The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 402 Lao Tan's Kitchen Knife
Yaru was only half right, the other half was that Lao Tan lived in a courtyard and was with the staff, so Wang Shulan was embarrassed to come over.

To put it bluntly, it is a psychological effect. If the two of them have nothing to do with it, they will be open-minded, and they will not add up to anything, and it will be normal.As soon as I have that thing, I feel like a thief. I feel that everyone knows everything about me, and my heart becomes timid.

People can be willful, but not too willful, especially when people reach middle age, there is always an invisible law lying in their hearts, although they can't help but sneak over, but they can't be known by others.

Otherwise, how can you say that you can't do bad things or things that go against your will?

Speaking of which, Lao Tan has nothing to do with Yaru, and it would be the same if he was so happy, his body and mind hurt his head, and he had to walk with his head down.To put it nicely, it means to be in love with each other, but to put it badly, it means messing with the relationship between men and women.

It is impossible for the employees to say it face to face, but they must be careful behind the scenes. At that time, Lao Tan will manage and do training like a dog. Hehe, the employees are listening carefully on the surface, but in fact, their ears are listening to their ears, and they have to say it underneath : Hmph, let’s talk about it, I don’t know what——
This is what people say, no matter how big or small.

Conversely, it is not good for Yaru.

Few people would say with an understanding mentality: She and Lao Tan were originally a couple. If it weren't for some reason, they would have married each other early.

is it possible?impossible.

Most people would say something about Yaru in a disdainful tone, and look at her with contempt. It would be difficult for her to find another home.

Lao Tan and Yaru can be described like this: Going one step further, it is not the old dreams that are revisited, but the already familiar each other. The longing for harmony is not necessarily better than the silent care and concern.

Two people can perceive each other's existence when they are not together, and can communicate with their eyes when they are together. Their relationship is the torture of purgatory, which is brewed in bitterness and helplessness, and will be guarded for a lifetime. .

Although love can exist alone, sex can make it more full, but it may not be eternal.

The most difficult thing for people to understand is emotion, and it is best to let nature take its course.

Li Shuang was worried about what happened to his master, so he came back a little earlier.When she entered the room, Lao Tan and Yaru were eating, so they sat down to eat together.

"Master, you can drink less wine in the future, it's really scary." Li Shuang said.

Lao Tan nodded while eating.

"Is it okay to drink less? Alcohol is the essence of food. The more you drink, the younger you will be." Yaru said eloquently, and the meaning was obvious.

"Why are you chasing my teacher's wife?" Li Shuang laughed.

"I'm not your teacher's wife, your teacher's wife is in the provincial capital." Yaru said.

Li Shuang giggled, took a bite of his meal, then changed the subject and said, "Today I'm at Mr. Qiao's private dumpling restaurant. You know, there is a director filming a TV series in Qiao Gang's old house. I heard that there are two actors. It's quite famous."

Lao Tan didn't argue with each other, Yaru asked: "Do you know who it is?"

"I don't know, Qiao Shan just mentioned it, saying that she might eat in the store in two days." Li Shuang said.

"Didn't Qiao Gang say that the old mansion doesn't accept crews? Why did they accept them again?" Old Tan asked.

"I heard from Qiao Shan that the big sponsor is Qiao Gang's buddies, it's a shame—" Li Shuang said.

Old Tan didn't ask any more, Qiao Gang's old house came to mind, and he thought that it must be a costume drama, otherwise he couldn't go there.

Dumplings stuffed with mountain mushrooms were also tried in Suzhou, Lao Tan asked Li Shuang how the customers responded.

Li Shuang said: "Okay, the guests say it's delicious, and I like it very much." By the way, he patted Yaru's ass, "What else can you say about the stuffing made by Yaru, one word, absolutely!"

Yaru gave her a blank look, and said, "I didn't make it up, I took the medicine according to the prescription." Then he said to Lao Tan, "The main thing is to supply the raw materials, don't sell them out of stock."

"It can't be broken, just order the goods a week in advance." Old Tan said.

Li Shuang went on to say another thing: "Master, yesterday Xiaomei said that she plans to hold a culinary competition for the whole group, and the main venue will be in Suzhou. You know about that, right?"

Old Tan said: "I mentioned it to me, and I asked her to come up with a specific plan. Why, did I tell you?"

"Well, Master, the main venue is in Suzhou, do we have any discounts?" Li Shuang asked with a smile.

"You have to ask her about it. I don't care about anything now, so I can enjoy myself."

Li Shuang laughed, glanced at Yaru, and said without hesitation: "Why, I want to stay together and fly together, I'll tell my teacher to go—"

It took Lao Tan two days to visit all the stores in Suzhou. This time, he mainly transferred to the kitchen and focused on the products.Every day, I put on work clothes and go to the stove to fry two rice dishes, and then communicate with the chefs, point out the deficiencies, and praise the good ones.

When I was at the central kitchen store, Erdun proposed to replace the local dish "West Lake Vinegar Fish" with the Northeast dish "Squirrel Fish". Yes, it is not as good as the squirrel fish that sells well.

Naturally, the local chef was not happy when he said that, so the local chef and the Northeast chef started arguing.As the saying goes, a mule comes out of a horse, but it's useless to say that it's true.

Under the auspices of Lao Tan, the local Caitouguo and the Northeast Caitouguo began to compete to see whether your West Lake vinegar fish is delicious or my squirrel fish is delicious.

The competition between the two bosses in the kitchen naturally attracted everyone, and they immediately divided into two groups, cheering for each other.

Soon, in just twenty minutes, the two fish were finished.

West Lake Vinegar Fish is jujube red and bright, with a fragrance of vinegar; squirrel fish is vivid, golden and attractive.

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After taking the photo, Lao Tan picked up the chopsticks and tasted a piece of fish. Instead of commenting, he asked the two chefs to taste the fish with their chopsticks.After the two masters tasted it, they asked other masters to taste it, and finally the younger brother.

After tasting everything, Old Tan said: "How about it, after tasting everything, let's say a few words."

Erdun is the head chef. He first said: "They are all good, but the squirrel fish is beautiful in shape and looks good."

The local dish chef said: "I still think the West Lake vinegar fish is good. The meat is tender and delicious, and the vinegar taste is long and has an aftertaste. The shape of the squirrel fish is really good, but the fried one is a bit hard and has no texture."

The Northeast dish head pot master refuted his statement: "West Lake vinegar fish is tender, but the vinegar taste is simple. The squirrel fish is moderately sweet and sour, and it is festive. It is not hard as you said. It is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. Do you know?"

Old Tan still didn't express his opinion, so he asked the younger brother to kill another fish and bring it.When everyone saw that Lao Tan was going to do it himself, they all shut their mouths and looked with their eyes.

Lao Tan first started a pot to boil water, removed from the fire when the water was about to boil, poured the hot water on the surface of the cleaned fish body with a spoon, scraped both sides with the back of a knife, and said as he scraped: "The fish smells like earth. Most of them are on the fish skin and the black clothes lying in the bed, and they must be removed before cooking. Drenching hot water will help remove the black marks on the skin, and the black marks are the most fishy."

After scraping, rinse the fish, put it on the chopping board, raise the knife with your hand, and cut the whole fish in half from head to tail, and split the tail.

Such a fish becomes two leaves, one is a hard fan with a spine, and the other is a soft fan without a spine.

Lao Tan picked up the soft fan fish without a backbone and said: "West Lake vinegar fish is a kind of cooking, it doesn't matter what kind of fish is used, but the best is river fish, which is fresh. Marinate it before cooking. There are not many things. Salt, onion and ginger, and rice wine are enough, and the original flavor must be maintained."

After speaking, marinate the soft fan, and then start to deal with the hard fan.

First chop off the half-laer fish head, then remove the backbone and lean on the wheat ears with a flower knife.

Bian Yi said: "Squirrel fish pay attention to the fine workmanship of the knife. The slanted knife has flat fingers, the straight knife crosses, the knife reaches the skin but the skin is not broken, and the grains are like rice but the grains do not fall off. This is the only way to achieve it."

After speaking and leaning on the knife, he put down the knife with his right hand, picked up the fish tail with his left hand, and shook it. Half of the fish meat turned into a white corn cob, resembling a squirrel, and the grains were like rice.

(End of this chapter)