My Restaurant is Connected to the Northern Song Dynasty

"I, Su Shi, and my younger brother, have come to Beijing from Meizhou to take the imperial examination. I miss the flavors of my hometown. Does your restaurant have Sichuan delicacies?"

"Yes! This restaurant is the Sichuan Restaurant!"

Ever since Wu Ming opened the door to 1056, he no longer had to worry about the restaurant's business.

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"Wu Lou in the south of the state is the best wine shop in the capital, with more than a thousand drinkers. Everyone in the restaurant, no matter who they are, must queue up to enter. Even if one drinks alone, the cups are made of first-class glass. The fruits and vegetables are all exquisite, and cold water and tea are all refillable. They also have twice-cooked pork, fish-flavored pork shreds, and steamed pork with rice flour, all for only a hundred coins per minute."

- Excerpted from "Dongjing Menghualu"