Punch: From third-rate anchor to top chef

Chapter 561 541. Ganzhou Night Market
Several people ate and chatted for a while until they couldn't eat any more. Cheng Wei suggested that Li Xiao pack the leftovers for his dog to eat, but Li Xiao refused.

"Brother, let's take it home and let my daughter eat more at home."

"Then I won't be polite." Cheng Wei smiled and called the waiter to pack up the things, and suggested that he can walk around to see what else he wants to eat, and treat it as a walk after dinner.

It was nearly four o'clock in the afternoon when they walked out of the restaurant. Li Xiao looked at the time and realized that they had eaten there for so long.

Such a large portion of roll chicken has not been finished after two or three hours. The heating in the box is enough to make people feel that things are not cold. I have to say that the service is too thoughtful.

At the end of the meal, Li Xiao even felt that he was full.

But relying on his quality as a gourmet anchor, he still ate conservatively to [-]% full.

After all, the stomach has to be left for the delicious food that will be tasted later.

Cheng Wei carried his daughter in his arms and led the two of them into the alley next to the restaurant.

After walking for about five or six minutes, Li Xiao felt that the scenery of this alley became more and more familiar.

"This street... looks a bit like Ganzhou Night Market." Li Xiao asked suspiciously.

"The night market is another street. It's called Ganzhou Market. It's bigger than that night market, but most of the shops inside are where locals like to come."

If it weren't for the decoration of these old shops next to it, Li Xiao could barely see any difference.

There are brightly colored pennants with the name of the shop everywhere, and the bluestone bricks on the ground feel similar to your feet when you walk on them.

"The economy here looks pretty good. I didn't expect such a rich place in the northwest of Dahan Kingdom." Li Xiao couldn't help sighing as he walked and watched.

"It's just that tourism has been promoted. In recent years, many Internet celebrities have talked about self-driving tour routes. It just so happens that Zhangye is famous for its Danxia landform, so people come and go, and business has increased." Cheng Wei led the way slowly, "By the way, Xiao Xiao, you should go to other places to taste delicious food in the future, right? Then you will go to Lianhuo, and you will be able to see the Danxia landform on the way."

"I have to say that Danxia is famous for a reason," Cheng Wei said in a flat tone, "But it's nothing unusual for us locals to see it a lot. People outside have never seen it, so it's okay to be curious. normal."

While listening, Li Xiao looked at the snack shops on the street, and saw a lot of black soup, almost without exception, it said gray bean porridge.

"Brother Cheng, what is this gray bean porridge? Is it a dessert or a staple food?" Interested, Li Xiao stopped Cheng Wei who was walking in front.

"It's dessert, if you want to eat it, let's go to Eight Immortals Porridge!" Cheng Wei gave a thumbs up, "I didn't expect Xiao Xiao to be so knowledgeable, and he found our Zhangye's delicious food directly after looking around a few times!"

Mo Jie walked behind, looking at the gray-black liquid object Li Xiao was pointing at, with a trembling expression on his face.

"This color doesn't look very good..."

Li Xiao, who was led by Cheng Wei to walk forward, happened to see a shop selling shrouds among a bunch of shops, and realized deeply that this is the "food street" where the real locals gather.

The name of the Eight Immortals Porridge shop mentioned by Cheng Wei is simple but full of immortality: [Magnolia Eight Immortals Porridge].

At this point, when the night market is really lively, there are only a few customers sitting sparsely in the restaurant.

The decoration in the restaurant is very simple, the decoration of ordinary tables and chairs is completely different from the roll chicken just now.

"Brother Cheng, what is this Eight Immortals Porridge?" Li Xiao looked at the menu and didn't see anything called Eight Immortals Porridge on it, so he raised his head in confusion.

"Baxian porridge refers to the general term for different porridges. Don't worry, this porridge shop has been in business for many years. It has been open since I was in junior high school. Because of the cheap price here, I can say that I have eaten all the porridge on this menu. .” Cheng Wei pointed to the menu, and the price of porridge on it ranged from four yuan to six yuan.

Combined with the porridge bowls in front of the diners in other seats, Li Xiao deeply agrees with what Cheng Wei said about the low price.

It's not like the small bowls that are a little bit big in the so-called high-end restaurants, but the palm-sized bowls used by normal families.

"To be honest, the name of this shop is Eight Immortals Porridge. In fact, I think the best porridge is gray bean porridge."

"This gray bean porridge is completely different from those on the street."

Cheng Wei ordered four as soon as he entered the door, and the porridge was brought out while he was talking.

Li Xiao clearly felt that the biggest difference between the porridge here and the outside was the color from the outside.

The gray bean porridge on the street is almost all dark black, but the bowl in front of Li Xiao is black with a little purple red.

Gently stir it with a spoon, and the round and crystal gray beans are shining like pearls.

As a well-known dessert in Northwest China, gray bean porridge has always been the feeling of their older generation.

Among other things, the process of making gray bean porridge is very long.

Wash the hemp peas and soak them one night in advance, then add water to boil, and add edible alkali. This step is to make the beans rot faster, and the taste is softer when eaten, and then start to boil with a slow fire.

Add red dates when the peas are cooked until they are full of aroma, until the red dates are also boiled, the sweet juice inside will flow into the soup, and blend with the original fragrance of gray bean porridge subtly.

The cooking process needs to last at least six hours to make a soft and refreshing gray bean porridge.

Li Xiao felt that the gray bean porridge in front of him had been boiled for the right amount of time, among other things.

He moved the porridge scooped out of the spoon to the camera, took out a toothpick and poked one of the peas.

The pickled hemp peas started to splatter on the toothpick with full elasticity, until Li Xiao pressed it lightly to the side of the bowl, and it easily turned into soft powder.

"I was shocked." Li Xiao raised his eyebrows, looking at the pea in his hand, "Is it really the legendary slow work and meticulous work?"

"The boiled peas look complete on the outside, but they are soft and waxy inside."

"Come and try how this gray bean porridge tastes."

Li Xiao held the bowl in both hands, feeling the warmth, scooped out a spoonful of porridge and sent it to his mouth.

"The taste is very sweet, but not too sweet, and you can eat it. The store also put some salt in it, so it has a strange taste."

"Ma peas taste soft and have a sweet jujube aroma."

"The peas that have not completely turned into bean paste have a slightly hard chewy feeling, but the inside is thick and dense, with a rustling texture in the cotton."

"The temperature at the entrance is just right, neither hot nor cold, sweet but not greasy, clear but not bland."

"In addition to the two main ingredients of peas and red dates, there are crushed peanuts mixed in."

"The feeling of crushed peanuts in it is the icing on the cake, which directly improves the richness of the gray bean porridge and makes the fragrance more intense."

"Chew it carefully, it seems that lilies have been added to it."

Li Xiao pursed her lips and tasted it carefully with her front teeth, a little uncertain: "It does have a slight fragrance of lily, maybe it's because it was crushed, so I didn't taste that kind of taste."

"But the feeling of the whole gray bean porridge has gone up."

"The entrance is warm and sweet, and after swallowing, the fragrance comes back."

"This ordinary bowl of gray bean porridge gave me a big surprise!"

"Compared to the tens or hundreds of prices in those high-end restaurants, I feel that I can't lose money no matter what I eat in this restaurant."

Li Xiao was still scooping up mouthfuls with a spoon at first, but then he just started eating with his mouth while holding the bowl in both hands.

Soon, a bowl full of gray bean porridge came to the bottom.

"This bowl of gray bean porridge, I am willing to give a high score of 95 points."

[Ding dong, you have checked in successfully. The gourmet restaurant you checked in is: [Magnolia Eight Immortals Porridge]]

【Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea, Each Shows Its Ability】

[The porridge of different flavors has been made to be extremely delicious]

[The most memorable one is gray bean porridge]

【The best hemp peas】

【Carefully selected red dates】

[Supplemented by extremely patient cooking]

[Chef: 1-star senior chef: Du Wei]

"Ding dong, the system scores, [Magnolia Eight Immortals Porridge] has a rating of 4 stars."

"Ding Dong, you have received a 4-star gourmet store check-in reward"

[Ability: Simmer to cook and skip black technology]

[Ability introduction: You have a black technology that can speed up the cooking time]

[Note: This ability is quite special, it is a time-consuming ability, and the available times are 3/3]

[Money: 10000 yuan]

【Fame: 40】

[Fame introduction: 1 point of fame will allow 10 strangers to know you through different channels]

Studio:
"Is it because of the color difference of the lighting? I always feel that the gray bean porridge in this store is very different from the gray bean porridge on the street?"

"Secondly, the lighting effect of this restaurant is quite strong!"

"Let me explain to the two people upstairs that the color of gray bean porridge in this store is different from the ones outside. When I passed by Zhangye last time, I was attracted by the name of this store, and I saw it in other people's bowls at first sight. I specially ordered a bowl of black bean porridge to try out the difference from other people’s, but I was deeply impressed by the store’s porridge like a host!”

"Rediscovering the importance of traveling with a local friend."

"Rediscovered the importance of having a local friend when traveling +1"

"Rediscovered the importance of having a local friend when traveling +10086"

"Does the store know magic? How can it make the taste on the outside look different from the actual taste?"

"That's right, when I saw the anchor scoop up those peas with distinct grains, I thought they were harder, but I didn't expect them to be ground into powder so easily, it's amazing!"

The bullet screens in the live broadcast room swarmed, and Li Xiao couldn't help but order another gray bean porridge here.

No way, it's too fragrant.

Cheng Wei, who was sitting opposite, looked at Li Xiao eating with gusto, and looked proud, and then looked at Mo Jie, who was sitting next to Li Xiao, who looked bitter and vengeful at the gray bean porridge in front of him, Somewhat strange: "Xiaojie, why don't you eat?"

"This color doesn't look too good..." Mo Jie used the words he said when he was outside just now, shaking his head tremblingly.

"I'd better try tofu nao." Seeing Cheng Wei's father and daughter and Li Xiao eating happily, Mo Jie pushed his original portion of gray bean porridge in front of them, and then called the waiter to order an extra one Tofu brain.

Li Xiao and Cheng Wei's father and daughter did not force him, the three shared a little porridge each, and waited for Mo Jie to eat his share.

"Xiaoxiao, Xiaojie, do you have anything else you want to eat?" Cheng Wei asked.

Li Xiao rubbed his stomach, but had no idea for the time being, "Let's almost eat one from just now. To be honest, I'm not hungry yet."

"Me too." Mo Jie echoed while carefully blowing the steaming tofu nao in front of him.

"At this point..." Cheng Wei took out his mobile phone to check the time, and suggested: "Let's sit in the park where we entered for a while, and then see what we want to eat."

Except for that accident that made Li Xiao feel the difference in the world, he felt that he hadn't seen much of the customs here in Zhangye these two days, so he readily agreed.

Go out of the gate of the porridge shop and turn right, every two steps is a small park that looks very simple.

A few people sat on the stone bench, seeing the people coming and going in front of them, they felt that time suddenly slowed down.

The environment here in Zhangye is very good. A Milky Way is dotted in the night sky, and countless stars emit different colors of light.

The lights in the distance were scattered, and the aroma of various foods wafted in the air.

The flow of people was surging, filled with a faint mist, and lively voices floated from them.

They did not speak again.

Everything in front of me somehow makes people feel that all they need to do at this time is just watch quietly.

What interrupted all this was that Li Xiao suddenly felt an itch coming from his body.

Tuanzi didn't know when he ran out of the take-away bag he had prepared, grabbed him and began to cry hungry.

Li Xiao smiled, and took out the pot of milk in the bag.

A barrage in the live broadcast room caught Li Xiao's eyes: "The host is very interested in this pet. I haven't seen you bring it out before. I thought you were so busy live broadcast that there was no way to cultivate feelings. I didn't expect it to be interested in pets." You are so dependent!"

"Maybe it's a panda becoming a spirit."

Li Xiao patted Tuanzi's head and answered the question half-jokingly.

The little girl in Cheng Wei's arms was about to fall asleep, but when she heard Li Xiao's voice, she woke up immediately, and the little girl's belly was also woken up.

"Cuckoo..."

"Dad, I'm hungry."

The little girl's unabashed words made several people laugh. They looked down at the time and realized that they had sat unconsciously for three hours without realizing it.

A gust of cold wind made Li Xiao shiver suddenly, and then sneezed.

"The weather is turning cold." He rubbed his arms. Li Xiao, who didn't pay much attention when going out today, felt that he had made a mistake. He stood up, "Why don't we find a hot restaurant to eat? It's best to eat Provides a lot of heat."

"That's no problem!" Cheng Wei stretched his muscles and bones, and said enthusiastically: "I know a barbecue restaurant. After eating the food in it, you will never be able to eat other barbecues in the future!"

(End of this chapter)