The story of Prince Sihanouk's chicken and duck blood soup is widely spread in China, but this resentment is not for Prince Sihanouk, and it is not he who wants to drink chicken and duck blood soup by name, it was prepared for him by the department that entertained him. People of similar status as Prince Sihanouk have also eaten this dish, but the media does not publicize others but only promotes him.
In fact, Prince Sihanouk has no preference for chicken and duck blood soup, and his favorite food should be French foie gras! Although Prince Sihanouk is Cambodian, he is very fond of French food. Probably because Cambodia has been a French colony for many years, French culture and French cuisine are popular in Cambodia.
Prince Sihanouk's granddaughter-in-law, Mr. Jean-Marie Gombasselez, wrote a book, Sihanouk, the Unsinkable King. In the book, Mr. Jean-Marie Gombasselez mentions that when he visited Prince Sihanouk in the compound at 15 Dongjiaomin Lane in Beijing, Prince Sihanouk left him to eat, and the dish he served was Western French cuisine. The chef of the compound at No. 15 Dongjiaomin Lane in Beijing is a western chef with exquisite cooking skills!
There are three delicious dishes in Western food, namely French foie gras with caviar and truffles! Europeans list foie gras, along with caviar and truffle, as the "world's three treasures". French foie gras is the fatty liver of the goose, and the fat in it is about 50%. This fat content is similar to the cream on a birthday cake. No wonder Prince Sihanouk is fat, probably because he loves to eat French foie gras.
French foie gras is a traditional dish in France, known in French as "FoieGras". "Gras" means top notch, which shows that foie gras has an extraordinary place in French cuisine. French foie gras can only be tasted in high-end French restaurants. The French foie gras is very delicious, melts in the mouth and is as soft as cream.
Prince Sihanouk's love of eating French foie gras also led to three interesting short stories, which can be regarded as related to history, because these three small stories involved historical figures or the social environment of the time, and one link was linked.
The first little story is that Prince Sihanouk lived in Beijing after he was deposed, and just when a French female reporter asked him to help with something, he asked the French female reporter to help him carry back two pounds of French cream foie gras.
However, for various reasons, the French female reporter was unable to give Sihanouk two pounds of French cream foie gras, and could not let King Sihanouk taste delicious. However, someone sent French foie gras to King Sihanoukville at this point, and it was really sleepy that someone sent a pillow.
The person who sent French foie gras to Prince Sihanoukville was his cousin Prince Sliemada, of course, not French cream foie gras, but canned foie gras mud, although different, but not much worse, and very precious.
At that time, Prince Sihanouk's mother, Empress Goshaman, came from Cambodia to Beijing, China, and was accompanied by several relatives, including Princess Pengshan Moni, the ex-wife of King Sihanouk, and her niece, Lady Bunnak.
Prince Sliemada knew that Prince Sihanouk liked to eat French foie gras, and that this famous dish was not eaten in China, so he asked Mrs. Bunnak to bring several boxes of canned foie gras to King Sihanouk.
However, when King Sihanouk saw his favorite canned foie gras mud, he not only did not thank Prince Schlimada, but also angrily refused to accept the canned foie gras that Prince Shrimada had given him, and asked Lady Bunnak to return the canned foie gras to Prince Shrimada.
Why? This was because Prince Shrimada and Prime Minister Lon Nol launched a coup d'état and deposed Prince Sihanouk, who was visiting abroad, causing Prince Sihanouk to return to his country and go into exile.
But this precious canned foie gras mud was not wasted, and Princess Pahua Devi, the daughter of King Sihanouk, said: "I like canned foie gras mud, so give it to me to eat." ”
Although Princess Pahua Daivi ate canned foie gras, when Princess Phong Shan Moni returned to Cambodia to see Prince Shilimada, she told Prince Shrimada that Sihanouk refused to accept his gift.
The third and second stories are decades apart, after Prince Sihanouk ascended to cambodia's throne for the second time. By this time, Prince Sihanouk had become a white-haired man in his 70s. Prince Sihanouk became king of Cambodia again.
When a foreign reporter asked King Sihanouk if he had bought French foie gras, King Sihanouk heard something out of the ordinary and said, "French foie gras is for entertaining guests." ”
Thinking that being a king is not as comfortable as being a billionaire, Bill Gates is buying ten thousand Pieces of French Foie Gras a day, and no reporter will ask him. When the rich man does what he wants, when the king pays attention to the influence.
Although the French foie gras is very delicious, but everyone still do not want to taste, because the French foie gras and the general foie gras is not the same, is the goose forced feeding, the feeding process is very cruel, with a long metal tube, the food is directly stuffed into the deep throat of the goose, so that the goose will be fat enough to produce fatty liver. The Animal Society of France strongly demanded that foie gras be stopped. Of course this is a digression.
Turning the point, these three short stories sound funny, running through Prince Sihanouk's life in exile to his life after his return to the throne, and reflecting Prince Sihanouk's never forgive Prince Shilimada, even if Prince Shilimada takes the initiative to show his overtures.
(Note, Sihanouk's status was varied throughout his life, he was a king, a prince, a prime minister, and a prime minister.) ）
Reference: The Sihanoukville Family
The Unsinkable King ---- Sihanouk