gourmet food

Chapter 1013

In the early hours of the morning, there were very few people at the airport. Chu Yunfeng and President Hou passed the security check quickly, and boarded the plane in a short while!
This is the most sleepy time, so as soon as President Hou sat down, his eyelids drooped, obviously wanting to sleep.

But Chu Yunfeng would not let him go so easily, and he had to rush to the capital at such a late hour, this was all arranged by the President Hou.

But this didn't matter to Chu Yunfeng, but the key was that he hid a lot of important information about going to Beijing, not to mention the fact that he hid his registration, so he wouldn't be angry about it.

The most depressing thing is that from Mr. Li's words, it is obvious that Wan Lao is hiding something from him, otherwise he would not let him act according to the situation!

So I always have to know what is going on here at Wan Lao in advance, right?
So Chu Yunfeng gently pushed him with his elbow and asked with a vague smile on his face: "Mr. President, while you still have time, tell me about Wan Lao. chant?"

Wan Lao?
As soon as this matter was mentioned, President Hou's drooped eyelids opened a little, but then he immediately showed a listless look and said: "It's too late, take a rest first, and I'll talk to you tomorrow!"

Night?
How late is this?
It is not that easy to get through easily. Chu Yunfeng continued to push with his elbow, then picked up his watch and put it in front of President Hou and said: "There is only one minute left until tomorrow. Now Just fulfill your promise!”

Hmm~?

I'm going, what's the situation?
President Hou tried to open his eyes, and looked at the watch in front of him seriously. It was indeed twelve o'clock in the morning. He glanced at Chu Yunfeng helplessly, wondering whether he should be so serious?

Seeing that Chu Yunfeng didn't look sleepy, President Hou knew that he couldn't get over it, so he could only cheer up and satisfy Chu Yunfeng's curiosity!

President Hou raised his hand to beckon Chu Yunfeng closer, and then whispered: "Actually, it was not me who contacted Wan Lao, but Mr. Li who called directly.

Mr. Li didn't tell me exactly what he told him, so it's really like what he said, you have to act according to the situation! "

As soon as he heard this, Chu Yunfeng was a little confused, and immediately asked in a deep voice: "Then let me go to see Wan Lao to learn cooking, or just to pay a visit?"

When raising this question, Chu Yunfeng was also confused about the fact that there were several bottles of good wine in the checked suitcase, which Mr. Li specially ordered.

If it was just an ordinary visit, then why would he bring so much good wine to his door?
So President Hou also frowned and guessed: "I also find this very strange. Originally, I thought it would be enough for Mr. Li to give you some advice when I went to the competition this time. Didn't I teach you about phoenix tail cake in this snack? ?

In addition, he also taught you several top-notch dishes, which are enough to broaden your cooking ideas, but Mr. Li specially asked you to visit Wan Lao, which is a bit unreasonable.

So this is definitely for you to learn cooking from Wan Lao. As for how to get Wan Lao to teach you, that is probably the key point. "

Chu Yunfeng also agreed with President Hou's point of view. Under normal circumstances, celebrity chefs like these older generations would not easily teach others how to cook, and they would not even be able to just watch.

So if I go to see Wan Lao this time, the process may be very troublesome, but now there is insufficient information to allow me to make an accurate judgment.

So Chu Yunfeng asked while thinking: "This Wan Lao should not be an unknown person. Which cuisine is he the descendant of? What does he do in the capital?"

Knowing that Chu Yunfeng wanted to know these details, when President Hou remembered Wan Lao's identity, he immediately took a deep breath and said seriously: "This Wan Lao is indeed different from ordinary chefs.

Strictly speaking, he shouldn't be a member of any cuisine. His cooking skills are not inherited from any of the eight major cuisines, nor are they inherited from some other small cuisines. "

Huh~?

When President Hou said this, Chu Yunfeng immediately became interested, and he immediately guessed an answer: "It came from the palace?"

Chu Yunfeng's thinking was indeed very sharp, and President Hou nodded with satisfaction and continued: "That's right, his ancestor used to be the imperial chef in the imperial dining room of the Qing Palace.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, his brother and uncles were all famous chefs in the Eighth Hall and the Eighth Building.

This old BJ all knows that the most famous restaurants are the Eight Great Halls, the Eight Buildings and the Eight Great Jus. You also knew the Eight Great Buildings and the Eight Great Jus before, but now the Eight Great Halls have disappeared one after another, leaving only one restaurant!
Hey, let’s not talk about this!
In the past, the "Eight Great Halls" in the capital was the highest-level Shandong cuisine restaurant below palace cuisine. At that time, the restaurant was quite extraordinary and very large in scale.

A large restaurant has several courtyards connected vertically and horizontally. For example, the fourth courtyard has a courtyard, a garden, and a theater. You can sing Kun Opera and Peking Opera in banquets, including birthday celebrations, moon celebrations, honoring gods, opera performances, and group worship. Such meetings.

There are also various folk arts such as children's octagonal drum, what kind of juggling, ten not busy lotus falling, etc. For people at that time, this is equivalent to the current club, and the level of enjoyment is very high.

But the most important thing is its dishes. The quality of the dishes is quite high. In the early years, Ba Da Tang took over the meals given by the emperor to his subordinates, and those were all the "imperial meal" dishes that were transferred from the imperial dining room "unchanged".

Therefore, every day there are kings, grandsons, and nobles waiting to eat the original "imperial meal" in the private room. As time goes by, those in charge of the stove and the head of the hall have begun to watch and taste it, and they have also mastered the craftsmanship of cooking palace dishes.

Wan Lao's father was one of them, and he learned the essence of palace cuisine! "

hiss~!

Chu Yunfeng was completely shocked at this moment, such an opportunity is simply rare, court dishes are generally not spread, and only by such a coincidence can one learn it!

"Then how did Wan Lao learn these dishes? Didn't you just say that his father learned them? Wasn't he not born yet at that time?"

Chu Yunfeng grasped the key. This inheritance is a big problem, because the eight halls are the inheritance of Shandong cuisine.

President Hou nodded, pondered for a while before he began to say: "After the Qing Dynasty was destroyed, the capital was in chaos for a while, so Lao Wan's father took him back to his hometown.

This was later in the period of the Republic of China. At that time, some high-ranking officials wanted to taste the delicacies of the Qing Palace, so someone found Wan Lao’s father and wanted him to restore the dishes of the Qing Palace.

So he took Wan Lao back to the capital, and opened a restaurant with his uncle and others, but it was not open to the public and only accepted reservations from high-ranking officials.

With so many people coming to support, it goes without saying that there is business. Wan Lao has been exposed to it since he was a child, so he is actually very interested in this cooking skill.

But his father wanted him to get ahead, and didn't want him to pass on the profession of serving people, so he let him concentrate on his studies and didn't teach him the secrets of cooking.

But Wan Lao is also a person who is unwilling to be lonely. Naturally, he studies on the side, but whenever he has time, he goes into the kitchen and does nothing. He just stands there and watches everyone cooking! "

When President Hou said this, the plane had already started sprinting, and when it was about to take off, Chu Yunfeng was amazed.

"Isn't this very similar to Mr. Li? He also watched everyone cook in the back kitchen. Could it be that that's how Mr. Wan's chef saw it?"

Only then did Chu Yunfeng understand why Li Laohui met Wan Lao, and the two must have a sympathy for each other, because the two people's experiences are so similar.

Sure enough, President Hou nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, Wan Lao was actually learning to cook secretly. At the beginning, his father was also suspicious of this matter, so he kicked him out.

But Wan Lao did not give up. He gradually discovered that cooking is actually very interesting, and to himself, it seems quite simple.

But his father wouldn't let him into the kitchen, which was a tricky thing.

Wan Lao, who never gave up, could only think of a way. He took the book to the kitchen to read it, but his father immediately scolded him, saying that he was not doing his job properly. Is the kitchen a place for reading?
However, Wan Lao argued hard, saying that reading in the kitchen was very satisfying and helpful to him, and that reading could especially increase his memory.

His father definitely didn't believe it, but Wan Lao said he could give it a try. If it didn't work, he would not be allowed in in the future.

The father who was deceived was also a little hesitant, unable to judge whether what Wan Lao said was true or false, so in the end he had to let him try.

But if his performance drops, then he will definitely give him a good beating.

Wan Lao was overjoyed that his plan succeeded. His talent was extraordinary. Not only did he have an outstanding memory, but he also had extremely strong hands-on ability.

Reading and watching people cooking at the same time was a good thing. After one semester, my father found that his academic performance had not declined and was improving very quickly.

This left him a little confused as a monk. Is this caused by genetics?Do you feel comfortable reading in the kitchen?

I even regretted that I didn't read a book in the kitchen. Maybe I could take the imperial examination and become a minor official or something?

With the cover of his grades, Wan Lao could openly watch everyone cooking in the kitchen. As time went by, he was able to ask a few questions casually, and everyone was happy to tell him his skills.

However, when Wan Lao asked at first, his father was still very alert, and then he kept secretly observing whether he was really building a plank road in the open and secretly visiting Chen Cang.

But after observing for a long time, his father just gave up!
Because from the day Wan Lao entered the kitchen, he hadn't cooked a day, and he hadn't even touched a pot or spoon.

Not to mention sneaking into the kitchen to practice knife skills when no one was around. This made his father completely relieved, and Wan Lao gradually learned all the essence of everyone's skills. "

Wait, Chu Yunfeng was a little confused when he heard this, and immediately asked: "Wan Lao has never practiced it even once, so even if he has seen it for a while, it will be of no use?
Aren’t many people good at it once they see it, but useless once they do it? "

Regarding Chu Yunfeng's suspicion, President Hou immediately laughed: "You are right, this is something that no one expected, and it is for this reason that Wan Lao suddenly became the savior of the family.

If it weren't for him, his family might have disappeared long ago, so I have to say that fate is very magical. "

President Hou's words made Chu Yunfeng suddenly realize that Wan Lao's experience is simply too legendary, so what is the reason for this savior?
Seeing Chu Yunfeng's eyes full of interest, and then looking at the surrounding passengers who closed their eyes and rested their minds, the president Hou lowered his voice again and said: "That time was indeed too dangerous, and the whole family almost died. About to be executed.

Coincidentally, all the chefs in the family went to cook at the senior member's house that day. There was a banquet to be held, so all the chefs went.

At this time, an officer who came to Beijing heard that the food cooked by their family was quite good, so he brought his men directly to the house and asked them to cook two tables of delicious food to try.

Although there was no reservation, the officer said at the beginning that he would not give less money. If the taste was really that good, he would definitely give more money.

But the family's chefs are all gone, so they can't ask anyone to cook for a while, because the family members are so powerful that they can't afford to offend them.

If we call people back, even if we just call one or two people back, it will be a big trouble, because the guests invited over there today are all high-ranking officials, which will affect the progress of the banquet there, let alone open a hotel in the capital, can we? It is not necessary to go out of the capital.

And the officer here was even more reluctant, saying that he didn't cook when a guest came to eat. This was obviously looking down on him, and there was no need to keep the restaurant open.

And when his family told him the truth, it made him furious. It turned out that he still had a lot of hatred with that official, and it was even more difficult to deal with it in terms of face.

In order to flatter him, his subordinates gathered all the family members together and wanted to bring them all to the senior official's house, forcing them to let them back to cook for them.

The situation is quite urgent. If the person is really escorted, it will be very difficult no matter how you do it. In the end, your family will definitely be sacrificed.

Because no matter which party it is, they will not lose face. Even if the senior officer saves the whole family, the officer will definitely take revenge.

At this critical moment, Wan Lao stood up and told the officer that there was no need to call the person back, he would do whatever he wanted to eat!

Seeing Wan Lao, who was only about ten years old, the officer and a group of subordinates immediately started laughing wildly. Someone even kicked Wan Lao on his butt, causing him to fall hard!
When Wan Lao got up, his mother immediately hugged him and begged the officer not to care about the child. He was talking nonsense and joking.

But the officer didn't care so much, and seemed to be interested in Wan Lao, so he was forced into the kitchen and asked to make two dishes to taste.

If it doesn't taste good, strip him naked and escort him away together.

But what surprised everyone was that Wan Lao didn't seem to have any stage fright at all. He seemed to be a different person as soon as he entered the kitchen. He picked up the kitchen knife and started handling the ingredients.

At this time, the officer and his men were also a little surprised. The way he handled the ingredients did not look like a novice, and they saw that he had made two exquisite dishes in just a few clicks.

After tasting it, he immediately felt that it was extremely delicious. He immediately praised it and then let the rest of the family go, allowing Wan Lao to cook in peace and pay double the price in advance.

In the end, the officer was very satisfied with the meal and admired Wan Lao very much. He wanted him to join him as a soldier, but Wan Lao refused, saying that he had a mother at home and would not travel far away!

The officer did not force him and left with his men after eating. The reason why he did not continue to embarrass Wan Lao and his family was because he heard that this was Wan Lao's first time cooking and he had never cooked before. kitchen.

At first, he heard what his family said. Later, he asked his subordinates to go to the neighbors for confirmation. Everyone confirmed the matter. This shocked him and made him feel in awe, so he did not dare to continue making trouble.

And when Wan Lao's father and others returned home, they were all dumbfounded, and they all lamented that they had a genius."

(End of this chapter)