and looked at Elizabeth, who was still stunned, "Is it ok?" Elizabeth was baffled, but when she realized that he's ordering food for her, she immediately nodded like a chicken pecking rice.
"Do you have any favorite dessert?"
"No..."
"Then we need an apple pie and some ice cream, a bottle of Undurraga."He tipped the waiter and handed back the menu.
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Looking at the delicate and delicious food in front of her, Elizabeth was not in the mood to eat.
Although he didn't say anything about the farce she made in ordering food, She still felt embarrassed and wondered whether she brought disgrace to him.
She held the knife and fork, absent-mindedly cut the steak, and peeked at him from lashes.
He sat there and concentrated on cutting the steak on his plate. His back was straight, and he looked elegant and graceful. His hands were long and beautiful, and under the light of the knife and fork, they looked more powerful and beautiful.
She had always known that he was extremely handsome. She had had dinner with him and had seen him concentrate on his work. But now she's in a daze watching him cut the steak into beautiful pieces.
James picked up a piece of steak and was about to eat it. When he looked up, he saw her staring at him blankly. She paused her hand which was ready to deliver food into her mouth. He glanced at her plate and frowned. "Don't you want to eat?"
"Ah?" Elizabeth's whole body froze. Embarrassed, she quickly lowered her head and began to cut the steak.
Elizabeth was caught secretly peeping at him. Her hand was a little unstable. The knife and fork touched the plate with a soft noise, which startled her and she failed to cut a piece of steak.
James frowned. The sight of her trying to say something but paused and her clumsiness made him mistaken that she wanted to exchange his freshly cut steak with him.
"Hey! You." He put down his knife and fork. "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
He gently pushed his plate over, carried the whole steak in front of her back to him, and then began to cut the steak skillfully and gracefully.
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