Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 757 Stinky Mandarin Fish
"Understood, I remember what you said before. Putting sugar in some salty dishes can remove some of the saltiness and improve the umami level. Putting some salt in beets can also play a comprehensive role." An Hongdou said.

"Not bad, you remember all of these." Chen Nian nodded in satisfaction.

But if you do this, this stinky mandarin fish will be ready.

The fish is put into a special fish plate, and then the sauce and the side dishes inside are also poured on it.

At first glance, the color is bright, the soup is rich, and the fish itself is cooked just right. If you turn off your sense of smell, no one will think that this is a delicacy that can be placed in the dark cooking world, but will simply think that it is an ordinary dish. braised mandarin fish.

"Aged, do you think this stinky mandarin fish is like canned herring, the fish inside is very soft?"

Chen Nian shook his head: "Don't worry, it definitely won't. If its taste is that bad, it won't become one of AH's famous dishes. Generally speaking, the reputation of a dish is directly proportional to its deliciousness. of.

And even if this dish is placed outside, most people can accept it, because if you go to play, you will find that its smell is not like that of stinky tofu or stinky winter melon. We just took it out of the jar Mandarin fish, the outer color is copper green, but it is made after processing, and it looks no different from normal dishes. "

"Then can we have dinner now? I'm so hungry, now I feel like I can eat a cow and a pig."

"Okay, the tamales are almost ready." Chen Nian nodded.

An Hongdou took two bowls and two pairs of chopsticks to serve the rice, while Chen Nian placed the stinky mandarin fish outside first, and then went back to the kitchen to take out the tamales.

"Let's eat the vegetables first, and then have dessert later."

"Okay, I'll listen to you." An Hongdou believes in Chen Nian when it comes to what to eat. Although she loves to eat, she often has difficulty choosing before eating.

But after having Chen Nian, she no longer has such troubles. First, Chen Nian has a large appetite, so she can order a few more dishes that she wants to eat. Will shoot.

Sitting on the table and looking at the people in front of him, Chen Nian just felt that such a peaceful life is really good.

Two people in one house, three meals for four seasons.

"Let me try your handicraft." An Hongdou couldn't wait a long time ago. After taking a bite of rice with chopsticks, she planned to see what the stinky mandarin fish tasted like.

In fact, she also traveled to AH Huangshan and ate nearby at that time, but after all, she was alone at that time, and she couldn't eat much food, so she has always heard of stinky mandarin fish but never eaten it. .

An Hongdou first peeled off the side dishes on the fish, then gently inserted the chopsticks into the fish, picked it out, and a piece of fish fell off.

Only then did she realize that although the fish meat was soft and tender, the inside was not at all like what she had thought before, it had become minced. Just looking at the piece of fish that was peeled off, the meat inside was white and the surface was smooth. The very bouncy kind.

"Old, this one is indeed complete inside, and it still looks a bit like a garlic clove."

At this time, Chen Nian also moved his chopsticks: "Actually, the stinky mandarin fish is basically sealed during the pickling process, and salt water is sprinkled inside, so it can maintain the state of the fish itself to a certain extent."

An Hongdou had already picked up the fish, and the stinky mandarin fish was no longer as smelly as before, but she thought it might be because she had adapted to this environment.

It's like eating snail noodles at home, and you don't feel the smell, but after eating snail noodles, you leave the house for a while and come back, you will smell the smell of sour bamboo shoots in the room.

But at this moment, she couldn't care less, put this piece of fish into her mouth, and when the white teeth closed lightly, she felt that the fish was full of elasticity, and the meat was extremely tender!

It was so delicate that she felt that it didn't look like fish that had been left for many days, but rather that it was cooked right on the riverside after being caught from the lake.

After being marinated, the special smell and deliciousness merge together to form a very special taste. She has eaten many smelly dishes before, but none of them can match the taste of this fish.

This is a very wonderful critical point where the smell and the deliciousness collide and blend. If it is fresh, you can still smell the smell on the fish, which is like the smell of the seafood market when it is about to get off work, but if it is not It's fresh, the meat is particularly firm and elastic.

"Evaluate?" After Chen Nian finished eating, he raised his head expectantly to see what An Hongdou would say about this dish.

"I find it hard to say, it's hard to describe it in words, but if I have to say it, I think it should be fresh smell?"

"Fresh smell?"

It was the first time for Chen Nian to hear such a word, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that the word seemed to be quite suitable for this dish.

"It tastes a bit more delicious. This dish is completely beyond my expectation." An Hongdou said while picking up two more mouthfuls of rice.

"It's really good to eat. Fortunately, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and I don't have to worry about gaining weight. Anyway, no matter how I lose weight before, I will gain back weight after eating for a while during the Chinese New Year. This time, I will treat it as a rehearsal in advance. .”

Then Red Bean said.

"You're not fat, how many pounds are you now?" Chen Nian asked.

"My weight should be in the early [-]s now. I used to only weigh about [-] catties. As expected, the quality of life has improved after being with you." An Hongdou said that now she feels both happy and distressed.

"But having said that, why do I feel that you have never been fat? It seems that you were this size when we first met, and you didn't even have a belly. Usually, shouldn't a chef have a big belly?"

"Maybe it's because of my special constitution?" Chen Nian said, he can't tell Hongdou that I have a system, and the system will help me maintain a healthy body, right?

"I really envy you. I wish I had your physique." An Hongdou looked at Chen Nian enviously.

In this way, they ate fish and meat with rice. An Hongdou ate two bowls in a row, while Chen Nian ate three bowls before finishing all of these two dishes.

"Do you like this soup?" After eating, Chen Nian pointed to the soup on the fish plate and asked.

An Hongdou looked at the soup glistening with crystal oil droplets, and couldn't help swallowing.

"Or we're half of us?"

"Okay, I'm worried that I won't be able to eat another bowl of rice, so half a bowl of rice will be wiped out for each of us.

So they each filled half a bowl of rice and wiped out the soup.

"I'm full, I'm full." Then they all touched their slightly swollen stomachs, which were hard inside, and they were all eaten tonight, "I said it's better to come back to eat, the food outside is not as good as you cook eat."

Chen Nian looked at Hongdou with a smile: "It's just as long as you like it, and this is where you are. I will cook for you for a lifetime in the future."

An Hongdou's face was as red as a peach: "You can say it, I hope you can do what you say."

"Of course, I'm the one who keeps promises the most."

"Then I will sing songs for you for the rest of my life. Of course, the premise is that you are not tired of listening."

"How could it be possible to get tired of listening to it? Your songs are all in my playlist. Every time I go out, I will listen to them on a loop."

"Chen Nian, I never thought that I would find a boyfriend who can cook like this."

"Yeah, I didn't expect that I would find a girlfriend who sings so well. It seems that the two of us are really destined."

After a while, An Hongdou suddenly remembered something: "By the way, didn't you say there are desserts?"

Chen Nian scratched his head: "Aren't you already full? I was worried that you would not be able to eat, so I didn't say anything."

An Hongdou took it for granted: "How can it be the same? Meals are meals, and desserts are desserts."

"Sure enough, girls have two stomachs, one for meals and the other for desserts and snacks. The ancients did not deceive me."

"You are talking nonsense, which ancient person said this? Why haven't I heard of it?"

"Lu Xun said."

Anyway, as long as you don't know who said it, it must be Lu Xun who said it, and Zhou Shuren if it doesn't work.

After eating dessert, An Hongdou was completely slumped on the chair and couldn't move.

"Then wait a moment, I'll wash the dishes and send you back."

After talking about aging, I started to clean up the dishes.

Today's ledger apprentices have already prepared, so Chen Nian doesn't have to worry about it. After tidying up the kitchen, Chen Nian sent the red beans back by bike.

Or the corner without the camera.

"Our mouths stink today."

An Hongdou said after the kiss.

But Chen Nian has a different feeling about it: "Nonsense, your mouth is clearly sweet."

Unsurprisingly, Chen Nian got another punch from An Hongdou when he said this, and after this punch, Chen Nian became even more excited.

"Why, why aren't we married yet?"

Chen Nian couldn't help sighing.

"What would you do if you got married?"

"Of course it's for evil."

So Chen Nian was punched again.

"Okay, go back quickly. I'm going home too. My dad sent me a WeChat message just now. If he doesn't go back, he will call."

"Then you go upstairs first, I will watch you go in before leaving."

In this way, the two parted reluctantly.

Chen Nian watched An Hongdou enter the corridor, and he didn't head towards home until he could no longer see her.

……

In the blink of an eye, another few days passed.

An Hongdou also got on the plane back to Suzhou with her parents in the morning.

Chen Nian felt a sense of loss for no reason.

It will be the New Year's Eve until the next meeting.

However, Chen Nian quickly returned his thoughts to work.

The braised pork in the store has been selling pretty well these days, selling thousands of yuan a day, and earning more than 2000 yuan a day after all costs are removed.

When it opened at noon, Chen Nian saw another regular customer coming outside.

"Xiao Ye, why did you come over for lunch today? I used to come here a little later in the evening, aren't you busy today?"

After Feng Honghong saw the visitor, she came forward to say hello with a smile.

Ye Feng smiled, found a vacant seat and sat down before replying: "The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and our holiday is earlier this year, so I plan to stay for a few more days before going home."

"Yeah, Chinese New Year is coming soon, but Xiaoye, I only know that you teach dancing, but I don't know where you are from."

"Auntie, I'm from Taiwan." Ye Feng replied.

"Taiwanese?" Feng Honghong was startled, "But you don't sound like you at all. Don't most Taiwanese speak with an accent?"

Ye Feng smiled: "Auntie also has Taiwanese without an accent, because I came here to go to school very early, so the Mandarin is still standard, and I occasionally pop out some Taiwanese accents."

"I really can't tell, but if you go back, will you take a plane or something?"

"If you go back to Taipei from Chengdu, there is a direct flight, and I have already bought a ticket for next week."

"That's good. If there is a direct plane, it will be more convenient to go back and forth."

"Yeah, actually, I still like Chengdu very much. Although I was not used to the food here when I first came here, I got used to it after staying here for a long time. Now I am worried that I may not be used to the food there when I go back. diet."

"It doesn't matter, why don't you stay in Chengdu for a while, we are a family anyway."

"Yes." Ye Feng deeply agreed with this.

"Auntie, today I want a pot of meat, a plate of fried vegetables, and a bowl of rice."

"Okay." Feng Honghong wrote down the dishes, "Is there anything you want to drink? Auntie invites you."

"How embarrassing that is."

"What's so embarrassing about it? Auntie said she would send you off, but can I hear you say something in your own language?" Feng Honghong said a little embarrassedly.

Although Ye Feng also felt a little embarrassed, she finally granted Feng Honghong's little wish: "Auntie, you are really smart like this."

"Hahaha, okay, okay, wait a minute, do you want to drink Coke, orange juice, or Sprite?"

"Orange juice."

"Okay, then you wait a moment, I will place an order for you."

After taking the ordered dishes to the back kitchen and placing an order, he ran to the counter to get orange juice and put it on Ye Feng's table.

"It's so big? I thought it would be good for me to drink a small bottle." Ye Feng looked at the large bottle of fruit orange that suddenly appeared on the table, and said a little bit dumbfounded.

"It's not big, keep it for drinking, and take it back if you can't finish it." Feng Honghong waved her hand, and left with a smile after speaking.

In fact, Ye Feng likes to eat here very much. As a dance teacher in Chengdu, his monthly salary is quite a lot. In addition to paying rent, water and electricity bills and buying clothes, bags and cosmetics, he also needs to save part of the salary, and the rest She will take those to eat and drink.

Although the dance teacher wants to keep in shape, how can she lose weight without eating enough?

The big deal is to indulge for a week and then spend a month or two to reduce it back.

(End of this chapter)