Western reporter was shocked: How could this dish appear here ...

Author: Geng Zhi

According to Reuters, when officials and reporters from Western countries were waiting for the NATO summit on Tuesday, they were surprised to find that the menu provided by the venue coffee shop actually listed a "Russian -flavored potato salad" Dishes.

This directly caused their surprise.

Reuters said that although this "Russian salad" dish is common in many restaurants in Spain, it is about to open at the NATO Summit, and the meeting is about to be discussed as Russia's "security threat". On the menu of the venue coffee shop, it attracted the attention and even shock of the reporters and Western officials.

A Spanish journalist said: "Russian salad appeared at the NATO summit? I was surprised by my choice of this dish."

However, Reuters said that because this high carbohydrate salad made of peas, potatoes, radish and egg yolk sauce was very attractive, even if the name was controversial, the dish was sold out within an hour.

To some extent, this is quite similar to the West's sanctions on Russia, but it is difficult to get rid of the dependence on Russia's energy, which is quite similar.

However, according to Reuters, at the banquet of the foreign ministers and defense ministers of the participating countries, they have eaten dishes that have been processed by the Spanish chef and renamed "Ukraine Salad".

In addition, some Spanish media said in March this year that since Russia launched "special military operations" against Ukraine at the end of February this year, many Spanish restaurants have successively named the "Russian salad" on the menu as "Ukraine" or "Kyiv Salad" to show support for Ukraine. The person in charge of the Spanish restaurant also said that this idea was originally proposed by a Russian because he also opposed Russia.

Some people changed the name of this dish to "Oliviya Salad" because this salad was originally created by Russian cuisine chef Luzian Oliviya, a Russian cuisine of French in Belgium in the 19th century. However, some people said that the recipe of this dish first appeared in the cooking book written by Charles Elmé Francatelli, a British chef in Italy.

Finally, it is not a new thing to make political protests by renamed dishes. After the United States had illegally invaded Iraq at that time, the United States' warriors and some politicians had renamed the official name of French fries "French French fries" to "French French fries" in order to protest France's opposition to the United States.

At the same time, this is not the first time that the West will have the name "Russia" name in the West since the Russian -Ukraine conflict. In April of this year, the National Art Museum of the United Kingdom changed the famous French impressionist painter Edgar Degas, "Russian Dancer" created in 1899 as "Ukrainian Dancer".

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