Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 888 Claypot Rice (seeking monthly ticket)
The next day, Chen Nian received a call from Huo Fuyun early in the morning.

"Hey, Nian, are you busy?"

As soon as he heard that it was Master Huo, Chen Nian immediately said: "It's not very busy, Master Huo, do you have anything to do?"

"There is indeed something wrong. Didn't you decide to get married on September [-]th? I plan to prepare a menu for you during this time."

"No problem, it's too much trouble for Master Huo, if there is anything that needs to be done on my side, just tell me." Chen Nian said quickly.

"There's nothing wrong with that, but there's something that needs your cooperation,"

"The first is about how many people are on your side."

Chen Nian thought about it, he had counted before, and there are about 50 people on his side, including relatives, friends and classmates, and there are more on Hongdou's side, because Hongdou signed a contract with a brokerage company, and there are many colleagues in the company. You have to call, those leaders also have to call, and good friends in the circle also have to call.

In this way, there are probably more than 80 people.

The two of them planned to do it together, so everyone sat together.

In addition, there are friends from mom and dad, and those who have given gift money before need to be called again.

There are also some acquainted neighbors in the neighborhood who also want to call over.

"Probably around 170." Chen Nian said.

"Then according to the standard, if there are ten people at a table, that's seventeen tables." Huo Fuyun made the calculations over the phone.

"Yes, normally there are seventeen tables, but two more tables are prepared. In case someone brings family members or children, one table must be prepared for staff such as photographers and hosts. The chef also needs to have one table, so there are 21 tables.”

"The chef doesn't need it, we will have something to eat then." Huo Fuyun said.

"That won't work, Master Huo, you are all my seniors and friends, how can I tell you to work for nothing? Come and have fun together after you finish your work."

"Haha, okay, then prepare according to table 21."

"However, one more thing is where your friends are from, or what kind of dishes they like. When I design the menu, I can also write according to their tastes."

"Most of my relatives and friends here are from Sichuan, there are also a few from Shanxi and BJ's, and more from Jiangsu on Hongdou's side. In addition, there are many friends of hers, such as Shandong, Guangdong, and Northeast. Basically Tiannanhai It's everywhere in the north."

Huo Fuyun thought for a while: "Okay, then I'll make the taste more popular. In addition, the proportion of Huaiyang cuisine and Sichuan cuisine is slightly more. Do you want more seafood?"

"Let's ask for some."

"Well, the other thing is how much do you plan to charge for a table?" Huo Fuyun added after finishing speaking: "I can give you a discount at that time, you can say more."

"Five or six thousand." Chen Nian roughly calculated, in this case, he would probably spend about 20 on the wedding banquet table, because besides the food, there are also cigarettes and alcohol, which are also expensive.

"Okay." After Huo Fuyun understood some basic questions on the phone, he planned to go back and prepare.

Because starting from September, more people will get married, so many things must be booked in advance.

"By the way, Ah Nian, we have a kind of rice called claypot rice. We usually eat it once before we get married. This has a better meaning. You can try it too, and claypot rice itself is also delicious."

Chen Nian thought about it, it seems that he has never made claypot rice before, but he can try it.

"Okay, I'll try it later, but Master Huo, I found a host myself, and he will help me plan the wedding, but I still need your hotel to help me with the flowers and layout."

"That's no problem." Huo Fuyun agreed immediately, "You can let him connect with me when the time comes, and I'll help you prepare if I have time. If I'm too busy here, I'll Find my apprentice, in short, the first priority is to help you organize this wedding well."

"Master Huo has worked so hard, I will treat you to dinner later."

"Hahaha, you don't need to invite me to dinner. We all do catering, and it's not bad for one or two meals. In fact, we can do this. This time I made a wedding banquet for you. When my child grows up, you Why don't you come and do it for my child?"

"That's fine, I'm here on call." Chen Nian didn't hesitate at all, this time the other party helped him so much, he couldn't thank him enough, besides, favors have to be like this Just go.

"Then go ahead, I won't bother you. I'll design the menu for you first, and I'll show you after the design is finished. If there is any adjustment, I will make adjustments for you."

Finally, Huo Fuyun hung up the phone.

Chen Nian is also feeling more and more nervous. As the days get closer, Chen Nian feels more nervous for no reason. After all, everyone is getting married for the first time. Although they say they are not nervous, it is really here. At this time, there are very few people who are not nervous or excited at all.

Now there is no need for Chen Nian to prepare dishes in the restaurant. As everyone becomes more and more proficient in their work, even if Chen Nian is not there, it can still function, but there is no way to receive banquets.

Although Xie Yu has almost learned all the dishes at the banquet, the quality still cannot fully meet the old-fashioned standards, so chef Xie Yu can't make them in the restaurant for the time being.

"Master, I think you know so many dishes that you can actually open a branch. Our side can usually serve you here. When Brother Xie learns the dishes from those banquets, basically there will be no problem here."

Listening to Qiao Zhaomei's words, Chen Nian thought subconsciously: "Open a branch, do you mean to open another branch of the same type?"

Qiao Zhaomei shook her head: "It must be a different type, Master, you can be a high-end brand, just like some brands have different pricing strategies, and some of them are bought by ordinary people, so the price and products are relatively close to the people, but There are also some for rich people, the price and the quality of the product are high.”

"I just thought of these things recently, because a friend who is running a company called me a while ago to talk about it, and then I thought that this method can also be used in our store."

"It is indeed possible." Chen Nian felt that this is still feasible.

Because the apprentices are now able to stand on their own, at least as far as Honghong Restaurant is concerned, the things they know can already hold up the scene.

Therefore, whether I am here or not is actually not that important. This year, I have not spent half of my time in the store. I went out to shoot shows, traveled, and went out with An Hongdou.

And during the time without me, the food quality of Honghong Restaurant remained stable.

There is basically nothing on the Internet that says the taste has changed.

Including those regular customers in the store also did not notice any change in the taste, it was delicious anyway.

So I can indeed open a restaurant that focuses on high-end dishes, the decoration is better, and the price of the dishes is also more expensive, otherwise, the dishes I have learned in the court this time are useless.

Although I can still receive wedding banquets, but wedding banquets are not always available, and many dishes are repeated at wedding banquets, but opening a restaurant is different, and the tastes of the guests are different, so the dishes ordered are naturally different.

Then, I can divide the time of the week, a few days over there, a few days here, and set aside a day in the middle to make flexible changes.

The more you want to age, the more feasible it is.

However, we still have to wait for the opening of a branch. It is definitely not possible now, and we have to wait until we get married to open a branch.

So Chen Nian put this matter on hold for now.

I will discuss it with Hongdou later, and it is best to chat with Master Huo and Master Zhou over at BJ, they are more experienced in running high-end restaurants than myself.

During the lunch break, Chen Nian thought about the claypot rice.

I ate claypot rice many times when I was in San Francisco, including when I was at school. There was also a window for making claypot rice in the cafeteria, but the boss didn’t continue to open it because of family problems.

Just thinking about it, I haven't made many new things for red beans recently.

Therefore, Chen Nian also posted a few names in the past.

【Hong Kong Style LaMei】

【Mushroom Chicken】

【Pork Ribs in Black Bean Sauce】

【Nest Egg Beef】

"Please choose one of the above names as today's midnight snack."

Not long after, An Hongdou sent a message back: "What is this? Is it a dish for dinner? It sounds a little weird."

"Yes, what to eat tonight, how about it, you can choose two."

"Then can I choose chicken with mushrooms and pork ribs in black bean sauce? But the nest egg beef is also good. I haven't eaten it before, can I choose three?"

Chen Nian thought for a while: "All right, three are fine."

It's not that I can't eat it myself.

The big deal is that I can eat less when the staff have a meal after five o'clock.

"Then have another nest egg beef."

"Okay, see you tonight then."

In the afternoon, Chen Nian drove out to buy materials.

Hongdou arrived early this evening, around nine o'clock. After arriving, Hongdou warmly greeted the others, and even helped serve the dishes and cleaned the floor.

Even though Feng Honghong kept saying that she didn't need An Hongdou to do these jobs.

It wasn't until the last customer left in the shop that the others began to clean up their respective areas. Li Ting counted the remaining ingredients and sorted out the ledger records.

In the end, the kitchen was cleaned up and tidy.

"Master, let's go first."

"Well, let's go, slow down on the road." Chen Nian sent the others away with a smile.

"Son, go back early after you've been busy here for a while, don't make it too late." Feng Honghong warned, now she said go back, not come back.

Anyway, she had tacitly agreed that her son would go to Hongdou's side.

It's young after all.

After watching everyone leave, Chen Nian began to prepare delicious food for An Hongdou.

Chen Nian plans to make claypot rice today.

Claypot rice has special feelings for some Cantonese. In some residential areas, a row of stoves on the side of the road is filled with steaming claypots. A chef patrols back and forth with bamboo chopsticks, pulling and putting them away from time to time. Degassing, and most of these stores specialize in claypot rice, and most of them will also give extra soup.

Making claypot rice is simple and simple, but complicated and complicated.

First of all, choose a casserole, and then brush lard into the pot.

The first purpose of adding lard is to make the rice as non-stick as possible, and the second purpose is to increase the temperature so that the rice becomes crispy and fragrant after cooking.

Immediately afterwards, three servings of rice were prepared for aging, washed and put into casserole pots respectively, and water 1.5 times that of rice was added to it.

The ratio of water to rice is key.

If there is too much water, it will be too sticky when boiled, and the rice grains will not be refreshing enough, but if there is less water, it will not be cooked well, and raw rice will be caught when eating, which will greatly affect the taste.

The beef, shiitake mushrooms, chicken and pork ribs to be used this time have all been marinated in advance.

It's just that the rice should also be soaked in water for about an hour.

Previously, seasonings such as oyster sauce, light soy sauce, water starch, sugar, and sesame oil were used to marinate the pork ribs for aging, so as to ensure enough flavor.

The beef is similar, except that a few of the seasonings have been turned into sesame oil and cornstarch, so that the beef will have a stronger flavor.

As for the chicken with mushrooms, it needs to be fried in a pan.

Take the marinated boneless chicken thighs out of the refrigerator.

Heat oil in another pan, add chopped garlic and sauté until fragrant.

After the aroma comes out, add the chicken thighs and stir-fry until the meat is slightly broken, and then add the shiitake mushrooms after the aging.

Similarly, after the shiitake mushrooms were broken, Chen Nian added some seasonings and a little water to it, and cooked the chicken until the color changed before turning off the heat and taking it out of the pot.

On the way, the red beans came, and only then did I know that what Chen Nian was going to cook for her this time was claypot rice.

"Claypot rice, I like to eat the crispy rice below. When you were talking about it before, I guessed that you might make this, but I'm not completely sure. After all, you can make a lot of things. Who knows what you want? Do something weird, but I didn't expect it to be true."

"Have you eaten this before?"

"Of course I ate it. Guangzhou is also a big city, okay? Although I haven't been there to participate in a music festival, I lived there for a while. I didn't have much money at that time, but my favorite food at that time was It’s pork knuckle rice and claypot rice.”

"At that time, I only ate once every time I got the salary settled by the boss. Usually, I could only eat some fried rice noodles and so on. By the way, I still liked to drink there. Herbal tea, because the humidity there is relatively heavy, so I basically drink it once a week." An Hongdou finished speaking and looked at the old age, "Have you ever drank the herbal tea over there?"

Chen Nian thought about it, but he really never drank the herbal tea over there.

But since it is herbal tea, it should be similar to Jiaduobao and Wanglaoji, right?

"After that, when we go to Guangzhou, I'll buy you a drink. It's delicious!" An Hongdou said enthusiastically.

(End of this chapter)