The story of a cook

Chapter 294 Goodbye Zheng Jiaqi

The waiters and floor directors Mr. Wang was looking for came over. The waiters are all young girls in their twenties. They look good, and Zhang Li has used them.

When I was talking with the director of the floor, Zhang Li called me over, and I couldn't help laughing when I went to see it. I knew one of them, who went after He Yuxuan

Manager Zheng Jiaqi.

When I saw her, I couldn't help but sigh with emotion, whether the world is big or small, two mountains can't meet together, and two people always meet together.

Zheng Jiaqi was very happy to see me, and said, "Master Tan, I didn't believe what Manager Zhang said just now. I didn't expect it to be you."

I said, "It's a coincidence."

"It's no big deal, what a coincidence, I didn't expect to meet you here."

"You know Mr. Wang?"

"President Wang and I don't know each other. She knows my classmate." She introduced the woman standing next to her, "This is my classmate. I mean you

I live there, Li Shuang, my classmate, we are good sisters. "

"Li Shuang, this is Master Tan."

Li Shuang, about 30 years old, 1.6 meters tall, good-looking, with a baby face, two dimples on a smiling face, just like Zheng Jiaqi.
Li Shuang stretched out his hand to shake my hand, and I said, "I don't need a handshake. I just finished cooking, and it's full of oil. It's a pleasure to meet you."

She withdrew her hand and said, "Jiaqi always hears about you, and I never had a chance to meet you."

"See you this time." I said.

Zheng Jiaqi said to me in a complaining tone: "Master Tan is a little bit mean. I will follow you after I agreed. You didn't say you would introduce me when you came here. Why, I'm afraid I will embarrass you."

I laughed and said, "How can I? I haven't been here for a long time, and I haven't stabilized yet. How dare I introduce you here, no?"

"Where are you still unstable? You just don't want me to hang out with you." Zheng Jiaqi said: "I just heard from Manager Zhang that you got married two days ago. It's not interesting. You didn't even notify me of your marriage. You didn't take me at all." Be friends."

Zhang Li's mouth is fast enough, I glanced at her, and she had a gloating expression on her face.

"I didn't prepare, and most people didn't notify, so don't worry about it." I said.

"You don't have to do anything if you want, just treat me to a drink later." Zheng Jiaqi said.

"necessary."

Zhang Li said: "What the hell, Master Tan, please don't invite me."

I said: "Please, please, can I miss you."

Li Shuang used to be the manager of Mr. Wang's karaoke club, and he and Zheng Jiaqi were classmates. This time, Mr. Wang opened Laohan Villa to find Li Shuang. Li Shuang said that he could not be the manager of such a big place, and asked Mr. Wang to find someone better than her.Mr. Wang found Zhang Li and then asked her to be the head of the floor. She said that there was another classmate who also worked in a restaurant and knew management, so she introduced Zheng Jiaqi.

Zheng Jiaqi hasn't looked for a job since she came down from Heyuxuan, and stayed at home. She didn't plan to look for a job years ago, but Li Shuang dragged her here, saying that it was Laohan Villa, the first branch in the country, and Zheng Jiaqi said that she was alive , just follow and have a look.When talking with Zhang Li, Zheng Jiaqi said that she had worked as a manager in Heyuxuan, Zhang Li asked her if she knew me, Zheng Jiaqi said she knew me, and we were friends, and we got along well, so Zhang Li called me over.

After chatting with them for a while, I was still cooking sweet and sour sauce, so I went back to the kitchen first.

Zhang Li led the two of them to familiarize themselves with the environment ahead, and told me to have dinner together at night, and I agreed to come down.

Go back to the kitchen and continue to prepare the sweet and sour sauce for the pot-packed meat.

The first time it was unsuccessful, I felt that the sweetness and sourness were good when it was hot, but after it cooled down, the sweetness began to be greater than the acidity, it was a bit sweet and not refreshing.

Remember the ratio of the first bowl of sweet and sour sauce, and then start to prepare the second bowl.

This time I chose Shanghai white vinegar, slightly increased the proportion of vinegar, and mixed a bottle of Shanghai white vinegar with a pound of cotton white sugar produced in Chifeng, one-third of a barrel of tomato sauce, and one-third of a bottle of orange juice. Gram of salt, boiled, simmered for 10 minutes on low heat, the sugar was fully dissolved, the soup reached the consistency of small bubbles, tasted, the sweetness and sourness were just right, then put it there and let it cool slowly, and tasted it after cooling It feels moderately sweet and sour, which is okay.

I'm going to make a plate of pot-packed meat to try out what it looks like, but I feel that making pot-packed meat is a bit of a waste of meat.After thinking about it, I asked the chopping board behind me to peel a potato, cut the potato into strips and soaked it in water, mainly to soak out part of the starch in the potato, otherwise the starch content in the potato was too high, and the fried potato strips Not brittle and dark in color.Potato chips are soaking in water, nothing to worry about, let's go to the cold dish room to have a look.

The second child is making smoked miso soup.

I asked, "Second brother, what's in the soup today?"

"Chicken rack, and five catties of big bones." The second child said.

I said, "Smoke it for everyone to eat at night."

The second child said, "Okay, would you like some wine?"

"Don't drink, there is a game tonight, Zheng Jiaqi is here."

"She's here?" The second child was taken aback for a moment, and then asked, "Does she know what you're doing here?"

"I don't know, I'm here to apply for the position of minister. I went up to meet him just now and said I want to have some drinks at night. You should go too." I said.

"Go, otherwise it's okay to go back, Xiao Wan has gone home."

"Did you come back that year?"

"Come back and spend the New Year at my house this year."

"That's good." I said, "Hey, Lin Yan said nothing and come home with me for the New Year."

"Why don't you go home with you for the New Year?" The second child asked, and then said, "It's okay if you don't go back. Isn't it different when you go to her house for the New Year?"

I said, "There is no one who doesn't go home to celebrate the New Year in the first year of marriage, that's not the case."

"That's right, if you try to persuade me, don't lose your temper."

"You know what Lin Yan is like. If she can't change her decision, she doesn't know what to do."

"Well, Lin Yan has that vigor—" the second child said: "If you can't, you can go to her house for the New Year—if this place opens, you won't be able to go home if there is no holiday for the New Year."

I get a headache when I think about the New Year.

I sighed and said, "Let's talk."

Seeing dried tofu on the case, I asked, "Second brother, do you think the tofu skin can be smoked?"

The second child said: "It's okay, I haven't smoked it, try some tofu skin tomorrow."

"I think it's okay." I said, "Tofu skin, preferably fresh tofu skin, marinated with old soup first, and then smoked, it is guaranteed to be delicious."

"The fresh bean curd is a bit soft, I'm afraid it will fall apart after marinating." The second child said.

"Tie it with a rope first, then marinate it, and then smoke it after eating it. It is probably better than dried tofu." I said, thinking about what the smoked tofu skin should look like in my head.

The second child said, "Try it tomorrow and see what it looks like."

"Open some perilla leaves and eat them with tofu skin wrapped in perilla leaves. The taste will definitely be different."

I started to have a little brainstorming.

"Fresh perilla leaves?"

"Yes, fresh perilla leaves." I said, "Second brother, try it tomorrow. Let's study it. I think it will be delicious. There is no smoked fresh bean curd yet."

I was a little excited about this little discovery of mine, and I thought it would be a bright spot if I could smoke the fresh tofu skin.

After coming out of the cold dish room, she went to the pastry room. Sister Huang was making dough, preparing to steam the steamed buns for the employees.Ms. Huang's staple food has already been ordered. There are five kinds of "Cornmeal Dafa Cake", "Steamed Dumplings with Sauerkraut and Big Stuffing", "Sanhe Noodle Pancake", "Sorghum Rice and Potato Mixed with Eggplant", and "Farm House Big Flower Roll".Sister Huang did these five things very authentically, which was recognized by Mr. Wang and many people.

After chatting with Sister Huang for a while, there was nothing to do, so I went back to the hot dish kitchen.

Look at the degree of soaking of the potato chips, we still need some time.

Master Hou Hou is ready to fry red oil.

Watch him put the thick chili noodles into the basin, then add some water to the chili noodles, stir well with chopsticks, and then start to heat the oil, ready to heat the oil and pour it into the chili noodles basin.

He walked over and asked, "Master Hou, are you going to fry the chili oil?"

"Well, fry the chili oil first today." Master Hou said.

"Master Hou, don't burn the oil first, let me tell you how to fry in red oil, and you can see if it works." I said.

Master Hou turned off the fire, and said, "Say it, Master Tan."

I said: "The chili oil you fry like this is also very fragrant. If it is good for mixing vegetables and making noodles, you can use it when cooking. I don't mean that you can't fry it like this. We can use red Deep-fried is better, not only fragrant, but also bright red, good-looking color, both spiciness and color, this is the red oil we need for hot dishes, not simply chili oil."

Master Hou asked, "Then why did Master Tan blow it up?"

I said: "In this way, the red oil can't be fried in a day. Today you should do the preparation work first, go to the seasoning store to get ten catties of two gold bar peppers, then soak them in warm water, soak them until tomorrow morning to drain the water and use a blender Grind it. Prepare another bag of two-fine chili noodles and mix it into this pot of thick chili noodles, and save it for tomorrow. Today you first use [-] catties of salad oil to fry the base oil, which is like fried seasoning oil, but you don’t put so much For raw materials, put a catty of aniseed ingredients, a catty of peppercorns, two catties of green onions and two catties of ginger, and add half a catty of bay leaves to fry until fragrant."

"When it boils on a low fire tomorrow, first put the twisted Erjintiao chili in it little by little, and spoon it with your hands when you put it down, because there is moisture in the chili, and the oil is hot and easy to spread the pot. Be careful, find A larger barrel. After the two gold bars are placed, turn to low heat and cook for half an hour to four to ten minutes, and then slowly place the pot of mixed chili noodles, and cook slowly on low heat. It is estimated that fifty catties of oil will be boiled Three hours, when the time comes, you’ll have a look, it’s better than fried red oil like yours.”

Master Hou said: "Needless to say, it's definitely better than fried like this."

"you try."

"Master Tan, tell me what you said just now, and I will remember it."

(End of this chapter)