The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 596
When the three of them were halfway through eating, the waiter came over with a plate of sauced pig's trotters, saying that the boss added it, and the three expressed their gratitude happily.

After the waiter left, Yanhua said to Zhang Li, "You have some face time."

"We've been friends for so many years, and we were like sisters at the time. I changed my phone number when I got divorced, and I haven't been in touch again. It's okay to get in touch this time, and it hasn't changed much." Zhang Li said.

Lao Tan picked up a piece of pig's trotter and put it in his mouth, and said while eating, "Barbecue restaurants rarely serve pickles, and hers is the only one. Hey, the taste is good, and it is at my level."

"Why is her family the only one? Didn't you get it when you were working in Seorak Mountain?" Zhang Li said.

Old Tan sneered and said, "Forget about what I did, I also came up when I was working in Yangchun, and the sales were pretty good."

Yanhua took a piece of pig's trotter and put it in her mouth, tasted it and said: "Well, the taste is really good, it's quite mushy, and the saltiness is just right." Then, as if remembering something, she said: "Old Tan, I remember When you were in Yangchun, the pig’s trotters in sauce tasted like this, and I even bought them.”

"My pig's trotter sauce is simple, with few ingredients, mainly the original flavor. At that time, there were a lot of people who sold it to learn. I studied what I put in. They didn't believe me when I said I didn't put anything, and they all said I was conservative.

In fact, there is no need to put too much medicine in the sauce, just like making things at home.Stir-fry the sugar, keep the old soup well, add more green onion and ginger, nothing else.The main thing is the heat, it should be cooked and cooked thoroughly, and the taste should be eaten, not all at once. "Old Tan said.

"It's fine to open a pickle restaurant after you retire, and the business is guaranteed to be good." Zhang Li said.

"When you retire, you don't do anything. What else do you do? You haven't done enough for a lifetime." Old Tan said.

"Traveling when you retire, wandering around, resting when you're tired, it's good to get together and drink a little wine like this," Yanhua said.

"If you want me to say that you two should step back now and let Xiaomei and the others take care of it, it's not impossible." Zhang Li said.

Yanhua looked at Lao Tan with her eyes, and Lao Tan said: "They don't care about it, but they always feel uneasy, especially now, the business of every family in the epidemic is not good, the sales volume has dropped sharply, and some even closed their doors. .

At this time, he came out to make a fuss, and supported them in a disguised form, otherwise they would not be able to hold back. "

"Why, are the employees still rioting?" Zhang Li said.

"Hey, riots are impossible. The main reason is that they are not stable. They are worried that they will be laid off if the restaurant closes one day." Old Tan said.

"That's right. You are a big tree now. If you fall down on Qiao, you will fall down. If you don't fall down on Qiao, you will live. It's all up to you to eat."

"Are you praising me or hurting me?"

"Of course I praised you, dare to hurt you, you can't hit me if you hurt you."

Old Tan smiled and raised his glass to drink.

After a while, the door of the private room was opened, and Zhang Li's friend, the proprietress Jin Jin, came in.Lao Tan no longer has an impression of her, but his bald head makes people recognize her at a glance.

"Oh, isn't this Master Tan?"

Old Tan smiled and nodded.

"This is—" Jin Jin looked at Yanhua and asked Zhang Li.

"Mr. Liu, Mr. Qiao, just call me Sister Hua." Zhang Li introduced.

Yanhua and Jinjin shook hands.It can be seen that Jin Zi is surprised by Yan Hua's temperament, and Yan Hua also appreciates her charm.To be honest, women of this age are blooming and bearing fruit, and what they show is no longer whether they are good-looking or not, but the pleasing maturity that has accumulated over the years.

Beautiful flowers are lovely, but ripe fruits are even more desirable.

Zhang Lila Jinzi sat down and had a drink. After Jinzi sat down and toasted the three of them, he said, "You guys drink slowly. It will be noon soon. I have to go to the hotel. I have a meeting in the afternoon."

Then he filled up the wine for the three of them and said, "I'm very glad to meet Mr. Liu and Master Tan today. I hope to come here often in the future. I'm really sorry, I'm sorry, someday, someday I have time to have a good get-together. "

Jin Jin left after drinking, and the three continued.

Old Tan went to the toilet to drain the water, and after draining the water, he came out easily. He stopped when he passed by the food delivery entrance, and wanted to go into the kitchen to have a look.

This is almost a habit of being a cook. When you go to a house for dinner, you always want to look at the kitchen, and you can take a peek at the door of any station.

The kitchen door is hung with half curtains, one with the word "kitchen" written on it, and the other with the word "room".

Lao Tan opened the door curtain with the word "cook" and saw a woman wearing a white triangle scarf on her head and wearing a white overalls was putting a plate of freshly sauced pig's trotters on the case. When she saw someone lift the door curtain, she looked over.

The moment the woman looked over, Lao Tan froze with his hand to lift the curtain, and stared blankly at the woman.

The woman also looked at him, with normal eyes at first, just about to say "This is the kitchen, you went wrong", but immediately realized that this man knew him, although he hadn't seen him for more than ten years or almost twenty years, but the iconic The bald head and bandit face made her stunned all of a sudden, and her eyes changed from normal to incredible surprise.

"Master Tan—"

"Miss Jin—"

Yes, this is Sister Jin, but not her sister Jinzi, but Sister Jin when Lao Tan was working in Yangchun.

In our life-long drama, friends who have watched the first part should remember this ill-fated Korean woman.During the several months of working with Lao Tan, the two established a deep friendship.

Lao Tan once helped her get rid of her ex-husband who came to trouble her after drinking, taught her how to make Xian ethnic dog meat hot pot, gave her the developed dry seasoning recipe, and taught her pickles.

After Lao Tan left Yangchun, the two only met once, and they haven't seen each other since, and it's been almost twenty years in a flash.

Sister Jin works here.Yangchun Barbecue Restaurant and the hotel where Jin Jin works in Xita are run by the same boss. Sister Jin and Jin Jin are not only colleagues, but also fellow villagers.

Ten years ago, Sister Jin left Yangchun and returned to her hometown. She rented a shop in the county town selling fresh vegetables and pickles. The business was good until the shop was relocated two years ago.

Coincidentally, Jin Zi opened the current barbecue restaurant at that time, so she was invited to take charge of the kitchen.

Neither of them expected to meet again, they were both pleasantly surprised and excited.

Old Tan lowered the curtain and walked up to Sister Jin, "It's really you—"

"It's me, why are you here?"

"Come and eat."

"You said that you are at the table with the friend of gold?"

"Well, she is a friend of my friend, and I came with my friend." Old Tan said, "When I was eating pig's trotters just now, I thought it was the same as mine. It tastes the same. I didn't think of you coming." , You said my head."

Sister Jin smiled, looked Lao Tan up and down, and said, "It hasn't changed, it's still the same. At first I thought it was a guest, but after a closer look, it's not, your big bald head is too conspicuous."

"You haven't changed much."

"How hasn't it changed? It's already fifty, old."

"Not old, but still so beautiful."

"You can talk."

Lao Tan was very happy to reunite with Sister Jin. The past in Yangchun naturally came to mind, which made him chat with Sister Jin for a long time. It was not until Zhang Li came to call him that he and Sister Jin left each other on the phone and added Logged out of WeChat and returned to the private room.

(End of this chapter)