Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 765 Four parties meeting (seeking monthly ticket)

Originally, the pimple soup was not popular among the dishes in front, but at this time they didn't know why when the pimple soup came out, they felt different from before.

"This pimple soup looks really good, I have to get a big bowl."

"Help me get one too, I want a big one too."

"You can use a big bowl, but it's boring to drink from a small bowl.

In the end, they took ten large bowls, and after Chen Nian scooped up a bowl for each of them with a spoon, everyone took the pimple soup to the side and started drinking it with a snort.

After everyone ate it, Chen Nian made a big bowl for himself.

"Brothers, how are the dishes I cooked today? Are there any deficiencies? If so, feel free to tell me."

After hearing this, Zhou Ji and Mu Jie looked at each other before turning their heads.

Mu Jie first said: "If you let me tell you, I can't tell you what the problem is. Of course, this is not for your face. I really feel this way after eating those dishes. Whether it’s the process or the final taste, it’s pretty good.”

"That's right, originally we were just thinking about Boss Chen's good cooking skills and your reputation, and we've met before, so we planned to ask you to come and help us, and then act as an interpreter.

But now it seems that Boss Chen's craft is only a helper or a translator, he is indeed a bit inferior, don't worry, there will be a total of four of us going there, besides me and my senior brother, there is one who is having trouble today, wait You will be able to see him tomorrow, when the time comes, we will divide the work and cooperate, we believe in your strength, if anyone is overwhelmed by then, just help each other out a bit. "

What Zhou Ji said made Chen Nian feel very comfortable, because the other party's saying this showed that he had already treated himself on an equal footing.

Chen Nian felt that he had been in the dream for such a long time, and if he was really seniority-based, he would be able to rank with these people, but standing here with his current identity, he was still just a fledgling boy.

The other party can say that, and you can also call them elder brother, but if you really want to put yourself on the same level as them, let alone whether these two people mind or not, even the other juniors are not happy.

Besides, the other person is indeed older than himself, so Chen Nian thinks it's better to be more polite.

"No, no, this time I was able to participate in the chef's hegemony because of the honor of the two old brothers. My cooking skills are still far behind. At that time, the two of you can just treat me as an assistant."

"Hahaha." Mu Jie laughed when he heard these words, he felt that this old age is still very good, and it is really rare for a young man to be able to be neither arrogant nor impatient after having this skill: " Brother Chen is too polite."

After speaking, he turned his head to look at the young juniors behind him: "Look at the pattern of others, and learn from it."

Chen Nian naturally didn't say anything, and the apprentices of Zhou Ji who Mu Jie saw didn't think there was anything wrong, because they were indeed stronger than him.

In this way, after they ate the pimple soup, Chen Nian planned to clean it up, but was directly pulled away by Mu Jie: "You don't need to do these tasks, do you have any plans for the evening? If not, come to my place and let's Let’s talk about participating in the game when the time comes.”

"I don't have any plans." Chen Nian said.

After speaking, he was taken away by Mujla.

In the evening they chatted about cooking skills again, but they mainly talked about western food. Although chefs like Mu Jie and Zhou Ji have a certain understanding of western food and know many western food chefs, after all, they have been working for a lifetime Chinese food is always a little short in this respect.

And the most important thing is that in their current team, they have basically never dealt with foreigners, so they need to roughly determine the direction at that time.

Don't really wait until a few days before the game to determine these things, it will be too late.

And another main reason is that Chen Nian doesn't hang out in the circle of Jinglu cuisine, and lives far away, so even if he communicates later, he can only make phone calls.

They chatted like this until past eleven o'clock, before Chen Nian returned to the hotel to rest.

After Chen Nian woke up in the morning the next day, he washed up in the room, and went to the gym to exercise. In a hotel of this level, there are all kinds of supporting facilities, including a swimming pool besides the gym.

That is to say, Chen Nian didn't think about it before coming here, and he didn't bring swimming trunks, otherwise he would have to go swimming for two laps.

Afterwards, Chen Nian took another shower, and then came to the restaurant of the hotel to have breakfast.

But just after he finished his breakfast, Mu Jie and the others called again: "Brother Chen, are you awake?"

"I'm up, I just finished my breakfast."

"Xiao Yao has nothing to do today. Let's meet you again and introduce him to you. Our arrangement today is like this. Lao Zhou cooks at noon, Xiao Yao makes some snacks in the afternoon, and I cook in the evening , In this way, the few of us basically understand each other."

"No problem." Chen Nian agreed without hesitation.

About an hour later, Mu Jie and Zhou Ji brought a man who looked to be in his 30s to Chen Nian's room.

"Let me introduce to you, this is Yao Guangbin, the pastry chef in our team, and also a master, who learned the way of court dim sum."

Yao Guangbin nodded at Chen Nian, and then took the initiative to extend his hand: "Hi, I'm Yao Guangbin. I've heard about you from Zhou Chu and Mu Chu before, and I finally met you this time. It's a pleasure to meet you."

"Brother Yao, you are welcome, I am Chen Nian."

After greeting each other, they rested for a while, and then went directly to the kitchen to start preparations.

There were only four of them eating today, so Zhou Ji didn't plan to cook too many dishes. There were five dishes in total, all of which were Huaiyang dishes.

But it's still the same as yesterday, prepare the ingredients in advance, and then make a dish for them to eat together.

These Huaiyang dishes can basically be made in old age, that is to say, one of them is an improved version that has never been touched.

However, after eating the Huaiyang cuisine carefully prepared by the master of Huaiyang cuisine, Chen Nian compared it with his own, and felt that the other party's cooking was better.

After all, the opponent's main focus is Huaiyang cuisine, and his understanding of it must be a little deeper than his own.

Even though Chen Nian stayed in the dream space for a long time, he only stayed in this copy of Huaiyang Cuisine for less than ten years.

In addition to the dream of learning Wensi tofu, there are other things to learn in the other dreams of aging, so Zhou Ji must be better at understanding Huaiyang cuisine.

In the afternoon, Yao Guangbin made some Chinese dim sum, and Chen Nian ate it and said it was delicious.

"As expected of a court dim sum, no matter how it's made, how it looks, or how it tastes, it's all excellent. I can also make some Chinese dim sum, but most of them are folk recipes, and there's still a little gap between them and the court."

Chen Nian said this not out of modesty, but because it is the truth.

In ancient times, although there were pastry masters in the folk, most of the truly powerful ones either entered the court, or were recruited by the family of officials or wealthy businessmen, and not so many could live among the people.

Because ordinary people have limited copper in their pockets, they can't afford dim sum with expensive ingredients and complicated production processes.

"Especially the walnut cake you made just now, Brother Yao, it really looks like a walnut on the outside. If you don't have superb carving skills, you definitely can't make it."

Yao Guangbin couldn't help smiling when he heard Chen Nian's praise: "Being a chef also requires a certain aesthetic. I'm the master of the white case, but you really have to be particular about the red case. It's not worse than the white case. What's the difference? Carving dragons and phoenixes, carrots and flowers, etc."

"Indeed, but I'm still a little bit unimpressed in this regard. Simple things can be sculpted, but complicated things can't be done." Chen Nian said.

In the evening, it was Mu Jie who showed Shandong cuisine again, but the Shandong cuisine displayed so far is relatively high-end, because they have already arranged to ask Chen Nian to chat with BJ, so he also started preparing very early up.

The four pieces of bird's nest and the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea to Make Arhats, these two alone are enough for the four of them to eat.

Among them, the four major pieces of bird's nest can be counted as one dish, but this is a set of dishes, that is, one main ingredient and four ways to eat.

This dish consists of four parts.

Bird's Nest Gold and Silver Duck Nest: Cut the deboned white duck into large pieces and put them in a large bowl with ham slices on the bottom, add three sets of broth made from fat duck, chicken, and pork, and steam for an hour over high heat After it is out of the pan, use the paste made from chicken tenderloin to make Wanzi, and evenly sprinkle the official swallow silk around the Wanzi.

The second part is golden and silver duck pieces with bird's nest and longevity characters. First, boiled duck breast and cooked plate duck breast are cut into thin strips, then minced pork is steamed into trapezoidal pieces, and sprinkled with two kinds of duck shreds and official swallow shreds , and then covered with the Chinese character Shou engraved with minced chicken, and served with three sets of boiling soup.

The third part is Sanxian duck shreds without characters, that is, shred duck breast, dice sea cucumber and horseshoe, cut golden hook dried sea rice into mince, and make minced mandarin fish meat and pork. Cook and set aside, make meatballs with the remaining antler, sea cucumber, water chestnut, and dried sea rice, cover the shredded duck evenly, wait until it is cooked, sprinkle with shredded bird's nest, cover with the wordless carved fish meat, add and roll away of three soups.

The last one is bird’s nest Jiangzikou ground chicken, that is, the chicken is first made into Jiangzi and steamed for later use, then the boneless white chicken nuggets and mushrooms are steamed, sprinkled with bird’s nest shreds and covered with Xinjiang characters, as before. The three sets of soup that are boiled are enough.

The main ingredients used in this big dish are top-quality official swallows, and the production process is also complicated. It belongs to the top-level banquet of Confucian cuisine.

According to what is said so far, in ancient times, the four characters of longevity and boundless were only eligible to be tasted when the emperor came to the Confucian Temple to worship Confucius. Normally, they were not qualified at all. That is to say, there is no emperor now, and anyone can do it.

Otherwise, in ancient times, they might be beheaded if they did this.

In addition to this big dish, Mu Jie also made another dish of Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea and Making Arhats, which is also the opening dish of the banquet in the Confucian Mansion.

It is necessary to first remove the bones of Taihu Lake whitefish, take the meat and cut it into strips, then peel the Bohai Sea prawns to make shrimp rings, make shark fins and chicken cages into chrysanthemum shark fins, and then cut Jiaodong sea cucumbers into butterfly pieces with exquisite knife skills.

Immediately after that, we need to wash the top-quality Shuifa Abalone, Shuifa Yuxin (that is, the bone marrow of the shark), cut into thick slices of Shuifa Fish Maw, and eight asparagus, and put them all into a specially made container for later use. .

Then minced chicken and shredded bird's nest are made into the shape of arhat money with round square holes, and they are also put into the small round bowl in the middle of the vessel.

Finally, put all the ingredients into the steamer, steam them together, sprinkle with shredded ham, and pour the boiled three sets of soup to serve.

"This dish looks a bit criminal!" Chen Nian couldn't help feeling a little scared when he saw some of the ingredients Mu Jie used to make this dish.

Mu Jie knew what Chen Nian was talking about. After all, the shark's fin, fish letter and fish maw were all from national protected animals, and it was illegal to trade them.

"Don't talk nonsense, I got these things from regular channels, and all the procedures are complete. Otherwise, this pot of food alone would be enough for me to go in for several years."

Chen Nian nodded: "That's good, otherwise I have to go in with you to take care of food and housing even if I have a bite."

"Hahaha, I think that after getting in with Brother Chen's skills, he might be able to be a special talent and arrange for you to work in the kitchen." Yao Guangbin said with a smile.

"Forget it, I yearn for freedom." Chen Nian waved his hands in fright.

But after all, Chen Nian still tasted these dishes

The four pieces of bird's nest are extremely high-end just by looking at them, no wonder Mu Jie cooks them at night, because the night time is long, it takes more than two hours to cook such a dish.

Not to mention the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea and Arhats. The processing of so many ingredients is not much worse than the Buddha Jumping the Wall I made before.

And the taste is quite good. With so many precious ingredients put together, and with a super chef like Mu Jie, it's no wonder that it doesn't taste good.

After a day like this, they all understood each other's level.

Although Yao Guangbin didn't eat the dishes made by Chen Nian, he mainly cooks white dishes, so it's not a big problem.

That night they ate and drank some wine, and the amount of old wine was not bad, and the old men who drank had a good time.

"We don't have anything to do tomorrow, just have a meal together in the evening and talk about the plans for that time..." After Mu Jie finished speaking, he looked at Chen Nian again: "Brother Chen, come to BJ for two more days this time Shall we go again?"

Chen Nian nodded: "I really plan to stay for a few more days, after all, I haven't been here since I graduated, I want to find some friends for dinner, and see my former classmates again."

"The relationship is good. Young people just want to get together more, so that the relationship will not be divided. You can live here with peace of mind for a few days. When you want to leave, just call me." Zhou Ji said.

He has also seen in the past two days that Chen Nian is still very capable, so he is worried that Chen Nian will be too embarrassed to live here in the next few days, so he will go out and find another hotel to live in.

As far as Zhou Ji is concerned, opening such a room has no effect on him. Anyway, with his status here, if he can't even do this, then he is a fool.

Therefore, he thought that even if Chen Nian went out to live, he would have to spend money, so he might as well live here comfortably.

(End of this chapter)