The Austrian Restaurant is Alexei’s favorite restaurant in Bucharest. The Austrian goulash in this restaurant is very authentic. When I used to work in Bucharest, I would come here to taste the food whenever I had time. I even thought it was better than the goulash in the Vienna restaurant.
Be authentic.
Of course, the more important reason why Alexei likes this restaurant is that the owner and chef of the restaurant is his good friend, the Croatian Olic, because he saved the lives of Olic's wife and daughter back then.
The superb chef regarded Alexei as a family member from then on.
Alexey was completely different from worrying about security issues in Austrian restaurants. In fact, from the moment he entered the restaurant, he was cordially welcomed by Orci into a private box specially designed for him to prevent his identity from being leaked.
"My friend, hasn't Fontana arrived yet?" Alexey asked strangely.
Because he and Fontana had made an appointment to meet at seven o'clock, and Fontana was very punctual and had never been late after making an appointment with him. Why was it almost half past seven today and there was still no trace?
This can't help but make Alexei a little worried. After all, the security situation in Bucharest is not very good. Emotional civilians are often incited to attack some conservative nobles and landlords who are disliked by them. Ten incidents have happened on the street before.
There have been several cases of attacks on aristocratic carriages. Alexei doesn’t want Fontana to be in danger, but considering that the carriages Fontana has been traveling in recently are all plain and simple, it shouldn’t be a big problem, right?
To be honest, Alexey was a little resentful that he was useless. At this time, he could only let Fontana, a weak woman, go out to find out the news. This really made him feel embarrassed. It would be great if he was more capable!
Origi saw that Alexei was not in a good mood and comforted him: "My friend, don't worry, Miss Fontana has always been smart and nothing will happen to her!"
Alexey could only show a slightly bitter smile. Such comfort really had no effect on him. Origi could only change the topic and served him beef stew cooked by himself: "My friend,
Come try my new recipe and see if it suits your taste!"
To be honest, Alexey really didn’t want to taste the delicious food, but he couldn’t live up to his good friend’s kindness. He reluctantly ate a little and praised: “It’s very good. The cinnamon tastes very good. Your craftsmanship is getting better and better.”
, the chefs in Vienna have to secretly rejoice that you have no plans to develop with them, otherwise they can only watch helplessly as all their customers are snatched away by you!"
"Haha, I like hearing you say that, but Vienna is not a good place. I don't like Austrians. They all have their own eyes high and think they are the best in the world and look down on us foreigners..."
Alexei knew what Orici really meant. Croatia was under the rule of the Habsburg family. Although Croatia was also a subject of the empire, it definitely did not enjoy the treatment of a subject and belonged to the ruled minority nation.
Although Olic's Austrian cuisine is more authentic than that of a serious Austrian chef, so what, he is still a foreigner in the eyes of the Austrian rulers, how can they give him a good look?
This is actually a problem that Austria and the Habsburg family have not been able to solve for thousands of years. The territory ruled by this family has complex ethnic composition and various religious beliefs. Orthodox Christianity, Catholicism, Protestantism and Christianity have turned this empire into a
It was a pot of random stew, with everything mixed in. People of all nationalities and faiths were alienated from the empire. Once the empire's control declined, it would inevitably fall apart.
Alexey believed that Orici also wanted his country to win independence and establish an independent Croatia free from Austrian control. This made Alexey a little embarrassed because of what he is doing in Wallachia.
It happened to be the national liberation and independence movement that killed Wallachia. In the final analysis, it was the same as Russia and Austria.
Origi quickly realized this little embarrassment, but the chef quickly covered it up with a new dish, because he also knew Alexey and knew that although he was serving the extremely conservative Nicholas I
Although he is a service person, he still advocates freedom in his heart and is more sympathetic to the ethnic minorities in Central and Eastern Europe.
Alexey ate two more new dishes from Olic. It was already eight o'clock in the evening, and Fontana was already a full hour late. This was really abnormal. He had no intention of eating anymore, but
He ordered to the left and right:
"Go to Miss Straka's apartment and see what's going on."
Before Alexei finished speaking, he heard a bang on the door. The door to the private room was slammed open, and a man covered in blood rushed in panting and yelled at Alexei:
"Count, leave quickly! Something happened to Fontana. It's no longer safe here. Come with me!"
Alexey was startled, because it was Fontana's brother Haji who broke in. At this time, this strong man was covered in blood and had several knife wounds on his body, making him look extremely ferocious.
Alexey was also anxious. He rushed forward, grabbed Haji by the lapel of his clothes and asked, "Mr. Straka, what happened? What happened to Miss Fontana?"
"Ahem!"
Haji coughed twice, because Alexei's grip was really tight now, and he suddenly locked his shirt tightly, strangling him so hard that he couldn't breathe.
Only then did Alexey realize that Haji's condition was not very good. The strong man seemed to have been shot in the stomach, and the wound was still bleeding. His left arm was drooping, and there was a bullet hole in it.
Orci also screamed: "Mr. Straka, are you injured?"
Haji showed a smile that was uglier than crying, and said firmly: "I can't die yet! Just now, the Bretianu brothers sent people to capture Fontana. Although I received two shots, they also killed two dogs.
Cub!"
At this point, Haji's expression suddenly became serious, which made him look even more ferocious: "Count, Fontana asked me to inform you that you'd better leave Bucharest immediately. The brothers may have discovered your existence and are now
Ready to round you up!"
Alexey didn't care about this. He just wanted to know about Fontana's safety: "Where is Miss Straka? Is she safe? Where is she?"
Haji's expression was both sad and relieved. He choked and said, "Fontanna was also shot. She was seriously injured and had a lot of blood. But she didn't trust you and asked me to come to you quickly! She asked you to hurry up."
Leave Bucharest!”
Alexey suddenly became angry and roared: "How can I leave? This happened because of me, and I should be responsible to the end! Take me to Fontana, let's go to the Austrian Consulate General, it's the only place that's safe now