Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 648 Didn't Get Out For Nothing (ask for a monthly ticket)

Xiao Jing was drooling over there, but this dish was not served to him, so he could only just watch, eating his own dish, while imagining that the old dish that was served just now was placed in front of him. A large pot of king crab and Wensi tofu is an attempt to quench thirst.

Chen Nian soon brought this dish into the house. Several people in the house were friends of Xue Yan, and they were called to try the dish together this time.

After seeing this dish, they couldn't help but their eyes lit up.

Several people are not short of money, so if you talk about king crab or Wensi tofu alone, there is nothing to make a fuss about, but this combination is full of creativity.

The cut tofu, which is as thin as a hair, is blooming on the plate at the moment, surrounded by a light green soup, which is also the color extracted from spinach.

Then, through the ratio of starch and water, it presents such a soft light green color.

At the same time, the red king crab shell was cleaned, the meat in the mouth was taken out, and placed evenly around the crab shell. At first glance, it seemed that a real crab was crouching in the blue waves, while the white shredded tofu was like a crab. The water ripples are general.

"Boss, introduce this dish?" Xue Yan couldn't help but asked with interest.

To be honest, when he came in just now, he saw that the shop here was just a small door, and thought that he might have come to the wrong place, maybe Miao Miaowu didn't understand what he meant, he wanted to find someone to cook A great cook, but not just good at cooking.

It's good to be good at home cooking, but that's not what I want at all!
Even his friends had playful looks on their faces, waiting to see his jokes.

Although they have already read the menu, after all, the impression is usually preconceived. After seeing the young Chen Nian, the ordinary storefront here and the affordable menu on the wall, one of Xue Yan's friends even doubted those The menu was found on the Internet by Chen Nian.

But still the same sentence, come and go, although Xue Yan felt that he had lost face, he did not leave in a hurry.

After all, this is the person introduced by Miao Miao Wu, no matter what, wait until the other party brings the food, if it can be justified, even if you don't cooperate in the future, at least you can get off the stage today.

If the things served were really bad, then they would have time to leave, and there would be no need to do the rest.

But I didn't expect the first dish served by Chen Nian to be so amazing.

Seeing the relieved expression on Xue Yan's face, Chen Nian couldn't help heaving a sigh of relief. To be honest, after working in the restaurant for so long, you can tell what the guests think just by looking at their expressions.

This reminded him of the rich second generation who came to the restaurant to eat before, and later on, didn't he often bring his girlfriend to eat?
At first, it was just to take care of my girlfriend's feelings, but after getting used to it, I really liked the dishes here.

"Sure enough, the law of Jingze does not deceive me." Chen Nian couldn't help thinking.

Then he began to introduce this dish to the other party: "The name of this dish is Emerald Furong King Crab. This soup has a lot of weight, but basically uses the crab meat of the whole king crab.

The soup base above is Wensi tofu, but it has been made into the color of emerald, because the combination of white and light green will make people feel very fresh.

Hearing this, Xue Yan couldn't help but nodded: "This dish is called emerald hibiscus king crab, right? My understanding is that emerald is the color you made, and king crab is the king crab itself, but I remember that hibiscus should be in the dish. Is it egg white or is it interpreted as Wensi tofu here?"

Chen Nian shook his head: "No, no, no, Wensi tofu is Wensi tofu, but Furong is indeed as you said, the eggs are used, you can use a spoon to put soup into a bowl to try."

Hearing this, Xue Yan couldn't help becoming more interested. He looked at the friends around him, and the others also showed anticipation.

Just serving this dish was beyond their imagination, and now they have put away their previous contempt, no wonder Xue Yan has been showing an inscrutable expression just now.

It turned out to be waiting for them here.

Thinking so, of course they didn't know that Xue Yan was just holding on just now.

Under Chen Nian's guidance, he took a soup spoon and poked it into the bowl. The white porcelain spoon also formed a sharp contrast with the blue waves on the plate, but when he probed a lot, he felt that there seemed to be a mystery hidden in it.

Then pick it up, there is a layer of light yellow, extremely soft things under the green Wensi tofu soup.

"This is it?"

"Yes, this is the Furong in the name of this dish. The Furong egg made of egg white, chicken broth and seafood broth made from shrimp has no fishy smell and is very soft. The taste is only fresh, and it tastes great when paired with Wensi tofu.

What I think is that there will be not only the elderly at the banquet, but also many children, so this will not only look high-end but also have an artistic conception, and the nutrition will be more balanced. "

If the former Chen Nian introduced his dishes to the guests in this way, he would never be able to say it, but Chen Nian has learned from Master Huo for so long on the Platinum Star, and knows that sometimes these things should be said Just gotta say it.

Otherwise, if you don’t say anything, how will the guests know what you used and what kind of meaning is contained in it?
Obviously, this set is very useful for people like Xue Yan. On that occasion, it is natural to ask for it to be delicious and meaningful.

But in fact, their requirements are still on the premise of satisfying the taste, and the implication must be greater than the taste of the food itself. The old lady may not be able to eat a few mouthfuls of food, and her sense of taste must have degraded. Everything matters.

As for other people who think it tastes good after eating it, or think it is high-end after looking at the presentation and styling, those are all things for later.

Of course, even so, this aspect has to be taken into account, after all, who doesn't like to be praised?Especially when there are many elders in the family.

"Not bad, it seems that Wu Miao Miao has introduced me to a powerful master." Xue Yan nodded repeatedly.

Although I haven't really eaten it in my mouth, but if the food can be made to this level, how bad can the taste be?

"After all, the occasion is different." Chen Nian said with a smile, not too modest, and then he said hello and went out to prepare other dishes.

At this moment in the box, Xue Yan also took the initiative to serve himself and others a bowl of soup, and then picked up some crab meat.

After the entrance, the taste of the soup itself is mild, but it contains the ultimate umami. The egg hibiscus below tastes smooth and bouncy, paired with the broth used in it, the umami taste permeates the whole mouth, and people can't help but take another bite.

"Something!"

After tasting it, someone couldn't help admiring from the heart: "If this is placed in a big restaurant specializing in Huaiyang cuisine, it can also be regarded as a signature dish..."

"I don't think there is any problem. It's just such a dish, including the ingredients plus labor costs and the subject matter. I think it should be no problem to sell an 8888."

If Chen Nian was here, he would definitely give himself a slap in the face when he heard everyone talking, and then scold him for asking for less.

But looking at the crabs lying in the basin, they still couldn't help being a little curious. A friend of Xue Yan stretched out his chopsticks to pick the crab shells away. After picking them apart, they found that there were still a lot of crab meat under the crab shells, but these It was separated during disassembly and was relatively fine, so it was covered here.

"It's quite creative." At this time, Xue Yan also began to look forward to the following dishes.

In the back there is an Australian dragon, a sea cucumber with green onions, and two small steamed buns,
Next, Chen Nian started to process Australian dragons, sea cucumbers and steamed buns. Now they are all cooked in a pot. One needs to be steamed and the other needs to be stewed, so it takes longer.

Aolong has already processed everything that should be processed in the old age. This time, he intends to use black fungus juice to match it, which is a relatively good combination of Chinese and Western.

First of all, you need to make a soup base. The old-fashioned scallops, ham and morels are very fresh.

However, this soup base was prepared as early as in the afternoon. At that time, it was blanched with water to prevent the soup from becoming cloudy at that time. Put half a chicken.

After simmering for so long, the soup is also very rich and delicious.

After aging, take out the prepared matsutake, tricholoma, crab-flavored mushroom, black fungus and other mushrooms. These are the main materials for making black fungus juice at that time.

After processing, the aging began to prepare the black fungus juice again. In this way, the aging time for each step has been planned, and the whole process is not rushed or slow, and is orderly.

Not long after, this baked aolong with black mushroom sauce was ready.

When he served this dish out again, it attracted other people's attention.

"No, it's too delicious, I have to ask later, what kind of conditions do I want to eat big lobsters and big crabs here, grandma, who can stand this, even if it is a dish, I have to eat one Monthly salary, I have to taste it too!"

Some people really can't help it. In the past, these dishes only existed on online TV. After all, no one in ordinary life would really buy these things to eat.

But seeing the finished product with one's own eyes still has a different visual impact.

However, the current focus of Chen Nian is still in the box.

I saw him bring this dish in, put it on the table, and then began to introduce it.

This dish uses aolong, matsutake and some other mushrooms, and also puts half a chicken in the ingredients, just for hanging soup, but it doesn't make much sense to them, as I said before, On the premise of being delicious, the meaning of a dish must be great.

And Chen Nian also puts this dish in a good way. For example, the meat in this lobster is aged and made into shrimp balls, which means more children and more blessings. The lobster itself is section by section, that is, section by section. high rise.

The so-called Fu Lu Shou is like this, these three elements can be put together, so in the mouth of Chen Nian, this dish represents Lu.

Sure enough, Xue Yan, who was listening to this passage, smiled openly.

Soon he began to taste it. He first picked up a piece of matsutake, which was decided to be sliced ​​after Chen Nian thought hard.

The main reason is that matsutake itself is very expensive, and it must reflect its value when it is put into dishes. If it is completely chopped, it tastes like that, but it has no shape.

But if it is made into balls like the lobster meat, it is not easy to cook. After the outside is fried, the inside is still raw.

But slicing it doesn't go well with Aolong's shrimp balls, but after deliberation, he finally decided to slice it.

If it doesn’t fit together, put it separately, use the matsutake as a decoration, but sprinkle some specially prepared sauce on it to let the guests know that this is also edible.

After the introduction, Chen Nian returned to the kitchen again, and the others in the kitchen were already waiting anxiously for Chen Nian to cook the next dish.

Because they are apprentices, they can taste every dish Chen Nian cooks, including Chen Nian himself as a chef.

Of course, on the one hand, it is because the chef wants to control the taste, but on the other hand, the old age is a bit greedy. After all, it was good to follow Master Huo on the Platinum before. Rare.

But after returning, these ingredients are very expensive.

The same goes for the other disciples.

This is very normal in the kitchen, not to mention small shops, even those top restaurants, there will be such a situation.

Because in many big hotels there is a special food preparation room, and there are no scattered seats, only private boxes. After the dishes are served, they must be placed in the food preparation room first, especially for some fruit plates that need to be placed first. .

The waiters in charge of the box sometimes see a certain fruit in the fruit plate and suddenly want to eat it, so they will carefully remove the plastic wrap, take one out and eat it, and then carefully cover it back.

Of course, these are just some unspoken rules of working in restaurants.

And it is only natural for the chef to taste the dishes.

But the next old-fashioned dish is to cook sea cucumbers with scallions, so they can't taste one sea cucumber each.

However, when Chen Nian bought it, he deliberately bought two more, and he planned to give everyone a taste of it when the time came.

Although there are sea cucumbers roasted with scallions in the Lu cuisine feast provided by the store, the quality of the sea cucumbers used in the roasted sea cucumbers with scallions is different from the sea cucumbers used in this one.

"Zhaomei, help me get a plate." After cooking sea cucumbers with scallions, Chen Nian asked Qiao Zhaomei to bring him a plate. Today's dishes are made by Chen Nian himself and served as decorations, but Qiao Zhaomei has been learning by the side.

Take out a large oval plate from the dedicated cabinet and put it on the table next to the old one.

But Chen Nian first put the cooked sea cucumbers with green onions into the basin, and then touched the plate, it was boiling hot.

The plates for these dishes must be hot, otherwise the food like sea cucumber will turn fishy after it is cold, no matter how delicious and awesome you made it before, it will still smell earthy after it is cold.

There is no problem with the plate, and Chen Nian began to carefully put the sea cucumbers evenly on the plate, then scooped the sauce and began to sprinkle it evenly, including the scallion inside as a garnish.

After the overall completion, it was aged and wiped with a towel to make it more tidy.

"This is advanced!"

"It seems that Master didn't go out in vain this time!"

"Really, it's too high-end. I think that if I go to a restaurant to eat such a plate, it must be hundreds of dollars."

Hearing this, Chen Nian looked over with a smile: "Big hundreds? One plate? What are you thinking? This one sea cucumber costs 1000 yuan!"

(End of this chapter)